Chemistring
@chemistring.bsky.social
Chemist. Crafty. Likes to play with string. (she/her)
I scream 2: electric boogaloo! The scavenger hunt QR code is up on the edge of the stage for anyone playing along. #ACSFall2026 #GottaCatchEmAll
Chemistring@chemistring.bsky.social · 22h agoI scream! Chilling out at the ACS member lounge. #ACSFall2026
"Do you want to put some balls in holes?" How can you say no to that kind of proposition? Spent some time Monday evening helping assemble a tactile periodic table with the Committee for Chemists with Disabilities. #ACSFall2026 www.thetactileperiodictable.com
A note to audience members: the microphone is for SPEAKING INTO, not for gesturing with like you're waving a magic wand while asking inaudible questions.
Oh no. I'm sitting near the back of a session and am squinting at the giant screens. Sigh. Time to schedule an appointment with my eye doc and get new glasses...
Like many people, I will do a surprising number of things for a Lego mini-scientist, and that includes answering a historical chemist personality quiz. #ACSFall2026
Guess they couldn't rebrand Professor Molenium in time for the conference. Other phoenices may also be available in the ACS store. #PhoenixHunt #ACSFall2026 (ht: @chemjobber.bsky.social)
I am feeling very attacked by the ACS meeting app right now. (...I say as I put on my old lady Sketchers for the day)
Just call me "Crazy Eyes Chemistring". I'm in ur conference, influencing ur chemistry. (I am constitutionally incapable of taking a normal-looking selfie). #ACSFall2026
And a benzene bench for the aromatic folks.
Chemistring@chemistring.bsky.social · 3d agoE/Z bench isomers located.
I don't know how we got from Food Court to "Food Hall", but I feel like a wing restaurant that serves pizza, an intermittently open taco stand, and a bar doesn't really deserve either of those names. The chemistry-themed gin drink is tasty, though.
Notes from last weekend's fiber festival in BC: -Neon yarns still popular -Speckle-dyed yarns relatively rare -Some small-skein fade sets available -No long-gradient yarns spotted, appear to be out of vogue -MANY local dyers selling off stock and replacing it with new Canadian-sourced yarn bases 🇨🇦
40 inches of mostly stockinette scarf is going to take a while, so while I plod through the repetitive knitting, have some hand spun yarn. 85% merino, 12.5% eri silk, 12.5% tencel, in a color blend that averaged to a greenish-gold-beige.
The actual literal number of times I have heard colleagues who keep pronouncing "Syensqo" as "sigh-NESS-co" is substantially greater than zero. And that includes colleagues who were *on the phone with Syensqo employees* at the time. The satire keeps being overtaken by reality...
In Preparation@inprep.bsky.social · 6d ago
If you hear a weird noise under your bed one night, the important question isn't, "what's making that sound?" The important question is, "why aren't you under there making weird sounds?" Don't leave such satisfying work for others. Get involved.
This is a photo I did not take of a man in a well-worn T-shirt with an image of Garfield the cat in a cowboy hat, and the words "When I die I may not go to Heaven. I don't know if they let cowboys in."
If you see this, quote the energy you bring to bsky.
Electricfox5@electricfox5.bsky.social · 3w agoIf you see this, quote the energy you bring to bsky.
Cat distribution system this. Cat distribution system this. The spider distribution system has been here for you for YEARS and this is how you thank it?
Downplay a book or movie: ~10 Monkeys (11 at Most)
Chris Ogilvie@ogilvie-chris.bsky.social · 4w agoDownplay a book or movie: 12 Irked Men
Layoffs sure are a great way to traumatize your workforce, aren't they? I guess I should be grateful I wasn't on the list, but I do not want to go to work tomorrow and see a newly empty desk.
Chemistring@chemistring.bsky.social · 4w agoNothing good ever comes out of a sudden and unannounced all-hands team meeting. 😞
Nothing good ever comes out of a sudden and unannounced all-hands team meeting. 😞
Somehow this ended up (almost) accurately reflecting my unarmed and yoga-hating self in Texas? I am shocked for several reasons.
skáld@danglinghemmie.bsky.social · last mo.new political axis just dropped
It's okay if you are haunted. Even ghosts need a home.
My rheometer, which has been returned from repair TWICE in the last 2 weeks, has died AGAIN. This time with a scream I heard from across the office in another room. I would also like to scream. Can I get an @infinitescream.bsky.social@bsky.social ?
I do not like that the circuit board on my instrument has an LED labeled "BAD". I really do not like that it lights up briefly before cutting power to my instrument when I try to turn it on.
