It says a lot about a politician when 20% of people would rather vote for a bin.

British politics: where the main challenger in a parliamentary by-election is a man with a bin on his head. (Still preferable to Farage though)

Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️@leftiestats.bsky.social · 2d ago

🚨 Constituency poll of Clacton (all candidates): ➡️ Reform: 73% ( +27 ) ⚫️ Binface: 20% ( +20 ) 🔴 Reclaim: 2% ( +2 ) ⚪️ Other: 5% ( -49 ) Via @Survation, 16 - 24 July ( +/- vs 2024 ) x.com/LeftieStats/...

Dalton Transactions is very pleased to support the upcoming RSC Scottish Dalton/USIC Conference which will be held at Heriot-Watt University on 1-2 September 2026 🚨 Read more & sign up here: www.rsc.org/events/find-...

I'm seeing that many people caught in the current UK HE crisis are receiving bad news on a Friday. Be aware that this is a union busting tactic. 1/

Nico and Megan's paper on the reactions of organotriflates with Ni(0) has now been published in @catalysisscitech.rsc.org ! Some answers, but also more questions ... Thanks to Stephen for the EPR data, and AstraZeneca Colleagues (Tom, Rachel, and Scott) for their support. doi.org/10.1039/D6CY...

On the reactions of (hetero)aryl and vinyl triflates with [Ni(COD)(dppf)]

We report the experimental and computational investigations of the reactions of aryl, heteroaryl, and vinyl triflates with a model nickel(0) complex. While the reactions of most (hetero)aryl and vinyl...

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Thinking of doing a PhD in synthetic inorganic chemistry? Apply with the Mehta group. UK students only. Email me.

The way in which the University is approaching job cuts was already troubling for a number of reasons, and here is another ...

Andrew Learmonth@andrewlearmonth.bsky.social · 6mo ago

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2583504...

🔥Excited to share our latest: "From Borane to Metal-Bound Boraindene: A Cascade of Bond Breaking and Making at Rhodium” Now out in @chemcomm.rsc.org - a collab. w/ @davidjn.bsky.social! Work done by MSc student, Emily Addison! 💪 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

FWIW ... the reMarkable Windows app seems to behave (so far) in WINE (on Fedora 43).

Uh ... don't think a DLPNO-CCSD(T) calculation should do ... erm ... *waves hands* ... this?

Those who compare AI with the Industrial Revolution only know about the Industrial Revolution from AI.

Will Tullett@willtullett.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Oh no the Governor of the Bank of England compared AI to the Industrial Revolution

Dear Microsoft Copilot, Fuck off. Love, David

But but but but 'project fear'!?

Bylines Network@bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 9mo ago

Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances. A new decade-long Brexit study explains it: a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else. Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer. @eastangliabylines.co.uk

An interesting and thought-provoking read, if a tad depressing. This is certainly something that, in Chemistry at Strathclyde, we're trying to address early in first year to help students find their people.

Michael O’Neill@michaeloneill.org · 9mo ago

Interesting piece on the university structures relating to (?causing?) student loneliness. 10min read.

Pretty sure when I was a student a ChemComm was three pages at most. Now it's five ... !!!

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We’re already deep into the ballot! Here’s your reminder, the ballot closes on Friday 28 November. If you haven’t posted your vote yet, do it today. Every single vote counts. Vote early. Vote yes. #WeAreTheUniversity

Opening the Laphroaig for the first time in too long ...

In a change from dabbling in things I don't understand at work, I'm now dabbling in things I don't understand in the house. (Specifically: why the heating isn't working properly)

Fantastic @centa.bsky.social PhD scholarship co-supervised with @rmlab.bsky.social If you’re interested in sustainable #Electrocatalysis and CO₂ valorisation, do get in touch!

Kilpatrick Group@kilpatrickgroup.bsky.social · 10mo ago

⚡️Exciting #PhDchat opportunity in our group @LeicesterChem.bsky.social! 🧪 2026-L05 “Closing the Loop: Sustainable Catalysts and Solvents for CO₂ Valorisation” with @rmlab.bsky.social via @centa.bsky.social. Help advance #Electrocatalysis and sustainable chemistry ♻️ 🔗 centa.ac.uk/studentship/...

Academia seems to be that continual feeling that you're always doing your homework on the bus to school ...

We have Postdoc position open in my lab for SMOM. Please see this post on LinkedIn for full details. 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew...

Research Associate in Organometallic Chemistry | Andrew Weller

We are hiring a Postdoc! If you have PhD/PDRA experience in air sensitive, platinum group metal organometallics, are interested in using this expertise in single-crystal SMOM synthesis and reactivity,...

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"Conversion therapy" is a polite name for something that isn’t conversion and isn’t therapy. It’s abuse.

Solidarity with @leicesterucu.bsky.social colleagues - on strike to protect their institution, their colleagues, and their students

Sandy Kilpatrick@sandykilla.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I don’t want to be on a picket line today. I’d rather be teaching my students or in the lab with @kilpatrickgroup.bsky.social - not standing in the rain outside my own workplace. But the threat of compulsory redundancies and cuts to @leicesterchem.bsky.social 🇬🇧🥈leaves us no real choice.

I've reached the stage of fatherhood where my work from home lunch is the leftovers from the wee man's dinners ...

“Climate change is real - the burning of fossil fuels and other human activities is resulting in fundamental changes to our planet. It is increasing the risk of extreme weather, warming the ocean and causing ice caps to melt resulting in sea level rise,” 1/3

First it's removing 'illegal' small boats migrants. Then it's removing legal migrants with indefinite leave to remain. Then it'll be removing freedoms of minorities - religious, LGBT+, disabled. Then it'll be persecuting anyone who thinks differently (labelled 'leftists') for opposing 'patriotism'.

Our collaboration w/ @markstradiotto.bsky.social and team is now out in Chem. Eur. J. (@chemistryeurope.bsky.social)! Mark's team used DalPhos ligands for Ni-cat. C-P couplings, which we supported with DFT calculations of reductive elimination. doi.org/10.1002/chem... @cathweetman.bsky.social

Nickel‐Catalyzed P‐Arylation of HP(= O)(R/OR)2 Nucleophiles with (Hetero)Aryl Chlorides Enabled by DalPhos Ligation

The development of broadly useful C-P cross-couplings of (hetero)aryl chlorides and HP(O)(R/OR)2 nucleophiles by use of nickel/DalPhos-based catalysts is described, along with findings from DFT studi....

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@ukri.org I note that here (www.ukri.org/who-we-are/w...) you use the term 'biological sex' and not gender when balancing SATs. Why does what is (or was) in people's underpants matter here? Surely this is about lived experiences and perspectives?