Carl Poree
@cpchem.bsky.social
Teaching-focused senior lecturer in chemistry at the University of Manchester, training the next generation of lab monkeys and arrow-pushers. Occasional dabbler in ChemEd research.
Trump’s ex-chief of staff John Kelly said this to me, six years ago: “I don't know how he’s not in an institution somewhere, whether it’s jail or a nuthouse. He’s a seriously sick guy. I never heard him saying anything that wasn’t a lie.” Trump has only gotten worse since.
What a weird world we live in - Ukraine hits a data centre deep in Russia - Irish twitter users see racist posts about IPAS centres in Offaly fall off a cliff
Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦@perevaa.bsky.social · 5d agoAnd now the best part: Bot traffic from the #Yandex network has plunged to near zero following the strike on its Vladimir data center. Bot traffic includes automated requests from search crawlers, scrapers and other online services. Twitter must be a ghost town by now.
I am not as familiar with all of the most recent work in this area as I'd like (it's genuinely fascinating, I just don't have the time!), but I would have thought Donna Blackmond a very worthy third recipient of this particular Nobel...?
Nobel Prize@nobelprize.org · last wk.BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai “for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.”
Their next article is on why Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's new childminding service has so few bookings.
ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 2w agoWhy Donald Trump is not a frontrunner for the Nobel Peace Prize this year
We have determined that replacing the chemistry building I work in at a regional university would cost around $0.5 billion dollars. So 2.5 billion would build 5 largeish institutional buildings. That doesn't do squat. Probably the damage is on the order of a trillion dollars or so.
The Economist@economist.com · 2w agoDonald Trump’s son-in-law has announced a $2.45bn recovery plan for and talked of $71bn for a decade of reconstruction for Gaza. Such promises ring hollow for those in the strip
This is a metaphor for so many things these days that I couldn't choose
Many areas of higher ed are being affected and disrupted by Artificial Intelligence. But some areas seem immune to AI’s impact. Here is the new top 10 of HE things which are not going to be impacted. Top 10 Higher Ed Features Which Will Not Be Affected By AI wonderfulhighered.com/2026/09/28/t...
Top 10 Higher Ed Features Which Will Not Be Affected By Artificial Intelligence
Many areas of HE are being disrupted by Artificial Intelligence. But here is the all new top 10 of HE things which are not going to be impacted by AI
wonderfulhighered.com
This is how I remember the order of Henry VIII’s wives.
Dan of the Year@downwithdan.bsky.social · 3w agoAh yes the circle of life
Demolish Birmingham (the city), expand Birmingham (the airport) and build HS2 in full. Job done.
Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 3w agoWhich of Gatwick or Heathrow should be London's hub airport, a debate on which one side you have: Gatwick has more land that it owns, is cheaper, already has direct rail links to the South outside London, is less a logistical nightmare versus Heathrow is older
All day Piddington's womminfolk have been telling news how they will be terrified of "hundreds of young men nearby, free to come and go as they please." NOT ONE JOURNALIST has asked: "How did you cope when it was an army base? Who came and went then? Nuns?" Soon as you ask that, all becomes clear.
Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social · last mo.The people of Piddington have spoken. I say, grant them independence. Border controls. Visas to cross into the UK. Tariffs on goods. No GBP. No NHS. No benefits or pensions. Let us know when your little lilywhite enclave has gone all Mad Max and you started eating each other. BUH-BYE!
Happy 5th anniversary to the time this happened over on that other place.
NIMBY Brain is a real disease, and serious research is needed to find a cure.
milk bottle champion@stepheniscowboy.bsky.social · last mo.nimbys remained unmatched
The dark irony of people pearl clutching about the ethnic cleaning statements is if you actually spoke to the average hill top settler they would tell you: yes, we are ethnically cleansing - that is exactly what we are doing
Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now
Forgetting to put your laptop in your bag when you go home is surely a sign that you're too tired to work that evening anyway, right?
90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)
Oh wow, nobody saw that coming. If you let yourself be entranced by the same three snake oil salesmen who have captured the entire sector and who only understand "staff cost" as an entry in a spreadsheet, not all the contributions we make that don't fit that silly excel box, this is what you get.
Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · last mo.'The need to outsource services following redundancy programmes may be increasing universities’ costs rather than lowering them, as well as impacting staff productivity, a report warns.'
Anyone working in the sector already knows, but still good to see it in black & white. Professional services *people*--not just interchangeable hubs of administration--are essential to a good university. Their institutional knowledge has been consistently undervalued & their loss is catastrophic.
Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · last mo.'The need to outsource services following redundancy programmes may be increasing universities’ costs rather than lowering them, as well as impacting staff productivity, a report warns.'
Quite how a single building near Temple Meads makes it "easier for staff and students to commute" is not obvious. The rest of the University is still a ~30 minute walk up the hill.
Tim Bale@timbale.bsky.social · last mo.Wow.
"It was at this point that an oyster went down the wrong way and blocked my ear canals, meaning I missed the whole conversation where I agreed to a foreign donor illegally giving us £500,000..."
Didn't realise Trump and Andrew Neil had a timeshare on that Brillo pad.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.what is the world is going on with Trump's hair? (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty)
Through the golden road, Shiga, Japan. Photography by Takk B on 500px
Oh no how will the worst person you know make content
The Independent@the-independent.com · last mo.ChatGPT down: OpenAI chatbot not working in major outage
I thought "Trump Strait" was the medical term for the lower parts of the digestive tract. Full of shit and foul-smelling hot air.
Radio Free America@handle.invalid · last mo.Trump pitches renaming the Strait of Hormuz to the "Trump Strait"
Yes, that's because they are mostly appallingly badly run. Management copy the bad ideas that have been disastrous elsewhere, then we all have to deal with the consequences when we become case study n+1.
Thiago Carvalho@cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 2mo ago'Our findings illustrate a curious paradox: despite universities being key producers of evidence and seeking the use of their research to inform public policymaking, they are less adept at using evidence to inform their own decision-making.' blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
crashingly obvious thing to say, but surely if you had written the Father Ted “liars” speech you would then be quite careful not to actually write it again as yourself
James Ball@jamesrball.com · 2mo ago*looks to camera*
Actually, I don't think his health *is* deteriorating any more.
The Times and Sunday Times@thetimes.com · 2mo agoAs the health of the oldest reigning monarch in Europe deteriorates in hospital after a blood infection, the future of the royal family is on unstable ground
