F. West
@fgwest.bsky.social
Organic/med chem professor, Allard Research Chair in Oncology at the University of Alberta. No longer Dean, still #FoSProud (he/him). Bsky Elder.
"That England that was wont to conquer others Hath made a shameful conquest of itself." --John of Gaunt's death's bed speech, Richard II www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlCA...
Patrick Stewart - John of Gaunt Speech
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TFW you're sitting in your hotel room in London waiting to go to a play, looking at social media while your wife watches Sharpe obsessively in the neighbouring room.
As Trump returns to tariffs, it's worth checking out what we've gotten from the trade war so far.
What big crime did Mamdani commit? Did he vote in Alabama while living in Florida or something?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTuberville on Mayor Mamdani: "Put handcuffs on him ... send him to Gitmo"
House committees on Education and Workforce and on Foreign Affairs to conduct joint hearings on casting decisions made in Christopher Nolan's Odyssey.
"Whenever Jamie Kirchick is brought on stage to do this shtick (see screenshot), I feel it incumbent upon me to tell the following story..." substack.com/@coreyrobin6...
Corey Robin (@coreyrobin675129)
Whenever Jamie Kirchick is brought on stage to do this shtick (see screenshot), I feel it incumbent upon me to tell the following story. It was the spring of 1991. I was in the second semester of my s...
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Congratulations to THE for platforming the dumbest thing on the internet today. Great job.
Times Higher Education (THE)@timeshighered.bsky.social · 2w agoA science PhD can be completed within 18 months: supervisors should involve doctoral students with conducting, writing up and publishing experiments straight away, says Adrian Furnham #PhDs #research #supervision #academicsky https://ow.ly/5Fxb50ZpZ4O
Memories of the 70's sometimes feel like fleeting remnants of surrealistic dreams.
I have a radical idea: how about if Canadian universities stop posting limited term faculty positions and start rebuilding the professoriate? I know it sounds crazy, but it just might work...if our objective is to create a strong science ecosystem and employ our graduates.
And you can predict that the UCP will do everything in its power to diminish the political impact of these diverse, urban populations. edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Alberta projected to be more diverse, older, and urban as population tops seven million by 2051
Alberta projects more than 80 per cent of that growth will come from newcomers to the province.
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It's so interesting to watch a hornets' nest get kicked in real time. (Internal thing from my institution, not referring to anything out there in the real world.)
My most recent column in Nature Chem (@natchem.nature.com) is out: First Ladies of Chemistry. Who were the early women PhDs in chemistry? Why was the Ice Woman a hero (why is she still?)? Also -aren't those lab coats in the photo wild? rdcu.be/frKkW
First ladies of chemistry
Nature Chemistry - Michelle Francl puts the early women of chemistry, who were ignored at the time, back into the picture.
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On that note: www.tsinghua.edu.cn/en/info/1244...
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Omar M. Yaghi joins Tsinghua University full-time-Tsinghua University
On the morning of July 3, Tsinghua University held the Appointment Ceremony for Professor Omar M. Yaghi as Chair Professor of Tsinghua University at the Main Building.
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Navin Pokala 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱@navinpokala.bsky.social · last mo.Given that the sole beneficiary of the destruction of American scientific leadership is the Chinese Communist Party, it is reasonable to ask how much Chinese money is flowing to Russell Vought, the chief architect of America’s surrender to Xi Jinping www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/u...
TIL--the Stan Kelly "Sickos" guy has a Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sickos
Sickos - Wikipedia
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It is seriously alarming how many of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people are just screamingly mentally unwell in deeply toxic, dangerous ways.
Michael E. Carter@deckofcarterhist.bsky.social · last mo."The Pope is the puppet of the Chinese authoritatian government" is a take you would make if you made billions by drinking paint.
Two researchers — one in Massachusetts and one in Shanghai — hoped for the same breakthrough: a gene therapy for deaf children. New Chinese investment in science propelled the one who got there first. n.pr/4weVi49
How the U.S. is losing ground to China in university research
Two researchers — one in Massachusetts and one in Shanghai — hoped for the same breakthrough: a gene therapy for deaf children. New Chinese investment in science propelled the one who got there first.
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Today in weird personal history: youngest son was watching a documentary about cold fusion, and sent Dr. B and me this screen shot asking us to confirm this was us at the first press conference. It was. Crazy times.
