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Prof Ross Forgan

@forganross.bsky.social

Prof of Supramolecular and Materials Chemistry at University of Glasgow. Chair of RSC Porous Materials Interest Group. Pores and snores in equal measure. Personal account with occasional boasting.

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James Austin@jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 12h ago

Once again, I come back to the fact these guys have created a situation where one of the UK's leading, cis female athletes is scared to go to the loo alone, and the fact that they are celebrating this as a step forward for women's rights.

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Equality and Human Rights Commission@equalityhumanright.bsky.social · 16h ago

Our code of practice for services, public functions and associations comes into force today. It provides practical guidance on how the Equality Act 2010 applies to services, public functions and associations. Find out more: https://ow.ly/alIf50Zwrkx

Quote from Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson: 'At the EHRC we want a society where everyone’s rights are respected and realised, so that we can all live well together. Our statutory guidance will help services across the country comply with the Equality Act, protecting service users from discrimination and harassment while reducing the risk of the provider being subject to litigation. As Britain’s equality regulator, our work doesn’t end upon publication of this guidance. We monitor compliance with the law and take enforcement action where proportionate and necessary, in line with our well-established regulatory model and decision-making framework.'
Prof Ross Forgan@forganross.bsky.social · last wk.

The team’s latest paper is out in @jacs.acspublications.org, exploring conformational isomerism, flexibility, and postsynthetic modification in MIL-53(Sc)-fum (which we make from MIL-88A!) Big collaborative effort including help from @clairehobday.bsky.social pubs.acs.org/jacsat/artic...

Cluster Anion Substitution Tunes Flexibility and Porosity of MIL-53(Sc)-fum Conformational Isomers Isolated by Solvent-Induced MOF-to-MOF Self-Assembly

Abstract. Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) of the type MIL-53(M)-fum, where M3+ cations are connected by fumarate (fum) linkers in the canonical MIL-53 topo

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Kirsty Grainger @kirstygrainger.bsky.social · last wk.

Earlier this year UKRI launched a funding call to invest £40M in ONE AI lab. www.ukri.org/opportunity/... For some unknown reason they decided to fund TWO AI labs at the cost of £60M. An extra £20M. Just found. That's the equivalent of 7 more years of Jodrell Bank. www.ukri.org/news/ukri-la...

UKRI launches two AI research labs to stay ahead in global race

Two new labs will back British researchers to develop next generation artificial intelligence (AI) systems, helping secure the UK’s position as a global leader.

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · last wk.

I'm absolutely devastated for colleagues at Jodrell Bank who found out this morning that funding for the UK's e-MERLIN radio telescope array will be terminated. This is a short-sighted move, to save a tiny fraction of the overall UK science budget. #SaveJodrellBank 🔭🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Legal C@legalclaret.bsky.social · 2w ago

This disingenuous commentary doesn’t help anyone. Frauds start unravelling pretty quickly. That you apparently cannot afford to put your oven or treat yourself is quickly undermined by the question “so why are you spending £50 per week on petrol?” Then, it turns out, she has an agent and /1

Ash@queerash.bsky.social · 2w ago

Elaine in this article "can't remember the last time she used her oven" but also spends £200 a month on petrol (so driving probably ~50 miles a day?) (she's also a professional old person; she was on Good Morning Britain last year, and then also at the Nov budget, and the year before lmao)

Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social · last mo.

Weird right. Who could have predicted that. But no matter how grim Fifa tries to make it - from humiliating itself in front of Trump to pricing out fans - you can't take away the basic beauty of people from a bunch of different cultures meeting each other.

Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The attacks in Edinburgh, in which an armed bare-chested white man terrorised Muslims, leaving five people injured, don't feature on a single newspaper front page this morning. Two tier journalism

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Prof Ross Forgan@forganross.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Elon Musk FRS @royalsociety.org is directly involved in radicalising these white supremacist terrorists.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Four people in hospital after knife attacks in Edinburgh. An arrest made. BBC report say man shouted about "protecting the country". Sone signs the attacks near a mosque at petrol station & pizzeria may have had anti-Muslim or anti-migrant/minority motives (tbc) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Condemning riots isn't enough. We need policy action, including an immediate appraisal of X as a vehicle for coordinating far-right disorder. And we need political leadership, to challenge white nationalism as an idea, not to validate it daily and then complain when it turns violent.

Michael O’Neill@michaeloneill.org · 2mo ago

Not being dramatic, but this probably signals the effective end of Chemistry in English Universities. An *efficient* Department loses something like £2k per Chemistry student per year; this change will roughly double that loss. Universities would be mad to keep teaching Chemistry.

Research Professional News@resprofnews.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Breaking: Government set to cut strategic priorities grant. The government is on the cusp of cutting public funding for higher education teaching, the head of Universities UK has told MPs, placing institutions under even more financial pressure. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Dave Adams@profdjadams.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We need someone to come and run our SAXS facility at Glasgow - brand new machine to be installed, perhaps with your help running it? If interested: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...

Research Facility Manager: Small Angle X-ray Scattering

Job PurposeThe purpose of this post is to lead the installation, set-up, and subsequent day-to-day running and management of the newly established small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) facility withi...

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