It finally happened. I saw a parent showing her daughter, an incoming student, where the classrooms are in the building. (Classes start tomorrow.) I recognized the mother as a former student of mine.
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It finally happened. I saw a parent showing her daughter, an incoming student, where the classrooms are in the building. (Classes start tomorrow.) I recognized the mother as a former student of mine.
Welcome back, everybody!
Well just look who decided to cut me some slack #birds
Enough blood to last the winter! 🧛♂️
Too long for students to read 😭
Nice!!! 🪶
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I imagine so!
That’s where everyone is having them these days 🥁
Happy Labour Day to all who get one and all who should. Mine is off to an appropriate start! 😽 💤
Good luck! It doesn’t always feel like a privilege, but you’re right that it is. Have fun 😀
Wearing a toga would be a great affectation. Your evaluations would improve because “toga guy”
Bob Dole doesn’t need this
This movie is hilarious. You don’t have to be a birder to love it (but it helps)!
I also cannot believe it. That sounds unconstitutional. Certainly unconscionable.
Margaret Atwood claps back to having The Handmaid’s Tale banned from Alberta schools by the UCP. It’s so good. #ableg #abpoli #abed
Definite vampire vibe here! “Here are the musicians I hired.” 🧛 🧛♀️ 🧛♂️
I love seeing those big orange pelican feet! South Saskatchewan River’s most famous inhabitants never disappoint 🪶😊
Hey Firefox users.
This week's comic, inspired by a study showing that AI summaries on top of search results are dramatically cutting traffic to websites.
He’s just enjoying a nice weekend… at Bernie’s
#Caturday In a box August 30th but hot like July 🎸 🎶 🎺
🧙♀️!!
If you don’t know any sports teams, socks is the highest probability answer 😅
replacing Batman fight onomatopoeiae with old midwestern brewery names
Time will tell if it’s the worst QB room ever, but Pepperidge Farm remembers the Patriots QB rooms from 1990–1992.
RFK Jr will be the first to say ‘Rump got vaccinated so 🤷♂️’
“DeDe!!!”
Swimin Snek!!! 🌊 🐍
Sending best wishes for a safe return!!
“You should listen to Billy Zane. He’s a cool guy.”
This is why I feel good about leaving carcasses on the front lawn 😜
“Graphic media” 😆
Everyone sees Vance for what he is. I look forward to his Wormtongue fate.
You’re going to need a bigger fridge
OMG tell him it’s a submarine parade!
Nebuch would never
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
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Patriots plan for swing tackle was 3 DBs in a trench coat
@uottawa.ca is hiring a Full Professor and Tier 1 CRC in Sustainable Catalyst Design. Ability to teach inorganic and organometallic chemistry especially welcome. Comes with dedicated funding, teaching reduction, and substantial startup funds. Ottawa is a great place to live! tinyurl.com/bdcm5hw6
Nepo pedagogy 😉
Starting my TWENTIETH fall semester teaching tomorrow and the cartoon still applies:
Some gags stick with you for 40 years… 😁
Is this the Secret Santa episode where Johnny Slash gets “Fennifer?”
It's the weekend
Pic on the right looks like it could be from the Hoth snowman
Trying to figure out the mystery of who bent over the T-post that my trail camera is attached to. There have been a couple of subtle clues.
Love the face-plant nap
#chemjobs en français 🇨🇦
Maybe something you say when trying to generate trade interest.
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
This was a thing. I had John Cougar Melonhead on my wall for YEARS!
Seriously think the inflatable T-rex suit is one of the greatest inventions of this century.
Grim Reaper [ 1 ] Part 1 or 2.
Flicker in the birdbath please drink free The water is nice as you can see Can I take you to a yard that’s got nice flowers You can fly away when you’re done drinking
"And he told me to get out there and win one more for the Pluffer."
Dalhousie locks out profs, other faculty members over contract dispute Union represents nearly 1,000 professors, instructors, librarians and professional counsellors #Halifax #NovaScotia www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Give us a squawk if you support us! I'm currently locked out from my job, along with 1000+ other DFA members. I'll be picketing on Queen Street, from 7:30 - 9:30 M-F until this is resolved.
I moved to Bluesky shortly after Musk's takeover. I suspect many that came here didn't like the BS of Twitter – all the bots & randos that drove up numbers. Adjusting to one-tenth the engagement was hard at first, but it's quality over quantity, IMO. I'd like #chemsky to thrive, with more trainees.
Well it’s chemistry of course. The reason why organic chemists historically make p-tosylates rather than the simpler benzenesulfonates is that p-tosyl chloride is a cheap byproduct from saccharin synthesis. The ortho isomer is used for saccharin. #chemsky 🧪
Follow your heart 🎸
Sweet
Next you’ll tell me method acting doesn’t include the meth
Asbestos is bad, actually
A gyro for our times
Add more Chappell Roan, which I understand is a type of pony
K será será!
I blame young people!
Seconded. Sound up for the full enjoyment!
Man that took AWHILE
I haven’t seen this film in >30 years, so I can only vouch for the content so far… 🤣
Desert Hearts?
*Starts nailing theses to the Chem-cathedral door*
That’s a tall order! I started thinking if movies and going “nope, trauma, nope, trauma…” Four Weddings and a Funeral has an actual functional, happy in love gay couple. It’s the titular funeral, of course, but it is a nice funeral. 🤷♂️
Beautiful mural honoring Henrietta Lacks painted by Baltimore community members popped up near Hopkins med campus recently.
Enlightenment
A man from the Scilly Isles Suffered greatly from chronic piles But the burning down there Could hardly compare To the shit in the Epstein files
*Trombone solo*
All the single owls 🎶
Do you know this muffin, man?
Someone should sandwich that guy
Bam-ba-lam!
Gnatmaster! Cut faster!
“Hey, who tipped over the laundry ba— “ #Caturday
“It looks like you are trying to stop me” #originalart #pixelart #art
The Hunter #Caturday
I’m sorry for your loss. And yes, carpe diem.
Aw, I’m so sorry. Mara sounds like a good friend.
Frank Costanza voice: “Sorority now!”
This seems bad, but I'm equally concerned that he may have been bitten by some sort of Joe-Paterno-zombie.
In early June, Birds Canada Board Member and long-time supporter Janet Hill (@saskajanet.bsky.social) joined our team on a grasslands conservation tour across southern Saskatchewan. Learn how science, innovation, and partnerships are making a difference for grassland birds: tinyurl.com/2j92txnt
“Apparatuses” is a weird word to look at, but apparati, alas, is not a word. I like that one of the the suggested synonyms is “contraptions”. Would love to use that in a manuscript!
Any Alien movie, scene 1.
I'm totally seeing it!
Man Who Drinks 5 Diet Cokes Per Day Hoping Doctors Working On Cure For Whatever He’s Getting theonion.com/man-who...
altchemjobs?
