Retired medicinal chemist. Book lover. Lifelong Democrat.
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RFK Jr. is "like the guy you never wanted to have to partner with in science class. He thought he knew the answers and he's ultimately the guy who would light his hair on fire, and now he's lighting all of HHS on fire," says Michigan Senate candidate Dr. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social.
I came here to say the same thing.
Gotta say, this was my favorite swag from the Minnesota State Fair. Good job, DFL. I’ll wear it proudly.
Y’all may swoon over that dog washing room - but that library? And that garden? Oh, lordy .
Thou shalt not end vaccines. God will not save you from plague. The Middle Ages should’ve made that very clear.
Further evidence of the decline: uncrustables.
A new strain of flu. A severe outbreak of listeria in processed food. Some previously-unknown virus hitching a ride here on an intercontinental flight. Bacteria never sleep. Viruses keep mutating.
Yes, still alive. But man, he looks terrible: old, confused, disheveled. There was a time when he’d never look like this in public. Still alive, for now.
And a Fresca! ❤️
I dare you to go to Annunciation School and tell our grieving community, in effect, guns don’t kill kids, antidepressants do. Just shut up. Stop peddling bullshit. You should be fired.
You think we weren’t prepared for the last pandemic ….
Grandson starts kindergarten next week. 5 years old. I hate this.
This day sucks.
The shooting occurred during morning mass for the children who attend Annunciation School, which is associated with the Annunciation Church. The school serves students from kindergarten through eighth grade.
Wait - listeria? As in “fatal to your unborn child” listeria?!
Be careful out there, especially if you’re pregnant. The CDC has cut back on its surveillance on food borne illnesses.
Also nerds running experiments and studying phenomena/trends that you’ve never heard of. Screw worms?!
Doesn’t understand math. Doesn’t understand pharma pricing.
Maybe I’M the one with dementia — but didn’t he already promise to lower drug prices “immediately” BACK IN APRIL? Guess pharma prices aren’t so easy to control.
Another game changer: air conditioning. I remember when my Southern grandparents got a window air conditioning unit. We kids just sat in front of that thing and reveled in the cold air.
WESH-TV - Protesters in Orlando have repainted the Pulse Memorial crosswalk after Florida state-directed crews removed the rainbow stripes that honor the 49 lives lost during the 2016 massacre.
Sheesh. I misread that as The Cankle Goblin.
Season 4 was my favorite. But yeah, I doubt Trump ever watched any of it.
Loved it. Loved the ending (which I thought was perfect.) Loved the production values. Loved Josh Brolin and Julia Garner (although I keep calling her Ruth in my Ozark brain.) Loved how it felt “smart” and didn’t treat its audience like dummies.
🤔
Beautiful. Now I’M going to think about it daily, too.
Love this! Funny how there are real heroes walking among us…
First off: no one is calling you, Donald. What rando DC resident has your phone number? Also - Cracker Barrel. You tell ‘em, Brent. bsky.app/profile/bren...
So many good parts, but that one really cracked me up.
When I worked in preclinical pharma, I hosted pharmacy tour groups in my lab. I’d tell them how many compounds I’d made and how 1 of those compounds made it through Phase 3 trials. Most kids were impressed, but I’ll never forget this one: “Only one? Do you feel like your career has been a failure?”
I am a Southerner, and I approve of this message. Heck, I volunteer to personally carry out this message!
Is this some kind of joke?
Some one should tell Trump that supervillains rarely win Nobel Peace Prizes.
Ha! My graduate degree was in organic chemistry. That right there was enough to drive away most of those self-important blowhards. None of them had read “The Total Synthesis of Taxol.” Pikers!!
“ i have friends everywhere.” Only one of these men can say that.
“A partner”? “MEANING-MAKING”? What the sweet fuck is this??
Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪
My CPA daughter once considered applying to the FBI’s forensic accounting division. Now she just snorts derisively when I remind her of that. Nothing more humiliating than an accountant’s scorn.
Gotta admit, I snorted out loud.
Holy crap. I’m just skeeved out by whatever is growing on that bench top.
I’m trying to figure out what caused Trump to target these particular mayors
Well, that was good for a laugh. Things must have changed a LOT since I retired from med chem — Chinese Herbal Medicine?!
In the time when we all lived in caves, half of everyone born was dead by age 30. By 1840, half of everyone born was dead by 35. ( despite organic foods, clean air & water (etc) Today’s much long life expectancy is due to science - the meds, the vaccines etc Do not listen to RFK Jr
Norwegians don’t play.
Brent is the BEST.
Man, I needed that laugh. Thanks, buddy. (Oops - I’m probably not your buddy. 😳)
Haven’t watched “Morning Joe” since the election. Haven’t missed it all. Thanks for reminding me why I quit!
We need less gilding in the Oval Office and more gelding in the Oval Office
I’m guessing that JD Vance bought some cheap styrofoam crap from Hobby Lobby and then spray-painted them gold. That’s about all he’s good for.
I read these everyday. They’re gut-wrenching. I wonder: will future versions of social media have a similar Memorial Account for those unfortunates snatched up by ICE and forced into camps?
Yikes! Obviously, “studying nutrition” =/= “studying chemistry.”
Native North Carolinian who lived through the abysmal Jesse Helms years. Roy Cooper is the senator that the state needs and wants!! People just need to get on the Cooper Train…they won’t be sorry.
I should have used my sarcasm font, too.
My mainline Protestant church is so woke that we have a minister of social Justice.
By 1835, half of everyone born was dead by 35. We can thank science for the extended lifetime
You had me until Presbyterians. What gives? I think Mr. Rogers was a Presbyterian minister.
You know, not every Christian is a hypocritical, racist mouth-breather. Some of us are educated liberals who follow a progressive Sky Daddy. If you will. I’m praying for Roy Cooper!
As someone who worked on HIV protease inhibitors in the 90s I say - science ROCKS! And also, thank you God.
Okay, I wrote too quickly - not a cure but a prophylactic.
In the 80s and 90s I was a chemist in big pharma, working on HIV protease inhibitors. It was such a dark time for those newly diagnosed with HIV. I never truly thought there would be a cure like this. I feel like crying. Go Science!!
I can’t just scroll by these pictures - and no one seems to care. I need an outlet for my sorrow and my anger.
Not a historian though. Just a genealogy geek.
Ancestry.com has many death certificates; the availability of the certificates depends on the state in which the person died. The LDS genealogy site (family search) has a lot of historical probate and land ownership records in a searchable database - again, it depends on the state.
Love the expressions of disgust and disbelief on Powell’s face.
Both of these singers died within the past month. To women of a certain age - especially those who were naive geeky middle school girls in the 70s - one stands head and shoulders above the other. Bobby > Ozzy.
Trump is a genius but you can't see his grades Trump is healthy but you can't see his medical reports Trump is honest but you can't see his tax returns Trump is innocent but you can't see the Epstein Files
So…the Epstein files were credible enough to get Epstein arrested, credible enough for Trump and his cronies to campaign on for years, but not credible enough to make available to the public? Weird.
When a network lays off one of America’s greatest satirists, it’s not because he failed. It’s because he succeeded too loudly.
40 years ago this week! A revolution in the lives of organic chemists everywhere. I’m old enough to remember using stencils to draw the chemical structures in my thesis. Those were the bad old days.
Talk about The Wire, Sopranos, Game of Thrones all you want, but the greatest US television program ever made is Sesame Street. It's not even close. 50+ years of treating kids across class, ethnicity, religion not as mini-consumers...but as citizens with a stake in this world.
Absolutely! Truly following Jesus is hard. Most times, I feel like Anne Lamott - I’m more Christian-ish than Christian.
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we've got to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that he commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition & then admit that we just don't want to do it." Colbert
BREAKING (the futures of a lot of young learners)
Plus, Rosie has just called him “king Joffrey with a spray tan,” and I can’t stop laughing.
Oh come ON. Am I the only one who immediately thought of the Demon Attic Boy from “The Grudge”?!
“Amazing” is one word for it. Idiotic is another.
Therapeutics controlled by Chinese patents AND dependent on Chinese companies for pharmaceutical intermediates and APIs.
Logic isn’t their strong suit.
I know everyone comments about his Random Capitalization, but what’s with the ! random ! exclamation ! points?! He sounds like a middle-school girl.
This poster’s outlook is its own kind of horror. And it’s an especially loathsome kind of horror.
The President could deploy troops to help disaster recovery efforts from devastating storms, but instead he sends them to Los Angels to chase fry cooks and landscapers.
When Christ said, "I was in prison and you visited me," he did not draw a distinction between the guilty and the innocent. -John Paul II
I know I’m not the only one here who follows the Auschwitz Memorial page. I’m not the only one who sees echoes of this evil in our world today. But something about Ferenc’s picture really pierced my heart. 4 years old. So sorry, little guy.
Every day, I see these pictures and mourn these lives, but something about Ferenc’s picture hits especially hard. I’m so sorry, little guy.
I cannot love (or agree with) this more.
They tried to bury us. They didn't know we were seeds. -Mexican Proverb
Embarrassing and cringe-worthy.
O, let my land be a land where Liberty Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath, But opportunity is real, and life is free, Equality is in the air we breathe. - Langston Hughes
Double major in English and chemistry here — loved everything English-y, but chemistry seemed more marketable. I still wonder how my life would be different if I’d gotten that postgrad degree in literature instead of my MS in organic chemistry.
And for the love of ***, don’t buy her new book!! I’m hoping she is going out on a book tour and gets confronted by angry voters.
I needed this. Thank you.
With Kamala seated beside him
Not everyone has moved on, though. Joe Biden is sitting in the front row. Heartbreaking.
I’m watching the Hortmans’ funeral right now (it’s being broadcast on Minneapolis television) and it’s so very sad. And yes, it seems like the nation and the national media have moved on.
Trump never called or visited the Hoffmanns or the Hortman children. All he did was badmouth Gov. Walz. I also hear that Kamala will be at the funeral tomorrow.
Trump has yet to call/visit the Hoffmanns or the Hortman children. All he’s done is badmouth Gov. Walz.