Joshua Bragg

Original (left) and corrected (right) Fig. 4a in the paper https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10305-0 showing the chemical structures of amino acids (only the right one) the left figure is just an embarrassment

I wonder... 🤔🤔🧪 #chemsky

a) what program did the authors use to make the original (left) figure in the paper? Wild guess, ChatGPT

b) how such high school science level of disgrace pass peer review in @nature.com?

Note this was Fig.4.a NOT in SI

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

There's probably a low voltage transformer hidden somewhere that's powering both of them. In a closet, attic, basement etc.

Comic. [Banner: Mathematical Society: 2025 Meeting.] PERSON 1 with bun: Any other new developments from the year to cover before we wrap? PERSON 2: Oh, the teens picked a new funny number. PERSON 3 with short hair: Aww, I’m glad to hear they’re still doing that. PERSON 4 with ponytail: I’ll add it to the list. [List: 23 (skidoo!; 42; 69; 420; 1,337; 58,008; [circled]: 67]

Funny Numbers

xkcd.com/3184/

Chemist: mixture was conditioned at 37°C in growth medium for 9 months

AI generated nonsense

Gemini offered to draw a diagram of the transition state of an SN2 reaction.

Like a fool I asked it to go ahead!

I want to offer a public apology to FDA head Marty Makary for calling him an ignorant piece of shit in a post last night.

I just learned he is an islet transplant surgeon. Yes, the cells that produce insulin.

I was wrong. He is not ignorant.

This piece of shit knows *exactly* what he is doing.

Q: How can you tell the difference between a chemist and anyone else?

A: Ask them to pronounce the phrase 'periodic acid.'

Q: How can you tell the difference between a chemist and a plumber?

A: Ask them to pronounce the word 'unionized.'

Q: How can you tell the difference between a chemist and anyone else?

A: Ask them to pronounce the phrase 'periodic acid.'

Hey @matthewmercer.bsky.social, was just rewatching the Twiggy episode of M9 and realized that I would pay good money for a published Halls of Halas. Please? #criticalrole

Chemical Formulas xkcd.com/3040

AI is for people who don't want to or can't think. Period.

I write to figure out what I think and how to think about it better.

I have a goblin bride that appeared for free in one of my orders that has always amused me to no end.

Oh that would be very fun to throw at my current campaign.

I've always appreciated the huge depth of lore that you get in Pathfinder books. Makes a DMs inspiration so much easier.

Optimist: The cup is half full.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
High School Chemistry Teacher: What is this beaker half full of unlabeled liquid? Y'all, please use the Sharpies.

A picture of a display panel showing the date as Jan 12 2120

My classroom Promethean display panel this morning. Where is my flying car?

If you like total synthesis and Wordle, check out Synthordle, a retrosynthetic analysis game created by Shenvi Lab associates Kevin Zong (GS 2) and Jonah Luo (HS sophomore!).
shenvilab.github.io/Synthordle/
Easy problems for Sophomore OChem, hard problems for advanced practitioners.

This is the quality content I was missing from the old Twitter.

Twitter refugeeing it up.