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Out now in Organometallics: arene insertion with P2 cobalt! Congrats Maya and team. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Our magnum opus Tutorial on asymmetric hydrogenation with group 9 metals Congratulations to @ChirikGroup’s Lauren on the hard work. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Our postdoc @Willi_Amberg built @SynStrategy a learning tool that categorizes 500+ reactions by functional group with 400+ total synthesis examples. If you’re into #OrgChem, check it out (it’s free)! iOS: apps.apple.com/de/app/synstra… Android: play.google.com/store/apps/det… #ChemTwitter

He says the funny numbers!

Best last 2025 thing

We are going to be okay as a nation after all

This will save Pixar. Mark it.

Axel Becke, the 'B' in 'B3LYP', author of the 8th most cited paper of all time, and my undergraduate quantum professor, has passed away. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

On Kawhi no less

Another 10% drawdown 🥱💎🤲

@SpearfishingCap PA!

Today's price action has been pretty chill but this gif is hilarious 😂

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I was watching Netflix’s new series Death by Lightning. It’s set in Chicago, 1880 - and this establishing scene pops up. In the foreground: •an Asian woman, •two Black men, •and a one-legged man - all walking together downtown. It immediately stuck out to me, so I looked up the actual demographics for Chicago in 1880. Here’s what the numbers say: •Chicago’s population: about 503,000 •Black population: 6,500 (≈1.3%) •Chinese population: 172 total (≈0.03%) •Chinese women? About 3% of that - meaning roughly 5 total in the entire city. •Disabled/one-legged men from the Civil War era? Plausible, maybe 0.1–0.2% of the population. So if you ran the math on the odds of seeing all of that - an Asian woman, two Black men, and an amputee - in one random 50-person crowd downtown, it comes out to about 0.00016%, or roughly 1 in 640,000. In other words, Netflix made a scene that’s about as statistically likely as spotting a UFO on your morning commute - but hey, at least the diversity box got checked.

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Cooked panda for lunch $eose

Hoffman plz take us home

@Dyro01676 Close out

Lfg m8

@Dyro01676 Didn’t know you were a Catan man.

I'll be expecting a call to play the lead part when they drop the brass Birmingham series

A great tribute by Paul Hayes to the life and legacy of Steve Westcott @thewildtoads in @CanJChem. Canada research chair in @Boron_Chemistry. cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.11…