Theorist, usually chemistry. Assoc. Prof @StJohnsU Chemistry. Pronouns: he/him/él Mexican American. 🇲🇽🇺🇸https://bsky.app/profile/fxvzquez.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/fxvzquez.bsky.social/post/3mwwmtjcuec2qWhenever I see elite people (who went to college) saying that young people shouldn’t go to college, I wonder if they will put their money where their mouth is and not pay for their kids college. Good for their kids, I’m sure, but not us peasants. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/young-people-job-market-choice/688845/?gift=f8ZqIR1TkcM3b_ywJV4ucexLLSvTvbPHiYEmER5Dl3E03 Oct 2026 00:26 +0000at://did:plc:3vmyrzbva5nnobui3evpgahy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwwmtjcuec2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/fxvzquez.bsky.social/post/3mwr2oodxhs2pMilitary academies are where the military trains its engineers, who have to take physics and chemistry. Who is going to teach chemistry there now? Just shutting all that down because the sec def doesn’t actually understand how the military works? #chemsky https://www.thebanner.com/education/higher-education/naval-academy-tenure-overhaul-OT2J7WSCXZGFLE5S5GR4FKC5PA/30 Sep 2026 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:3vmyrzbva5nnobui3evpgahy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwr2oodxhs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/fxvzquez.bsky.social/post/3mwqv2jhyys2eThis is deeply sad. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Sep 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:3vmyrzbva5nnobui3evpgahy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqv2jhyys2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/fxvzquez.bsky.social/post/3mwqune4lbk2eThis bums me out. The fun thing isn't absorbing as much new music as possible. The thing is talking to the record store people, going to the place, sifting through records. Looking at the album art. I don't want to outsource enjoying things. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Sep 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:3vmyrzbva5nnobui3evpgahy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqune4lbk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/fxvzquez.bsky.social/post/3mwosgv4tos2cStarting the countdown now for when I hear someone at my university say super intelligence. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Sep 2026 21:45 +0000at://did:plc:3vmyrzbva5nnobui3evpgahy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwosgv4tos2chttps://bsky.app/profile/fxvzquez.bsky.social/post/3mwkaicsek224You haven’t lived until you try to explain episode 6 of the the rehearsal to a man in his 80s who only speaks Spanish. Es una simulación, pero el está simulando lo que ya pasó. Y antes de que lo hizo, lo había simulado.28 Sep 2026 02:13 +0000at://did:plc:3vmyrzbva5nnobui3evpgahy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwkaicsek224https://bsky.app/profile/fxvzquez.bsky.social/post/3mwhsqnexd22kSky Harbor is the best possible name for an airport. No competition. It sounds like steam punk location!27 Sep 2026 03:02 +0000at://did:plc:3vmyrzbva5nnobui3evpgahy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwhsqnexd22khttps://bsky.app/profile/fxvzquez.bsky.social/post/3mwhohhunvk2yI bought an MS mouse, a sound card, learned DOS, and made a batch script menu system so that I could have enough memory to play Civ 1 with a mouse and sound on the Windows 3.1 machine my uncle gave us. And then my battle ship was killed by a fortified phalanx.27 Sep 2026 01:45 +0000at://did:plc:3vmyrzbva5nnobui3evpgahy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwhohhunvk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/fxvzquez.bsky.social/post/3mwh6lxluv222Im traveling today. As I was part of the poor people parade through first class, I wanted to start telling “you people don’t deserve this, you didn’t earn it, and you’ll never appreciate it! Not like me. I should be in your seat, sir! You have stolen my rightful place on first class!”26 Sep 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:3vmyrzbva5nnobui3evpgahy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwh6lxluv222https://bsky.app/profile/fxvzquez.bsky.social/post/3mwgllikwvk2jMarkwayne Mullin looks terrible in the TSA video they play at JFK. Weird fitting suit and he just looks like he’s trying to catch his breath while talking.26 Sep 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:3vmyrzbva5nnobui3evpgahy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwgllikwvk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/fxvzquez.bsky.social/post/3mwet6rn6qs2tI wonder if he ever played Einstein while telling him to stop worrying about causality and just focus on measurement. And then of course winning the match. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Sep 2026 22:32 +0000at://did:plc:3vmyrzbva5nnobui3evpgahy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwet6rn6qs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/fxvzquez.bsky.social/post/3mweqabl3722jWalking around singing “you had to be a big shot” to myself in a Dracula voice. Thanks @bestshow4life.bsky.social25 Sep 2026 21:39 +0000at://did:plc:3vmyrzbva5nnobui3evpgahy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mweqabl3722jhttps://bsky.app/profile/fxvzquez.bsky.social/post/3mwdw3xvttk2xI'm sorry "the Athletic", no matter how many alerts you send me you can't make me care about the premiere league. Please go back to sending me alerts that the Mets or Tigers lost.25 Sep 2026 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:3vmyrzbva5nnobui3evpgahy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwdw3xvttk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/fxvzquez.bsky.social/post/3mwbxeqk3w227But doctor, I’m the only computational chemist. #compchemsky #chemchat [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Sep 2026 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:3vmyrzbva5nnobui3evpgahy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbxeqk3w227https://bsky.app/profile/fxvzquez.bsky.social/post/3mwbp3ehn722jThis is just nihilism. It doesn't matter if kids have math skills in future. Nothing except for number go up matters to these people. Even if the only reason they are rich is because people who has math skills actually helped build the foundation for them. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Sep 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:3vmyrzbva5nnobui3evpgahy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbp3ehn722jhttps://bsky.app/profile/fxvzquez.bsky.social/post/3mw6yb3foxs22My heart dropped when I read this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Sep 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:3vmyrzbva5nnobui3evpgahy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw6yb3foxs22https://bsky.app/profile/fxvzquez.bsky.social/post/3mw5ooxtvw22bExcited state electron dynamics in kyber crystals can generate large focused energy pulses [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Sep 2026 02:23 +0000at://did:plc:3vmyrzbva5nnobui3evpgahy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw5ooxtvw22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/fxvzquez.bsky.social/post/3mw4msv46lc2qHow long until someone at my university calls it super intelligence? [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Sep 2026 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:3vmyrzbva5nnobui3evpgahy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4msv46lc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/fxvzquez.bsky.social/post/3mw27cjnfms2lThis is one of my favorite parts of N.K. Jemisin's The City We Became. The person who becomes the avatar of Manhattan is someone who literally just arrived in Manhattan, not a life long New Yorker. The person who becomes the avatar of Queens is an immigrant who came to queens for school. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Sep 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:3vmyrzbva5nnobui3evpgahy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw27cjnfms2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/fxvzquez.bsky.social/post/3mvyfzvt46s2eIt’s weird to watch a league of their own with my daughter and try to explain “you don’t understand, the actress that plays Mae was the biggest star in the world. It was crazy that she was even in a movie at all, especially this move. To her, she’s just one of the Rockford peaches.21 Sep 2026 00:04 +0000at://did:plc:3vmyrzbva5nnobui3evpgahy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvyfzvt46s2e