Pronouns: he/him Reader in Chemistry, University of Strathclyde Chief Scientific Officer, CataNiTek Editorial Board Member, Communications Chemistry H&S Rep., Strathclyde UCU All views my own #chemsky http://djnelson.grouphttps://bsky.app/profile/davidjn.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidjn.bsky.social/post/3mxr7bkqxj223Pay 'rise' of 2% for university staff in the UK. CPI is 3.3%. RPI is 3.4%. So another year of pay cuts in academia. Another year of the whole sector pretending that they can continue to balance the books by underpaying and overworking their staff.13 Oct 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:kthhlc6js2mtmac7nv7pdmdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxr7bkqxj223https://bsky.app/profile/davidjn.bsky.social/post/3mwuwih74n22hThe year is 2026, and I can now put my taskbar at the top of my screen in Windows 11 ... Would actually have rather had this feature rather than all of the attempts to shove CoPilot in my face ...02 Oct 2026 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:kthhlc6js2mtmac7nv7pdmdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwuwih74n22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidjn.bsky.social/post/3mwlj6qmco22kOur latest pre-print (with Vicky Listyarini, Ryan Oliver, and Kathleen Lao) is now up on ChemRxiv. https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.15009547/v1 We systematically explore the steric demand of oxidative addition vs halogen atom abstraction for nickel(0) complexes of some mono- and bidentate ligands, using DFT calc's.28 Sep 2026 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:kthhlc6js2mtmac7nv7pdmdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwlj6qmco22khttps://bsky.app/profile/davidjn.bsky.social/post/3mtlyywg2qk2qRemember folks: don't feed the trolls. They thrive on engagement. The block accunt button is there for a reason.21 Aug 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:kthhlc6js2mtmac7nv7pdmdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlyywg2qk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidjn.bsky.social/post/3ms6rabv4xk2bBritish politics: where the main challenger in a parliamentary by-election is a man with a bin on his head. (Still preferable to Farage though) [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Aug 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:kthhlc6js2mtmac7nv7pdmdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6rabv4xk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidjn.bsky.social/post/3mm7qd62jwk2oNico and Megan's paper on the reactions of organotriflates with Ni(0) has now been published in @catalysisscitech.rsc.org ! Some answers, but also more questions ... Thanks to Stephen for the EPR data, and AstraZeneca Colleagues (Tom, Rachel, and Scott) for their support. https://doi.org/10.1039/D6CY00261G19 May 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:kthhlc6js2mtmac7nv7pdmdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7qd62jwk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/davidjn.bsky.social/post/3medw7fsxns2eThe way in which the University is approaching job cuts was already troubling for a number of reasons, and here is another ... [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Feb 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:kthhlc6js2mtmac7nv7pdmdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3medw7fsxns2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/davidjn.bsky.social/post/3mbctmb6m5k25FWIW ... the reMarkable Windows app seems to behave (so far) in WINE (on Fedora 43).31 Dec 2025 21:45 +0000at://did:plc:kthhlc6js2mtmac7nv7pdmdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbctmb6m5k25https://bsky.app/profile/davidjn.bsky.social/post/3mafly6ax5s24Uh ... don't think a DLPNO-CCSD(T) calculation should do ... erm ... *waves hands* ... this?20 Dec 2025 06:41 +0000at://did:plc:kthhlc6js2mtmac7nv7pdmdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mafly6ax5s24https://bsky.app/profile/davidjn.bsky.social/post/3ma6tnltqxk2bDear Microsoft Copilot, Fuck off. Love, David17 Dec 2025 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:kthhlc6js2mtmac7nv7pdmdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma6tnltqxk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidjn.bsky.social/post/3m6jojpse3k2rBut but but but 'project fear'!? [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Nov 2025 10:47 +0000at://did:plc:kthhlc6js2mtmac7nv7pdmdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6jojpse3k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidjn.bsky.social/post/3m5llymycbs2xAn interesting and thought-provoking read, if a tad depressing. This is certainly something that, in Chemistry at Strathclyde, we're trying to address early in first year to help students find their people. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Nov 2025 11:42 +0000at://did:plc:kthhlc6js2mtmac7nv7pdmdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5llymycbs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidjn.bsky.social/post/3m5lgofbm6k2xPretty sure when I was a student a ChemComm was three pages at most. Now it's five ... !!!14 Nov 2025 10:07 +0000at://did:plc:kthhlc6js2mtmac7nv7pdmdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5lgofbm6k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidjn.bsky.social/post/3m44qtsy5bs2yOpening the Laphroaig for the first time in too long ...26 Oct 2025 20:33 +0000at://did:plc:kthhlc6js2mtmac7nv7pdmdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m44qtsy5bs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidjn.bsky.social/post/3m43qlior322uIn a change from dabbling in things I don't understand at work, I'm now dabbling in things I don't understand in the house. (Specifically: why the heating isn't working properly)26 Oct 2025 10:56 +0000at://did:plc:kthhlc6js2mtmac7nv7pdmdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m43qlior322uhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidjn.bsky.social/post/3m3rdvzkass2nAcademia seems to be that continual feeling that you're always doing your homework on the bus to school ...22 Oct 2025 07:43 +0000at://did:plc:kthhlc6js2mtmac7nv7pdmdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3rdvzkass2n