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/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/3m3rdvzkass2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidjn.bsky.social/post/3m24sfln5pc2uSolidarity with @leicesterucu.bsky.social colleagues - on strike to protect their institution, their colleagues, and their students [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Oct 2025 10:11 +0000at://did:plc:kthhlc6js2mtmac7nv7pdmdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m24sfln5pc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidjn.bsky.social/post/3lzlbkbhjv22nI've reached the stage of fatherhood where my work from home lunch is the leftovers from the wee man's dinners ...24 Sep 2025 10:54 +0000at://did:plc:kthhlc6js2mtmac7nv7pdmdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzlbkbhjv22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidjn.bsky.social/post/3lywvg2bofc2qOur collaboration w/ @markstradiotto.bsky.social and team is now out in Chem. Eur. J. (@chemistryeurope.bsky.social)! Mark's team used DalPhos ligands for Ni-cat. C-P couplings, which we supported with DFT calculations of reductive elimination. http://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202502189 @cathweetman.bsky.social16 Sep 2025 08:24 +0000at://did:plc:kthhlc6js2mtmac7nv7pdmdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lywvg2bofc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidjn.bsky.social/post/3lyrjiwsj722b@ukri.org I note that here (https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/work-for-us/join-an-advisory-committee-panel-or-network/epsrc-strategic-advisory-teams-vacancies/) you use the term 'biological sex' and not gender when balancing SATs. Why does what is (or was) in people's underpants matter here? Surely this is about lived experiences and perspectives?14 Sep 2025 05:07 +0000at://did:plc:kthhlc6js2mtmac7nv7pdmdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyrjiwsj722bhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidjn.bsky.social/post/3lygf75i7qc2pThe multimillionaire class pretending to be on the side of the working class. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2025 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:kthhlc6js2mtmac7nv7pdmdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lygf75i7qc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/davidjn.bsky.social/post/3lycoqr63pc2oSolidarity with colleagues at Edinburgh, fighting threatened job cuts proposed by their ineffective 'leadership'. (And I STILL don't understand how senior heads didn't roll over the whole People and Money shit show) [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2025 07:31 +0000at://did:plc:kthhlc6js2mtmac7nv7pdmdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lycoqr63pc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/davidjn.bsky.social/post/3ly5wdpz6vs2tShocking that our UCU 'leadership' deploy these horrific tactics to suppress industrial action [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Sep 2025 10:04 +0000at://did:plc:kthhlc6js2mtmac7nv7pdmdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly5wdpz6vs2t