If there's been a recurring theme to my career, it's been right-wing dickwombles declaring my career to be in a shambles because I "virtue signal" or am a "social justice warrior" or, currently, am "woke." When it became clear my career wasn't in a shambles, the line became I'm being propped up by my publisher, who would buy boatloads of my books to game the bestseller lists. They've mostly at this point given up trying to pretend I don't sell books, they just hate them, so, progress, I guess.

RE: https://www.threads.com/@cdbrow1/post/DUBeUcXD7_p

My second year chem started their iodine clock reaction analysis today which means a ton of concentration calculations to even be able to _start_ the analysis. I decided to take 20 minutes to help them build their first spreadsheets which calculate everything for them.

It really reduced the cognitive load so they can focus on the kinetics rather than mindlessly doing dilution calculations. They can now do the same for the other reactant. I'm really happy with my choice.

#teaching #chemistry

Interviewed on Al Jazeera today about ICE killing Alex Pretti and Renee Good, and made it a point to speak the names of all 9 people ICE has killed so far in 2026. Including Keith Porter, Parady La, Heber Sanchaz Domínguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, and Geraldo Lunas Campos.

We need unity of humanity against fascism and autocracy.

Will share the interview when it goes live.

Maura Healey has just been elected Governor of Massachusetts. She is the first woman to lead MA, the first lesbian to lead any state, and the third openly-LGBTQ person to lead a state.

Incredibly proud that those of us at Team LPAC have been among her biggest supporters.

And donate to LPAC. I'll send you one of my famous handwritten "thank you" notes: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/lpac-charlotte-clymer

5 things I'm glad my area passed yesterday:

⛓️ Finally outlawed slavery (!) as punishment for crime

🔫 Passed one of the most thorough gun safety laws in the country

🏦 Reformed our municipal government structure for better hyper-local representation

📋 Will remove lawmakers if they don't show up for work

🗳️ Adopted ranked-choice voting

Hey fellow mastodon n00bs!

You may have heard there's no algorithm here. Yes there's no a centrally managed algorithm. BUT:

There *is* an algorithm. It's a function of chronology, your individual following and filtering decisions, and - this part's important - the collective behavior of your first-degree network.

That means YOU are part of EVERYONE ELSE's "algorithm."

Please:
* Boost good stuff
* Set replies "unlisted"
* Use CWs for anything others might want to choose to see or not

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