Mark Schofield

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Dad, chemist, sometime baker. Research Professor at GWU.
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9601-7186
Webhttps://chemistry.columbian.gwu.edu/mark-schofield

“Nothing mattered more than this: Donald Trump was returned to power by the most badly informed electorate in modern American history.”

@willbunch in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/trust-mainstream-media-2024-election-20241110.html?id=bpjtJ3uwA0BYL&utm_source=social&utm_campaign=gift_link&utm_medium=referral#loaded

2024’s other big loser? The mainstream media. Is there any path forward?

As an electorate besieged by disinformation turned to Trump, trust in traditional media has imploded. What comes next?

The Philadelphia Inquirer
As a chemist, friends often as me to recommend chemistry sets and books that might be of interest to their 12 year olds interested in tinkering. Have you - mastodon science types - seen anything that you’d recommend? #stemkids #stemed #stemteacher
Twitter rival Mastodon rife with child-abuse material, study finds

The report raises safety questions about alternative social media sites.

The Washington Post
Rosalind Franklin was born #OTD in 1920. She was a chemist and crystallographic who made a key contribution to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA: https://www.compoundchem.com/2017/07/25/franklin/
Today in Chemistry History – Rosalind Franklin and the structure of DNA

Click to enlarge Rosalind Franklin was born on this day in 1920. Her contributions to the discovery of the structure of DNA were key; she took photos of DNA's structure using X-ray crystallography, and it was these photos that informed the...

Compound Interest

An opioid expert from Texas A&M gave a guest lecture and mentioned that Texas lieutenant governor Dan Patrick’s policies were costing lives. Within hours, Patrick’s office got her suspended, formally censured, and nearly fired.

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/25/texas-a-m-professor-opioids-dan-patrick/

Texas A&M suspended professor accused of criticizing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in lecture

The professor, an expert on the opioids crisis, was placed on paid administrative leave and investigated, raising questions about the extent of political interference in higher education, particularly in health-related matters.

The Texas Tribune
A radical idea: Just give kids lunch

Michigan became the seventh state to provide universal free school meals. Why aren't Democrats advocating this for the whole country?

The Washington Post
Why did Apple buy Dark Sky if they were just going to ruin it? #DarkSky #WeatherApp
Before you continue to Google Search

How Edison, born on this day in 1847, used power-naps to fuel his astonishing productivity https://www.themarginalian.org/2013/02/11/thomas-edison-on-sleep-and-success/
Thomas Edison, Power-Napper: The Great Inventor on Sleep and Success

“Success is the product of the severest kind of mental and physical application.”

The Marginalian

Jamie Raskin testifies before Jim Jordan's "weaponization" committee. Give yourself 15 minutes for this. I assure you, it's worth your time. After all, he does a pretty good job of detailing how a past president weaponized government agencies. #JamieRaskin #gymJordan #weaponization #McCarthy

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5056630/user-clip-raskins-speech

User Clip: Raskin's speech

before the House committee of Oversight of Justice Dept & FBI chaired by Jordan

C-SPAN.org