Daniel E. Falvey
@dfalvey.bsky.social
Chem. Prof. at UMD. Takoma Park resident. This is my personal account
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New #TakomaPark check (after an alert from @dfalvey.bsky.social): sign encouraging fence crashes at @adventisthc.twitter.com site off Maple Avenue. @takomaparkmd.gov owns its own such signs; this is a Flagger Force rental unit, so presumably an Adventist responsibility.
Fix: turn off the sign.
Fix: turn off the sign.
September 7, 2026 at 11:45 PM
New #TakomaPark check (after an alert from @dfalvey.bsky.social): sign encouraging fence crashes at @adventisthc.twitter.com site off Maple Avenue. @takomaparkmd.gov owns its own such signs; this is a Flagger Force rental unit, so presumably an Adventist responsibility.
Fix: turn off the sign.
Fix: turn off the sign.
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The new documentary reminds me how Theranos board should have been a case study in both the fecklessness of tech boards and government big dogs, but all the post-implosion scrutiny focused on the weird lady.
September 7, 2026 at 4:27 PM
The new documentary reminds me how Theranos board should have been a case study in both the fecklessness of tech boards and government big dogs, but all the post-implosion scrutiny focused on the weird lady.
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seems like no big thing for POTUS to make enough fishes and loaves of bread to feed every service member
NEW: Growing fears of food shortages on USS Tripoli & other US ships in the Middle East.
This photo is the kind of meals now being served. It was sent by a sailor to her family.
Families are now trying to send food parcels to the ships.
Full story 👉 www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
This photo is the kind of meals now being served. It was sent by a sailor to her family.
Families are now trying to send food parcels to the ships.
Full story 👉 www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
April 16, 2026 at 10:04 PM
seems like no big thing for POTUS to make enough fishes and loaves of bread to feed every service member
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The fact that all software switched to subscription rather than license model is a fucking crime.
"Sign into revitty signals to use your ChemDraw."
What if, and I know this is crazy, you just STICK TO THE ACTIVATION SYSTEM YOU'VE HAD SINCE THE BEGINNING.
Seething rn.
"Sign into revitty signals to use your ChemDraw."
What if, and I know this is crazy, you just STICK TO THE ACTIVATION SYSTEM YOU'VE HAD SINCE THE BEGINNING.
Seething rn.
April 6, 2026 at 1:08 AM
The fact that all software switched to subscription rather than license model is a fucking crime.
"Sign into revitty signals to use your ChemDraw."
What if, and I know this is crazy, you just STICK TO THE ACTIVATION SYSTEM YOU'VE HAD SINCE THE BEGINNING.
Seething rn.
"Sign into revitty signals to use your ChemDraw."
What if, and I know this is crazy, you just STICK TO THE ACTIVATION SYSTEM YOU'VE HAD SINCE THE BEGINNING.
Seething rn.
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If the current moment has taught us anything, it is about the uselessness of libertarianism.
The image sums it up perfectly. The Gadsden flag was all out during the Obama era. How often do you see it now? Most of the principled libertarians were happy to trad their principles for Trumpism.
The image sums it up perfectly. The Gadsden flag was all out during the Obama era. How often do you see it now? Most of the principled libertarians were happy to trad their principles for Trumpism.
I feel like I'm losing my goddamnned mind.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
Opinion | Libertarians Tried to Warn You About Trump
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:25 PM
If the current moment has taught us anything, it is about the uselessness of libertarianism.
The image sums it up perfectly. The Gadsden flag was all out during the Obama era. How often do you see it now? Most of the principled libertarians were happy to trad their principles for Trumpism.
The image sums it up perfectly. The Gadsden flag was all out during the Obama era. How often do you see it now? Most of the principled libertarians were happy to trad their principles for Trumpism.
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ICYMI: @propublica.org has identified the two immigration agents who fired their guns in the confrontation that left Alex Pretti dead.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 2, 2026 at 12:15 PM
ICYMI: @propublica.org has identified the two immigration agents who fired their guns in the confrontation that left Alex Pretti dead.
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On Friday, the Hennepin County Attorney told The Intercept that she was getting more info from the media than from the federal government.
theintercept.com/2026/01/30/m...
theintercept.com/2026/01/30/m...
Even the Top Prosecutor in Minneapolis Doesn’t Know the Identity of the Agents Who Killed Alex Pretti
Mary Moriarty on steps local officials are taking to collect and preserve evidence despite federal obstruction, plus Jill Garvey on how to document ICE safely.
theintercept.com
February 1, 2026 at 10:34 PM
On Friday, the Hennepin County Attorney told The Intercept that she was getting more info from the media than from the federal government.
theintercept.com/2026/01/30/m...
theintercept.com/2026/01/30/m...
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Choose LaTeX. Choose spending 20 minutes looking for a "}". Choose waiting to compile before you can read what you've written. Choose editing decades-old templates so your margins match the current journal style and you can see the page count.
Choose collaborating with Physicists.
#chemsky
Choose collaborating with Physicists.
#chemsky
October 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Choose LaTeX. Choose spending 20 minutes looking for a "}". Choose waiting to compile before you can read what you've written. Choose editing decades-old templates so your margins match the current journal style and you can see the page count.
Choose collaborating with Physicists.
#chemsky
Choose collaborating with Physicists.
#chemsky
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As a libertarian, I think it’s important that Americans understand that if they just do what the government says, they won’t get shot.
January 26, 2026 at 8:25 PM
As a libertarian, I think it’s important that Americans understand that if they just do what the government says, they won’t get shot.
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NEW: One of the most significant accomplishments of the Trump Admin: Decimating the US's humanitarian aid.
We went to S. Sudan to see the effects.
Rubio says no one has died from the cuts.
Spoiler: That's not true.
@annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy:
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
We went to S. Sudan to see the effects.
Rubio says no one has died from the cuts.
Spoiler: That's not true.
@annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy:
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
NEW: One of the most significant accomplishments of the Trump Admin: Decimating the US's humanitarian aid.
We went to S. Sudan to see the effects.
Rubio says no one has died from the cuts.
Spoiler: That's not true.
@annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy:
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
We went to S. Sudan to see the effects.
Rubio says no one has died from the cuts.
Spoiler: That's not true.
@annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy:
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Never forget
The first Hail Mary in NFL history happened 50 years ago this month, ending a Cowboys-Vikings divisional playoff game. It changed lives. Those on the Minnesota side are still reeling. "I'm sick about it. Sick. To this day." With
@toddarcher.bsky.social...
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
@toddarcher.bsky.social...
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
The first 'Hail Mary': An iconic Cowboys moment and a 50-year Vikings beef
Fifty years after Roger Staubach's Hail Mary, Vikings defenders swear Drew Pearson pushed off.
www.espn.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Never forget
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Also, while I am Yelling At Clouds about grad school admissions, a note for all the universities with Ph.D. programs: I am going to look at your recommendation portal precisely ONCE per student. Stop asking me to create an account with a strong password.
December 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Also, while I am Yelling At Clouds about grad school admissions, a note for all the universities with Ph.D. programs: I am going to look at your recommendation portal precisely ONCE per student. Stop asking me to create an account with a strong password.
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extrajudicial killings are a lot like Jesus healing someone when you really think about it
Quite the shift from "I think if you do something bad you should die" immediately to "as they say in the Bible..."
December 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
extrajudicial killings are a lot like Jesus healing someone when you really think about it
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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So much to love in the new Frankenstein, but I do particularly love the choice to dress Elizabeth in the most poisonous shades of 19th century green - Paris and Scheele's. She's so doomed, poor thing.
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
So much to love in the new Frankenstein, but I do particularly love the choice to dress Elizabeth in the most poisonous shades of 19th century green - Paris and Scheele's. She's so doomed, poor thing.
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A guy who went to Cretin and a guy who went to Highland Park
November 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
A guy who went to Cretin and a guy who went to Highland Park
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Saint Paul’s Highland Park neighborhood is absolutely crushing the World Series.
Paul Molitor & Jack Morris will throw out the ceremonial first pitch tonight at Rogers Centre per MLB
November 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Saint Paul’s Highland Park neighborhood is absolutely crushing the World Series.
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The Dodgers are the favorites in this series, but don't count out the Blue Jays, who just might be the favourites.
October 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The Dodgers are the favorites in this series, but don't count out the Blue Jays, who just might be the favourites.
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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
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must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
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The NIST Webbook is great (and working at the moment!) but a lot of the IR spectra are trash.
Way too much sample or impure sample or a baseline like the Rocky Mountains.
Way too much sample or impure sample or a baseline like the Rocky Mountains.
May 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The NIST Webbook is great (and working at the moment!) but a lot of the IR spectra are trash.
Way too much sample or impure sample or a baseline like the Rocky Mountains.
Way too much sample or impure sample or a baseline like the Rocky Mountains.
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If you're a grad student or an undergrad interested in research I need to you listen to me very carefully.
You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers.
Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.
You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers.
Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.
May 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
If you're a grad student or an undergrad interested in research I need to you listen to me very carefully.
You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers.
Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.
You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers.
Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.