Sometimes when you blog something about your own experience you get Emails. Topics around working conditions are without fail the ones which draw the saddest messages. If there is someone in your department on a short fixed-term contract, I urge you to befriend them. Take them for coffee **today**.

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With the benefit of hindsight, I have always been fascinated by the concept of an (admittedly distorted) octahedral hole. #chemsky

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Hi all! My name is Julian, and I’m sharing my story today for #YoungScientistNetworking. I am a chemist and educator at the Fashion Institute of Technology. I spend my time dyeing in my bathtub at home and doing live public demonstrations for non-scientists across NYC.

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9 years since mine and @kathleencronie.bsky.social 's first date and 7 since we got married. The key to going full lez and getting engaged after 8 months is to then live happily ever after. We are celebrating by being mildly hungover and reading our vows, which is on brand.

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I get to celebrate a graduate student becoming a doctoral candidate!! Kendra is my first graduate student and is paving the way for chemistry education research at my school -- she aced her comprehensive exam and I am so excited for her bright future! Woohoo!

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