Geoff Hutchison / is on Nostr

Chemist, Scientist, Husband, Dad, Runner, Teacher. I develop Avogadro + OpenBabel to find new materials for energy applications @Pitt_Chemistry he/him

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2025-05-10 00:28:25

“The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas — hardly a partisan institution — finds that nondefense government R&D yields long-run economic returns of 150% to 300% and accounts for roughly a quarter of American productivity growth since World War II.”
[www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...](https://www.forbes.com/sites/johndrake/2025/05/09/the-national-science-foundation-is-being-dismantled-what-the-economy-needs-is-more-investment/ )
[The NSF Is Being Dismantled — ...](https://www.forbes.com/sites/johndrake/2025/05/09/the-national-science-foundation-is-being-dismantled-what-the-economy-needs-is-more-investment/ )

2025-04-14 17:52:52

As a PA resident, I'd really like to know how anyone can climb a fence, get to the governor's mansion and smash a window to start a fire.
Setting aside everything else, this seems like a *massive* security failure.
[wapo.st/3G9QTuo](https://wapo.st/3G9QTuo )
[Man charged with attempted mur...](https://wapo.st/3G9QTuo )

2025-03-20 13:54:49

So when does the class-action lawsuit for copyright infringement start?
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nyxviptfyic2lvuorkr5yy3y/post/3lksqrsnuvk2r

2025-03-07 16:49:45

Hey #Pittsburgh - come join everyone here in Schenley Plaza to #StandUpForScience
https://porcini.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:ifmi6fsburkl7pi4cxkxeaeq&cid=bafkreicfolujszyueulyk4jgvq3vof4vvudupeocny735dtspyazepg4ku

2025-02-25 17:07:01

Evidently over the last few days (weeks?) my university IT has been sending all my email messages as spam.
How's your day going?
(Yes, I know all things considered, this is a very small problem.)

2025-02-22 05:01:06

I can confirm that @npub1hl9…v5yf has admitted students - we’re having a visit weekend right now.
Hopefully this is only temporary- the admin is being very cautious about a potentially >100M budget hole if NIH budgets are cut.
[www.wesa.fm/health-scien...](https://www.wesa.fm/health-science-tech/2025-02-21/university-pittsburgh-phd-pause-research-funding-uncertainty )
[The University of Pittsburgh p...](https://www.wesa.fm/health-science-tech/2025-02-21/university-pittsburgh-phd-pause-research-funding-uncertainty )

2025-01-27 01:30:31

Shared for no particular reason...
[www.npr.org/2021/02/14/9...](https://www.npr.org/2021/02/14/967030238/theres-a-good-chance-your-valentines-flowers-come-from-colombia )
[There's A Good Chance Your Val...](https://www.npr.org/2021/02/14/967030238/theres-a-good-chance-your-valentines-flowers-come-from-colombia )

2025-01-20 19:36:24

"The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. … The most dangerous criminal may be the man gifted with reason, but with no morals.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
[kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/...](https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/purpose-education )
["The Purpose of Education"](https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/purpose-education )

2024-12-30 15:58:55

I wrote up a 2024 Year in Review for @npub19x9…ww9u 🧪⚗️ #opensource #chemsky
In short, the community is amazing. Significant translations into 17 languages including 🇭🇷🇫🇷🇭🇺🇰🇷🇷🇴🇪🇸Tamil, 🇺🇦🇨🇳🇬🇪🇩🇪🇯🇵🇵🇹🇧🇷🇷🇸🇹🇷
.. and of course dozens of features and bug fixes [discuss.avogadro.cc/t/2024-year-...](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/t/2024-year-in-review/ )
[2024 Year-In-Review](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/t/2024-year-in-review/6658?u=ghutchis )