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A list of small, useful things:

• The latest from Stellen für Chemiker
• The latest from All Things Metathesis
• Nessa's second article in Chemistry World
• Interesting post by Kat Day on palytoxin in aquaculture
• Personal reflections from Scott Denmark on the future of organic chemistry
• This article about a way to avoid using horseshoe crab blood in endotoxin testing (and the Lilly biologist who has been championing it) was really interesting. 
• I feel the article elides the inertia associated with cGMP, but still worth a read. 
• The latest from handwavingchemistry
• Juvenile Facts about Uranus, from Science Shenanigans
• "The Chemistry of Death and Desire" (and indole)

An open invitation to all interested in writing a blog, a hobby that will bring you millions thousands hundreds tens of dollars joy and happiness. Send me a link to your post, and I'd be happy to put it up.

Have a good weekend!