F. West

@fgwest.bsky.social

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Organic/med chem professor, Allard Research Chair in Oncology at the University of Alberta. No longer Dean, still #FoSProud (he/him). Bsky Elder.

Promo pic of the 70's German disco act Silver Convention.
Screen shot from documentary "The Mother of all Science Scandals, showing FW and CB at the first cold fusion press conference.
Still image from 1960's puppet SF show Fireball XL5.
Head shot of alien from They Live.
Robert De Niro flashing a thumbs up gesture.
Construction project building an "octagon" in front of the White House.
Leo lounging in our neighbour's yard yesterday morning
Still from Singles (1992) showing Kyra Sedgwick in front of a poster for the proposed Seattle Supertrain.
Foreground: a bowl of freshly fried tortilla chips.. Background: several tostada shells on a cookie sheet
Final scene from Before Sunset, with Celine saying, "Baby, you're gonna miss that plane," and Jesse saying "I know."
Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting.
Excerpt from Wikipedia entry on Nellie Bowles.
Cover of "Oh, no! It's DEVO" with five spud boys.
John Belushi in "The Blues Brothers" saying "We're putting the band back together."
Screenshot of a Fortune article with the headline "Elon Musk warns the U.S. could soon be producing more chips than we can turn on. And China doesn't have the same issue."
Homer Simpson sneaking into Barr's bedroom saying, "Bart, I don't want to alarm you, but...the old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born. Now is the time of monsters." Bart is screaming as he hears the last sentence.
Screen shot of Jerry's like of my post
Screenshot of a recent Slate article extolling the virtues of having lice.
Cartoon of woman watching news, with anchor reciting first lines of Yeats' "The Second Coming," then saying "Details at eleven."
A bowl with slices of fresh peach and a glass with orange marmalade espresso tonic
August 2025 photo of the West group.
Google AI answer to the query "dorkus malorkus plural," in which it proposes that the correct plural is "dorkuses malorkus" in analogy to "Whoppers Jr."
A hand manipulating knobs and buttons on the bridge of the Enterprise in Star Trek the original series
View of downtown Edmonton across the North Saskatchewan River from trail in Emily Murphy Park.
Shouts & Murmurs from the 04/21/2025 New Yorker: "Bagels, Ranked."
Cartoon of a depressed person tethered to a post in the ground with the caption, "Life can be so tragic--you're here today and here tomorrow."
Black cat by edge of yard, looking at camera.
A photo of a foraging skunk in back yard, taken through a picture window.
A trail in the Edmonton river valley between Belgravia and Hawrelak Park.
Captain Fletcher in The Outlaw Josey Wales saying, "Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining."
A black cat lounging in the sun, looking suave and full of secrets.
Photo of the crowd at UFest Edmonton Ukrainian Festival.
Party invitation structured like fake newspaper describing the farewell party for Tom Eberlein and Fred West.
Sean Connery explaining "The Chicago Way" in The Untouchables.
Two adult geese, one attending to several goslings in a puddle on the street.