Edward Brothers

Ed Brothers is the only former carnie in computational chemistry.

[Josh Olson @joshuarolson]

Hot tip: if you HAVE to have dinner and multiple margaritas at Jimmy Buffet’s restaurant on CityWalk, make sure to do it with Werner Herzog.

[ACS COMP @ACSCOMP]

Women Make COMP at ACS Spring 2026 is stacked with incredible speakers and awardees - an exciting showcase of outstanding science and the people driving it forward.

Big thanks to our sponsors ACS, Optibrium, Iambic Therapeutics, and OpenEye for making this event possible!

[Edward Brothers @EdsFacts]

I experienced great customer service this morning from @Delta during with a phone interaction with a guy named Matthew. Keep up the great work! Delta's earned my business going forward.

[Amtrak @Amtrak]

THE UNBRIDLED GREATNESS OF TRAINS WILL ENDURE FOR A MILLION YEARS

[WW2 The Eastern Front @ShoahUkraine]

This story was truly heartwarming. I found it in the CBS archives. A man approaches a CBS reporter in Russia after realizing they are American and shares the story of his captivity. He had been held in a concentration camp alongside American soldiers, separated from them by a large fence.

Each American soldier received five kilos of food from the Red Cross every Friday, but the Germans allowed nothing for the Red Army POWs. They were given only a small amount of soup each day and were constantly starving.

Some U.S. soldiers came up with a plan with the Red Army POWs across the fence to throw food over to the Russian prisoners. The plot was eventually discovered, and the Gestapo brought all 8,000 American soldiers outside and demanded they reveal the names of the Russians involved on the other side. Not a single American opened his mouth or betrayed them.

[Shirin Ghaffary @shiringhaffary]

incredible
https://t.co/llo4WoPfOY

[Edward Brothers @EdsFacts]

In 2025, I stayed in love with the same woman, continued raising 3 great kids, buried my Dad, turned 50, and wrote the best paper I am ever going to do.

[Edward Brothers @EdsFacts]

The GIC paper is out! Really proud of this one.

Generalized Internal Coordinates for Creative Exploration of Interatomic Geometries | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation https://t.co/5DHS3OHyFa

[Edward Brothers @EdsFacts]

I am going to bang the drum about this again. This would win @Shanemgillis an Oscar.

[Edward Brothers @EdsFacts]

Someone should remake 1978's F.I.S.T. with a charismatic actor with something not quite right about them. Think an actor who could play the smart song of an Irish gangster.

[Edward Brothers @EdsFacts]

@AirbnbHelp, I have booked a stay with other travellers. The "invite others" link doesn't work. How do I add people to the trip? Thanks!

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix trying to keep it together on the set of The Master (2012)

"I love Kools, the minty flavor..."

[Edward Brothers @EdsFacts]

I've told this story to many people, and no one else has had that experience. (Stinky seatmates, yes, but that stink, no.). It was oddly disconcerting. Weird to see it in fiction.

[Edward Brothers @EdsFacts]

@JasonKPargin : on page 15 of ".. black box...", you mention someone smelling like a particular kind of smoke. I once had a seatmate on a flight wearing a comically oversized suit and smelled of the grey circle from microwave pizza, which puffed out when he adjusted his jacket.

[Ben Crew @BenjaminCrew1]

Average Ernest Hemingway story: To prove his masculinity, Hemingway sailed into a hurricane only to return haunted by a tragic love affair and God's indifference to his despair.
Average F. Scott Fitzgerald story: After his wife called him gay, Fitzgerald slipped on a banana peel.

[Edward Brothers @EdsFacts]

@Airbnb, @AirbnbHelp, this maybe weird, but do you give awards? I went to Montreal, and a had an experience (combination of excellent host/supercool property) that is *exactly* why I use AirBnB. It was great; if you recognize excellence, please tell me how to recommend someone.

[Edward Brothers @EdsFacts]

You should listen to this.

More Money Was Supposed to Help Poor Kids. So Why Didn’t It? https://t.co/nVg5kdrC3P

[Edward Brothers @EdsFacts]

Idea for a conference: timed dunking booths. All talks are given from the seat in the tank such that when time elapses, the speaker is dropped into the tank. At talk time +90 seconds, piranhas are released into the tank.

[Edward Brothers @EdsFacts]

Rereading this, it seems like "damning with faint praise," but it was good. Met a couple people I should know, and talked to some dear friends.

[Edward Brothers @EdsFacts]

WATOC2025 is done. Exceptional meeting. Good science was presented coherently.

[Edward Brothers @EdsFacts]

My bag search took like 45 seconds, and involved unzipping my bag and answering like 3 questions, and then I caught a Karwa Taxi home. Khalas!

[Edward Brothers @EdsFacts]

This story is going to sound like baloney, but it is not. A couple years ago, I was flying back home to Doha and after getting my checked bags I was directed to go to secondary baggage screening. Note that this is not scary.

[Edward Brothers @EdsFacts]

Soon as the wine dick got through the door and out of the "bag search" area, the enormous security guy burst out laughing, as did a number of other employees in the room.