u kno i had to do it to em

finals are done

i'm free!!!

hehe bacterial transformation successful

i shoved a plasmid (a piece of circular DNA) inside my bacteria and forced it to express a red fluorescent protein (original color is on the right, the whitish color)

they really raised the price of filing for daca from $485 to $495 huh

insult to injury

bruh

@naiad commented on this post:
Not that shipping isn't ridiculous but I've been using my local post office a lot and it seems like their minimum price for a "large envelope" is around $3-4 and then they add more onto the price up to a certain weight. So if they do anything extra like buy any kind of bubblewrap or cardboard wrapping + the price of the envelope I can see how it would actually be around that much? I think a lot of people take a cut on their item listing to list shipping as cheaper tbh Idk how ups or fexex price things though

i mean, like i don't mind having to pay extra to cover the costs of shipping, especially since this is an indie place, but human brains are Dumb and if i see "$53 free shipping" i'm like 😊 and if i see "$47 + $6.50 shipping" i'm like 😢

also it's just Weird because nail polish companies will also charge me ~$6 in shipping, but they're straight up shipping flammable materials in glass bottles. they also offer free shipping at ~$50-75, while this place is like "free shipping at $100 😊"

bruh

@idioticsilverware commented on this post:
i got my tarot cards for 20 dollars and they're so pretty.....

oh, there are definitely gorgeous sets for ~$20 (shoutouts to the modern witch tarot), but the one i want just happens to be $47 + $6.50 shipping rip

they're matte black with gold foil illustrations, made of recycled plastic so they're easier to shuffle/won't crease

bruh

more digimon model kits available for sale.... my wallet....

college is a fucking scam lmao (in the USA at least)

i have students who got 50s on an open notebook exam where the average is an 80 and students who got 30s on a report with an average of 60 and the professor said she was going to pass them all, even when it's obvious from their assignments that they have 0 clue what's going on and don't care to actually understand

what's even the point then? why even make students go to class? just tell them to hand over $60,000 and give them the degree instead of letting up continuously fail upwards

it dilutes the value of degrees, especially for students who know their stuff and actually try in class. like that's why they say undergraduate degrees are worthless when it comes to getting a job, because employers know unqualified graduates are everywhere. now you have to waste even more money on a master's or a phd, which is more $$$ in the colleges' pockets and more time that students have to waste away in schools.

and when does a master's degree also become worthless? when will every student have to do a phd and stay in school from age 4 to age 28 just so employers won't throw their resumes in the trash?

education is fucked

edit:
and like... what is this teaching the students? they're not stupid, they'll realize they won't have to do any work in order to succeed (and the TAs will be stuck wasting time grading them and giving them feedback that they won't take). they'll also think that they know what's going on, when in reality, they seriously don't and would be woefully unprepared for employment.

i keep buying stamps with no one to send mail to F

i just like stamps 😢

someone: hey how's ur research going
me:

tfw ur using antibiotic resistance to make sure your experiment worked but as it turns out they've somehow evolved resistance naturally and ur results are fricked

got a vaccine just in time to teach undergrads in-person after spring break!!

but like.... why didn't the uni cancel spring break??? like y'all know the students ain't gonna listen to that "we're HIGHLY DISCOURAGING you from traveling" shit right???

welp time to put like 3 watermarks on my art just in case

OK Very Important Announcement

I am now a proud owner of

this.

The question is. How do I care for them? Especially in this cold winter. This thing doesn't have any holes on the bottom, so I'm concerned about that too. I recall people on waterfall being mostly good with plants so I'm asking YOU.

night reblog

it's plant science time!!

the fact that there's no holes on the bottom is concerning - succulents do not like having waterlogged roots because they grow in desert, so they are very prone to having root rot. you may wish to put them in a different container with drainage holes (or somehow make a hole in it but idk if that's feasible lmao). if you repot them, make sure the soil you're using has rocks (like perlite) mixed in to improve drainage. also if that's Real Moss in there, take it out as it'll retain water

assuming you have them in a pot/tin can/literally whatever with a hole for drainage, i would recommend watering them once a week at the very maximum. terracotta pots dry out much faster than non-porous pots like plastic or metal, so you can water succulents in those a bit more often. just make sure that the soil in the pot is completely dry, or you risk getting root rot. since you live in a colder climate, you may not need to water them often (like... once a month maybe?). succulents are good at surviving dry conditions, not so much wet ones.

speaking of water, this is gonna sound counterintuitive, but whenever you water, you need to make sure the soil is completely wet. this mimics a desert environment, where there are long stretches of no rain, followed by heavy rains that soak the soil, and then back to no rain. watering them a little each time every day or so keeps the roots wet constantly, which again, risks root rot.

since succulents are from the desert, they like lots and lots of sun. keep them in a north or south-facing window where they can get a lot of light. they won't die without a lot of light, but they'll etiolate (stretch), and become very leggy, like this:

they are not very happy in this state, even if it looks like they're growing a lot. but sometimes it's unavoidable. like i have my plants under a grow light for 12 hours a day and some of the lil fuckers still do this so kdjafksdjf

most succulents can tolerate temps down to ~50F/10C, then they either die or go dormant. below freezing temps will kill them very fast. if you can keep em away from drafty areas, they should be fine.

uhhh i can't think of anything else right now, so let me know if you have any more questions

fungi: just chillin

bacteria: so u have chosen death

how do you respectfully remind your friends that they're using the wrong pronouns for you because i feel like i'm gonna end up sounding passive aggressive dflsk;fld

ikaii-chan asked:

(For the color ask meme) ʕ•́ᴥ•̀ʔっ

orange - what's the best part about a sunset / sunrise?

yellow - do you know that you are loved, you magnificent little piece of the universe?

orange:

the colors!! i love it when it gets like rly red, but the pinks and the yellows and light blues are also really pretty

yellow:

ikaii-chan asked:

(For the Music Ask meme)

1 and 10 ʕ•́ᴥ•̀ʔっ

1. Favorite intro song?

idek what counts as an intro song, but of all the songs that i Know are intro songs, i really like Intro: Singularity

10. Do you work to any music?

i usually put on some vaporwave/cyberpunk style music at low volume, stuff like Future Club or Black Pearl

i can't believe gamestonk man went up in front of congress and said "i am not a cat" and "i like the stock"

absolute memer legend

lovecubus asked:

cerulean - would you rather go to the deepest depths of the sea, or go to the furthest part of the universe?

100% safely of course and you can bring whatever you want

yeet me into space pls

i wanna meet aliens and also see a black hole and maybe look at those planets that rain diamonds or whatever

it keeps snowing, this is the THIRD WEEK where there's been snow on thursday/friday

yameroooooo

beenary asked:

for the music asks: 3, 4, 5, 14

What's a song you've had on loop recently?

i've been on a huge cyberpunk trip lately so i've been listening to Patient Zero's Empty Halls, as well as the rest of her album Transgressor (check her out, she's a trans musician making cyberpunk music)

What's something you've been listening to for years?

kpop sdkfjskldfj

Favourite video game soundtrack?

hands down the okami soundtrack

Is there a song that pumps you up? What is it?

uhh idk, it really depends on my mood. for the current Cyberpunk Mood it's Daniel Deluxe's Instruments of Retribution

beenary commented on this post:
LMAOOOO i have so many of daniel deluxes songs in my spotify already. i shake your hand. meanwhile empty halls was cool!!!! i dont usually listen to cyberpunk thats got much vocals but i dig it and i love learning abt trans musicians to support.

bee 🤝 me

cyberpunk music

cerulean - would you rather go to the deepest depths of the sea, or go to the furthest part of the universe?

i've played too much mass effect, so the answer is obviously space

beenary asked:

and for the color asks: orange, teal, gray

orange - what's the best part about a sunset / sunrise?

all the pretty colors! love that blend of blues, pinks, yellows, and oranges 🌆

teal - what part of mathematics is hard for you?

most of it lmao

although i guess in terms of classes, i had the worst time with calc 2 in undergrad because the professor was a clown and calc 2 is nothing like calc 1

gray - do you feel a kinship with the crows?

caw CAW