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Something I think about when it comes to creativity and discovery...

"There are so many things that can only be glimpsed in the dark. Imagine an ocean… the water has a light area near the surface. This is where most people go. But there are untold expanses beneath where the light can travel. It's cold, and pressure is immense. One has to fight to explore those depths. But, that is where discovery lies. Whoever bettered himself by only going where others had gone before him?"

#science side of tumblr #artists on tumblr #research #inspiring quotes #motivation #spirituality

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Are you a "Keeping with the family tradition" type of preacher's kid or a "queer with religious trauma" type of preacher's kid? Are you a "Jesus is the only thing that satisfies" type of preacher's kid OR ARE YOU A BOTTOM?

#preachers daughter #preachers son #religous trauma #lgbtq #bottomposting

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do not forget the patron saint of these weeks that we celebrate ourselves proudly and openly in the streets

her name was Marsha P Johnson, and we have her to thank for so much.

remember, the first Pride was a riot, and she was one of the brave souls who endured it to help carve the path which so many of us walk today. she helped found several activist groups regarding LGBT safety and wellbeing. and she was absolutely radiant, too.

thank you, Marsha. we remember you.

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Its Bi-ochemistry not Straight-ochemistry.

#pride month #lgbtqia #bisexual #biology

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Instead of practicing my dissertation presentation I will explain how the Ivermectin shit fire happened...

When COVID hit in 2020, the race was on to make a vaccine and find a drug for it. Scientists started their search by looking at drugs that were already tested and approved for other diseases and seeing if they could work for COVID. Source

And for some drugs, this worked! Ritonavir (trade name Veklury) and Ritonavir (one of the drugs in Paxlovid) were originally made for Hepatitis and HIV but they were also found to work against COVID. AWESOME! Source and Source.

Ivermectin (and hydroxychloroquine for that matter) were also tested to see if they could work against COVID aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand they don't. The results for Ivermectin were inconclusive and Hydroxychloroquine just didn't work.Source. Other Source.

This is why the FDA never approved their use against COVID. More Sources. Even More Sources.

Ivermectin is typically used to treat parasitic infections in humans (with a doctor's prescription). Ivermectin for parasitic infections in livestock (like horses) is available over the counter at livestock stores.

This led to people panic buying Ivermectin like it was toilet paper in 2020 even though there wasn't any conclusive data on it yet. I guess you could say folks were......putting the cart before the horse (badum tsss!)

Since Horses are....well...big, they need a big dose of Ivermectin; WAY BIGGER THAN WHAT IS SAFE FOR A HUMAN. This led to people getting sick from taking Ivermectin for Horses. Source

TLDR: Ivermectin (and hydroxychloroquine) are NOT approved to treat COVID but other drugs are. Let a scientist at least finish doing their math before you run off and eat horse paste. The FDA has a website. You can get info straight from them instead of your cousin on Twitter.

#science side of tumblr #biology #medicine #horse #covid #like seriously #get some help #graduate school #graduate student

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MY FAVORITE TWEET OF COVID MISINFORMATION!

To put my degree to use and set the record straight, the thing she is referring to is called a Luciferase Assay. Luciferase and Luciferin are 2 chemicals made by fireflies. Source

When they react, they make Oxyluciferin, which glows. We can make Luciferase and luciferin and machines that can measure how much light is created by this reaction. Source

Scientist take advantage of this to design experiments where they can measure things based on the amount the amount of light produced. In the case of COVID-19, a lot of the vaccines and drugs were tested using experiments where viral infection was measured using a Luciferase Assay. Source. Another Source. What the hell, a 3rd source.

So Luciferase is NOT in the vaccines, it was used to TEST the vaccines and make sure they work.

Why the name Lucifer? Lucifer is Latin for light bringer and this is a chemical reaction that produces light so its really a fitting name.

TLDR: Luciferase is not in the vaccines. It has nothing to do with the devil. Your ass won't light up in a Cracker Barrel but a firefly would.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk. No fireflies were harmed in the making of this post or the vaccines.

#science side of tumblr #biology #chemistry #graduate student #covid #coronavirus #misinformation #fireflies #insects #glow in the dark #science is fun #lucifer morningstar #hail satan #christianity

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I'm trying to practice my dissertation presentation and there is a polycule of squirrels running around outside my window that are distracting me.

Just relatable Grad School problems.

#graduate student #graduate school #polyamory #squirrel #can they shut up #like seriously #in front of my salad?

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Physics Professor: Okay so E=hf where h is Plank's Constant. Me: Cool! What's Plank's Constant? Physics Professor: *eyes turning black while a portal to hell opens on the floor* 6.62607015×10^(−34) J⋅Hz−1

#physics #mathblr #mathematics #graduate school #graduate student #cthulhu #portal to hell

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Someone: So you defended your Master's thesis and jumped right into your Doctoral Dissertation during the COVID lock-down? How did you even stay sane during that time??? Me: *knows the real answer is 'by developing an intense special interest in the history of Occultism and shamelessly gay Star Wars fanfiction for the slightest crumb of dopamine'*

Me instead: Oh you know girl, I just pray.

#graduate student #fanfic #dopamine #i mean #I still saw a therapist #kylux #covid lockdown #autism special interest

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5 yo Me: BOYS ARE ICKY!

Every adult in my life: You think boys are icky now, but one day you will be older and they wont' be icky anymore! *wink*

13 yo Me: I'm older and they're still icky. Maybe I'm a late bloomer? 18 yo Me: I'm older and they're still icky. Maybe the boys at my school ain't shit? 22 yo Me: I'm older and they're still icky. Maybe I'm ...gay?

25 yo Me: No wait...hold on... Me now: OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Happy Pride…2!!

#lgbtqia #asexual mafia #aromantic #arospec

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just needed to let you know that your blog resonates deeply. Enjoy science, fellow science student

AWWWWWWWW THANKS!

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Math Teachers in 2005: You kids need to learn how to do math by hand. Its not like you will carry around a calculator in your pocket all the time.

Me in 2005: *blissfully unaware that the iPhone was 2 years away and fully prepared to keep a calculator in my pocket at all times* BITCH YOU DON'T KNOW ME!

#mathblr #mathematics #childhood #smartphone

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I'm no expert but I do know that mosquitos are also pollinators like bees and butterflies. Source

Can some expert please remind me how mosquitos participate in the biodiversity and why they should even exist before I burn all of them?

#biodiversity #mosquito bites #biology #nature #environment

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RESOURCES FOR POSES

Line of Action

JustSketch.Me

PoseManiacs

Human-Anatomy-For-Artist.com

MagicPoser

MIXAMO

Pose Archives

Bodies in Motion

Posemy.art

ReferenceAngle

CroquisCafe

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When I was a kid, the first film I ever saw Julie Andrews in was The Princess Diaries.

So because of this, my brain thinks that she is the Queen of England and as an adult I have to consciously remind myself that she is not.

#the princess diaries #julie andrews #me being stupid #random thoughts

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OKAY NO BUT REAL TALK THAT IS HOW I FELT WHEN I LEARNED ABOUT IT!!!!! LIKE WHAT DO YOU MEAN CHLOROPLASTS LOOK LIKE THIS?!?!?!?

AND ITS LIKE "What kind of Sci-fi bullshit is this? Are those fucking alien pancakes crammed inside a lima bean? That can't be real?" But then you learn that scientists have cut plant cells in half and looked at them under electron microscopes.

And then you're like "THEY ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE THAT?!?!?! AND ALSO SINCE WHEN THE FUCK DID MICROSCOPES USE ELECTRONS?!?!?!"

Then you learn that there is a whole molecular factory in these bitches and APPARENTLY PROTEINS CAN BE SOLAR POWERED?!?! So you just look at your AP Bio teacher like "THIS SOME HOCUS POCUS WITCHCRAFT SHIT! HOW ARE YOU CALM ABOUT THIS?!?!?" And they're like "Lol. You have a test on Friday." Fuckin hell!

Photosynthesis is one of those things that you usually learn about in a simplified way when you're little, that we grow up kinda taking for granted that we "know how that works."

But the process is actually so spine tinglingly bizarre, that if you heard about it for the first time as an adult, you wouldn't even believe it.

Plants are just transmuting light beams into highly complex molecules of sugar. By using the light as a fuckin' battering ram to shatter molecules of water apart. And we're just like "oh yeah, they do that, no big deal" as if that's not a seven layer bizarro dip of what the fuck.

#science side of tumblr #photosynthesis #I'll never not be impressed by this #graduate student #biology #chemistry #plants

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SHOUT OUT TO ANYONE WHO IDENTIFIES AS A PHOTON!!!! YOU ARE TRULY THE LIGHT OF PEOPLE'S LIVES!!!

#agender #transgender #nonbinary #light #photons #science side of tumblr