i cannot stress enough how much of an impact changing the way you talk to yourself can have on your mental health. swapping out self deprecating jokes and changing unhealthy sentiments like "i hate myself" and "i want to die" to kinder, more forgiving ones like "i need a break" and "i'm trying" can make such a difference to how you view yourself. the things we say to ourselves become a part of our lives and so we deserve to me kinder to ourselves in our heads.
“Small though they are, prokaryotic cells, whether bacterial or archaeal, are not just simple, nondescript, tiny balls or sausages whose intracellular constituents rattle around like marbles in a jar. Far from it.”
— my microbiology textbook
getting the most popular result on uquiz is one of the worst and most sickening things that can happen to a girl
I ship myself with academic success and contentment
[does an evil little monologue that pisses you off]
annotated margins but it just says “gay???” repeatedly at various points throughout the book
Elysia chlorotica, also called the “Eastern Emerald Elysia” is a bright green sacoglossa found along the Atlantic coast of North America that's earned the title of “solar-powered sea slug” for its ability to produce its own energy with sunlight and the chloroplasts that it sucks off of algae.
This unusual process, which is similar to photosynthesis, is known as kleptoplasty. Except for a select number of creatures like the adorable “leaf sheep” Costasiella kuroshimae nudibranch, very few non-plant organisms are capable of the phenomenon.
happy international women's day!
i'm thankful for women in physics, women in chemistry, women in biology, women in mathematics, women in engineering, women in geology, women in zoology, women in medical school, women in computer science, women in astrophysics, women in aviation, women in health sciences, women in biochemistry, women in ecology, women in microbiology....
i'm just really thankful for women in stem
Oh to feel the damp vines wrap my bare chest and back. OH TO BE A FOREST CREATURE FLIGHTY AND STRONG
the court jesters aren't serving cunt your majesty
shout out to everyone who participated in the january-february mass depressive episode