Surface area is one of those recurring themes I had in every single biology class I took! I genuinely can't think of a single exception, from my first college level intro bio class to my more specialized biochemistry and molecular bio courses, again and again it boils down to surface area!

I am feeling much better now, thank you :) Just last night my partner and I went to a lantern festival and the night before I went to a weird art market where they gave discounts if you wore a weird costume. I dressed up like some kind of 1800s zombie nurse.

I hope you too are doing well! The world is so full of delights.

Thank you so much! I am so glad you found something worthwhile here :)

I will post forever and ever and ever. I will Just Post, for I Must Post

oh! thank you, what an excellent idea! the humble spinach... a plant which I am growing as we speak... hmmmmmmmmm much to ponder

thank you for your wise dialogue, speaker-upon-the-agora!

thank you postfriend!!

i am considering the venerable pecan pie! i do love molasses (my pumpkin pie trick is to add em)

and i do yearn for a magical mouth meal! thank you for this topic of contemplation, you are very wise

Thank you! I feel better today thankfully :) I just had a weird morning yesterday it seems!

yup! it's hard to know the extent of it since ancient microbial fossils and fieldsigns are harder to work with (but do exist!) but it probably took out like. the majority of life at the time. utterly remade the world. really wild stuff

absolutely wonderful, especially on a cold day like today :)

That sucks! Genuinely evil. Can't believe they'd do that to the jazz station

One of the first stations I randomly hit was some christofash talk show. The connection was really bad. They were doing a hymn but it was veiled in static. Hell of an audio experience. Sounded like a broadcast at the end of the world. And then they just started talking. Sad!

Honestly most of the stations here are still christian music or talk radio. Its amazing how many one area can sustain.

Where but for the grace of college students broadcasting weird music go I. They're playing hurdy gurdy instrumental music rn.

You must make soup

for there is a beast of goop

that haunts those who cannot scoop

a nice sip of soup

That would be really fun! They're not too well studied since theres not much money in it sadly. But we can dream!

I don't teach, but I did volunteer as a tutor throughout college! I also got chosen to take part in a science writing fellowship which was focused on helping teach students science writing, reading the literature, etc. I also minored in science communications so there's that!

I'm so glad you find it engaging!!! Bacteria and archaea are my special interest so its easy to talk at length. Proper SciComm intimidates me a bit, but Just Posting about them is lower pressure. I just want to spread my love for these beings so often written off as pathogenic vermin.

I've been thinking about making a video where I talk through a bacteriology "iceberg" image I found online, but I worry about accuracy since I lack advanced degrees in the field.