So happy to announce our new preprint, “A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes.” We cultured a novel amoeba from Lassen Volcanic NP (CA, USA) that divides at 63°C (145°F) 🔥 - a new record for euk growth!
#protistsonsky 🧵

Did something (probably) meaningless, but it made me feel better. Downloaded an entire climate change website & all the historical data from the USDA before it got deleted. That 13gb is now on a stick drive in my office.

Baseballs for minor league games are made in China. We now have to pay a foreign tariff to play something uniquely American.
MLB baseballs are made in Costa Rica - in Central America.

Ely, Nevada - what a perfect place for a caving club. Back in 1982 and when this story all happened, hundreds if not thousands of eastern Nevada caves awaited the High Desert Grotto caving club's discoveries,... Then they spotted the bones.

Full story: findingnevadawild.com/lily-the-gia...

Speaking for myself, I'm done suffering fools gladly. The next 4 years are going to be rough. The downside is that it takes 10 times longer to craft a fact-based rebuttal to some BS post somebody made because they heard it in their social media echo chamber or watched it on Faux News.

I'd like to post notice that this is a post of a post.
That is all.