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minnesotayearning.bsky.social
We bought a fiber-optic Xmas tree in November of 2019, while my spouse was still recovering from chemo and radiation side effects. After nearly 6 years and 2.5 months, the motor that has been running 24/7 has given up. I'll have to take it apart, figure out what size I need to order a replacement.
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 AM
glasgowrebelmc.bsky.social
Precisely, last year I called NHS 24 for my father , they sent a doc 4 days in a row , all said vitals fine no room at A&E , on 5th day I called 999 he was left in a corridor for 14hrs then died
This Xmas I had similar with Mum , 1st doc said vitals fine but go to hospital
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February 5, 2026 at 3:55 PM
nephila.bsky.social
My Roman Empire is how my advisor treated me in grad school.

Made me take my qual exam “closed book” and under a time limit. Then failed me and had me retake it over Xmas break. First three pics.

Last pic: my lab mate’s qualifying exam. Two questions. Turned in whenever. In front of us.
part of my take Home qualifying exam after he failed me on the first one: (D) What will be the otherwise intact wild-type hamster's activity pattern if its SCN are completely ablated but then it receives a transplant of fetal wild-type SCN in its brain and is kept under LD 12:12 conditions? (E) Why was it important to researchers to follow up on the SCN transplant experiments by using tau mutant hamsters as the donors and wild-type hamsters as recipients? (F) What is the best evidence indicating that neuronal connections between the SCN and other brain tissues are not necessary for the SCN to impose circadian rhythmicity on physiological processes? 2. Write a short abstract for your research in the manner of abstracts in scientific journal articles. There is a strict upper limit of 150 words. 3. Imagine that you are beginning another project concerning circadian rhythms in Frontinella communis. In this hypothetical project, three different chronotypes are found in nature and all three typically can be collected within 100 m of one another. The chronotypes are as follows: (I) webs are built starting about 1 hour after dusk, (2) webs are built starting about 3 hours after dusk, and (3) webs are built starting immediately after sunrise. In the laboratory, individuals show bursts of locomotor activity that exactly coincide with the web-building starting times, The major objective for this project is to determine how these three chronotypes exist. Your goal is to develop a sound question- and hypothesis-driven research program to get at this objective. • For each question posed, there must be at least two competing hypotheses, each with its own prediction(s). • Please state each hypothesis clearly and succinctly. Each hypothesis must be accompanied by at least one prediction. • Design experiments to test the predictions of these hypotheses. Please describe each experiment in enough detail to demonstrate how its results may support or not support the particular hypothes… part of my take Home qualifying exam after he failed me on the first one: • Design experiments to test the predictions of these hypotheses. Please describe each experiment in enough detail to demonstrate how its results may support or not support the particular hypothesis posed. • Please indicate (and justify) the statistical tests that will be used to analyze the data in each experiment. 4. Compared to any other group of organisms, there is an extremely wide range in mean FRP among species of spiders. Perhaps this is because spiders have an extraordinary ability to remain entrained to the 24 hour solar day. In any case, one hypothesis is that FRP is under relaxed selection in spiders and is simply undergoing genetic drift. Another hypothesis is that FRP is adapting to adjust the phase angle of entrainment of physiology and behaviors. Without testing the adaptiveness of PAEs of specific behaviors (e.g. timing of web replacement in Cyclosa), how could you discriminate between these two hypotheses? 5. One of the components of circadian rhythm is that the period of the internal clock is temperature compensated. We have never tested this is in spiders. Given that spiders apparently are released from having internal clocks which resonate with the 24 hour solar day, are they likely to be more, equally, or less, temperature compensated than other organisms. Defend your position(s). 6. Of late we have been developing a hypothesis that some spiders are circadian specialists, and others are more generalists. We argue that this is revealed under constant darkness with specialists maintaining tighter bouts of activity (e.g. M. wittfeldae), while generalists' activity is more dispersed (e.g L. mactans). Develop and present a statistical metric to quantify this observation and apply the matric to tha dato nravidad Tha aveal fila has a choet for da The data set accompanying one of the questions My lab mate’s qualifying exam. Publicly written. Only two questions. Note: I was expressly forbidden from asking anyone for help. He didn’t give a shit if she asked, though.
February 2, 2026 at 9:54 PM
sloboula.bsky.social
I bought a book of poetry for xmas

I've read about 24 pages which is a lot of reading, maybe to fast but some of the pages had only two or three lines, so maybe not to fast
February 2, 2026 at 4:37 PM
vriccithode.bsky.social
i'm ness, she/they, nebula award-winning trashbag and author of queer fantasy. my WIP is a horromantasy novella that's basically the nightmare before xmas x the enchanted greenhouse, but make it gay! and just a heads up now that i will not be doing any of the snippets lol
#FantasyIndiesFebruary
#FantasyIndiesFebruary 1. intro you and your WIP 2. Romance in WIP 3. Does your MC believe in soulmates? 4. "Bittersweet" flash fiction 5. Do your characters have any of your personality traits? 6. Free Friday or fuck, kill, marry with your characters 7. Saturday snippet 8. favourite tropes 9. What would your MC like to be known for? 10. WIP love interest. 11. Heartbreak in WIP 12. What are your favourite comfort reads? 13. Free Friday or love song recs 14. Saturday snippet 15. romantic movie and book recs 16. what expectations are put on your characters? 17. Your preferred book spiciness level? 18. MC's favourite dessert 19. Is your MC self-aware? 20. Free Friday or your preference: candies or chocolates? 21. Saturday snippet. 22. How does your MC handle romantic feelings? 23. Secret identities in your WIP 24. WIP themes? 27. Free Friday or WIP status (drafting, editing, etc) 28. Monthly wrap-up.
February 2, 2026 at 3:26 AM