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Catherine | 1st year Chem PhD Student

[compoundchem]

It’s #InternationalWomensDay! Here’s a look at twelve more women from chemistry history: https://ift.tt/2tX8CwR 👩‍🔬👩🏻‍🔬👩🏿‍🔬

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[mactiir]

There’s this weird culture of telling kids when they stress about school “u ain’t seen nothin yet hun! Wait till u do tax returns! Hahaha adulthood is fucking hell!” And i hate it b/c 

 1) it’s flat out untrue. Adulthood is a breeze compared to school. I have time to myself to do what I find fun and can make my own choices. Like, yeah, I’m poor and have to take care of myself, but the central activity of my life– work – is waaaaaay easier than school, mentally and emotionally. 

 2) Part of the reason school made me anxious to the point of considering suicide is that I had this wrong idea, drilled into my head by YEARS of people saying this, that if I didn’t do well in school, I would be a useless member of society, unable to be productive or do anything meaningful. Failing a class meant I might as well be dead. That’s the false equivalence this culture creates. But grades don’t mean SHIT in the workforce unless you’re trying to become a college professor or do something that requires a hella advanced degree. 

 3) it helps no one to say this! All it does is give mentally ill children, most of whom are already struggling to get through the DAY, the idea that it will only get much, much worse. I know I couldn’t cope with that thought. Any future planning past my 20s was blocked out in a haze of terror at the thought of having to persevere that long, only to get a shittier situation at the end. But it’s not shittier. I have to be more responsible, but this is a piece of goddamn cake compared to even High School. The only reason to say this to a teenager is to inflate your own sense of superiority over someone who is still learning how the world works.

 So like. Can we kill this culture? Please?

[byulcchi]

reblog because my first year of college is really hitting me right about now

[mindflamer]

also, depending on your job, for a lot of people you are free of working once you clock out. you might have other responsibilities to do but your work is over for the day and you can clear you mind of it until tomorrow. whereas in school, there are always assignments and studying looming over your head even when you’re taking a break. you never truly get to shut that part of your brain off and it’s exhausting. adult life has been way better in my experience. i can’t say it’s that way for everyone (i mean, there are people who have to work 3 jobs) but my point is it’s not necessarily going to get worse for everyone so we should stop pushing that idea.

[samanthaauburn-deactivated20221]

As a college professor, who nearly flunked out of high school, I approve this message.

[brainstatic]

Ben Carson is such a great example of how the concept of raw intelligence doesn’t exist, and that people can have wildly varying types of intelligence. This man is the best brain surgeon in America. Possibly the world. He invented a new way to treat seizures. He separated conjoined twins in a surgery that everyone else said was impossible. And he thinks going to prison makes you gay. He thinks the pyramids were grain silos built by the biblical Joseph.

So maybe you suck at something because in one area you’re Ben Carson The Politician but in another area you might be Ben Carson The Neurosurgeon.

[argumate]

this is tremendously inspiring and utterly horrifying at the same time

[charlesoberonn]

When you spend all your skill points in medicine and have got nothing left for common sense.

[divestudies]

i haven’t posted in over a month and i feel like such a failure at tumblr but

depression is a bitch and I’m trying my best to kick it’s ass and find my balance in life and it’s been a real rollercoaster

so I’m sorry for the lack of posts. more are coming very very soon (tomorrow!)

I’m probably going to start doing masterposts for studyblr as well as mental health since I’ve been learning a lot as I go through it

please know that my messages and inbox are open if you’re ever going through something or need someone to talk to. please take care of yourselves i love you all so much <3

[theladybiologist]

Thank you, Henrietta Lacks. 🦠🧬🔬

[bunjywunjy]

so the megalodon is most definitely extinct? how do scientists know?

well, the thing about large predators is that they leave an impact on an ecosystem big enough that you can tell they’re there, even if you never observe one directly. in this case, we know they’re definitely extinct because of the behavior of whales! whales used to max out at about 50 ft long and were fast and agile, entirely because of predation by megalodon!

but about 2 million years ago, our whales began to rapidly increase in size until we ended up with real monsters like the blue whale. this pretty directly lines up with the extinction of megalodon, and the removal of the pressure they were putting on large whale populations.

basically, large whales can get away with being gigantic, slow tanks in the oceans today because there simply isn’t a predator big enough to take them on anymore. if megalodon still existed, we would be seeing its impact on whale populations! whales would be smaller, and a hell of a lot more skittish than they are.

everything in a given ecosystem is connected, and you can often get important information about the unknown parts by observing the behavior of other parts of the ecosystem.

[theladybiologist]

[theladybiologist]

To all the African- American scientists and people in STEM whose accomplishments we’ve forgotten, we see you and we thank you! 👩🏿‍🔬👨🏿‍🔬🧬🧫🦠🧪🔬🔭

[systlin]

If any of y'all want to know how to make some super dope beef stew super easily LISTEN UP

Take a couple pounds of beef and cube it. Put that shit in a crock pot.

Add 1 ½ cups water.

Add an onion soup packet.

And a glass of red wine.

Hell yeah

[systlin]

Pour yourself some wine too you deserve it.

Add like half an onion and season with pepper, salt, chipotle pepper, garlic, cinnamon, and cloves. I don’t measure I just dash some in and adjust to taste when I add the root vegetables.

Nice.

[systlin]

Mix that shit up.

Now put on high and ignore for 3 hours.

[systlin]

In 3 hours, add veggies. Potatoes, carrots, parsnips, turnips, whatever ya got. Mushrooms are good too. I’ll add some dried morels, crumbled up. Will post again when we get to that point. 

[uristmcdorf]

Can recommend the above recipe, but with a dark brown ale instead of wine and with pickled walnuts added with the veggies

[systlin]

……man that sounds good too will have to try that sometime. 

[systlin]

Ok meat is done through now dump in some baby carrots or chop up some regular carrots and throw in some taters. I use red because I hate peeling them fuck that. Also crumbled up a half dozen dried morel mushrooms and threw in some flour to thicken things up. Added some fresh thyme because why the hell not.

nice.

Now ignore for another hour.

[systlin]

As for the cut of meat; doesn’t matter get what’s cheap. Anything gets tender if you stew it in a crock pot for six hours. Spices can be tinkered with as you see fit. Add other veggies as you see fit. Nothing is set in stone do what you want, man. Sub beer for the wine, throw in pork, ‘s all good. Pour yourself some more wine or beer and play Skyrim for awhile. 

[systlin]

Note that the finished stew can be frozen in single portions and thawed in the microwave  later, and will feed either a family for a night or you for a week if you live alone. 

[meilintheempressofdreams]

By the way, would dumplings be addable to this?

I’m addicted to having dumplings in my stews/soups…

[systlin]

DO IT

[inconspicuouspotatosack]

Hey @systlin is there anything you’d recommend as a substitute for wine/beer to someone who can’t legally buy alcohol?

[systlin]

Beef stock. 

[adventureathlete]

I would add ½ to 1 cup of red cooking wine with the beef stock, no age limits on cooking wine. Just ease up on the salt a bit because cooking wine comes slightly salted. @inconspicuouspotatosack

[f-reedomfighter]

Is it possible to replace the beef in this recipe with rabbit? I’m dying to try.

[systlin]

Do whatever you want. Sub rabbit for beef. Use raccoon or groundhog. Venison is killer like this. Anything gets tender if you stew it in a crockpot for six hours. Boot leather would probably be okay after stewing in a crockpot for six hours. Add parsnips, omit potatoes, play with the spices, ‘s all good. You’re the boss of your stew. 

[catchymemes]

Lissajous curve table

[dumbass-in-a-hoodie]

i dont understand what this is but its so mesmerising

[transgirl-link]

The top row circles determine where the dot is on the X-axis, the left row detetmines where it is on the Y-axis. They’re used to show more complex harmonic motion

[salty-dracon]

@the-real-numbers

[the-real-numbers-deactivated202]

Appropriate ways to appreciate this gif:

[frecklebub]

Upgraded my backpack! 🌿

[the-potential-drgreen]

Beautiful floral medical art

Find them here :)

[thelawgraduate]

I want to make these my phone wallpaper and I’m not even a med student!

[the-potential-drgreen]

Beautiful floral medical art

Find them here :)

[thelawgraduate]

I want to make these my phone wallpaper and I’m not even a med student!

[tbhstudying]

blue and pink is literally one of my most favorite color combinations ever! i was super happy to use them together in my bullet journal, and the pastel yellow added such a fun vibe to everything!

materials: essentials a5 grid journal, stickers from paperkumaco, tombow dual brush pens, pentel energel 0.7 pen, rapesco stapler and clips, muji gel pens

studygram: tbhstudying

[hard-to-study-pharmacy]

Exam period ☕️

[adelinestudiess]

Working on finishing up notes for Chemistry

[catchymemes]

[teenagerposts]

100 level course prof: Attendance is mandatory, no phones allowed, 12 hours of homework/week, also we have 5 exams and one is in 9 days

500 level course prof: I illegally downloaded the texbook, I’ll send you the link. text me if you need anything. Do you guys wanna go kayaking?

[lesbiansinthegarden]

FYI

100 level course prof: Usually an adjunct. Very smol and new to teaching. Lives with dept head up their butt and double checking everything they do

500 level course prof: Is presumed to be competent and is left alone to become the true agent of chaos all teachers yearn to be