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Well my week has been exciting so far.

I had some other work to do this morning (Figuring out some algae stuff involving 1000 L mesocosm up a mountain) so mystery species has been sitting alone in the lab all morning…..

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Made it up to the lab today to find this. It’s probably from the fridge defrosting and not the creepy “algae”.

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June 13th Update.

According to a few colleagues it’s either a plant, an algae, or a fungi. So that’s been helpful.

After a day with some sunlight I think I might be seeing some chloroplasts.

It seems to like the nutrient solution I added yesterday though!

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I for one welcome our new plant, algae, or fungi overlords.

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I was about to say “in a sensible lab people wouldn’t waste time with this, they’d autoclave the bottles and move on” but on reflection I can’t think of a single bio lab I’ve been in that wouldn’t immediately go “ooh, mystery algae, that sounds like a fun challenge; let’s devote multiple hours to identifying it for no reason”.

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I need updates tell me about the algae

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The mystery algae/plant/fungi/alien is stuck in the university growth chamber. With everything going on I probably won’t get to check in on it until September, possibly not until 2021.

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So by that time it will have developed what, writing?

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God I hope so, then I can train it to write my thesis!

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DnD party idea

Just a bunch of ordinary woodland creatures.

The sorceror is a hissy possum who can somehow cast fireballs.

The rogue is a very angry raccoon.

The bard is a grackle.

The paladin is an actual armadillo.

The barbarian’s a fuckin grizzly bear.

Every animal is completely ordinary in intelligence, and nobody can figure out why they’re cooperatin.

Anybody who tries to hunt or kill one of the woodland creatures ends up very violently dead.

The boss of the final dungeon inevitably ends up sufferin a mental breakdown as their plans’re wrecked by chaotic wildlife.

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Galaxy Plush Bats and Stickers, by BeeZeeArt

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The intricate detail of folk dress shall always capture my heart. Those tassels, that embroidery- I can’t stop drawing it.

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Imagine the 11th Doctor teaching baby Groot the Drunken Giraffe.

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Patrick Rothfuss, The Slow Regard of Silent Things

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Perhaps the greatest faculty our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain. Classic thinking teaches us of the four doors of the mind, which everyone moves through according to their need. First is the door of sleep. Sleep offers us a retreat from the world and all its pain. Sleep marks passing time, giving us distance from the things that have hurt us. When a person is wounded they will often fall unconscious. Similarly, someone who hears traumatic news will often swoon or faint. This is the mind’s way of protecting itself from pain by stepping through the first door. Second is the door of forgetting. Some wounds are too deep to heal, or too deep to heal quickly. In addition, many memories are simply painful, and there is no healing to be done. The saying ‘time heals all wounds’ is false. Time heals most wounds. The rest are hidden behind this door. Third is the door of madness. There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow it hides itself in insanity. While this may not seem beneficial, it is. There are times when reality is nothing but pain, and to escape that pain the mind must leave reality behind. Last is the door of death. The final resort. Nothing can hurt us after we are dead, or so we have been told.

Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

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