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biology professor | planetarium technician | nerd | she/her 
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
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Currently feeling like I got a good grade in therapy, a thing that is both normal to want and possible to achieve 😊

I promise that you have no idea where this thread is going. I also promise that it is the only thing you need to read today. Good for what ails you!

NEW IMMUNE SYSTEM ANALOGY which fell out of my brain during class (hooray): You have two wheely bins for trash. One bin is for trash that you generate in your house (MHC I). If drug paraphernalia is found in that bin, your house is going to get raided and destroyed (cytotoxic T cell). (1/2)

WELP. The #NIH website appears to be completely gone. No #NCBI, no #PubMed, no StatPearls. I was afraid of this. Why are there no news articles about this????

As someone who worked on RNA-protein interactions for her dissertation: YESSSSS RNA IS ALL

People are booing but I did cackle out loud so…

Hey All: Google is pulling the "automatically on for anyone over 18" bullshit with Gemini that the Dropbox did for its AI, but I can't afford to ditch Google Drive/Docs/Workspace. If you have a personal Google Account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off...

Valid. I need a hippo!!

#1 current mood

Student: "thank you for allowing me to redo problems from quiz number three, but I can’t help but feel that I should have potentially gotten more points" Me: *pinching nose* Child,

Holy shirtballs, so. much. this.

Microbiology Professor Life is opening your container of leftover diced tomato to these GORGEOUS aerial hyphae, exclaiming “Oh! Look at you!” and taking a photo before chucking it into the compost.

May Snow Falkor brighten your timeline today!

When you got to be the kid in the middle wearing it like an enormous skirt and everyone waved it at once and you FLEW SO HIGHHHHH Glorious.