Ah, Yes.

delighted to be back in my happy place of bacteria, and not in the utterly horrifyingly confusing world of genomics.

...that said, i seem to have cornered myself into a deadline again, so here goes at least another three cups of tea.

large empires in history be like "we tried to solve a problem by creating an even larger one."

google's auto responses are killing me..

my friend (the sweetest angel who looked over my paper for me) has highlighted the work "Lamarckian," asking "what does this mean?"

google's auto responses?

"i don't know" and "sorry."

"what is this?" "i don't know. i wrote this paper. but i just... don't know."

alternatively.

"what is this" "sorry." no context. just sorry.

i- it has come to my attention that some of the journal articles i am citing, for a school paper, sound like tabloids???

examples:

How Enigmatic is Hans Christian Andersen?

Seeing Andersen as He Isn’t

Like bro?

cool facts

- AgNO3 (silver nitrate) clots blood! it's actually got several medical applications! (and is often in military first aid kits!)

- when oil spills happen, the bacteria which can metabolize polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) tend to rise in population, and those that cannot tend to decrease!

...scientists really be like "put simply" and then follow it up with the most incomprehensible, jargon filled sentence you've ever read.

Dear scientists,

Please, for the love of God, please, make your papers more understandable.

Fuck you

Sincerely,

A college student on the verge of tears

having attempted to categorize the various facets of poor response to oil spills as either market, civil society or government, i find myself at a loss trying to explain that... well... nature n the science we observed just... not working in favor of bioremediation isn't really a market failure?????

i love that when writing cover letters, i have to keep going back to my resume, going "wait, what skills do i have again? oh right, i can read that kind of graph. let's put that down."

was anyone going to tell me that hans christian andersen is queer, or was i supposed to just figure that out myself???

there are some days where i'm like "hell yeah! how many moles of photons do i need to raise a 400 grams of water 5 degrees using a CO2 laser at a specific wavelength? i don't know but i'll figure it out!!"

and then there are some days where I forget how to balance the reaction of sodium bicarb and vinegar...