sniffanimal:

clockbreadcroi:

what the fuck is this genre of gif called. i had a collection of these kinds of images and i lost them all these are only ones i can find.

feast your eyes on roughly 2,500 of these bad boys. linked is the highest quality archive, but theres 5 more in the description. The ones from OP are in the second archive

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notquiteinsane asked:

5, 23, 42

5. what color are your eyes? hazel! fun fact for the longest time I didn’t know what that means (I thought it was a shade of brown) even though it is in fact my own eye color

23. how do you feel about chilly weather? nice in moderation (i like the changing seasons but unfortunately have seasonal affective disorder)

42. an app you frequently use besides this godforsaken site? Duolingo! Currently attempting to learn Mandarin

sleepnoises:

sleepnoises:

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Passenger and backpacker

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Next day reblog with bonus content

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enochianribs:

enochianribs:

oh to have a silly little house like this…

the inside has to look like this.

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space-fey:

tricksypixie:

You know what?

I am annoying sometimes.

And that’s okay. It’s not the death sentence I was led to believe. People will love me even if I can’t read their signals sometimes. Not understanding is forgivable. I don’t have to hold myself back so I don’t annoy anyone ever.

The people who love me know I get excited. And I am still loved.

Well shit

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bisexualnikkisixx:

here’s weirder asks

1. who is/are your comfort character(s)?
2. lighter or matches?
3. do you leave the window open at night?
4. which cryptyd being do you believe in?
5. what color are your eyes?
6. why did you do that?
7. hair-ties or scrunchies?
8. how many water bottles are in your room right now?
9. which do you prefer, hot coffee or cold coffee?
10. would you slaughter the rich?
11. favorite extracurricular activity?
12. what kind of day is it?
13. when was the last time you ate?
14. do you love the smell of earth after it rains?
15. are you a parent? (all answers qualify)
16. can you drive?
17. are you farsighted or nearsighted?
18. what hair products do you use?
19. imagine we’re at a sleepover, would you paint my nails?
20. do you say soda or pop?
21. something you’ve kept since childhood?
22. what type of person are you?
23. how do you feel about chilly weather?
24. if we were together on a rooftop, what would we be doing?
25. perfume/body spray or lotion?
26. a scenario that you’ve replayed multiple times?
27. about how many hours of sleep did you get?
28. do you wear a mask?
29. how do you like your shower water?
30. is there dishes in your room?
31. what type of music keeps you grounded?
32. do you have a favorite towel?
33. the last adventure you’ve been on?
34. is there a song you know every word to by heart?
35. what’s your timezone?
36. how many times have you changed your url?
37. someone in your life, other than a relative, you’ve known for 10+ years?
38. a soap bar that smells good?
39. do you use lip balm?
40. did you have any snacks today?
41. how do you take your coffee?
42. an app you frequently use besides this godforsaken site?
43. what’s your take on spicy foods?
44. you get a free pass to kill anyone, who is it?
45. can you remember what happened yesterday?
46. favorite holiday film?
47. what was the last message you sent?
48. when did you first try an alcohol beverage?
49. can you skip rocks?
50. can i tag you in random stuff?

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touchhorse:

the first priority of houselessness advocacy should not be housing (although this is an important option for those who want it) but the right to free movement and the right to camp. every culture in every period of human history has had itinerant individuals, and in many places those individuals made up the bulk of human beings. in our society houselessness is incredibly difficult, but it doesnt have to be. as a houseless individual my biggest concern at all times was police harassment (being told to move along or having my shit tossed for being too conspicuous), and without that i would have been able to aquire a lot more agency and self subsistence with things like a semi-permanent camp, and growing and catching my own food (meaning: existence outside of wage slavery and property ownership. this is what scares them!). the fact is that privatization of property and vagrancy laws have been making the lives of houseless individuals infinitely more difficult over the past few hundred years. and until housing is wrestled from concepts of property ownership and rental fuedalism, “housing” the homeless is effectively a matter of bringing “free elements” out of the wild and into capitalist control. besides, there will always be people who slip through the cracks bureaucratic initiatives, and these people are left out in the cold because a man in an office did not dain to imagine them when he wrote his legislation. if you actually care about quality of life for the houseless and not just unsightliness, deprivatize unused property, create more robust welfare systems that dont require documentation to access, give people the right to roam and plant and gather, and who knows- maybe in ten years the tent cities will be places of color and joy and life lived in connection with nature. and because people dont have to struggle to find a place to lay their head, instead of desperation our streets will be full of artisans and musicians and laughing people.

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reasonsforhope:

Washington University Scientists Develop An Air Monitor That Can Detect Covid-19 Virus

A team at Washington University in St. Louis has developed an air monitor that can detect any of the SARS-CoV-2 virus variants present in a

Forbes

“A team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis has developed a real-time air monitor that can detect any of the SARS-CoV-2 virus variants that are present in a room in about 5 minutes.

The proof-of-concept device was created by researchers from the McKelvey School of Engineering and the School of Medicine at Washington University…

The results are contained in a July 10 publication in Nature Communications that provides details about how the technology works.

The device holds promise as a breakthrough that - when commercially available - could be used in hospitals and health care facilities, schools, congregate living quarters, and other public places to help detect not only the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but other respiratory virus aerosol such as influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) as well.

“There is nothing at the moment that tells us how safe a room is,” Cirrito said, in the university’s news release. “If you are in a room with 100 people, you don’t want to find out five days later whether you could be sick or not. The idea with this device is that you can know essentially in real time, or every 5 minutes, if there is a live virus in the air.”

How It Works

The team combined expertise in biosensing with knowhow in designing instruments that measure the toxicity of air. The resulting device is an air sampler that operates based on what’s called “wet cyclone technology.” Air is sucked into the sampler at very high speeds and is then mixed centrifugally with a fluid containing a nanobody that recognizes the spike protein from the SARS-CoV-2 virus. That fluid, which lines the walls of the sampler, creates a surface vortex that traps the virus aerosols. The wet cyclone sampler has a pump that collects the fluid and sends it to the biosensor for detection of the virus using electrochemistry.

The success of the instrument is linked to the extremely high velocity it generates - the monitor has a flow rate of about 1,000 liters per minute - allowing it to sample a much larger volume of air over a 5-minute collection period than what is possible with currently available commercial samplers. It’s also compact - about one foot wide and 10 inches tall - and lights up when a virus is detected, alerting users to increase airflow or circulation in the room.

Testing the Monitor

To test the monitor, the team placed it in the apartments of two Covid-positive patients. The real-time air samples from the bedrooms were then compared with air samples collected from a virus-free control room. The device detected the RNA of the virus in the air samples from the bedrooms but did not detect any in the control air samples.

In laboratory experiments that aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 into a room-sized chamber, the wet cyclone and biosensor were able to detect varying levels of airborne virus concentrations after only a few minutes of sampling, according to the study.

“We are starting with SARS-CoV-2, but there are plans to also measure influenza, RSV, rhinovirus and other top pathogens that routinely infect people,” Cirrito said. “In a hospital setting, the monitor could be used to measure for staph or strep, which cause all kinds of complications for patients. This could really have a major impact on people’s health.”

The Washington University team is now working to commercialize the air quality monitor.”

-via Forbes, July 11, 2023

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Holy shit. I know it’s still early in the technology and more testing will inevitably be needed but holy shit.

Literally, if it bears out, this could revolutionize medicine. And maybe let immunocompromised people fucking go places again

Also, for those who don’t know, Nature Communications is a very prestigious scientific journal that focuses on Pretty Big Deal research. Their review process is incredibly rigorous. This is an absolutely HUGE credibility boost to this research and prototype

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foxes-in-love:

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whaile:

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late summer / early fall thoughts

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bekaterrier:

Did a re-listen of @whatwillbehere after the reminder from the Re:Dracula feed, and I really needed to hear that optimism and hope again. I made these two pieces while listening (it was fun to create something while the characters were also building something!)

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I have the WWBH logo below as a sticker on one of my bead boxes and I just love the crisp colours (plus the rocket and WWBH are glow in the dark!)

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hyrude:

bdsm enjoyers r onto something. i think we should incorporate aftercare into just hanging out. i need a buddy to hold me and say “that was really fun and you seemed normal”

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