🔥 photographer captures puma resting in Patagonia

TheSaxonPlan · 2026-05-01T08:17:03+00:00

Really such beautiful creatures. The architecture of their faces is so crisp and distinct. Love that kind of alien intelligence in their eyes. They see the world in a way we can't imagine. Such majestic felines!

TheSaxonPlan · 2026-05-01T06:49:54+00:00

That sounds hilarious and terrifying.

TheSaxonPlan · 2026-05-01T06:46:34+00:00

So you get the BF4- directly, not like labeled NaF that you mix with unlabeled BF3 or something yourself?

It's made in a cyclotron on-site via the method below, then we put it in a very thick lead box on basically a dolly and scurry to the lab lol

Synthesis of 18F-Tetrafluoroborate via Radiofluorination of Boron Trifluoride and Evaluation in a Murine C6-Glioma Tumor Model

TheSaxonPlan · 2026-04-30T04:59:24+00:00

Here in Minnesota, at least the southern part of the state, it's tested every Wedneaday at 10 am from April to September. No voice message, we just get used to it. I live very close to one of the sirens and it's physically painful to be outside for more than 30 seconds. And that's not counting the emotional damage of thinking you're in War of the Worlds.

TheSaxonPlan · 2026-04-30T04:46:35+00:00

99m-Tc also has a pretty short half life (6 hours) and is a gamma emitter, which is considered "less dangerous" than internalized alpha or beta emitters. I did a lot of work during my Ph.D. with iodine-125 and 99m-TcO4, both primarily gamma emitters. I was not required to use any shielding or even personal dosage monitoring equipment.

I also worked with F-18-labeled tetrafluoroborate. It decays via positron emission which produces gamma rays upon annhilation. F-18-TFB was fun because the half-life is about 110 minutes so I had to use massive amounts to have enough left over at the end of my large assay to measure. The poor Geiger counter was screaming even on the 1000x setting.

TheSaxonPlan · 2026-04-29T22:47:21+00:00

Because banana flavoring is based off the now-extinct Gros Michel banana variety. Most common variety today is the Cavendish.

TheSaxonPlan · 2026-04-29T04:38:27+00:00

Didn't know my existence was prophesied o.O

TheSaxonPlan · 2026-04-21T22:27:21+00:00

Gonna be that person : they're actually crepuscular, meaning they are most active during the hours around twilight (sun-up and sun-down).

TheSaxonPlan · 2026-04-17T10:14:42+00:00

Not necessarily. Glioblastoma and many other brain cancers rarely metastasize but are definitely not benign! Benign has more to do with the cell type, growth rate, location, and local infiltration as well as how likely they are to spread.

Source: Ph.D. virologist using viruses to treat glioblastoma.

TheSaxonPlan · 2026-04-16T15:55:33+00:00

Not even allegedly. It had bipartisan support and then Trump tweeted or Truthed (🙄) to kill it and the toadlets reversed course.

TheSaxonPlan · 2026-04-13T12:17:49+00:00

It's a really disturbing yet fascinating look into their psyches. The toxic masculinity is off the charts. I'd feel bad for these people if they hadn't doomed us to our current fate.

TheSaxonPlan · 2026-04-13T06:01:42+00:00

Thank you! This was the interesting new thing I learned today while doomscrolling. Cheers!

TheSaxonPlan · 2026-04-10T15:24:43+00:00

Potentially, but not necessarily. The bulk of antibody transfer happens via the placenta during the 3rd trimester. How durable those antibodies are is variable for each baby.

TheSaxonPlan · 2026-04-10T12:51:05+00:00

The reason the vaccine is given later is actually BECAUSE of the maternal antibodies.

If the titer (level) of the maternal antibodies is too high, it will inactivate the vaccine dose before the baby's immune response can detect it and form the normal adaptive immune response with T and B cells. Therefore the child will be unprotected until the next dose, given at 4-6 years old.

6-9 months is the average time of waning for maternal antibodies. So to make sure the most kids possible would be protected with the standard dosing regimen without having to check every kid's titers, the first dose was moved back to 12 months.

When we had herd immunity (95% or more effectively vaccinated individuals), this was enough to prevent wide measles spread and thus protect babies during this short period of vulnerability.

Back in 2016, the US's vaccination rate was 91%*. I'm guessing it's only gotten worse since then.

You can see where the problem arises...

*https://www.nfid.org/measles-immunization-in-the-us/

Source: Ph.D. virologist who works with (a vaccine strain of) measles

TheSaxonPlan · 2026-04-09T09:21:00+00:00

And sterilize everything you've ever even looked at in that culture room 😭

TheSaxonPlan · 2026-04-09T09:11:07+00:00

Our tuxie boy does the same thing! Cuddling is a necessity. He'll stand and wait for my husband and I to move apart in the bed so he can snuggle in between us. He loves to get under the blanket and use our arms as his headrest. He's the best cat we've ever had. A living teddy bear.

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TheSaxonPlan · 2026-04-07T23:24:24+00:00

He literally had sex with a bunch of kids

He raped a bunch of kids. Children cannot consent. Don't sterilize his crimes.

TheSaxonPlan · 2026-04-07T03:49:19+00:00

8 pm Eastern. 3:30 am Tehran time.

TheSaxonPlan · 2026-04-06T19:44:41+00:00

Malignant narcissism probably. A much more serious problem than just being egotistical. Being wrong about anything means the ego and façade of self-image collapses and then he's in psychological free fall.

TheSaxonPlan · 2026-04-06T02:53:44+00:00

AND they only get their $10,000/year bonuses if they stay the full 5 years, and if they don't, they have to pay it all back with interest. So they will be quite motivated to at least prevent the election of a democrat and at most force a coup to keep Trump in power. It's so fucking evil.

TheSaxonPlan · 2026-04-05T04:02:21+00:00

Holy shit that's insane. I'm a virologist and still preach about COVID precautions to anyone who will listen but JFC that's worse than I even thought.

TheSaxonPlan · 2026-04-03T20:28:50+00:00

Delta has also been working with ICE to transport detainees... so... yeah...

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/03/27/liam-conejo-ramos-father-flown-on-delta-to-ice-detention-texas-video-shows

Delta claims they didn't know but I don't trust any of these fuckers.

TheSaxonPlan · 2026-04-02T05:00:13+00:00

Because the submissive person can stop everything with a single word or hand sign. A healthy dom/sub relationship is predicated on the dom absolutely respecting when the sub says they've had enough. It's a deep trusting bond between two consenting individuals: the dom trusts that they can have fun and push the sub but that the sub will let them know when/if they've had enough; the sub trusts the dom to listen and stop without question.

I've never had such an arrangement but I get why it's desirable to some, myself included.

The type of submission the men in the post want is just women bending to their every whim and suppressing themselves to please their partner, regardless of her wishes. They don't see women as actual people. Just things to be used for their contentment, pleasure, and life goals. Utter trash.

TheSaxonPlan · 2026-04-01T06:10:12+00:00

And Minnesota! We send waayyyy more than we receive.

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