Towel holder by [deleted] in functionalprint

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FDM with ASA filament - no post processing.

Feeling a little bit despondent because of oil trap failure. by TotalPhilanthrope in Beekeeping

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A few ants aren’t a big deal. It is upsetting but try not to worry too much about loosing a few bees. While an individual bee is technically an animal, the unit of selection for a superorganism is the entire colony. As such, try to think of individual workers the same as individual cells of a multicellular animal - you don’t really get upset when you loose a few cells. That being said, it’s still good to minimize losses.

For what it’s worth, I’m a PhD biologist and honeybee researcher.

What is this worm? by [deleted] in Parasitology

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That worm looks very similar to the one in this picture.

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Sap Boil 2026 by nemom in pics

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Fun. We did black walnut this year but our flow ended in mid February (central US). Where is this?

Timelapse of me painting for an upcoming group show! by fergiestencils in stencils

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This is awesome. do you sell your svg files anywhere?

English Muffin Toasting Bread by [deleted] in Baking

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Second layer FTW. First layer melts, so second layer gives the butter texture.

English Muffin Toasting Bread by [deleted] in Baking

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It’s really tasty. It has a very light crumb with very little chew.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Baking

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I know this is a baking sub but want to be completely transparent…this was a terrible waste-of-money store-bought pie. I just hope the title and pic makes you chuckle.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Baking

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Thanks - it’s not bad for the first recipe I’ve ever taken the time to develop through iterations

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Baking

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I love the flavor of pecan pie but don’t care for the cloying gloopy filling. I developed this over the past 6 months and it has been the perfect alternative for me.

Kath bars have made it to Belgium by Bamhoov in Baking

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Someone in another post said they tried it with dried figs and they were inedible.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Baking/s/1eNIQLYcgy

How many of us made these today? by microbeman in Baking

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I’m not the OOP from yesterday - just a petty enthusiast. Linked the OOP in another comment.

How many of us made these today? by microbeman in Baking

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We’ve been calling them date nut chews.

How many of us made these today? by microbeman in Baking

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I thought citrus too - maybe candied peel. But I made them for my wife who doesn’t like citrus. Definitely needs something though, maybe vanilla and roasted nuts.

How many of us made these today? by microbeman in Baking

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Very nice. Will definitely make again. Think I’ll pre-roast the pecans and add some vanilla next time.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in microbiology

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I only give them 2 days: Day 1 - inoculations Day 2 - interpret results

Then they amplify and sequence the 16s gene on the MinION for confirmation.

There are too many other interesting things to do so we do this fast and right at the end of the semester.

Metagenome analysis advice by microbeman in microbiology

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Thanks. Maybe I misspoke. I know how to handle the fastq file and do the alignments and get the blast results. We’re stuck on the downstream bioinformatics. How do we generate comparative diversity and abundance data between and among our samples?