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THRIFTBOOOOOKKKKKKSSSSSS!!!!!

Got my OB/pediatric textbook in tonight! I bought it off Thriftbooks for a whopping 5.83$. This is a 150$ textbook. And I also got three discount codes for food & for my cats just in the package!!

Always buy secondhand ♡

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I can't wait to be really sexy in July!

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I GOT A JOB AT THE PET STORE! 😊

I feel so fulfilled rn.

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I am in need of some money bc I just filled up my tank and forgot how expensive gas is while also having to buy supplies for my small business and essentials. if you have anything to spare, even a dollar, and wanna help out a disabled queer artist this pride my venmo is: miracleoutthere.

if not no worries I would also appreciate shares if you’re able to.

I would say buy something from me instead but I need to buy more supplies in order to be able to make jewelry and cards right now. if you’re interested in purchasing something from me please dm me!

again my venmo is: miracleoutthere

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Same...and I have a kid / in school/ working. I'm worried I'm losing my humor. I wish I had enough money to just like take care of myself...but it's never enough. All we can do is the best we can my measurement for success is literally just surviving the day.

Also please don't feel bad about asking for help. You're not a burden your value is not measured in self sufficiency it's implicit and self explanatory.

being poor is actually ruining my life and making me suicidal. if I wasn’t poor my mental and physical health would be so much better. I’d still have life long disabilities but I’d be able to manage them so much better. and I wouldn’t have to beg for funds to buy basic necessities.

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I don't know 😞 who needs to read this... But having your entire life consumed by attracting a mate by being as sexually attractive as possible, and obsessing about your body and aesthetics and the weird mind state that tethers you to a vicious cycle of measuring self worth on the basis of that performance...it's a phase and eventually ... You won't even give a shit about the people on tik Tok and YouTube who make 2 hour long videos rationalizing and explaining some passing fad who's lifespan is maybe 3 months long. It'll just not be important, unfortunately (spoiler alert) after the haze of early 20s egocentrism wanes, you tumble into oh my God my parents are getting old and I'm the one sane sibling land, which then also turns into what am I doing with my life outside of working myself to death land?

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[Tutorial] Personal Linktree Clone ・❥・

I came across Takuya Matsuyama’s “link in bio page” tutorial not too long ago and decided to recreate it with my own little twist. (See his source code here)

I love that it was done only in basic html & css, with the tiny amount of javascript for the flying birds. It makes it super beginner friendly while allowing you to be as creative as you want with it.

I coded a few variations of the site and now I am finally very happy with the final product ₍ᐢ. ̫.ᐢ₎

If you're curious to see how the previous versions looked, I show them on my site project blog, here ✧.*

and ofc if you wanted to view the actual site you can do so, here ✧.*

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Learn flexbox!

Although it is IMPOSSIBLE to ever get align-items vs justify-content right on the first try, getting familiar with how flexbox works will allow you to know at least one of them does what you want them to. If there's anything I've learned during my studies it's that development is much more about knowing you can do certain things and being able to google it when you don't know how, rather than having everything memorized. What you need to memorize you will memorize from practice, repetition and experience.

That being said: here are some (two) resources for learning flexbox!

Play Flexbox Froggy

This was such a huuuuuge help for me when learning flexbox. I completed all of the exercises once, and then I would use this as a guide and reference when trying to figure stuff out on my own projects. It's a great interactive way of learning, and it really simplifies and makes flexbox digestible. I recommend just crunching through it once, and you will be exposed to all the different ways of using flex! Then you will have in the back of your head what is possible with flex, and you will be able to recall this and maybe use the next resource to implement it if you don't remember all the keywords yourself!

CSS tricks - a complete guide to flexbox

This was recommended to me by a developer waaay back when i started studying, and it has saved me countless times. It's so good for referencing the different properties, with clear visual examples and a super easy-to-follow structure of the page. I have this bookmarked because of how often I use it.

Good luck in your studies 💻🐸

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A fungus converts cellulose directly into a novel platform chemical

The fungus Talaromyces verruculosus can produce the chemical erythro-isocitric acid directly from cheap plant waste, thus making it interesting for industrial utilization. Using the natural abilities of the non-genetically modified fungus, a research team from Jena has discovered a method for the efficient conversion of cellulose into a form of isocitric acid. The new production method could significantly simplify the previously complex and multi-stage process for obtaining platform chemicals from cellulose by requiring only a single bioprocess. Thanks to the new cost-effective method, the rarely utilized sister molecule of the intensively used citric acid can benefit a sustainable circular economy—provided there is a market for it. The study was published by a research team from the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology—Hans Knöll Institute (Leibniz-HKI) in the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

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Victor Molev (Russian,b.1955)

Great ghost of Caesarea, 2016

Oil on canvas

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Breakthrough process creates next generation of powered wearable fibers

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have established new, scalable methods of developing battery- and solar-powered fibers, making it theoretically possible for electrical energy to be harvested from, and stored in, the clothing people wear. These fibers could power high-performance wearable electronics that breathe, stretch and wash just like conventional textiles. This development in fiber power sources—submillimeter-thin battery and photovoltaic strands that could be woven directly into fabrics—opens up a new world of wearable electronics and smart textiles.

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Scientists discover single atom defect in 2D material can hold quantum information at room temperature

Scientists have discovered that a "single atomic defect" in a layered 2D material can hold onto quantum information for microseconds at room temperature, underscoring the potential of 2D materials in advancing quantum technologies. The defect, found by researchers from the Universities of Manchester and Cambridge using a thin material called hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), demonstrates spin coherence—a property where an electronic spin can retain quantum information—under ambient conditions. They also found that these spins can be controlled with light. Up until now, only a few solid-state materials have been able to do this, marking a significant step forward in quantum technologies. The findings, published in Nature Materials, further confirm that the accessible spin coherence at room temperature is longer than the researchers initially imagined it could be.

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Using DNA origami, researchers create diamond lattice for future semiconductors of visible light

The shimmering of butterfly wings in bright colors does not emerge from pigments. Rather, photonic crystals are responsible for the play of colors. Their periodic nanostructure allows light at certain wavelengths to pass through while reflecting other wavelengths. This causes the wing scales, which are in fact transparent, to appear so magnificently colored. For research teams, the manufacture of artificial photonic crystals for visible light wavelengths has been a major challenge and motivation ever since they were predicted by theorists more than 35 years ago. "Photonic crystals have a versatile range of applications. They have been employed to develop more efficient solar cells, innovative optical waveguides, and materials for quantum communication. However, they have been very laborious to manufacture," explains Dr. Gregor Posnjak.

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By tracking mRNA scientists can view chemicals within the brain creating memories for the first time. 

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New metal-free porous framework materials may have potential for hydrogen storage

Researchers at the University of Liverpool and the University of Southampton have used computational design methods to develop non-metal organic porous framework materials, with potential applications in areas such as catalysis, water capture or hydrogen storage. In a study published in the journal Nature, the research team used inexpensive and abundant non-metallic elements, such as chloride ions, to design non-metal organic porous frameworks (N-MOFs). The new materials offer an alternative to metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a class of porous, crystalline materials made up of metals connected by organic linker compounds. More than 95,000 MOFs have so far been discovered with a broad range of applications in fields such as catalysis, gas separation and energy storage.

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Flexible, biodegradable and wireless magnetoelectric paper for simple in situ personalization of bioelectric implants

A research team, jointly led by Professors Jiyun Kim, Chaenyung Cha, and Myoung Hoon Song from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UNIST, has unveiled the world's first flexible, biodegradable bioelectronic paper with homogeneously distributed wireless stimulation functionality for simple personalization of bioelectronic implants. These innovative materials are made from nanoscale functional materials, and thus can be further customized using simple methods, such as rolling, cutting, inward folding, and outward folding without losing functionality. The research team expects that these results with unprecedented design flexibility can lay a foundation for the low-cost, simple, and rapid personalization of temporary bioelectronic implants for minimally invasive wireless stimulation therapies.

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