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  • To undergo eight tortures and become a key is to make yourself unfit for service as an interchangeable part on some industrial default script. This means you must fail enough, quickly enough, and in unique enough ways that you escape the gravity well of the black hole of aggregated, alienated humanity (alienity?). The point is not to be uncommon, but to be common in an uncommon way.
    The Key to Act Two — Ribbonfarm
  • لو أن إبليس يوما رآك، لقبل عينيك ثم اهتدى"
    ٤٨: ولو أن إبليس يوما رآك، لقبل عينيك ثم اهتدى
  • It is impossible to define a feminine practice of writing, and this is an impossibility that will remain,
    lib.uchicago.edu/efts/ARTFL/mark/talks/ACH2003/ecriture.feminine.html
  • Xuefeng Meng and Yukiko Yamashita (2025). "Intrinsically weak sex chromosome drive through sequential asymmetric meiosis." Science Advances. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adv7089 Jonathan O. Nelson, Tomohiro Kumon, Yukiko M. Yamashita. (2023) "rDNA magnification is a unique feature of germline stem cells." PNAS. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2314440120 Jonathan O. Nelson, Alyssa Slicko, Yukiko M. Yamashita. (2023) "The retrotransposon R2 maintains Drosophila ribosomal DNA repeats." PNAS. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2221613120 George J. Watase, Jonathan O. Nelson, Yukiko M. Yamashita. (2022) “…
    One lab's detective work reveals secrets of our immortal cells | Whitehead Institute
  • The nucleus pulposus contains loose fibers suspended in a mucoprotein gel. The nucleus of the disc acts as a shock absorber, absorbing the impact of the body's activities and keeping the two vertebrae separated. It is the remnant of the notochord.[2]
    Intervertebral disc
  • The new publishing house used "fad" publishing to publish books that exploited current fads and trends. Simon called this "planned publishing".[10] Instead of signing authors with a planned manuscript, they came up with their own ideas, and then hired writers to carry them out.[10]
    Simon & Schuster
  • In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all, By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul; But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy, And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "If you don't work you die." 8 Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew, And the hearts of the meanest were humbled and began to believe it was true That All is not Gold that Glitters, and Two and Two make Four– And the Gods of the Copybook Headings limped up to explain it once more. 9 As it will be in the future, it was at …
    The Gods of the Copybook Headings | Kipling
  • When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace. They swore, if we gave them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease. But when we disarmed They sold us and delivered us bound to our foe, And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "Stick to the Devil you know." 6
    The Gods of the Copybook Headings | Kipling
  • On the first Feminian Sandstones we were promised the Fuller Life (Which started by loving our neighbour and ended by loving his wife) Till our women had no more children and the men lost reason and faith, And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "The Wages of Sin is Death." 7
    The Gods of the Copybook Headings | Kipling
  • said that the love between the women depicted is "of lyricism practically without equal in contemporary cinema."[44] In the pages of Film Comment, Phillip Lopate states that the pivotal romantic interlude between Betty and Rita was made poignant and tender by Betty's "understanding for the first time, with self-surprise, that all her helpfulness and curiosity about the other woman had a point: desire ... It is a beautiful moment, made all the more miraculous by its earned tenderness, and its distances from anything lurid."[30] Stephanie Zacharek of Salon magazine stated that the scene's "eroti…
    Mulholland Drive (film) - Wikipedia
  • In Nigeria sono presenti diversi gruppi terroristici fra cui soprattutto Boko Haram, islamista e attivo principalmente nel nord-est del paese, che è stato responsabile di diversi attacchi e attentati nel corso degli anni. Negli ultimi mesi però ha riguadagnato potere anche lo Stato Islamico della provincia dell’Africa occidentale (ISWAP), legato al più ampio gruppo dello Stato Islamico. Dopo un periodo di declino, ha compiuto più attentati di tutti gli altri gruppi affiliati allo Stato Islamico: ha rivendicato 161 operazioni, causando 407 morti.
    L'attacco degli Stati Uniti contro l'ISIS in Nigeria - Il Post
  • Now in a dry environment like Egypt, papyrus can last a very long time, but in a more humid climate like Italy, a papyrus scroll would begin to fall apart within a century. This meant that scribes had to make new hand-written copies (manu scripta in Latin) of important texts like Virgil’s works in order to preserve them. Almost all of these scrolls turned to dust long ago.
    Is the Aeneid We Are Reading the Same One That Virgil Wrote? | Humanities Core Research Blog
  • Rampage On June 4, 2004, starting at around 2:15 p.m., Heemeyer began by driving his armored bulldozer through Mountain Park Concrete, owned by the Docheff family. At the time of the attack, Cody Docheff was at the concrete plant, screening topsoil at the gravel pit, when he got a notification over his radio that there was an explosion at the precast concrete shop.[1] Several employees attempted to stop the bulldozer by cramming objects into the treads in order to jam it, but to no effect. Cody Docheff, initially believing the dozer to be under remote control, fired a pistol at it and attempte…
    Marvin Heemeyer - Wikipedia
  • This pH prediction coincides well with our measurement of intracellular pH in a model cyanobacterium. We also demonstrate that CO2 retention in the carboxysome is necessary, whereas selective uptake of HCO3− into the carboxysome would not appreciably enhance energetic efficiency. Altogether, integration of pH produces a model that is quantitatively consistent with cyanobacterial physiology, emphasizing that pH cannot be neglected when describing biological systems interacting with inorganic carbon pools
    pH determines the energetic efficiency of the cyanobacterial CO2 concentrating mechanism | PNAS
  • paragraph 328, "the existence of the spiritual, non-corporeal beings that Sacred Scripture usually calls 'angels' is a truth of faith. The witness of Scripture is as clear as the unanimity of Tradition."[7] The same catechism states: "The whole life of the church benefits from the mysterious and powerful help of the angels [...] From its beginning until death, human life is surrounded by their watchful care and intercession."[8] It also states, "Christ is the center of the angelic world. They are His angels [...] They belong to Him because they were created through and for Him".[9]
    Angels in Christianity - Wikipedia
  • A set of protein isoforms may be formed from alternative splicings, variable promoter usage, or other post-transcriptional modifications of a single gene; post-translational modifications are generally not considered.
    Protein isoform - Wikipedia
  • Unique Beliefs and Practices: The Book of Common Prayer is a central liturgical guide. A balance of Scripture, tradition, and reason in theological reflection, often referred to as the “Anglican triad” or “three-legged stool.” Apostolic succession is maintained, and the liturgy often has a “high church” feel, though there is significant variation within the communion.
    Catholic vs Orthodox vs Protestant | An In-depth Comparison
  • It’s counterintuitive, but without the personal, there is no possibility of cracking open the universal—the means of mutual recognition.
    The confessions of women - by Freya Rohn
  • I think a lot of people want to be but they don’t want to do. They want to have written a book, but they don’t want to write the book. They want to be fit, but they don’t want the tedium of working out. They’re ashamed of rejection and they’re ashamed of imperfection.
    effort - by Ava - bookbear express
  • Here’s what I know: if someone’s much better than you at something, they probably try much harder. You probably underestimate how much harder they try. I’m not saying that talent isn’t a meaningful differentiator, because it certainly is, but I think people generally underestimate how effort needs to be poured into talent in order to develop it. So much of getting good at anything is just pure labor: figuring out how to try and then offering up the hours. If you’re doing it wrong you can do it a thousand times and not produce any particularly interesting results. So you have to make sure you’r…
    effort - by Ava - bookbear express
  • I like people who try very hard, and I like people who attempt to conceal their effort, but I especially like people who let all their effort show. We are all Frankenstein monsters—patchwork quilts of past experiences—trying to pass ourselves off as whole and cohesive things. Femininity in society is especially like that: how you dress, how you style your hair, how you apply makeup, how you eat, what jewelry you choose. These are learned things, earned things.
    effort - by Ava - bookbear express
  • What this monologue suggests is that turning away doesn’t necessarily mean you can opt out. Negotiation is more viable for most of us than refusal.
    consuming the girl - by Ava - bookbear express
  • I think this is why young women get obsessed with female writers like Eve Babitz or Joan Didion or Sylvia Plath, because they articulate models of how to be. And this is why people say girls dress for other girls, because men don’t share our references.
    consuming the girl - by Ava - bookbear express
  • We’re reclaiming girlhood, we’re subverting girlhood, everything goes back to the girl.
    consuming the girl - by Ava - bookbear express
  • I’ve never seen such pretty roses, she thought with curiosity. And as if she hadn’t just had that exact thought, vaguely aware that she’d just had that exact thought and quickly glossing over the awkwardness of realizing she was being a little tedious, she thought in a further stage of surprise: “Honestly, I’ve never seen such pretty roses.” She looked at them attentively. But her attention couldn’t remain mere attention for long, it soon was transformed into gentle pleasure, and she couldn’t manage to keep analyzing the roses, she had to interrupt herself with the same exclamation of submissi…
    The Imitation of the Rose – Original Text | shortsonline
  • what to do with this girl from Tijuca who had unexpectedly, as a tranquil boat bursts into sail on the waters, become superhuman.
    The Imitation of the Rose – Original Text | shortsonline
  • Radical feminist poet Robin Morgan published the poem "Arraignment", in which she openly accused Hughes of the battery and murder of Plath. Her book Monster (1972) "included a piece in which a gang of Plath aficionados are imagined castrating Hughes, stuffing his penis into his mouth and then blowing out his brains".[88][86][89] Hughes threatened to sue Morgan. The book was withdrawn by the publisher Random House, but it remained in circulation among feminists.[
    Sylvia Plath - Wikipedia
  • "domestic surreal" in which Plath takes everyday elements of life and twists the images, giving them an almost nightmarish quality. Plat
    Sylvia Plath - Wikipedia
  • Her poems are full of references and images that seem impenetrable at this distance, but which could mostly be explained in footnotes by a scholar with full access to the details of her life."[7
    Sylvia Plath - Wikipedia
  • if these desires are repressed for too long, they will show themselves in dreams. They will take different forms. If you subconsciously grow some desires for certain things like sex, food, someone, somewhere, something, etc,
    Oedipus Complex. A Story Of The Devouring Mother. | by BigPhaze | Medium
  • They all have similar reoccurring patterns of the mother that is interfering with their child’s wish to grow into something beyond what they already are.
    Oedipus Complex. A Story Of The Devouring Mother. | by BigPhaze | Medium
  • Aphrodite doesn’t appear to be angry in fact she has a faint smile on her face and her body language is quite relaxed. She appears to be teasing Pan. Also why is her son Eros, the God of Love, smiling when he too should be angry?
    Aphrodite, Pan and Eros - Lydia Illustrations
  • It is interesting however, to hear other people’s opinions about what is actually happening. Most females I have asked have the same opinion as mine (I’m female) but some men have a different view.
    Aphrodite, Pan and Eros - Lydia Illustrations
  • The lecherous Pan is obviously hoping to seduce Aphrodite,
    Aphrodite, Pan and Eros - Lydia Illustrations
  • Looking at the scene it appears that Aphrodite is covering her genitals with her left hand and Pan appears to be trying to force her hand away but all the while looking at her face in a pleading way.
    Aphrodite, Pan and Eros - Lydia Illustrations
  • from head to toe. Sources like these, together with works of art, tell us that beauty standards included blonde hair, rosy lips, a pale, hairless skin, white teeth and small breasts
    Makeup and female beauty standards in Renaissance Italy - Leiden Medievalists Blog
  • it took him nine years to finish The birth of Venus and he gave Simonetta’s features to all the women he painted – sometimes more than one in the same painting – even though she no longer lived to pose.
    Simonetta Vespucci, the muse who was a model both for Botticelli and many others, died at the age of 23
  • stility her father-in-law had become involved with the Medicis (who, in the end, were displaced by the Pazzi)
    Simonetta Vespucci, the muse who was a model both for Botticelli and many others, died at the age of 23
  • The abandoned and obsolete seem easier to write than goods still in their cartons. But why then do proper names (including brands and film titles) often work so well in poems it feels like a trick?
    The Fabric of Cringe … and how to avoid it. • Poetry School
  • Renin Juxtaglomerular cells in the kidney are abundant in an inactive precursor protein called prorenin which is constantly secreted. Decreased blood pressure activates juxtaglomerular cells, which leads to prorenin being cleaved into its active form – renin, which is then secreted into the bloodstream.
    What is the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System?
  • Angiotensin Renin acts on angiotensin (continuously produced by the liver) to cleave a 10 amino acid peptide from the N-terminus to form angiotensin I (inactive). Angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) further cleaves angiotensin I to form angiotensin II – which is the primary active peptide of RAAS. ACE is primarily found in vascular endothelia of the lungs and the kidneys. Angiotensin II binds to angiotensin type I A (AT1AR) or B (AT1BR), as well as type II (AT2R) receptors. Angiotensin II is a potent vasoconstrictor, which leads to increased blood pressure. Normally, if blood pressure is too h…
    What is the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System?
  • Aldosterone Angiotensin II stimulates the secretion of aldosterone is produced by the zona glomerulosa of the adrenal cortex (adrenal gland) and is involved in the retention of sodium in the kidney and other glands. The retention of water and sodium leads to increased blood volume, and thus blood pressure.
    What is the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System?
  • Another important mechanism for the alteration of SVR is the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system.[5] This system maintains blood flow to the kidney by altering resistance in the blood vessels of the body in response to changes in blood pressure and also altering the volume of circulating blood by promoting the retention of sodium. It does this through angiotensin II. Angiotensin II signals smooth muscle in arterioles, especially the arterioles of nephrons, to increase their smooth muscle tone.
    Physiology, Systemic Vascular Resistance - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
  • The baroreceptor reflex is a neurally-mediated reflex that regulates blood pressure in the short term. This reflex is crucial for maintaining blood pressure throughout the day, and in its absence, even a slight change in posture could lead to significant changes in blood pressure. There are mechanoreceptors known as baroreceptors located in the aortic arch and carotid sinus, which constantly monitor the MABP and pulse pressure.1 Increases in arterial pressure result in increased baroreceptor activity, increasing the firing rate in the associated afferent neurons, carrying this information to t…
    Regulation of Blood Pressure | Physiology | Geeky Medics
  • nges in blood pressure are delayed by a number of factors, including inertia in blood flow and blood vessel plasticity (Vaschillo et al, 2002; Vaschillo, Vaschillo, & Lehrer, 2006). The delay in blood pressure changes following heart rate change averages about five seconds, thus yielding the ubiquitous heart rate oscillation of about 10 seconds (Vaschillo et al., 2002), i.e., five seconds for the baroreflex to cause an increase in blood pressure when the baroreflex responds to a decrease in blood pressure, and five seconds to cause a decrease in blood pressure following a baroreflex response t…
    Dynamic Processes in Regulation and Some Implications for Biofeedback and Biobehavioral Interventions - PMC
  • Beatrice, by contrast, learns from Hero and Ursula less about Benedick’s virtues than about her own faults, the chief of which is the nonconformity of resistance: “to be so odd and from all fashions / As Beatrice is cannot be commendable”
    A Modern Perspective: Much Ado About Nothing | Folger Shakespeare Library
  • Because, even though marriage might appear incompatible with individual peace of mind, it remains the basic form of social organization, the central distribution point in Elizabethan society
    A Modern Perspective: Much Ado About Nothing | Folger Shakespeare Library
  • This discrepancy between fears of betrayal and actual guilt suggests that we should focus less on the infidelity itself than on the real source of patriarchal anxiety, which was patriarchy’s inevitable dependence on (and inability to verify) the chastity of wives and mothers. For only such chastity secured a social structure based on legitimate inheritance of lands, wealth, property, rank, and name. In Much Ado, I want to suggest, this patriarchal anxiety gives cuckoldry jokes a particular, local function. They work to resolve a social contradiction in Elizabethan society, a moment of double b…
    A Modern Perspective: Much Ado About Nothing | Folger Shakespeare Library
  • marriage threatens loss of a valued form of masculine singleness, a loss of control.
    A Modern Perspective: Much Ado About Nothing | Folger Shakespeare Library
  • such as: i) moderate exercise intensity of an hour or more; ii) high intensity exercise of short duration; iii) exercise in the heat; iv) exercise at altitude; and v) resistance exercise.
    Blood Pressure Regulation XI: Overview and Future Research Directions - PMC