ExtravagantEnzyme

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I've spent a good amount of time studying various DNA processes and never once made a connection between i-motifs and clippy. Great catch! lol

The thing is, our cells create these "knots" to make room for enzymes to access our DNA. They're quite common as it's required for DNA transcription + replication, chromosome segregation in cell division, telomere maintenance, and to alter gene expression. Not sure how I overlooked what happens if they form more often than intended. Wild to learn it can lead to cancer, neurodegeneration, and heart disorders! Guess I missed two massive aspects when studying all this, the imapct of DNA forming i-motifs too often, and the resemblance to clippy hahaha.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 months ago

Yep! Insects can use their legs, mouthparts, as well as other specialized structures for grooming. In addition, some beetles actually use water to wash off dirt and contaminants. Other insects make and secret substances for cleaning. A common example of this is ants using formic acid as a disinfectant. Then, similar to monkeys, bugs like bees and ants conduct social grooming. This helps with the colonies overall health.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Standard Notes is my go to for notes 100%. It's all about privacy through encryption and is FOSS. Plus for this specific scenario, it also allows for notes export.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I just use radindiemedia.com as my source for these news feeds. It's curated by an activist who also mixes in some of his work as well as a few other news sources. But those sites make up the vast majority of the links.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Sounds like you're looking for independent journalism, I'm in the same boat. I've found checking commondreams.org, scheerpost.com, therealnews.com, unicornriot.ninja, fair.org, thecanary.co, leftvoice.org, consortiumnews.com, labornotes.org, and popularresistance.org/news make for a great news feed. Those are an array of independent news outlets which keep it almost entirely just news. Setting up an RSS feed with these sites would be a solid move to ensure your getting news with none of the BS.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Kind of, however, a nut contains sperm cells which are gametes. Only reproductive cells are gametes, as they need half the total DNA of all our other cells. This is what allows an eggs and sprem to make a new human. The coolest aspect here is how genetic variation is ensured during this process. But nonetheless, that mitochondrial DNA getting splattered all over your brain is from somatic cells. So it has twice the amount of DNA in it than a nut lol.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Really? It says I need to upgrade my plan to Pro in order to use the discrete merchants feature.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Could you simply change the file name once it's downloaded? Maybe add the date or something similar to the end. This would prevent the issue in the ProtonMail app.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Naw, that's just the fact mitochondria are the reason life is as we know it. It's pretty much the cousin of chloroplast too!

But mitochondria actually forfeited a majority of its genome to the host organism when it became the powerhouse of the cell. This is how we influence it's processes and output. It did retain enough of it's genome to be able to synthesize the required proteins for the job, but all in all, the host is in control of the mitochondria.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

Ok, so voting in mass won't do a thing? At the moment, more than 50% of registered voters are over 50 years old. With an average life span of 72 years in the US, that's folks 70% through life, at best on average. Getting everyone 40 or below registered and voting would change the game as we know it. But sorry for trying to game the system...

[–] [email protected] 46 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Fossify's Messenger is awesome, it handles SMS/MMS plus it's ad free and open-source.

 

At least a dozen colleges and universities have changed their policies to make it harder to protest the war on Gaza. More may follow this summer.

https://archive.ph/avTxh

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