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Acetabularia crenulata

Mermaid’s Wineglass

What’s really cool about these guys is that each little cap and stem is unicellular. So one shoot is ONE CELL. The nucleus sits in the rhizoid (the anchoring part of the organism) so that if the cell is decapitated, it can still function. 

In the 1930′s - 1950′s, Joachim Hämmerling experimented with various species of Acetabularia. He found that if he grafted a cap from A. crenulata onto the base of A. mediterranea, and vise versa, the cap would change to match that of the base it was grafted on to. In this way, Hämmerling is responsible for proving that the nucleus of the cell contains the genetic information necessary for cellular development.

Here’s a nice write up concerning Hämmerling’s work.

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I don't understand why all these characters are surnamed Kong. It appears to reflect some kind of-- like not ALL the apes are named Kong, so it has to mean something, no??

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the man contains multitudes

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thoughts on Katy Perry/Justin Trudeau?

It genuinely doesn't even compute. It gives me a feeling of unreality. Lots of things nowadays make me feel like "we can't be living in the real world, this can't be happening" but this is by far the most lowest stakes thing that makes me feel that way

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ANDY GOLDSWORTHY, River Ice Wrapped Around a River Stone, 1992

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Shin Satō aka 佐藤 真 aka Satō Shin (Japanese, 1935-2018, b. Japan) - 木漏れ日 (Sunlight Filtering Through the Trees), 2007, Japanese Paintings: Ink, Color on Paper

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“My dad teaching math in Southern California (late 70s/early 80s)”

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The unicorns, if you are not the last.

THE LAST UNICORN 1982, dir. Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr.

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Vivipary - when seeds sprout while still being attached to its mother fruit

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It’s a tony soprano summer

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The first one is the distraction.

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This tweet is stuck in my head... I keep saying matcha pilates at every opportunity

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David Hockney

‘The Arrival of Spring, Normandy’ 2020

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Piero Dorazio (1927-2005) “Another Way” 1965  Huile sur toile. - Heritage Auctions.

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Women in the Rain, by Marina Abramović.