I saw decapril, thought the exact same thing

Lean-to is ideal in my mind because it naturally makes a little burble of still air for the teensy fire to grow in initially

He’s a healthy, happy boy.

(His sisters don’t always like how intensely he plays, since he’s very energetic and 17lbs, but oh well)

Nah, I just like setting my phone to 0.5 zoom and getting REALLY close to take pictures of him

100%. He played the long game and boy, it’s a crushing victory

I can’t waaaaiiiit, no i can’t wait

I’m telling you, spend a few days actually looking for and actually SEEING moss, it’ll blow your mind

There is a strip of grass beside the driveway to my complex’s parking structure with one tree in it.

That tree and the surrounding grass has at LEAST five species of moss living on it, so I just slow down on my walk to the car and appreciate those diverse, weird little plants

Ah HA, you’ve fallen for the same trap i did. The veins in leaves are actually described as “vein-like” and are purely structural. Likewise, the stems are structural, mosses are non-vascular

I’m really salty because it mirrored my thoughts about the research almost exactly, but I’m loathe to give attaboys to it

I mean, I value the knowledge as well as the job prospects

But also, take it easy, i didn’t personally insult you

I mean, it’s a matter of perspective, i guess.

I did a final assignment that was a research proposal, mine was the assessment of various methods of increasing periphyton biomass (clearing tree cover over rivers and introducing fertilizers to the water) in order to dilute mercury bioaccumulation in top river predators like trout and other fish people eat

There’s a lot of tangentially related research, but not a ton done on the river/riparian food webs in the GSMNP specifically and possible mitigation strategies for mercury bioaccumulation.

OBVIOUSLY my proposal isn’t realistic. No one on earth is gonna be like “yeah sure, go ahead and chop down all the trees over this river and dump chemicals in that one, on the off chance it allows jimbob to give trout to his pregnant wife all year round”

I’d say it’s good at things you don’t need to be good

For assignments I’m consciously half-assing, or readings i don’t have the time to thoroughly examine, sure, it’s perfect

The only substantial uses i have for it are occasional blurbs of R code for charts, rewording a sentence, or finding a precise word when I can’t think of it

This is my stance exactly. ChatGPT CANNOT say what I want to say, how i want to say it, in a logical and factually accurate way without me having to just rewrite the whole thing myself.

There isn’t enough research about mercury bioaccumulation in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for it to actually say anything of substance.

I know being a non-traditional student massively affects my perspective, but like, if you don’t want to learn about the precise thing your major is about… WHY ARE YOU HERE

This is their second year, if that matters to you. Last year they were wimpy little bunches with like four flowers each

Shit, my bad. Remind me of the recommended format?

Micromoths are my favorite. I studied them for a bit, and the variety in those teensy tiny little things is just amazing

Sorry, the title and text weren’t clear. I garden for the pollinators. Them bugs make me happy