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< is saving the visit for another time! Now it's time for < to meet up with colleagues, see you all later!

While looking for the certificate for the short webinar < finished two weeks ago in <'s email, < somehow remembered that < had received a message two years ago that the certificate for < completing the IT course in the community college < took back in 2022 and never opened it for some reason. Whoops. Good thing it was still there!

< went to football practice yesterday, which had a "hit or be hit" emphasis.

As a result, <'s arm had red and purple spots all over. < loved it.

< planted some baby conifers around lunchtime today. This is probably the weirdest tangent <'s research has gone on yet…

< is curious how that's even related to ^'s research!

< is glad you asked!

< had the crazy idea to pick up some larch (larix decidua) cones from the ground last week, to see if they could be used as a biomass precursor to battery carbon. < had been working on nutshells, which take a lot of effort to separate from the seeds and to break up, and thought that cones would be a lower-effort alternative, and possibly give better performance (worth a try, right? )

< had assumed that since the cones had fallen from the trees, they would not contain viable seeds. So < literally thought nothing of leaving the cones all wet on a blanket of tissue, inside an airtight lunchbox in the dark of <'s cupboard in the lab…

But yeah, it turns out that wet cones that aren't ripe should be dried to release the seeds. Instead, < got this: OK, that's an extreme example, but there were several seedlings germinating inside the cones! < tried to scoop out as many as possible, but four of the cones were so overgrown that < didn't even bother!

< decided to give the seedlings a chance, and went around finding places to plant them (or at least place them on the soil in the hope that they find a way to root ), even that obviously has no bearing on my research per se

After all that, < hopes the remaining de-seeded cones turn out to be worth it!

It feels so cold today < doesn't want to go anywhere, not even college. < hates when it's cold as hell...

PluMGMK wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2026 11:40 pm < decided to give the seedlings a chance, and went around finding places to plant them (or at least place them on the soil in the hope that they find a way to root ), even that obviously has no bearing on my research per se

< wants a weekly update on the development of those baby trees now!

< wants an update on those too!

< also seems to have to be dealing with severe weather season now, as it's ramping up already this year.

< says the weather’s awful over here too, it’s hot as hell

< will most likely start the new season of the videogame quiz tomorrow

Reese Riverson wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2026 2:24 pm < wants an update on those too!

< also seems to have to be dealing with severe weather season now, as it's ramping up already this year.

Fifo wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2026 2:35 pm < says the weather’s awful over here too, it’s hot as hell

Hope the weather gets better for you guys!

The sky is cloudy today, so it should be easier for < to go outside and have a nice walk even though it's like, 80 something degrees out here. Provided < takes <'s allergy pills first.

< multiple-words < multiple-spoils a post < eats an entire bag of takis fuego < eating raw ramen right now < i'm a different creature than all of you

< wishes ^ would stop spamming the forum with ^’s pointless uncreative posts

(sorry if this counts as minimodding, < never knows where the line is)

< reads fifo's post < he's right < i guess life before raynic was peaceful

< is glad that we're heading towards spring, warmer weather and longer daylight.

< is apparently tired but glad <'s able to have more free time before needing to draw something.

< is also confused to see ^^'s signature but < neverminds it.

< thinks it's better sometimes to just look the other way instead of understanding what certain things mean.

< noticed the past two evenings have been fairly cold. Tonight though it was still fairly calm despite being cold. < still knows we're reaching the end of the cold weather though.

Weekly head shave...

<'s head was but :'(