Damn, I’ve been struggling this week with whether I should leave my PhD program with a master’s or keep toughing it out, and this really hit home for me.

A recent study suggested that the safe upper limit in wet bulb conditions might be closer to 88F. Link to an article discussing the research

This is my first year with an in-ground garden in Zone 6a! Here’s what I’ve got:

-Plant more peppers, I eat a lot of peppers and could use more

-Plant beans/peas earlier

-Plant okra later

-Only ONE cucumber plant!!! Just one! No one needs more than one!

-More ground cherries, they did great and I love 'em

-Wouldn’t bother with celery again, probably

-Would give radishes another shot, they did okay. I’d do kohlrabi again too

-Planted too many types of lettuce

Huh, I’ve never considered estimating the weight of my hands, but after reading I can see the importance/application.

Love the contrast of all the greenery with the jelly ears!

This has been happening to me for like two weeks.

That really sucks, it’s not cool that they took you on as a student when they knew they’d be looking to leave the university. The closest comparison I have is I had a classmate whose PI left the university and offered to take her, but she decided to master out instead. It didn’t affect her career and was ultimately a great move.

I think it’s normal that you’d have trouble trusting them again and you should probably consider your options. Can you transfer to another lab in your department? Alternatively, you said you went through all the trouble to travel and apply at the new university. Can you still go and just pick a new lab there? If you’re post-candidacy/quals/etc, they should hopefully respect that and maybe it can accelerate your track.

Well, did she have any?

Sweet! There are some additional more specific arthropod communities (arachnids and myriapods off the top of my head) on mander.xyz if anyone is looking.

I don’t have chooks anymore but joining to get my chicken fix vicariously, until I move and get some again of course!

Congrats! Welcome Twix!

That would be an interesting shake-up to the current models of endometriosis. Seems like it would warrant an examination of total intestinal and genitourinary microbiome in people with anemd without endometriosis.

I struggle with that too. It makes me feel a little better that they’re going straight into the compost pile to become nutrients though.

It looks pink on the inside, is that unusual for puffballs?