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Nature is Metal

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    "Yes, that's our chicken. How did you know we named her Karen?"

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      Only non-witches get due process.

      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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      • jon-nycJ Offline
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        #97

        Who knew chickens were so brave?

        Only non-witches get due process.

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          jon-nyc
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          Only non-witches get due process.

          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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            I really didn't need to see or know that.

            Please love yourself.

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              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_channel

              In excitable cells such as neurons, myocytes, and certain types of glia, sodium channels are responsible for the rising phase of action potentials. These channels go through three different states called resting, active and inactive states.
              ...
              Voltage-gated sodium channels play an important role in action potentials. If enough channels open when there is a change in the cell's membrane potential, a small but significant number of Na+ ions will move into the cell down their electrochemical gradient, further depolarizing the cell. Thus, the more Na+ channels localized in a region of a cell's membrane the faster the action potential will propagate and the more excitable that area of the cell will be. This is an example of a positive feedback loop. The ability of these channels to assume a closed-inactivated state causes the refractory period and is critical for the propagation of action potentials down an axon.

              Na+ channels both open and close more quickly than K+ channels, producing an influx of positive charge (Na+) toward the beginning of the action potential and an efflux (K+) toward the end.

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              • MikM Away
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                Mik
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                #101

                Love this thread.

                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                  #102

                  That’s a weird walk at the end. Is that how they go fast? Or is it a limp?

                  Only non-witches get due process.

                  • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                    I wondered if the turtle was hurt.

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                    • MikM Away
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                      Mik
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                      lazy ass gator.

                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                        jon-nyc
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                        Only non-witches get due process.

                        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                        • HoraceH Offline
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                          Horace
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                          Brutal

                          Education is extremely important.

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                            jon-nyc
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                            Only non-witches get due process.

                            • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                              xenon
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                              Looks like it's rotating from the cameraman's vantage.

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                                I suppose it could be rotating. Lava is sort of a cross between a solid and a liquid.

                                Education is extremely important.

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                                  Only non-witches get due process.

                                  • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                  • HoraceH Offline
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                                    Horace
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                                    intelligent design

                                    Education is extremely important.

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                                      George K
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                                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        George K
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                                        Did you notice that "Nature is Metal" Twitter account has been suspended?

                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        • MikM Away
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                                          Mik
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                                          That's a shame.

                                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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