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Nature is Metal

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    jon-nyc
    wrote on 26 Jul 2020, 17:18 last edited by
    #96

    Only non-witches get due process.

    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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      jon-nyc
      wrote on 27 Jul 2020, 00:35 last edited by
      #97

      Who knew chickens were so brave?

      Only non-witches get due process.

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        jon-nyc
        wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 03:15 last edited by
        #98

        Only non-witches get due process.

        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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          Aqua Letifer
          wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 04:00 last edited by
          #99

          I really didn't need to see or know that.

          Please love yourself.

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            George K
            wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 11:47 last edited by
            #100

            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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              Mik
              wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 13:39 last edited by
              #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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                jon-nyc
                wrote on 29 Jul 2020, 16:17 last edited by
                #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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                  Klaus
                  wrote on 29 Jul 2020, 16:24 last edited by
                  #103

                  I wondered if the turtle was hurt.

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                    Mik
                    wrote on 29 Jul 2020, 16:34 last edited by
                    #104

                    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
                      wrote on 30 Jul 2020, 19:03 last edited by
                      #105

                      Only non-witches get due process.

                      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                        Horace
                        wrote on 30 Jul 2020, 19:09 last edited by
                        #106

                        Brutal

                        Education is extremely important.

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                          jon-nyc
                          wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 16:48 last edited by
                          #107

                          Only non-witches get due process.

                          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                            xenon
                            wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 18:56 last edited by
                            #108

                            Looks like it's rotating from the cameraman's vantage.

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                              Horace
                              wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 19:08 last edited by
                              #109

                              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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                                jon-nyc
                                wrote on 14 Aug 2020, 13:45 last edited by
                                #110

                                Only non-witches get due process.

                                • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                  Horace
                                  wrote on 14 Aug 2020, 13:47 last edited by
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                                  intelligent design

                                  Education is extremely important.

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                                    George K
                                    wrote on 18 Aug 2020, 13:28 last edited by
                                    #112

                                    "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
                                      wrote on 18 Aug 2020, 13:29 last edited by
                                      #113

                                      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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                                        Mik
                                        wrote on 18 Aug 2020, 13:30 last edited by
                                        #114

                                        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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                                          jon-nyc
                                          wrote on 18 Aug 2020, 15:27 last edited by
                                          #115

                                          Really??? WTF?

                                          Only non-witches get due process.

                                          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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