Green Lake and its sister Round Lake, are a pair of unique bodies of water located in the aboriginal territory of the Onandoga nation. This writeup will concern itself with Green Lake, but much of this information carries over to its sister.
The final remnants of a plunge pool formed during the last ice age by a glacial waterfall at least twice the size of Niagara Falls; Green Lake is situated in a gorge and fed entirely by rain and groundwater. As a result, it is one of the few meromictic lakes on earth.
So, okay, in general terms, lakes do this:
For the warmer months water organizes into distinct layers, each circulating in their own way. The warmest water, being the least dense, sits at the top. This is where the phytoplankton hang out, producing oxygen and consuming nutrients. The coldest water, being the most dense, sits at the bottom. This is where nutrients tend to accumulate and oxygen gets depleted by animal life. As summer turns to winter the top layers get colder and the water mixes as stratification breaks down, the same happens as winter turns back to summer. This process helps more evenly distribute oxygen and nutrients.
Ok so Green Lake doesn’t do this.
The bottom of the lake is totally devoid of oxygen, so no decomposition; whatever falls down there, stays down there. The water is also very high in mineral content, which leaves layers of calcite deposits on anything that isn’t moving. Moreover there is a layer of bacterially active water around 18-20 meters down that makes the water purple at that specific depth. Thanks to photosynthetic bacteria that deposit some of the minerals in the water, Green Lake is home to one of the few existing freshwater reefs.
I just think its neat.
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Omg I’ve just started getting back into these
OoooOOooooOooohhh. Which ones just curious? I’ve been super into one lately called AwakeMUD that’s based on Shadowrun 3e. In the sorta recent past I’ve also played Aardwolf and The Unofficial Squaresoft MUD. There was one kinda in development I also got into a little called Midnight Equestria. I should probably go back and see how far along they are on that one.
I’ve seen stuff about AwakeMUD and have been curious about it. I used to play Aardwolf when I was in high school. I’ve been playing a bit of Alter Aeon lately
Can I get the week of 3/16 - 3/22?
my cracka you see that it’s already taken
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I really miss working in pediatrics 😭😭
In nursing school, we all had our little fav areas we wanted to work in. A friend of mine was aiming for flight nurse, knew what she wanted to do (ER, CVICU, etc). Another wanted to do maternity, and she did! I was going for oncology. We did a bit as like student nurses in schools and I actually really enjoyed shadowing the kindergarten class which should’ve been a sign I guess. Pediatrics oncology is a thing (kids can bounce back hard from it, they tend to get different kinds, either way I am also comfortable with the sad side of it and paliation and Ive had my share of hard passing away), but I actually really liked general peds - mental health, inpatient and outpatient, emerg, medsurg, etc. Im still aiming for gender clinic stuff but I know my old unit wants an NP and I know they’ll pay for your education for a return to service agreement… it wouldnt be impossible to go back and run a clinic part time.
They should invent HRT that fully gets rid of body hair.
That gives you a girl voice
No matter how terrible life gets, my mood always improves when I realise that I’m destined for some real nice tits
(´･ω･`)
(Not going to post actual size cause that feels wierd. Is it wierd?)
I love that feeling/realization. I think I’m past major growth but every now and then they get a touch rounder/fuller ^^ I’m glad you’re getting some mood lifts!
is it weird?
I dont think its weird, strictly speaking, I think it has more to do with your comfort if anything. Like, I put stuff here that’s probably tmi (tho behind spoilers). But idk, I’m also not good at telling what’s weird tho
I’m hoping mine fill out more :/ they’re “big” by measurement size but I feel like that doesn’t account very well for the tuberousness
Yeah, my issues with my breasts I realized aren’t really with their size, but with the size of my ribcage. Fingies crossed they fill out more for you, and if not there’s surgeries to make tuberousness less tuberous if that’s something you want to pursue.
I wish I was Ranma; I wish hrt and transitioning was as simple as pouring water over my head
Mine feel like they’re starting to grow. Like, I can actually grab them, that feels nice already
There are many stages or “yippie they grew again” ahead for you!
(Imagine being able to grab a handful of your boobs. That’s always fun)
Oh that must be awesome, can’t wait. Unlimited boobs on the transfems!
I literally was staring at myself in disbelief last night. Goddamn I didn’t think it would happen that fast
Gotta say all the recent news doesn’t make me feel peppy.
its real bad
started HRT today, nervous as all hell, but I’ve been making more music and i really have y’all to thank for regaining the confidence to get back at it. lots goin on over here lmao
love the section around 2:40 with the ascending/descending clicky instrument, and the whole thing is immersing me in some kind of late 90s early 2000s video game in a cyber setting
Thank you so much<3, i want to build towards a project that is a kind of audiovisual cyberpunk/junglist album that serves as my dream ps1 game, Been learning old 3d modeling software, but that biz is above my paygrade for now lol Regardless its great to hear that my mind’s eye vibes are carrying through. For the first time in years i feel like i have stuff to look forward to :)
us healthcare
whenever somebody tries to defend the insurance industry by saying it has so many jobs it’s always kinda like bizarre to me, like they’re literally saying “we have to keep Killing You at the Killing You Factory because think of how many jobs are at the Killing You Factory we simply cannot stop Killing You.” preaching to the choir here obv but capitalism is just an actual death cult like for real
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Ask those people if they would support a job guarantee (they won’t, since this would eat into capitalist profits). Ask them if they support a job program for doing actually socially useful work like <insert public transportation, research, nurses, engineers, teachers, cleaning up the streets or a million other things> (they won’t, since that’s socialism)
dysphoria/negativity
Wow I hate this. This whole week has just been awful. Consumed. I’ve been so dysphoric. So hopeless. My bottom dysphoria has been bothering me a lot more than usual. I mean so has everything else.
I hate being trans. It’s traumatizing and horrible. It’s not worth it. I hate my existence. There’s barely a reason to keep pushing. It’s all so overwhelmingly awful.
I’ve thought about messaging people to complain but there’s no point, there’s no point to any of this. Nothing is going to make this stop. I don’t want to keep living if this is what it’s going to be like. And I don’t have any hope
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There’s barely a reason to keep pushing.
It’s OK. Just push for the sake of pushing. Even if you don’t have a reason, at least outlive your enemies and see them die first.
I’ve thought about messaging people to complain but there’s no point, there’s no point to any of this.
Ts is so real. At best it can be a little soothing in some cases.
Lost count of how many comments I made then deleted cause “why tf does this matter?”
Being intimately aware of how dogshit everything is and being less disconnected is actually fucking horrible.
So for the early movie tomorrow I can’t decide between Redline and Barber Westchester. Which should I go with?
Hey how does watching the movies work? Last time I tried to watch one I could see a chatroom but no video loaded in my browser.
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Alright I will, thank you.
I’ve been meaning to watch Barber cause I’ve heard great things, but Redline is Redline so I gotta
for that
polyheartbreak
my primary partner broke up with their other partner. felt really sudden for everyone, it’s clear they’re going through a lot but feels like they caused needless hurt. came at a bad time too. I feel for both of them but it feels like the other one was cast-out and I’m real sad for them. remembering that I’m a big softie and catch feelings easily experience heartbreak easily.
they’ve made some personal breakthroughs in the short time since, and it came out that some tweaks were needed, but why couldn’t these have been shared before taking such drastic steps? these were minor issues if only they were brought up to all involved. now our futures have all been drastically altered (there were changes coming I was looking forward to a lot) and I had no say in the matter. I’ll get through this but all hands on deck for my support network.
Because of the post-break changes I want us to try again but the hurt can’t be undone and it’s the foolish hope of an unrequited lover.
The weirdest part is navigating the “survivor’s guilt” and balancing being there for my primary and their needs with my empathy for other and my feelings this was somewhat rash.
I kinda feel like
at the end.
me (a black and white manga still of griffith) except i’m not evil 😇
unrelated, but what is it with the the long white haired snake affiliated archetype, I feel like I’ve been encountering many of them lately 🤔
Evil twink is an underrated aesthetic and I love it every time I see it
I need to stay an hour later at work than usual today and it feels like foreverrrrrr but no one really cares what you do here in the afternoon so I can kinda just goof off. Then I go to my mtf group, maybe get food and go shopping in-between? I need more pants
Wanted to sh earlier but of course the work environment is not conducive to that. It did get me thinking about a portable sh kit I could build which is probably not good. Suppose I just have to hope I’m exhausted enough when I get home that I just don’t seize on that idea
Instead of complaining and doom scrolling all the time, I’m gonna pick up a new web novel to hyperfixate about. Unfortunately, I’ve already read the 2 CN web novels which are most highly praised.
Aparantly, from this point on I’m supposed to lower my expectations.
But instead of doing that, I’m going to find a novel with a FEMALE MAIN CHARACTER written by a WOMAN AUTHOR (this is supposedly not so hard these days and there’s a lot more popular options)
gross
made a great escape from the call last night because everyone was talking about paying for food with boners and “getting to” pick up dog shit with their bare hands…
I really do just be feeling pretty happy right now, for no particular reason.
Seems like the evil voice in my head has left on a break 3 hours ago and hasn’t returned.
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(Yes, feeling normal for 3 hours is a big deal)
