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6.09.25

🧫 tested new cell passaging reagent that only lifts undifferentiated iPSCs. Worked well and happily did not have too many differentiated cells like I feared I would!

🧪 learned to use the upstairs plate reader and tested a BCA kit from 2018. Surprisingly the kit is still good!

🏠 finally was able to make my kitchen functional again

🐶 finished the day with a car ride and a walk with the puppy

Hi everyone.

Today is New Years Eve 2023. So far over 20,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel, a number which continues to climb with no sign of slowing down. Almost 2,000,000 people have been forced from their homes, and have little access to basic human needs such as food and shelter. These war crimes must end.

Please join your local protest group, or write to your government, to demand a full and permanent ceasefire. You can also donate to the Gaza Crisis Appeal at oxfam.org.uk/oxfam-in-action/current-emergencies/gaza-crisis-appeal

Thank you all for reading. I understand that this isn’t the sort of thing I normally post, but none of us should stay silent in the face of genocide.

Haaretz readers have never heard of France

Bill Ruger, also known as one of the biggest fudds in the firearms industry, could also be argued is a proto-weeb of the highest order.

In the 1950s, he made his first pistol in .22lr, called the Ruger Standard, based on the design of the Japanese Nambu pistols.

While having features similar to the German P08 Luger pistol, making it very marketable based on the Lugers reputation, as that was currently seeing success as a competition pistol in Europe after the war.

Now taking a hard right, seeing classic anime, such as Evangelion, making a habit of referencing or showing German culture, we are currently realizing that the perfect blend of American industrialism, German aesthetics, and Japanese innovation is now a solid tradition. So, to celebrate this blend of culture, I'd recommend spending the weekend plinking with a Ruger MkIV or 22/45 topped off with some prime Japanese optics;

“𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘵.” ⁣

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The mental game behind competitive shooting is just as important as the whole “pulling triggers” thing - and for many who have never competed before, negotiating the mental hurdles can be a pretty challenging task.⁣

In our latest article, our boy Chau goes over the start of his USPSA career, and how he went from worrying about 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 throwing Mikes or No-Shoots to just going with the flow and letting it do. Bottom line? 𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳.⁣