Hi folks, I'm the Sylversmyth! I'm in my late 20s, aro/ace-spec, they/she NB/agender. I'm an artist and metalsmith/jeweler. I draw some too (and very occasionally post it). I love reading but don’t do it enough (unless you count fanfic). Since I work with my hands I am CONSTANTLY listening to podcasts and audiobooks. I'm a big fan of way too many things, so you can expect basically zero consistency on this blog!
Hello Dr. Tingle - I was looking at your merch store and I was wondering if you would ever put out shirts that focus on the buckaroo lifestyle (ex: shirts that say “I’m a true Buckaroo” or “Let’s Trot Buckaroos”) or shirts that focus on your motto “Love is Real” (ex: shirt in your signature pink that say “Love is Real” across the front)? I’m sure myself and other Tinglers would be interested (no pressure though! Feel free to put out any merch you desire! Your work is fantastic and such a joy!)
HERE YOU GO BUCKAROO
honestly it is dang ridiculous that it took me this long to get a quality 'love is real' shirt up there so here you go
i love how you guys talk shit about cartoon style and animation but what the fuck is with this phineas and ferb obsession, The Ugliest Childrens Show Ever Animated.
Scientists at UC Riverside have demonstrated a new, RNA-based vaccine strategy that is effective against any strain of a virus and can be used safely even by babies or the immunocompromised.
Every year, researchers try to predict the four influenza strains that are most likely to be prevalent during the upcoming flu season. And every year, people line up to get their updated vaccine, hoping the researchers formulated the shot correctly.
The same is true of COVID vaccines, which have been reformulated to target sub-variants of the most prevalent strains circulating in the U.S.
This new strategy would eliminate the need to create all these different shots, because it targets a part of the viral genome that is common to all strains of a virus. The vaccine, how it works, and a demonstration of its efficacy in mice is described in a paper published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
“What I want to emphasize about this vaccine strategy is that it is broad,” said UCR virologist and paper author Rong Hai. “It is broadly applicable to any number of viruses, broadly effective against any variant of a virus, and safe for a broad spectrum of people. This could be the universal vaccine that we have been looking for.”