listnook mold is now live!

Slime molds are organisms in two taxonomic groups, the cellular slime molds (Phylum Acrasiomycota) and the plasmodial slime molds (Phylum Myxomycota). Organisms in both groups are eukaryotic (meaning that their cells have nuclei) and are fungus-like in appearance during part of their life cycle. For this reason, they were traditionally included in mycology textbooks. However, modern biologists consider both groups to be only distantly related to the fungi . The two groups of slime molds are considered separately below. Species in the cellular slime mold group are microscopic during most stages of their life cycle, when they exist as haploid (having one copy of each chromosome in the nucleus ), single-celled amoebas. The amoebas typically feed on bacteria by engulfing them, in a process known as phagocytosis , and they reproduce by mitosis and fission. Sexual reproduction occurs but is uncommon. Most of what we know about this group is from study of the species Dictyostelium discoideum. When there is a shortage of food, the individual haploid amoebas of a cellular slime mold aggregate into a mass of cells called a pseudoplasmodium. A pseudoplasmodium typically contains many thousands of individual cells. In contrast to the plasmodial slime molds, the individual cells in a pseudoplasmodium maintain their own plasma membranes during aggregation. The migrating amoebas often form beautiful aggregation patterns, which change form over time. After a pseudoplasmodium has formed, the amoebas continue to aggregate until they form a mound on the ground surface. Then, the mound elongates into a "slug." The slug is typically less than 0.04 in (1 mm) in length and migrates in response to heat, light, and other environmental stimuli. The slug then develops into a sporocarp, a fruiting body with cells specialized for different functions. A sporocarp typically contains about 100,000 cells. The sporocarp of Dictyostelium is about 0.08 in (2 mm) tall and has cells in a base, stalk, and ball-like cap. The cells in the cap develop into asexual reproductive spores, which germinate to form new amoebas. The different species of cellular slime molds are distinguished by sporocarp morphology. Dictyostelium discoideum has been favored by many biologists as a model organism for studies of development, biochemistry , and genetics. Aspects of its development are analogous to that of higher organisms, in that a mass of undifferentiated cells develops into a multicellular organism, with different cells specialized for different functions. The development of Dictyostelium is much easier to study in the laboratory than is the development of higher organisms. A food shortage induces aggregation in Dictyostelium. In aggregation, individual amoebas near the center of a group of amoebas secrete pulses of cAMP (cyclic adenosine-3'5'-monophosphate). The cAMP binds to special receptors on the plasma membranes of nearby amoebas, causing the cells to move toward the cAMP source for about a minute. Then, these amoebas stop moving and in turn secrete cAMP, to induce other more distant amoebas to move toward the developing aggregation. This process continues until a large, undifferentiated mass of cells, the pseudoplasmodium, is formed. Interestingly, cAMP is also found in higher organisms, including humans. In Dictyostelium and these higher organisms, cAMP activates various biochemical pathways and is synthesized in response to hormones, neurotransmitters, and other stimuli. The plasmodial slime molds are relatively common in temperate regions and can be found living on decaying plant matter. There are about 400 different species. Depending on the species, the color of the amorphous cell mass, the plasmodium , can be red, yellow, brown, orange, green, or other colors. The color of the plasmodium and the morphology of the reproductive body, the sporocarp, are used to identify the different species. The plasmodial slime molds are superficially similar to the cellular slime molds. Both have a haploid amoeba phase in when cells feed by phagocytosis, followed by a phase with a large amorphous cell mass, and then a reproductive phase with a stalked fruiting body. However, the plasmodial slime molds are distinguished from the cellular slime molds by several unique features of their life cycle. First, the germinating spores produce flagellated as well as unflagellated cells. Second, two separate haploid cells fuse to produce a zygote with a diploid nucleus. Third, the zygote develops into a plasmodium, which typically contains many thousands of diploid nuclei, all surrounded by a continuous plasma membrane. The cytoplasm of the plasmodium moves about within the cell, a process known as cytoplasmic streaming. This is readily visible with a microscope . The function of cytoplasmic streaming is presumably to move nutrients about within the giant cell. In nature, plasmodial slime molds grow well in wet and humid environments, and under such conditions the plasmodium of some species can be quite large. After a particularly wet spring in Texas in 1973, several residents of a Dallas suburb reported a large, moving, slimy mass, which they termed "the Blob." One reporter in the local press speculated that the Blob was a mutant bacterium, able to take over the earth. Fortunately, a local mycologist soberly identified the Blob as Fuligo septica, a species of plasmodial slime mold. Another plasmodial slime mold, Physarum polycephalum, is easily grown in the laboratory and is often used by biologists as a model organism for studies of cytoplasmic streaming, biochemistry, and cytology. The plasmodium of this species moves in response to various stimuli, including ultraviolet and blue light. The proteins actin and myosin are involved in this movement. Interestingly, actin and myosin also control the movement of muscles in higher organisms, including humans.

I'm so glad this "mold" thing isn't actually doing anything annoying with my browsing habits. Just think about how obnoxious and frustrating this April Fools Day would grow if this prank could stop you from posting candidly -- by, say, banning you from using a vital word (or symbol!) in your submissions. So many hilarious linguistic roadblocks! But it looks as if all of us can look forward to communicating without worry tomorrow.

TBH. It's not really a cool april fools prank if only an X amount of listnookors get the spores. I feel a lil disappointed that the only way I get to participate now (because really did the admins go through 3,xxx comments in that thread?) is by paying up! (Which I don't mind..but still homies. :() Think of the homies.

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Awww I can't be involved in Listnook April fools this year because I don't have any Listnook friends : (

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Right now I see I_RAPE_CATS at 53 while jedberg is at 7. On another note, does this mean we'll be seeing a lot of Unicode today?

April 1st. The day of the year the internet goes full retard.

I feel left out. It's High school all over again.

Should any man hint at a want to rid said account of mold, I shall cast an arrow of down! Post Script - I do not miss anything and am happy with my supply of consonants. I find writing in such form surprisingly basic, if you must ask my opinion.

sigh. just another way to feel like I was picked last for gym class. :(

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bunch of mold diggers

with 'e' i can spell spell and pretty and pet and let and jet and get and be bechterew beck bed bedded bedeck bedecked bedecks bedew bedewed bedews beds bee beech beechen beeches beef beefed beefs beefy beekeeper beekeepers been beep beeped beeper beepers beeps beer beers bees beet beetle beetles beets beeves befell beg beget begets begetter begetters begged begs beheld behest behests bejel bejewel bejeweled bejewelled bejewels belch belched belches belfry bell belle belled belles bellmen bells bellwether bellwethers belly belt belted belts belvedere belvederes ben bence bench benched bencher benches bend bender benders bends bene benne benny bent bents benzene benzpyrene benzyl berber berbers bereft beret berets berg bergh bergs berkeley berm bern berry berserk berth berthed berths beryl beseech beseeched beseecher beseechers beseeches beseem beseemed beseems beset besetment besets bessemer best bestrew bestrewed bestrewn bestrews bestseller bet bete betel betels beth bethel bethels bethlehem bets betted better bettered betterment betters betty between betweens betz bevel beveled beveler bevelers bevelled beveller bevellers bevels bevy beys bezel bezels bleb bled bleed bleeder bleeders bleeds bleep bleeped bleeps blench blenched blencher blenchers blenches blend blended blender blenders blends blent bless blessed blessedly blessedness blesses blest blew bred breech breeches breed breeder breeders breeds breeze breezed breezes breezy bremen brethren breve breves brevet breveted brevets brevetted brew brewed brewer brewers brewery brews brezhnev bye byes bystreet bystreets byte bytes c'est cede ceded cedens cedenses cedent cedents ceder ceders cedes celebre celebres celery cell celled cells celt celts cement cemented cementer cementers cements cemetery censer censers cent center centered centeredly centeredness centers centeses cents cere cered cerement cerements cermet cermets ceryl cess cesser cesset

What is this about not bing abl to us th lttr ""?

I tried to give my lovely little mold spore away and got an 'error 500'... and now my spore is gone! What gives? =( I was never good at April Fools jokes anyway... *-hands in pockets, kicks can-*

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"http://www.blogger.com/oops_we_forgot_to_change_this" doesn't seem to be a valid URL. I think someone forgot to change it.

Wll, I'v apparntly bn moldd. Prsonally, I'm not vry imprssd. Th scrn is just grn. It's as if I'm just browsing /r/trs. Dos it gt wors if you ar moldd numrous tims?

So, people ask, “do Smurfs have… you know… sex?” The answer is an emphatic and resounding yes! And why shouldn’t they? They’re people, too. What most people don’t know is why Smurfs are blue. Well, the reason is because Smurfs only have sex once a year. Face it: if you had sex only once a year, you’d be blue, too. Once a year, in the Smurf village, flags and banners fly happily in the breeze, proclaiming that the day of the annual Smuckfest has arrived. Birds sing and the Sun comes out to watch, despite the weather-Smurf’s direst predictions. I guess good ol’ Mr. Sun is a voyeur. In the middle of town, Papa Smurf gives a brief speech explaining the origin of the Smuckfest; how Dr. C. Everett Koop came to the village and warned all the Smurfs about AIDS. Papa Smurf knew that no one made condoms small enough for a Smurf (even though everyone knows that all male Smurfs are uniformly well-hung, for their size), so he decreed that all Smurfs would only smuck one day a year. “Smucking one day a year will help us identify any diseases we may transmit to one another, and keep them from spreading to the animals in the forest,” declaimed Papa Smurf. “Besides, it will give Smurfette a chance to rest.” Yes! Smurfette must rest. For, as everyone knows, Smurfette is the only female Smurf in the village, and after a full day of having vigorous, rabid sex with two hundred c***-crazed little blue men, she needs a break. So, on the appointed day, Papa Smurf bids everyone throw their inhibitions to the wind and immerse themselves in debauchery. And, as is his privilege, Papa Smurf throws out the first throe. At his signal, Smurfette unties the skintight blue band she must use to suppress her natural bustiness, and her astounding t*** spring forth into the daylight. The Sun gleams lecherously on the smooth, blue flesh, nipples crinkling in the light of day from her soon-to-be-unbridled lust. Then Smurfette shimmies out of her skirt and stands before the crowd, naked as the day she was born, save the spike-heeled white boots she has donned just for the occasion. Her long, blonde hair cascades down her back and lasciviously outlines her buttocks, clinging like a dirty old man’s gaze to each curve and dimple. Her c*** winks lewdly from behind the golden shield of pubic glory, already glistening in mad anticipation of each and every raging rod it would receive that day. And receive them gladly it would, for hers is the indefatigable furburger, and she hungered for the sauce blended in the heat of passion. Smurfette turns to Papa Smurf and lifts her stupendous breasts with their turgid nipples to his lips. He takes each one, in turn, into his mouth, where his tongue dances the Fabulous Fandango around the areolae, as Smurfette moans like a cat in heat. Then, when poor Smurfette can take no more, Papa Smurf drops to his bony little knees and sprinkles his magic deSmurfilating dust on Smurfette’s engorged c*** lips. Presto! The lovely blonde braiding material falls from her, leaving her shaved smooth as a hard-boiled egg. “Oh, Papa Smurf!” she cries. “Encore!! Encore!!” as she writhes in anticipation of the Fabulous Furless Fandango danced ’round her pulsating p****. Papa Smurf does not disappoint the damsel in distress; he slides his hands under her tight little blue ass and parts her moistness with his thumbs. As the hot, funky juices begin to run down his arms, he plunges tongue-first and tonsil-deep into her wiggling womanhood. Smurfette gasps as the talented tongue begins to do its magic, and her c*** clutches at it like a baby bird after a worm. Cradling his head to her crotch, Smurfette’s hips begin to slowly grind and twitch, for Papa Smurf’s tongue has unerringly found her S-spot, and Smurfette begins the slow, hot, agonizing rise to ecstasy. “Oh, make me smurf, baby, make me smurf!” she pants, each stroke of his tongue causing her to throb and clutch. As Smurfette’s moans and cries rise in pitch higher and higher, the crowd gazes in amazement at the mighty mound of meat struggling to escape from Papa Smurf’s pants. This, then, is the legendary Trouser Titan, bulging forth in a determined attempt to split the barrier. Just when Smurfette is certain that she will die from sheer sensory overload, Papa Smurf flings off his Levis and frees the Magnificent Heat-Seeking Moisture Missile from its cradle. Maddened with blind lust, Smurfette hurls Papa Smurf to the platform and leaps shrieking into the air, landing unerringly on his Titanic Totem. Suddenly filled, Smurfette’s c*** explodes in a monster o*****, the force of which propels her screaming into the air again and again, each time plummeting her onto the Potent Purple Pecker and triggering another climax. Before Smurfette can achieve orbit, Papa Smurf grabs her legs and pulls her to the ground. Swiftly, he stands, pulling her to her knees. Gasping in awe, Smurfette gets a head-on view of his hard-on, glistening in the light like a war staff. The sight of this shining stud is too much for Smurfette, who immediately grabs both of Papa Smurf’s bulging balls in her hands and pulls him to her waiting mouth. With preternatural skill and primeval hunger, Smurfette devours the monster c***, licking and sucking like a starving child with an ice cream cone. His ass knotting like a sailor’s anchor rope, Papa Smurf pounds into Smurfette’s mouth with furious strokes. As he reaches his blazing climax, he forces Smurfette to take all thirteen and 7/8ths inches of blue tube steak and fires round after pulsing round of blue goo down her ravenous throat. “Hurray!!” shouts the crowd. “Now it’s our turn!!” Suddenly the town square erupts with scenes of azure carnality, as two hundred tiny blue asses appear in the sunlight. Two hundred raging cocks swarm toward Smurfette’s waiting and ever-willing c***, ready to make her scream for mercy as they scream for more. Four hundred bouncing balls follow each other toward the nearest available orifice, making Smurfette wish there were more of her. Those lucky enough to find access to Smurfette’s fabulous form begin their crazed humping, as others find their schlongs being stroked as fast as she can grab. Those whose time will come later are coming now, as their friends clutch lustily at their forbidden fruits, flinging frothy f***-foam far and wide. Up the ass! Down the throat! Backhand, forehand, underhand, in the armpit or behind the knee, the Smurfs erupt in a display of orgasmic prowess to shame the most devoted student of the Kama Sutra. Soon the street becomes hazardous to navigate (and navigate one must), as the square gets deeper and deeper in the collective come. Hour after hour, the o*** rampages on. Gradually, as night falls, the screams of orgasmic ecstasy turn to the moans and sighs of deep contentment, with the occasional whimper from an over-enthusiastic sodomite. Soon all is quiet, as Smurf helps Smurf back to Home and Preparation H. Tubes of Chap-Stick are quickly distributed to soothe aching lips, and aloe gel is applied (as are lips, if it is too stimulating) to the citizen’s members to ease the burning. As the exhausted (and completely sated) Smurfs lie in sexual stupor, gentle rains come (not them, too!) to wash away all traces of the fleshfest that was. And you wondered why Smurfs are always in such a good mood…

I think that listnook should give people trophies who gave it away but remain disease free.

I want some mold

H c***!

Awesome, my job as marketer just got easier in identifying power users in order to pay for front page posts!

What a stupid f****** idia.

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Guess what? I'm pregnant.

I was doing cleanup in New Orleans after Katrina, and one of the guys on my team didn't have the sense of smell. He had busted his nose playing football in highschool, and ever since hadn't been able to smell anything. Luck him, we thought, because there is some nasty stuff after a hurricane. Until we got to the moldiest house I have ever seen. About 5 minutes in, Mr. No-Smell starts smelling stuff again...and let me tell you, for someone who just got a sense back, he was not too please about it. So be careful out there - mold will getch'ya.

Pretty interesting April Fool's thing. Definitely better than what most of the internet is going to spew Thanks for the creativity

so gold members get mold and infect others with it?

*Intense staring off into the horizon* "My god... What have we done?"

Protip: Don't vn try and us a lttr that you can't us. I trid to b smart and includ as many words that containd an or a but unfortunatly I just gt told "NO! YOU CANNOT US TH LTTR " and I had to manually dlt vry I usd. I thought it would just automagically rmov th 's for m, but no :( dit: F****** 's. I didn't think I kpt any in, yt somhow I missd 3 of thm. I had to rad this shit 3 tims bfor I found thos rogu 's

mph.