Tick borne diseases are really fucking scary!! Many are debilitating, understudied, and difficult to get treated for even in the best of circumstances, and ticks can carry multiple at once. Lyme disease is the most well known one in the United States, but there are many diseases ticks carry, including ones from the same bacterial genus as typhus.

Ticks are present on every continent (INCLUDING ANTARTICA!!??). They are most prevalent in warm, humid environments, which also means they are becoming more common in areas that didn't have problems with them before! (thank you climate change 🫥) Wear long sleeved clothes, tuck them in when possible, wear bug spray/bug repellant of some kind, and be wary of forest edges and tall grass. Take a shower soon after if possible as ticks don't like running water, and it is a good time to check your private areas for ticks (dont forget under your boobs).

If you do find a tick on you that has bitten you, carefully remove it with tweezers, as leaving the mouth parts in there can cause infection. Squeezing them can cause them to spit the blood they just sucked, now with the bacteria they harbor, into you. If you don't have tweezers, you should still try to remove it as carefully as possible.

The longer it sucks blood, the longer there is a chance of contracting a disease. (Most medical authorities say up to 24-36 hours but people with tick bourne disease sometimes claim otherwise). Moniter the site for any signs of rash or infection. What diseases are prevelant in your region will depend, but many tickborne diseases include a visible rash, fever, fatigue, and headaches. The longer they goes untreated, the more chronic tickbourne disease tend to become, even when treatment is finally received.

If you're able to get medical attention and you think the tick has been on you for longer then 24 hours, please do so. If you have an urgent care, they usually give a prescription for the needed antibiotic very easily. If you can't, I'm unfortunately not too aware of ways to get the antibiotic (doxycycline) used for many cases without a prescription. I've heard it is relatively easy to find on online pharmacies. Keep monitoring for up to 30 days after a tick bite for signs of disease.

Not all ticks will carry disease. Some regions have ticks but they don't tend to be carriers, or a low percentage of ticks will be. Some regions are very saturated with tick bourne disease, and you should research, especially if you will be doing activities or jobs that put you at a higher risk of exposure. Different tick species will also carry different diseases, so learn how to identify them best you can.

Me when I contact IT and tell them yes I restarted and followed any instructions I could but computer still angry and IT says they are escalating this because it is an actual issue: I am getting a good grade in service desk ticket. Something that is both normal to want and possible to achieve.

"i'm so basic.....i just like a lot of butter or jam :(" (as though those are not god's best and most beloved condiments and his greatest gifts to mankind)

"FUCK health guidelines FUCK my cholesterol and most importantly FUCK diet culture i'll put a dumpster full of butter on my toast and not even GOD will stop me" (no notes. god would encourage this)

doxxing one's self by mention of polarizing regional delicacies (i am so curious about vegemite i must admit)

"does a grilled cheese count as toast?" (not for the purposes of this post)

"i don't like toast please don't kill me" (i appreciate the honesty but i fear this post is not for you)

people who put full ass meals on toast (based)

people who do not but eat toast as a full meal (based)

melty peanut butter (absolutely based)

"it's a guilty pleasure but...nutella 😳" (relieve yourself of fear and enjoy your dessert toast)

beans on toast defenders (i will always support beans in any diet)

really strong opinions on what counts as toast and what does not for the purposes of this post (i left it vague for a reason)

a million avocado toast recipes that sound so delicious

someone who soft announced their pregnancy in the tags (congrats!)

"do i...have POTS?"

In just the past two months, Sony has:

Said the PS6 will be more than $1000 at launch

Announced the end of all physical PS game releases

While simultaneously announcing the end of two of their console game stores — ensuring multiple games will die forever

Declared that they are wholly dedicated to (A) leveraging A.I. when making games and (B) creating live-service games above all other game types

Announced that if you bought any movies through their PlayStation Store, over 550 of them will soon be deleted from all users' libraries — with no restitution offered of any kind

Gamers, it is time — to paraphrase Robert Vann — to turn Sony's picture to the wall. Any one of these insults would be bad, and taken alone? Maybe it could be swallowed. But this is an ongoing campaign of disdain towards customers, with each declaration worse than the last.

And that this is actually a really fun, low cost way to not only access news and larger cultural magazines, but also to get free patterns for many different crafts that you can screenshot if need be and that lower the financial barriers to entry for trying new things

From my experience working in both academic and public libraries, many libraries are use it or lose it funding-- I have to say this because a lot of patrons feel guilty for how much they use the library and how often they're using it funny enough, but the worst thing you can do for libraries is not try out new features and not use what's already given to you as much as possible.