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SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes covid, can only infect cells expressing a certain protein called ACE2

ACE2 is expressed widely in nasal cavity epithelial cells but not in olfactory sensory neurons. 

Seo et al. (2021) studied potential nasal targets for SARS-CoV-2 using golden hamsters as a model organism (commonly used as a proxy for humans in virology studies)

They found ACE2 expression in the main olfactory bulb epithelium (MOE, your “normal” nose organ) as well as the vomeronasal organ (VNO)

Several cell types in the VNO were able to be infected and they also found significant inflammatory activity (macrophage activation, apoptotic cells, etc) 

The specifics of how covid actually causes dysosmia are not known for sure but epithelial damage by local inflammatory immune responses likely plays a role, especially because sensory neurons themselves are not affected (Bilinska, & Butowt, 2020). Therefore I would suggest a potential similar effect of VNO dysfunction as we see in the main olfactory bulb

From Seo et al.: “Considering the function of the VNO, infection and subsequent pathologic changes may affect the behavior of Syrian hamsters”

If it stands to reason that omegaverse individuals have functioning VNOs similar to members of the animal kingdom, then it is more than reasonable to conclude that covid may cause them to lose not only their main olfactory function, but also their VNO function as well

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it's 1pm at the marsh! come on down, we've got

what that means is that I have a folder on my computer with the name of my url with an index.html file in it, and when i click on that file to open it in a browser I get a simple page with a list of years and months. selecting a specific month will send me to a list of the posts i made or reblogged in that month, similar to tumblr's own archive page. the contents of the post including images are stored locally on your machine.

It can also make a separate index file that organises posts by tag, which is great if you're a consistent tagger, but it will list every single tag you've ever used so it can take a while to find the tag you're looking for in the list if you're a habitual tag commentator. generating the tag archive also takes a while depending on how many posts have to be processed.

you can make it back up any blog as long as it's not set to private. I have backups of both my main and sideblogs and it keeps them in separate folders.

it's had some trouble going all the way back to the start of my main blog in 2012 just by sheer volume of posts, but by making it fetch posts from one month at a time I've been able to go back to 2015 (that's tens of thousands of posts), which was good enough for my purposes.

help, which of these end papers should I use for a rebinding of Piranesi with this blue book cloth?? (It will have gold foiling)

Hemlocke Springs (alt rock/new wave revival),

the Noisettes (indie),

Skunk Anansie (hard rock/metal),

Tamar Kali (rock/punk),

Valerie June (country/blues),

Santigold (indie),

Bloc Party (post punk revival/indie rock),

O Children (goth),

Lord Scary Black (goth),

Cemetery Sex (death rock)

deepincision (heavy metal)

zulu (metal)

black pantera (rock, metal)

winter wolf (punk, metal)

erzulie (punk, rock)

youth man (punk)

the 1865 (punk)

crystal axis (punk)

pleasure venom (post-punk/hard rock)

the rack (they describe their sound as “hard pop rock”, blends punk vocals and rock)

danny denial (indie punk/rock, queer)

gloom east (alt/indie rock, moody pop blend)

big joanie (synth punk + some more melodic, blues-like tones)

madame st beatrice (gothic, moody and melodic)

shadow age (goth)

saccharin (goth)

the ire (goth, punk)

bastet (goth punk)

Stilletto (Glam Metal - I haven't been able to find them on Spotify so EP on youtube)

Mother's Finest (Funk Glam Metal)

People's Choice (Funk rock)

Straight Line Stitch (Nu Metal)

Grace Jones (Disco, Reggae, Rock)

Buddy Miles (Blues, Funk Rock)

Robert Cray (Blues) and the Robert Cray Band

Chaka Khan (Soul, Blues, Rock)

Body Count (Thrash Rap/Rap Metal)

Ghost Hounds (Country Rock Blues)

Thin Lizzy (Hard Rock/Classic Heavy Metal)

King's X (Rock)

Zulu (Nu Metal/Death Metal)

Suicidal Tendencies (Heavy Metal)

Buddy Guy (Blues)

BB King (Blues)

John Lee Hooker (Blues)

Lucky Peterson (Blues)

Skindred (Reggae Metal)

Keb'Mo' (Country Influenced Blues)

Stuck Mojo (Rap Metal)

Overthrust (Doom/Death Metal)

Arka'n Asrafokor (Death influenced Folk Metal)

Dividing The Element (Death influenced Folk Metal)

Fishbone (Ska, Funk, Punk, Rock)

Michael Burks (Blues)

Living Color (Funk Metal)

Prophets of Rage (Punk Rap Metal Supergroup)

Wrust (Thrash/Death Metal)

Vale of Amonition (Death? Doom? Nu Metal)

April Kae (Bassist and singer)

A Band Called Pain (Blues Rock, Blues Grunge?)

Bad Brains (Punk)

Shemekia Copeland (Blues)

Skinflint (Folk influenced Heavy Metal)

Cypress Hill (Rock influenced Hip Hop)

George Clinton and Parliment Funkadelic (Funk)

Ida Corr (Dance, Electronica, Disco Influenced)

War (Classic Rock, Reggae Rock)

Johnny Nash (70s rock)