Miss Jalesi

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[smellyweaselfriends]

[pippistudies]

nevermind “success”, I hope this year you’ll find peace. I hope this year you’ll find passion, whatever you might have a passion for. I hope during this new academic year everything will fall into place and you’ll think “ah, this is why I had to go through all that pain first”. I hope you’ll keep an open mind and KNOW that there’s a solution to everything. You can do this. Good luck.

[missjalesi]

Fucking dork

[theferretdragon]

My 1979 Chevrolet El Camino SS was stolen from my driveway on the morning of April 8, 2018. It was my daily driver, and was my pride and joy. While we try to find it, I need to get another form of transportation or risk losing my job and my livelihood. Please share to help, or even donate if you can!

https://www.facebook.com/donate/1806199846340413/

[missjalesi]

This is my roommate. If you guys could help out by at least sharing we would be grateful.

[magic-spelldust]

Немного сказочной зимы by Алексей Угальников

[libutron]

Imbabura Tree Frog - Hypsiboas picturatus 

Hypsiboas picturatus (Hylidae) is a highly colorful treefrog with extremely large eyes with yellow irises, a truncated snout, and variable coloration and patterning. The species occurs in southwestern Colombia and northwestern Ecuador, in the Pacific lowlands.

References: [1] - [2]

Photo credit: ©Angela León | Locality: Milpe, Ecuador (2013)

[fohk]

[canteringdreams]

Evan Enzinger and Buttons

[justgrabmane]

[iguanamouth]

could u do a lizard info session on tuatara

oh sure i love talkin about tuatara, theyre so interesting ! first notable thing about them: this thing right here ??

not actually a lizard ! despite its appearance, the tuatara belongs to a distinct and Very Old order called rhynchocephalia, which used to be full of scaly things and now is down to the two remaining species of these guys. the resemblance to lizards is mostly superficial though, and theres a bunch of things about em thatre specific only to this reptile

so ! tuatara ! both species are only found in areas of new zealand, theyre Pretty Endangered, and the name comes from maori meaning “peaks on the back”. most of em look like jim henson puppets. despite having gone through quite a few changes when compared to their extinct ancestors, the tuatara is an immense source of fascination because of what it HAS retained : youve got a parietal eye, which is a primitive lightsensing organ that used to be found on most reptiles ( and a lot of other things ) before being phased out, although some reptiles and amphibians still have em, and in the tuatara it actually has traces of a lens and rods and cones, suggesting that at one point there used to be much more developed eye there

the spot is largely unnoticeable when theyre adults, but its definitely more distinctive in younger ones, OR SAY…. green iguanas

theyve also proved they can hear despite having no external ear holes, similar to sea turtles, and compared to every other reptile on earth theyve got INCREDIBLY slow metabolisms and lifestyles. they thrive in lower temperatures down to 41 F, and anything over 80 degrees or so will actually just. kill em. damn

 it takes up to TWENTY YEARS…… for a tuatara to reach maturity. THEN after a lengthy courtship dance involving crests, it can take an impregnated female another four years to lay and then up to ANOTHER fifteen dang months to hatch, earning the tuatara the award for the longest period between offspring found in any reptile

the slow living has an upside though !! these reptiles have Ridiculously long lifespans, living on average around 60 years in the wild and Much Longer in captivity - in fact one breeding pair in 2009 recently saw the hatching of 11 eggs made by 111 year old henry and 80 year old mildred, which are their actual names

(here is prince henry holding Tuatara Henry, who was 100 at the time and lookin great)111 years !!! and some scientist theorize that with the right conditions, they could live up to around 200. not bad for a reptile who looks like they were run through a washing machine and got their skin all shrunk up

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[nevver]

What’s wrong with this picture?

[maggie-stiefvater-deactivated20]

I’ll tell you what’s wrong with this picture: assumption.

This picture has gone viral as thousands of people deliver searing indictments of both smartphones and teens.

I’ve met a couple of teens. I’ve had a couple smartphones. Could these teens be playing Angry Birds or texting stupid jokes to each other? Yeah, they could.

But they could also be googling provenance for that painting or taking a second to text a friend about how amazing the museum is or completing an assignment given off-screen by someone standing just beside the photographer. They could be taking notes about the palette choice so that later they turn into a generation of artists that take your breath away.

What’s wrong with this picture? Nothing, until proven otherwise. Welcome to 2014.

[ooksaidthelibrarian]

They are actually using an app as part of their museum tour.

[delusion-of-negation]

I was talking to my nan and my mum, and my nan was complaining that she hadn’t been able to find her favourite biscuits in shops any more, so I got my phone out when they went off in a tangent, and my nan must’ve been looking critically at me because my mum suddenly said “He’s getting the biscuits online.” Like, I think a lot of people see smartphone and just assume it’s a game or Facebook, and some of the time it is, but a lot of the time it’s that you’re actually doing something helpful or relevant or looking something up for someone.

[pinkpurplebluexxx-deactivated20]

Also I find people can get annoyed at you being on your phone when they themselves are reading a book or a newspaper. Usually when that happens I’m reading articles online? 

Lots of papers love to run the whole ‘millennials are obsessed with technology and it’s melting their brains’ thing and too many people just absorb that with no critical thought whatsoever, and with next to no knowledge on the technology and social media they seem to hate so much. 

[missjalesi]

Sony thinks the cat's new tree looks like fun! @demotivated-bear

[annoyingcrownruins]

Please help me raise money for new clothes!

Due to my mental state, I am unable to hold a job and attend college at the same time. My parents recently cut me off entirely because they found out I am panromantic/ demisexual. The only money I have right now is about $500 and it has to last me until june when I move to Portland, Oregon. I started this campaign because I want to feel more comfortable in my own body and be able to have a job and be in public without feeling dysphoric and out of place. I hate begging for money but this is something I really need. The money will go toward a binder, boxers, pants, shirts, and any other clothing I’ll need to pass better. Please reblog if you can because I want to be able to reach a wider audience than the 150 followers I currently have. Being able to wear the clothes I’m comfortable in would mean the world to me and would help me out so much. Any amount of money helps. Thank you so much for the support!

[smellyweaselfriends]

Learning Experiences

Sega just gave me a heart attack, omg. Thank goodness I’ve taught myself and my roommate the signs to watch for to identify a choking ferret! He managed to get a piece of a chicken foot stuck in his throat and my roommate noticed he was air chewing and pawing at his mouth, so she brought him to me. I’m so thankful that my vet showed me how to clear a ferret’s throat when I got my first ferret, because I think there’s a very real possibility that Sega would not have been able to clear his throat himself. 

Anyway, I managed to get the piece out of his throat and into his mouth where I could grab it. It was covered in blood which freaked me out until I realized it was because he’d bitten his tongue. So now, other than his new tongue piercing, Sega is good as new! 

Thank goodness.

[missjalesi]

This was super scary. I'm so glad he's okay.

[gallicinvasion]

Another woman utterly failed by our society’s devaluation of women’s reproductive health. We can’t wait around for male doctors to decide what we need to know. This is why we need to take control and educate ourselves about our own bodies.

[gallicinvasion]

and here’s some comments i saw under the post. why is this a pattern?? why is this a recurring theme?? why is this information not common knowledge? what the fuck are doctors doing??

[sora2522]

This is news to me so let’s share it so people will know!

[halfhardtorock]

Gross tmi: but i passed a pretty big clot after having my daughter. It was about the size of a baseball. It actually hurt worse because while 15 hours of labor opened my cervix, i passed the clot in 30 minutes. I knew it was a possibility because of my midwife and reading, but everyone Ive told after this (mostly other pregnant women) were shocked that this could happen.

In our culture, it’s much more common to do deep research about what family cars we want to buy than we do about childbirth when we ’re pregnant.

[skeleton-warrior-deactivated201]

Tmi: I passed a huge clot after birth in the bathroom of my hospital room and called the nurse sobbing because I didn’t know it was normal. She treated me like an idiot, but NO ONE told me it was a possibility. And the pain associated with healing for the first couple of weeks after birth was worse than the labor imo. Again, I had no idea. They didn’t tell me a thing besides “sitz bath regularly and change your pads.” Before discharging me from the hospital.

[evashandor]

I was most definitely told about this in school. Fucking hell, 4-6 weeks of bleeding? My periods were/are bad enough, why the hell don’t we get told this?

[love-pro-choice]

I didn’t know it could last so long, wtf? Is the bleeding inevitable after birth? 

[rosietwiggs]

Bleeding is inevitable after birth - your uterine wall is shedding a fuck ton of lining. It can last from three to six weeks (possible longer) and it tapers off.

More TMI - I passed a MASSIVE clot after my fourth birth. At this point I already knew this could happen - it’s normal. What I DIDN’T know, was that I had caused it.

My post birth contractions were so bad after the birth that it felt like full transition labor. And they don’t give you anything for the pain. So I used a hot water bottle, without the nurses knowing, and it caused me to bleed even more. I lost so much blood that by the first time they sat me up to go to the bathroom, I fainted. It took three more tries until I could sit up.

Anyway, that’s not the point. The point is, the next morning I passed a clot the SIZE OF ANOTHER PLACENTA I KID YOU NOT, and I know what is and is not normal. So I called for the nurse and through the door told her I had passed a huge clot, and her response was - “It’s not big. I know what big is.” She hadn’t even looked. So I rolled my eyes and said, “Yeah, no. It’s big, I’m telling you.”

So, sounding extremely put upon, she asked me to open the door. I did, and after a long pause she goes, “Okay, yeah, that’s a little big.”

YOU DON’T SAY.

The point I’m trying to get across is that this shit is so common - women not knowing this stuff is so expected, and it keeps getting reinforced. People don’t expect you to know anything, don’t teach you anything, and then make you feel like you’re totally ignorant and a burden for your lack of knowledge when THEY WON’T SHARE.

Fucking learn EVERYTHING you can when it comes to childbirth, girls. It is the single most empowering thing you can do for yourself. And if you missed something, that’s okay. But the more knowledge you arm yourself with, the more in control of your situation you’ll be.

A few post partum tips:

DON’T use a hot water bottle - lol.

ONLY pads - NO tampons. Tampons can cause severe infection, not to mention, you probably don’t want to be shoving anything up there any time soon.

If you’ve had stitches, sitz baths DO help relieve the pain. Another great pain reliever? Dampen some pads and freeze them. Let one thaw slightly and use it on top of another pad. This will help with the pain as well as reduce swelling. Change the pad out as soon as it’s thawed completely. This REALLY helps on the first couple days after giving birth.

If you pass a clot, don’t sweat it. Even the one I passed, which was fucking massive, just required that we keep an eye out to make sure it didn’t happen again. If it does, talk to your doctor.

Take a pain killer half an hour before nursing. Because YES - your uterus is contracting after you give birth, to get back to its original size, and nursing causes much stronger contractions. Taking nursing-safe painkillers won’t prevent the pain, but it will reduce it. 

Buy disposable underwear for the first few days after birth. They will get VERY dirty. Or use your ratty old pairs that you’re ready to get rid of. Double up on pads - line them all the way up your ass-crack. I am so serious. And wear dark pants.

Pee in the shower. You do NOT want to wipe down there right after birth because ow. Peeing in the shower lets you just rinse afterwards. Especially if you’ve had stitches, peeing in the shower, with the shower-head rinsing AS you go, keeps stinging to a minimum. And fuck everyone else - keep on peeing in the shower until you feel ready to move back to toilet paper. Middle of the night and need to pee? Get your pants off - get in the shower and just go.

This is just a few things, but PLEASE feel free to send me an ask if you have any questions about ANYTHING childbirth/pregnancy/nursing related. I have four incredible kids. I’ve done it all - c-section, vacuume birth, episiotimy, stitches, with an epidural, without an epidural. I’m here.

[discourseboyish-blog]

More tips:  GET A PERI-BOTTLE.  If you have a hospital birth, they’ll probably give you one.  If not, you can pick up any kind of small squeeze-y bottle (or even an empty, CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN spray bottle if it comes to it).  It’s like a little portable bidet.  Use it after you go to the bathroom, then pat dry.  This way you don’t have to climb into a shower every time if you don’t want.

IME bags of frozen peas in your underwear with proper covering (you don’t want to get frostbite) are the best sort of cold compress.

Those contractions during nursing?  They are v v important.  They shrink your uterus, helping your body get back to normal faster (and helping you pass blood quicker).  They hurt.  Keep drinking red raspberry leaf tea (which hopefully you drank during your third trimester).  It should help not only with the contractions, but with your milk supply as well.  Take a nursing-safe NSAID if you can.

REST.  I know this is especially hard for people who are already parents, for poor folk, for people with a ton of responsibilities in general.   This is when you call in the cavalry, if you’re lucky enough to have support.  FRIENDS AND FAM of birthing persons, leave the parent alone with their baby.  Do a load of dishes.  Pick up.  Check to make sure the parent has their baby supplies handy (as in, within reach).  Bring them food.  The more they rest, the faster their body heals, and the shorter the bleeding period will be.  If it tapers off and then ramps back up, YOU’RE DOING TOO MUCH.  Slow down.  This is the perfect time to learn that, as a parent, you can’t do it all.  Always prioritise your kid.  If there’s one time you’re allowed to just let shit go, it’s during your babymoon.  (Google is telling me babymoon now means a trip you take with your partner before you have your baby.  What.  No.  “Babymoon” means the first week after your birth.  When the hell did that switch happen?)   REST.  REST.  HOLD YOUR BABY.  SLEEP.  NURSE.  EAT.  This bonding time is imperative.  You and your baby deserve this time.

@bellyhairs

[thehangryslush]

….I know I keep reblogging this but people keep adding super important information.

[typingsdrawings]

I feel like no one tells women this stuff because if a woman was even a little on the fence about having a baby before this would kinda make them run for the damn hills.

[kaxen]

…..you are correct, typing.

300% EXTRA SURE I’M NOT HAVING BABIES. 

[petitedeath]

peri bottles, witch hazel or anti-pain anticeptic spray are your friends. Also passing large clots after birth is a WARNING SIGN. Bigger than a half dollar is a sign that you have not passed your entire placenta (this is most common in hospital vaginal births where the mother is not allowed to naturally birth the placenta and instead has it ripped out by the doctor) if there is any placenta left in your uterus you can get extremely ill. This happened to both myself and my mother in law

[sweetlyfez]

Like, compared to a lot of people the sex ed I’ve had is exceptionally good and I had no idea about this oh my god

[qqquixote]

*isolates myself* perfect! but why am i sad

[cute-dangerous2]

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