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jessie, late twenties, she/her, this blog is a deep well that i throw sacrificial posts and reblogs that share no common themes into

[volfish]

I'm Jessie, this is my main blog. If you see reblogs from @deiformity that's my aesthetic blog where I also post original bad poetry.

In my late 20s, my pronouns are she/hers, and i'm *hand wavy shrug* a lesbian. Located in the US.

Things I post/reblog about here: whatever i find funny, poetry, art, bugs, sociology/social theory, fandom stuff i like

Fandoms you can expect to see most often: Mainstays are Legend of Zelda (I am a Ganondorf Enjoyer), Pokemon, Star Trek (mainly Voyager and TNG), and ATLA. More recent is Stranger Things but I genuinely only care about the Mayfield-Hargrove siblings. Most anything else I post about ST is probably going to be critical of the show, full disclosure.

okay that's all I can think of for now.

Mutuals: feel free to hmu i can imitate human conversation well enough

Followers: if you need anything tagged just lmk, i try to be consistent but i miss things on occasion

Everyone: i block liberally and it's not personal, unless you would like it to be!

[gaysie]

do u think omegaverse acknowledges covid-19 and the generation of people who permanently lost their sense of smell like how are they all scenting each other now is the omegaverse economy in shambles

[gayagendaofficial]

actually pheromone sensing works differently from normal olfaction, since humans in our world don’t have a functioning vomeronasal organ (VNO), we don’t have any data on how covid-19 would affect a functioning VNO in omegaverse AUs

[gaysie]

Actually there is evidence that covid probably would affect the VNO and it stands to reason would accordingly impair its function. Briefly:

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

 References: (1) (2)

In conclusion the omegaverse economy IS in shambles.

[mahalidael]

OP this is very well-written but im still hung up on how you came onstage dressed as a clown only to tear off the costume and reveal yourself as a biologist

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[baileyschnapps]

brb going on a walk to clear my head

[juu-riin]

“Kiss Compilation 💋”

Steve can get away with anything with those uwu eyes lol

[fernsnailz]

so did pjackk say anything before he got bload up again or did his corpse just kinda roll through here like a tumbleweed

[dungeon-bitch]

[mothcub]

Just a few.

[rosenkranz-isnt-dead]

is it just me or have people really stopped writing tags under art reblogs

[rosenkranz-does-things]

WE'RE ON TUMBLR! BLEED YOUR HEART OUT!

[targetedknowledge]

[mino2aur]

[demaparbat-hp]

Looking (dis)honorably

[romans-art]

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[beemovieerotica]

dystopia

[loumner]

???

[samlickereightyone]

being 13 was crazy cuz it's like no one is coming to save you. there's only one option and it's to read about band guys having gay sex

[volfish]

it is a superpower i have that people generally think i'm smart and i'm usually good enough at triangulating information i don't already know and sounding confident about it either way that i can sway an entire trivia team into agreeing with an answer that is so dead wrong everyone wants to kill me when the answers are announced at the end of the round

[dogpuppy]