I’m Down For Both Of These Challenges. Except On November 21st. That’s My Husband’s Birthday. I’ll

I’m terrible about my teeth

sick of teeth being so high maintenance. you don’t see any other bones requiring so much care and upkeep they literally just do their job and don’t threaten to rot and fall out of your body?? grow up

found an old google doc i made of my favorite bat species. you should suggest more species for my list pls

CNN

Scientists finally know why people get more colds and flu in winter | CNN

A new scientific finding has uncovered why we get more viral colds, flu and Covid in winter and during cold snaps.

The sardonic, reductionist headline here could be "Scientists finally figured out why you get more colds in winter: bEcAuSe iT's CoLd!"—but the actual science involved here is both interesting, and potentially very relevant to everyday life and especially the immunocompromised:

It turns out the cold air itself damages the immune response occurring in the nose. [...] In fact, reducing the temperature inside the nose by as little as 9 degrees Fahrenheit (5 degrees Celsius) kills nearly 50% of the billions of virus and bacteria-fighting cells in the nostrils, according to the study published Tuesday in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. “Cold air is associated with increased viral infection because you’ve essentially lost half of your immunity just by that small drop in temperature,” said rhinologist Dr. Benjamin Bleier, director of otolaryngology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

Want to avoid catching or spreading respiratory viruses like CoVid-19, RSV, influenza, or a common cold? Mask up, please, but also bundle up! Wrap up in a scarf, wear a balaclava, and just generally keep your face warm. There's no single magic solution, but that's not a reason to do nothing. Rather, it's a reason to take several simple precautions that help avoid the spread of disease and protect those around you. (I can't tell you how much "this isn't 100% effective so I shouldn't do it at all" frustrates me.)

Oh, and #knitblr? This is your time to shine.

chaotic muppets interview

The other day there were homophobic slurs tagged on some of the buildings around here, which was scary, but then we noticed that somebody had just tagged the word "FUCK" on another building so our current theory is just that some kid found a can of spraypaint and went mad with power and decided to write every bad word they could think of at the same time

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Worst types of country songs:

Alcoholism rules

God bless the USA

Truck

Diet christian music

Love a small town blue eyed girl

Best types of country songs:

Just a specific ass situation

I hate this damn job

Woman kills those who've wronged her

Alcoholism sucks

autism: I do NOT like having no idea what I'm doing

ADHD: wait, what was I doing?

Republicans will fix nothing.