A loose digital drawing of some painterly and almost abstract flowers.

For #repostyourart prompt Paint!!

god that's one of the most dread-inducing feelings. waking up, feeling a bit damp (is it just sweat? is it blood?), and then turning into my side and feeling a clot pass thanks to the movement. Just knowing that when i sit up, I'm going to find blood soaking the sheets. 😖

honestly, i should have done it before ME/CFS set in. but until the ME fatigue + hypersomnia complications, it was always the hormonal parts that were more unbearable, and stopping that stopped my period anyway.

(the hormonal bits are still unbearable, i learned in March)

obv if you hope you can get pregnant, you won't want to do one. but if you've got a heavy flow and ME/CFS, I recommend looking into it.

It didn't do much for my cramps, but it might help some? and didn't kill off all my endometrial tissue, though it does for lots of people.

much improved QOL here

Plus, typical pads aren't meant for lying down lol. Just so much blood.

of course my period has always come with hypersomnia, which is not helped by the ME/CFS fatigue making it a challenge to get up and change the pad before it overflows.

the ablation means i don't need a pad at all now 🌟

this reminded me: if you've got ME/CFS and heavy bleeding, an ablation might be worth looking into.

i mean, with endo it might not help much. but yikes that last year before i had mine done, i was practically wearing diapers to minimize the clean-up, because of the fatigue making it harder.

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, NASA's next great observatory, is finally complete "The images it captures will be so large there is not a screen in existence large enough to show them."

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, NASA's next great observatory, is finally complete www.space.com/space-explor...

something about the bodice and pleats at the waist was reminding me of something... and then aha! the sleeves and skirt length are all wrong, but the shape of the neckline and the seams, the puff at the waist, feels very 1959! like i could see it in a movie at a cocktail party on Ann-Margaret.

The front full length view of a long sleeved 1840s dress in deep pink silk. It has a skirt pleated into the waistband and some gathered pleats along the sleeve but is otherwise plain

A similar view of the deep pink silk 1840s gown but this time worn with a matching plain shoulder cape

A partial view of the pink 1840s pink silk gown which shows the detail of the pleating at the skirt and the inverted pleating running along the outside of the upper arm

I like the strict unfussiness of this #1840s rose pink silk gown. It lets the construction do all of the talking, drawing the eye to the sharp pleats, the neat seams and regimented folds. And the matching cape! @mdhistory.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

what the heck it's already 7am and no titmouse alarm clock this morning? is it going to rain or something, he's a half hour past wakeup

i figured this out in like 7th grade with super basic "what is capitalism" in history class. it baffles me that it's so utterly ignored by the numbers must go up folks

after that it started to recount the balancing act of the courts with regards to public interest vs not interfering with religious beliefs, and that chapter might not be terrible to finish? except i stopped reading because i got full up on can't trust this author so idk

i hate that is making me think i should finish reading that weirdly libertarian book about the history of religious freedom in the US. i kind of petered out shortly after it said both the phrase "Judeo-Christian" and the pro-israel of evangelicals are not antisemitic. couldn't take it seriously.

The Disappearance of the Public Bench Benches are microcosms of an expansive debate about who belongs in urban public spaces. When they are removed or made uninviting, we lose more than just a place to rest.

this was an excellent #longread because really it's about ubi and housing and paying people a living wage and ending citizens united and outlawing private equity and shaming racists until they stfu but it seems like it's about benches

France's dilapidated National Museum of Natural History calls for help: 'The mineralized bones literally are exploding' The institution boasts strong visitor numbers and an international scientific reputation. But its head warns of catastrophic conditions, including mold in the collections, a flooded library, and cracks in the walls.

France's dilapidated National Museum of Natural History calls for help: 'The mineralized bones literally are exploding'

a police officer is wearing a yellow vest and tie and making a funny face . Alt: Dramatic "Noooo!" from a cop in hi vis.

nooooooooo

big cheers/fingers crossed that when the techs and doctor look at the images, they find the easiest of the possibilities for treatment

i don't know why that bit about trying to learn to communicate is bugging me.

I'm glad i looked up the wikipedia pages related to the story so I can see how the history is getting twisted for narrative reasons (and also the racism 😬)

so far there's no indication that St Denis will learn the Natchez language, though Tonti and Bienville speak it. but he's basically promised in marriage to Weenonah, as the prospective next leader? (this is ahistorical, that wasn't even Great Sun's sister's name)

the "Weenonah" chapter of this book (Margarita, a Legend of the Fight for the Great River) would be so much more fun if i weren't acutely aware of the disparaging racism. why must Tattooed Serpent be presented so villainously when he was apparently equal to his brother Great Sun? :(

I was thinking of the kids I went to school with around 1996 who had small tvs in their bedrooms. Maybe it was different in the US vs Australia.

But it doesn't really matter - tv fits all 4 points now and has for quite some time, but somehow isn't getting the same attention.

Lots of people live alone or watch tv in their bedrooms.

Likewise, lots of people use their phones or game while in a main public room in the house with other people around.

My point was that the article is weak and all the claims about the addictiveness of social media applied to tv 30 years ago.

three almond shaped fish specimens are set in a row. The top has a dark body and blue fins and face with pink tips while the bottom two are silver with dark stripes. The lowest one looks like a juvenile

a screenshot showing search criteria fields down the left side of a map of Florida with red pins clustered along the south east edge of the coastline and a small number in the north central heart of the state

Museum Resource 🐟 Fishes in the Fresh Waters of Florida

Explore our state's freshwater fish species, including collection records, photos and map.

Shown: Mozambique Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus), non-indigenous to Florida's freshwaters
🔗 Info & browse:
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fis...

tbh kind of bummed my bro went for a townhouse because now I can't visit and stay indefinitely if i ever can't afford my place 😂 those stairs aren't wheelchair friendly!

Yeah, I've long felt lucky that i got this apartment when I did, and was able to ride out my 0 income days with pandemic emergency rules about forbearance etc.

Hearing about the prices now, I'm feeling *extra* lucky. Plus the ACA insurance rate spikes and other inflation?? it's impossible.

the best life 🥲🥹

That's ridiculous. Who is supposed to be able to afford that??

I mean, that's my mortgage+hoa fee for my 1000sqft, 2/2 condo apartment, bought in 2019. 😳

My brother sent news today that he's under contract for a really nice end-unit townhouse in Philly, and the google map told me it's not far from Bryn Mawr, maybe 10 blocks?

and it's about the same price as the junky houses he was looking at in Florida 5 years ago.

in Kissimmee?!?!?! jfc

Reading a well-written takedown of a person I have long despised is such a wonderful feeling
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-ban...