Don’t come reblogging the stuff we post talmbout “proud melungeon” if you’re going to turn around and admin a group that demonizes Machisaba, Sabianism, Lusitanian Mythology, Iberian paganism, or any other non-baptist Melungeon practices or religions and promotes the problematic belief that just because we were oppressed, displaced, and isolated, that we were unable to keep our traditions and practices alive, orally. This blog respects all Melungeon descendants family and oral traditions and you will be blocked for colonizer behavior and acting like a Plecker.
the Facebook group “Melungeon and Proud of it” is problematic with big colonizer energy.
-Fayth
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One of my favorite lines from #thethunderingones WIP. I wrote a large bulk of Silas and Amadahy’s struggles during the height of the pandemic and I feel like this statement of Amadahy’s still stands. We can’t give up now. #writersofinstagram #writing #writerslife #themooneyedones #dontgiveup
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The seeps and headwaters that feed Appalachia’s rivers and streams, such as Scott Run in Coopers Rock State Forest (above), are key to the local ecosystem’s ability to absorb, hold, and distribute water, control flooding, and maintain high quality habitat for the region’s incredible biodiversity. These source waters are the most vulnerable hydrologic features of the mountains, the first to be adversely impacted by mining and deforestation. Despite Appalachia’s long struggle with devastating flooding and degraded water quality, work is underway in many parts of the region to restore previously-impaired lands and headwaters. That’s good news for this chubby Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander (bottom photo), which this past Saturday was busy with spring mating duties in one of the headwaters of Scott Run.
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Uni.
HEY LADIES … … … … … … … DID YOU KNOW
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Alright you guys, ‘tis the season again and I’ve already seen bullshit float about so here we go: what to do and what not to do when you happen to have a tick attached to yours truly.
WHAT NOT TO DO:
DON’T cover the tick in anything. Vaseline, nailpolish, whatever. Doesn’t matter. It’ll all suffocate the tick, making it panic vomit germs into your blood stream. That’s the opposite of what you want.
DON’T burn the tick. Same problem, plus the additional option of giving yourself a burn wound in the process.
DON’T squeeze the body of the tick when you try to remove it. Again this empties the tick’s digestive system into your body. Bad.
DON’T wait for the tick to detach itself. The longer it stays on you, the higher the chances it’ll transmit anything to you. Plus when ti detaches it may again vomit germs into you.
WHAT TO ACTUALLY DO
STAY CALM. A tick hanging on you is not a reason to panick. You’re not going to keel over just like that, and if you’re unsure what to do, there are many resources on the internet on how to safely remove a tick, like this one from the CDC (aka the professionals)
USE APPROPRIATE TOOLS. These can be suitable tweezers (the pointy kind, not blunt tipped ones), tick removers (there are cheap ones out there, those you can buy at the vets are totally fine for use on humans, too!). Ideally you can remove the entire tick in one go, however if that doesn’t work and the mouth part breaks off in your skin, that’s not a terribly big deal and you can totally remove it separately after you got the body remove. Again, don’t panic.
KILL THE REMOVED TICK. But not by squeezing it. Flush it down the toilet, submerse it in alcohol in a container etc. Ideally if the tick has bitten you and not your dog, keep the tick around in a sealed container in case you start having symptoms and someone needs to identify the tick species. Also IF you start getting symptoms like the tell tale Lyme disease rash, HIT A DOCTOR RIGHT AWAY AND TELL THEM ABOUT YOUR TICK BITE. Do not wait this out, ticks can transmit a whole host of diseases beside Lyme, so be mindful of that, too!
Some of those diseases you can actually get vaccinated again, such as tick born encephalitis. Check with the local authorities if you live in a risk area, and if so, get the shots to protect yourself.
Excellent post! I would like to add that ticks hide in tall grass and bushes mostly. They do not drop down from trees or jump to other people’s heads etc. Ticks aren’t designed to jump, they latch on somewhere on your leg and then crawl upwards in most cases.
So be careful with bare legs and tall grass!
And also, if you have a tick. Take a picture of the location on your body so that when you’ve removed it you can easily keep track and see if a red circle pops up since it might take a few days for the circle to show. When it does, immediately visit your doctor!
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Rabbit postcards by Helena Maguire (1860-1909)
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by toi_stori_
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Korean woman, South Korea, by sashanazira
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