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baconbex.bsky.social @baconbex.bsky.social · Jan 27

THIS TWEET COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE

If you get bit by a tick, save the tick in a ziploc bag & send it in for testing

Lyme & co testing in people: VERY unreliable

Tick testing: very reliable

Many places to send them, such as: www.tickreport.com

#disabilitysky #LymeDisease #lyme #health #healthsky

Tickreport.com: Cost Effective Tick Testing for Tick Borne Diseases in 2 to 3 Business Days

Identify tick specimens with science laboratory DNA and RNA based testing by mail for 25 different pathogens and diseases.

www.tickreport.com

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baconbex.bsky.social @baconbex.bsky.social · 6d

RFK: "children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism"

Which is why almost all amab jews are autistic, and why most afab jews aren't

(I say sarcastically, in case you somehow thought I was being serious)

baconbex.bsky.social @baconbex.bsky.social · 6d

Jews, who circumcise all amab babies*, don't have a higher autism rate than other cultures

Not that his "circumcision leads to autism cuz tylenol" theory has any merit, but this claim is very proveably false 🙄

*there's a growing movement in Jewish communities that are moving away from circumcision

baconbex.bsky.social @baconbex.bsky.social · 7d

As the leaves change and start to fall, be careful jumping into piles of leaves or tossing them in the air over your head. Ticks love fallen leaves. 🍁🍂🍃

#FuckLyme #lymedisease #lyme #autumn

baconbex.bsky.social @baconbex.bsky.social · 8d

Being a leftist is frequently fighting the urge to say "I told you so" every time something political happens

baconbex.bsky.social @baconbex.bsky.social · 13d

This isn't (just) about the files. These moves further both his authoritarian takeover and Project 2025, with the added bonus distracting. Saying every move they make is "just an attempt to distract from the files" is a gross underestimation of them, their goals, and their moves

baconbex.bsky.social @baconbex.bsky.social · 14d

I love all of them a lot tbh but Aisha's arc has been my favorite, I think. They've all come a long way, but I think she's grown the most. And in, uh, unexpected ways (iykyk, not a spoiler if you don't)

Oh gosh, I don't know! That none of them die? Lol

baconbex.bsky.social @baconbex.bsky.social · 14d

Just finished both The Stardust Thief and sequel The Ashfire King

This series is quite the adventure. SO MUCH happens! It's truly a journey, in the best of ways

Great characters, great world building, great story

Cannot wait for book 3

#booksky💙📚 #booksky #TheStardustThief

Book cover for The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah. The background of the cover is a white Islamic geometric pattern. In the center, between the title and author, is a golden compass with a palace, a person on a horse on a sand dune, a hooded, cloaked figure, and a lamp in its center. Red and orange fire, which appears almost like ink in water, splashes across the cover in a horizontal line, under and around the compass. Across the very top, it says ""A THRILLING ADVENTURE ABOUT FOUND FAMILIES, ANCIENT MAGIC, AND STORIES THAT LINGER." S. A. CHAKRABORTY, AUTHOR OF THE CITY OF BRASS"

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baconbex.bsky.social @baconbex.bsky.social · 22d

I don't need the ortho to treat my lyme. But they SHOULD know how my lyme affects my joints

Is my injured knee/ankle the lyme congregating there and causing damage?

Or are they injured in a way unrelated to my lyme?

Because it CAN be the former (but is imo probably the latter)

baconbex.bsky.social @baconbex.bsky.social · 22d

I have been actively fighting for 9.5 years. It's both an active and a chronic infection for me by now (unless you clear lyme IMMEDIATELY after exposure, it'll most likely go chronic)

I need an ortho for knee/ankle injuries. But a doctor who doesn't know lyme can't always see or treat me properly

baconbex.bsky.social @baconbex.bsky.social · 22d

It's ABSURD that most orthopedic drs don't know lyme

An illness FAMOUS FOR AFFECTING JOINTS

Lyme makes you & your dr think you need a knee replacement, but lyme treatment makes those symptoms vanish entirely. No surgery needed

And most orthos don't know lyme at all?!

#LymeDisease #disabilitysky

baconbex.bsky.social @baconbex.bsky.social · 22d

I have an injured knee & ankle. Trying to make an appt w/ an ortho

Don't have health insurance

"Appointments w/o insurance are $410, but if the clinic happens to reside in a hospital, it's an additional $1,500"

EXCUSE ME?!

Enjoy extra proof that the #USHealthcare system is evil

#disabilitysky

baconbex.bsky.social @baconbex.bsky.social · 22d

Lolol never

I'd be thrilled to get to see you more

baconbex.bsky.social @baconbex.bsky.social · 23d

And half the time they're not even fucking helpful

baconbex.bsky.social @baconbex.bsky.social · 23d

Just #ChronicIllnessThings - getting sick of seeing doctors

Not wanting to go see any doctor for any new reason

Getting injured & not wanting to see a doctor because your whole life is already doctors & you're just sick of it

Brought to you by my injured knee and ankle (dif legs 🙄) #disabilitysky

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baconbex.bsky.social @baconbex.bsky.social · Sep 9

It may be an older series, but I just finished The Firebird Trilogy (A Thousand Pieces Of You) for the first time and I absolutely loved it

It's a very fun, exciting, YA, multiverse traveling adventure

I'm going to miss these characters and this world so much

#booksky #booksky💙📚

Book cover for A Thousand Pieces Of You by Claudia Gray. Starting with a white background, the cover looks to be a watercolor painting with splashes around the edges. The top half shows the London city shape in blues ans greys. The bottom half shows a Russian city, in pinks and purples and oranges, with some green and white

baconbex.bsky.social @baconbex.bsky.social · Aug 26

Ah yes, the American SS. Or ASS, if you will

(Credit for this joke goes to my friend)

Trump signs executive order establishing ‘specialized’ National Guard units to address crime in cities | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday tasking his secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, with establishing “specialized units” in the National Guard that will be “specifically trained a...

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baconbex.bsky.social @baconbex.bsky.social · Aug 15

Yes yes yes yes YES!

baconbex.bsky.social @baconbex.bsky.social · Aug 15

I beta read this last year and it was genuinely amazing. One of my favorite reads of the year, actually!

#QueerPit #YA #F

A.B. Bookster @abbookster.bsky.social · Aug 15

Captain Hanza must keep his crew safe from monstrous waves and fabled sea creatures, but will he keep his wits when the Goddess of Love and Trickery gets involved?

So This is Ever After x Song of the Abyss

#QueerPit #YA #F Demi/Pan Rep, Found Family, Slow-Burn Romance, Anxiety

A mood board for the book Stolen Respite, with images of a pedicycle, pink crystals, a ship's helm, someone running, the jaw of a dunkleosteus, an island. Text reads 'I need a favor, no questions asked. Can you do that for me?'

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baconbex.bsky.social @baconbex.bsky.social · Aug 1

Finished

😭😭😭

#xena #XenaWarriorPrincess #XenaSeriesFinale

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baconbex.bsky.social @baconbex.bsky.social · Aug 1

Time for the 2 part Xena series finale

I'm not ready

#xena #XenaWarriorPrincess

baconbex.bsky.social @baconbex.bsky.social · Jul 31

Lolol I'd love to read that person's take. It will definitely NOT change my mind about this episode lol, I just want to see why they think it's deep 😂

baconbex.bsky.social @baconbex.bsky.social · Jul 31

I do plan to go through Hercules at some point and I'm excited to see him in that as well

baconbex.bsky.social @baconbex.bsky.social · Jul 28

Lol what a hilarious episode

baconbex.bsky.social @baconbex.bsky.social · Jul 27

The modern day reporter episode Of xena (S6 E13) was amazing

Having him there made zero sense and I didn't care 😂

#xena #XenaWarriorPrincess

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baconbex.bsky.social @baconbex.bsky.social · Jul 10

I love them, your honor

#MaineCoonKittens #MaineCoon #MaineCoonCat #MaineCoonSky #CatsOfBluesky #catsky #cat #kitten #CalKor

A black smoke Maine Coon kitten named Kor is resting on a grey and cream cat bed on a dark hardwood floor. His head is on his paw, which is slightly over the edge of the bed. A colorful fish toy in turquoise, pink, and orange is on the floor nearby