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Music nerd. STEM nerd. Feminist. ❤️🐾

Post-birth bleeding. Whether you had a C-section or delivered vaginally, you will have bleeding for six to eight weeks after giving birth. However, this is not considered menstruation. It is called lochia.
An excerpt from We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, the full paragraph reads: It was long ago during my school-days, when I first encountered the square-root of minus one. I remember it all very clearly; a bright globe-like class hall, about a hundred round heads of children and Plappa—our mathematician. We nicknamed him Plappa; it was a very much used-up mathematician, loosely screwed together; as the member of the class who was on duty that day would be putting the plug into the socket behind we would hear at first from the megaphone, “Plap-plap-plap-plap—tshshsh....” Only then the lesson would follow. One day Plappa told us about irrational numbers, and I remember I wept and banged the table with my fist and cried, “I do not want that square-root of minus one; take that square-root of minus one away!” This irrational root grew into me as something strange, foreign, terrible; it tortured me; it could not be thought out. It could not be defeated because it was beyond reason.
An excerpt from Kurt Vonnegut's Armageddon in Retrospect: Gates says, "Wait till you see what your computer can become." But it's you who should be doing the becoming, not the damn fool computer. What you can become is the miracle you were born to be through the work that you do.
Murphy the kitbull, a black cat with white whiskers, sitting on a brown couch and wearing a witch hat.
"Also tell that girl to apply some spf, I thought she was wearing a pink shirt for a second there!!"
"In the office, we actually get really bummed when we realized we're having a conversation and we forgot to turn on granola." She says, "I wish there was a granola in every room."
A map from fire.airnow.gov showing wildfires covering large swaths of Canada and the continental US.
A screenshot of kirosforco.com. It shows a picture of Melat Kiros, and in white text on a blue background says "Melat is a: - Lawyer - PhD Student - Democratic Socialist - Running for Congress in Colorado CD-1!"
Six cats lined up eating from six bowls. They are sitting on a gray mat. From left to right they are a long haired tabby, 2 short haired black cats, one long haired black cat, one massive short haired black cat, and a tiny long haired tuxedo cat.
A black cat with striking white whiskers sitting in a man's lap.
Three cats, 1 black, 1 tabby, 1 tuxedo, cuddling in a pile on a bed. Each cat has a leg slung over one of the others.
Senator Duckworth's letter with a badly written portion highlighted
A video showing a couple of house finches feeding their squawking babies in the nest they've built in my hanging planter.
Google search results for disregard definition. The AI overview says "I have reset our conversation. Let me know what you would like to talk about or ask! I am ready to help with whatever you need."
The illustrious Diedrich Bader in the TV episode "Mr Monk and the Naked Man". Mr Bader is the naked man, apparently wearing nothing but sandals and standing next to an orange vehicle. The car's door is strategically open, blocking the naked man's private region while allowing the audience to fully believe that that man is, in fact, naked.
A panoramic picture of the upper half of a room. There are 6 shelves across 3 walls. Two of the shelves in the middle have Christmas stockings hanging from them. The highest shelf on the left is shielded by a bunch of fake leafy branches. There are 3 short haired black cats, a tabby, and a tuxedo cat on the shelves. Hard to see behind the leaves is a long haired black cat.
A post from the official KitKat page on Facebook. The caption reads: Help us find them. Use the Stolen KitKat Tracker via this link: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSHMQXxmR/ An image below that contains the statement: OFFICIAL STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO OTHER OFFICIAL STATEMENTS Thank you for your interest in the missing KitKats. But just to clarify, this is not a stunt, or an April Fool's joke Someone really stole 12 tonnes of KitKats And we really want to know where thev've gone So, we've created a Stolen KitKat Tracker that lets you check if your KitKat s from the missing batch See caption for details
A black cat resting his chin on top of the head of a smaller tuxedo cat. The black cat is curled up while the tuxedo cat's paws are splayed in front of her. They're sitting together on a gray couch.
Callisto the tuxedo cat sitting, legs splayed, on a blue and yellow blanket. Her face is saying that she's smelling something funky, possibly her own butt.
Rocco the tabby curled up in a man's lap. The cat has his cheek resting on one of the man's arms while the man is holding a playstation controller with both hands.
A large tabby cat inspecting the contents of an open refrigerator.
Connor the black cat and Rocco the tabby, curled up side by side on a red-blanketed chair. The sun is shining in through the window behind them. Rocco's using the armrest of the chair as a pillow and Connor is using Rocco's butt.
Connor the big black beast in a person's lap. Simon the black kitten has poked his tiny head out from under Connor's side. His entire body is under Connor's bulk. His eyes seem to be saying "halp!"
A google search. I'd typed "diy will" and google helpfully autocompleted "diy will colorado, diy will kit, diy will template, diy will and testament"
The thread of replies to Ken Jennings' post. User andylevy says, "what is blackmail?" Ken replies, "look, just do what you're told. If you need to be "funny" maybe post the Starship Troopers "doing my part" meme or something. Andy says, "I understood that reference. Directly below this exchange, baneyboii has posted the "I'm doing my part" gif from Starship Troopers.
A bluesky conversation. A user is responding to Phil Williams' announcement about his brand new Substack newsletter in 2026, saying, " Wish you hadn't created this on a platform that openly promotes extremists and hate." Phil responds, "IMO, that concern is seriously overblown. There are LOTS of serious influencers who use Substack, including Heather Cox Richardson, Allison Gill (Mueller She Wrote), Timothy Snyder, Anne Applebaum, and The Bulwark. Do you want to deprive yourself of their content b/c of a few rando accounts? Not me."
A Facebook post from Alt National Park Service that says: Be careful who you trust. In times of resistance, knowing your true allies from new ones matters.
Rocco the tabby hanging out in his cardboard sushi hut.
Simon the black cat sitting in a cardboard rv in front of a Christmas tree. The Christmas tree is in a cage. The rv has a cardboard Christmas tree on top and Christmas lights across the front.
While the exact dollar figure and logistics of any payment are unclear, U.S. officials, including White House aides, have discussed figures ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 per person, said two of the sources, who requested anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
Two shots of one of the bedrooms in that ridiculous listing. It's a lot.
A screenshot from escapistmagazine.com that shows multiple articles advertising gambling websites and apps
The title screen for the Bug! game by Sega. It's a green cartoon bug lounging on top of the word "BUG!" In green lettering on a blue background. Underneath are the words "start game" and "options" and at the bottom it says "TM & copyright 1995 Sega. All rights reserved."
Two black cats, short haired Simon and long haired River, sitting on a gray cloth covered shelf.
A tuxedo cat nested in a fluffy blue blanket
Four young kittens on a blue blanket in a cardboard box. Three of the kittens are black, one is a tabby.
Rocco the tabby and Connor the black cat cuddling in front of a fireplace with their faces squished together
A young tabby cat on a messy bed with his face illuminated by the tablet that he's staring at.
A screenshot of the Department of the Interior's bluesky account. Their only post reads "Hi bluesky, we are new here. Anyone want to talk about how climate change isn't the biggest threat to our country and that it's actually losing the AI Arms Race to China? Oh and to @schumer.senate.gov - Stop the madness of trying to give illegals free healthcare and FUND the government!"
A fluffy tabby cat curled up in a crocheted cat bed, tucked away in the corner of a wooden headboard.
AG Phil Weiser answering Kyle's question. The caption at the bottom says "it's not our case but when I file a case against the terrorists" I'm fairly certain the AG actually said "when I file a case against the tariffs."
Connor the black cat and scourge of bats, laying on a gray couch half cuddling and half pinning his best friend, Callisto the small tuxedo cat
Simon the black cat cuddling into the crook of a person's arm. He looks very content and very loving.
Iger, along with Disney Entertainment chairman Dana Walden, was the Disney exec who pulled the chord on Kimmel’s suspension over on-air comments about Charlie Kirk’s murder
A panel from the elfquest comic when Skywise and Cutter meet Nonna and Adar. It shows the 2 humans looking down at Qatar and text says Cutter's every instinct warns him that he is in deadly peril! But the woman's smile is gentle -- even loving. And the man seems merely puzzled, not full of hate.
The headline and subheading from The Independent article, which read: "Pilot dies after playing carrying nearly 200 kg of SpaceX branded cocaine crashes in remote Brazil" "Federal police are still investigating whether the aircraft was involved in drug trafficking." I highlighted the subheading because, what do you mean "whether"?!
A fluffy tabby cat sitting in a gray crochet cat bet. He is looking up at the camera with a soft, relaxed expression. The sun is illuminating him.
A fluffy tuxedo cat in a messy bed, laying on her back with her front paws curled up in her chest.
"April 4th, 1984. Last night to the flicks. All war films. One very good one of a ship full of refugees being bombed somewhere in the Mediterranean. Audience much amused by shots of a great huge fat man trying to swim away with a helicopter after him, first you saw him wallowing along in the water like a porpoise, then you saw him through the helicopters gunsights, then he was full of holes and the sea round him turned pink and he sank as suddenly as though the holes had let in the water, audience shouting with laughter when he sank. then you saw a lifeboat full of children with a helicopter hovering over it. there was a middle-aged woman might have been a jewess sitting up in the bow with a little boy about three years old in her arms. little boy screaming with fright and hiding his head between her breasts as if he was trying to burrow right into her and the woman putting her arms round him and comforting him although she was blue with fright herself, all the time covering him up as much as possible as if she thought her arms could keep the bullets off him. then the helicopter planted a 20 kilo bomb in among them terrific flash and the boat went all to matchwood. then there was a wonderful shot of a child's arm going up up up right up into the air a helicopter with a camera in its nose must have followed it up and there was a lot of applause from the party seats but a woman down in the prole part of the house suddenly started kicking up a fuss and shouting they didnt oughter of showed it not in front of kids they didnt it aint right not in front of kids it aint until the police turned her turned her out i dont suppose anything happened to her nobody cares what the proles say typical prole reaction they never --"
A screenshot of the Maine Beacon article. "When asked how he would connect with Republicans, Platner said he doesn’t see it as a stretch. “We ALL agree we’re all getting f***ed by the system,” he wrote. “… All my Republican friends hate Susan Collins (and the numbers bear that out). They see her as a self-interested establishment DC politician who fundamentally doesn’t care about her constituents. They won’t vote for the kind of cookie-cutter establishment Democrat chosen by D.C., which is all they’ve had to [vote] for, but they’ll vote for someone who they know is with them.” Platner emphasized that he wants his campaign to be a collective effort. “I’m not asking for you to support me: I’m asking for ALL of us to build this together,” he wrote."
A photo of page 23 from Kurt Vonnegut's A Man Without a Country. It reads: "Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college. And I realize some of you may be having trouble deciding whether I'm kidding or not. So from now on I will tell you when I'm kidding. For instance, join the National Guard are the Marines and teach democracy. I'm kidding."
An article on The Telegraph's website, dated 20 August 2025 at 9:16 pm. The headline is "US tech stocks lose one trillion dollars on AI bubble fears" Key moments are listed below. At 4:57 pm, Japanese stocks drop on AI sell-off. At 4:48 pm, US tech stocks plunge on bubble worries.
A fluffy tabby cat sitting atop a cat tree looking towards the camera with his tail curled over his front paws.
Two stills from Mary Poppins at the beginning of the Sister Suffragette song. Mrs Banks is seen saying "Though we adore men individually, We agree that as a group they're rather stupid."
A black cat sitting in the sun on the back of a white couch. He's leaning on a window sill, looking towards the camera.
A video game character leaps off a roof to land on another character and tackle them to the ground.