KC Davard

Similar surgery, only scraping instead of cauterizing. Much more temporary relief.

Mine was done under full sedation, but only Tylenol/Advil for f/u pain. I had trouble walking around (even just to the bathroom) for a while. I do have a chronic pain condition, which means sometimes I feel it worse than other people.
I'd say similar pain to the D&Cs I've had (yay Endo).

A meme that says 'petition to add this button to literally every app right now: Exclude AI meme by @FLScience

Shout this from the fucking rooftops, people!! #fuckAI

Good luck! I had one two years ago and it's made a huge difference. Give yourself lots of time to recover, though (2-3 days my ass, I was on the couch for at least two weeks)

Thanks!

This sounds amazing. 100% would read!

Thanks!

When 17yo Mina goes undercover in a vampire cult to save her twin sister, she doesn't expect to fall in love. Twice. Especially since she needs the help of both the reluctant vampire and the beautiful resistance leader if she's going to get her sister -and herself- out alive.

#DVpit #YA #PR #LGBTQ

Illustration by Abigail Larson depicting a scene from Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Annabel Lee". Two lovers embrace at the edge of the sea, water splashes around them and the surrounding rocks. A full moon shines over them, and storm clouds loom. Published in "Sticker Jigsaw: The Edgar Allan Poe Collection" 2024 Macmillan

illustration by Abigail Larson of a raven perched on a skull with a teal curtain backdrop

illustration by Abigail Larson depicting a scene from Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" showing a man restrained as a pendulum blade swings close to him. Rats have swarmed around him, chewing the ropes that hold him down. This illustration is featured in "Sticker Jigsaw: The Edgar Allan Poe Collection" for Macmillan Books.

Illustration by Abigail Larson for Macmillan's "Edgar Allan Poe Sticker Jigsaw" book. The illustration is a scene from Edgar Allan Poe's poem, "The Raven". The narrator is at the center of the image looking up at at raven perched above an open doorway. Behind the narrator is a tall window with red curtains, and the ghost of Lenore lurks nearby. A black cat is watching the scene from the lower right corner.

In honor of Edgar Allan Poe's 176th deathday, here are a few of my recent pieces inspired by Poe's works 🫀

How about un wok? Or a picture or stuffed animal of un wasp? Or un wombat? Or if you want food, you could send in un wrap.

When 17yo Mina's twin sister joins a vampire cult, Mina goes undercover to get her out & ends up falling for a reluctant vampire & the leader of a secret rescue op - both of whom she'll need to save her sister...and herself.

#DVpit #YA #PR #LGBTQ

But frankly, if your business is entirely run on Stealing Things That Don't Belong To You And Selling Them, I'm fine with you not having a business anymore.

Fozzie!

(What can I say, I'm a sucker for bad jokes)

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It looks like it's made of lime Jell-O

lots of people know Łink from what he did to promote alt text usage here. this tip about pretending you’re describing an image over the phone has been burned in my brain since i saw it

"but it's everywhere now so we just have to accept it's the new reality" motherfucker we can just stop putting it everywhere! we did it with asbestos and CFCs and lead-based paint or petrol and make-up with arsenic in it! if everyone is using something and it's bad, we can choose to stop!

Yeah, we couldn't bring ourselves to decorate for Halloween over the weekend because it still felt like summer.

Looking forward to more seasonal temps later in the week!

I feel this.

A shiny, red-topped mushroom on the mossy base of a tree.

A ginormous, brown mushroom with a flat top is nestled in green grass and moss.

A tiny, bright red topped mushroom perches on the twig-laden floor of a forest.

A cascade of flat beige mushrooms slopes down the twig-laden woodland floor.

*FUNGI APPRECIATION POST*

Are we all in agreement that fungi are the best thing about autumn? These incredible specimens were snapped by Siân Lloyd in Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons). You can find fungi in damp, shady areas, particularly in woodlands.

Have you spotted any yet?

And it's #UKFungusDay today

I've made sure to start early ever since I got super sick one November/December and almost ended up without gifts that year.

(That said, if I finish too early, it feels like something's missing in the lead up to the holidays, so I try and find a happy medium for myself)

Nope. I only have a few stocking stuffers so far, but I'm usually a bit further ahead than that by this time.

Fungi finds: UK citizen scientists make rare pink and purple discoveries Plantlife charity enlisted help of 850 volunteers to look for waxcaps in places such as private gardens

#FungiFriday A very cool Citizen Science project finding new sites for rare and outlandish fungi species 🍄

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

All the New Horror Books Coming in October 2025 October 2025’s new horror books, featuring titles from Joe Hill, Neil McRobert, Jewelle Gomez, Gemma Files, Caitlin Starling, Jenny Kiefer, Richard Kadrey, Tanya Pell, Brian Asman, Nuzo Onoh,…

the October horror shopping list is live! feat. new books from @tanyapell.bsky.social @manylittlewords.bsky.social @jennykiefer.com @richardkadrey.bsky.social @emotrophywife.bsky.social @carsonfaust.bsky.social @johnhornor.bsky.social @zefrrr.bsky.social @talkscaredpod.bsky.social & many more!

Christina Ricci in a blonde wig and intricate pink dress as Katrina Van Tassel from Sleepy Hollow (1999)

Still from Addams Family Values of Christina Ricci as Wednesday in dark braids and a black long-sleeved shirt dress with a pointed white collar

september 30 vs october 1

a black cat in a vampire costume is sitting on the floor . Alt: a black cat in a vampire costume walls into a kitchen

🎶 It's the most wonderful time of the year 🎶

Finally: AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job. AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:

This whole section really.

Reading Rainbow Is Back, With Mychal the Librarian Hosting! - Reactor The butterfly is back in the sky; can’t wait to fly twice as high.

EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING Mychal the Librarian is hosting the Reading Rainbow revival!!!

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A collection of horror icons as chibi possums. From left to right: (Top row) Pennywise, Michael Myers, Samara, Art the Clown. (Bottom row) Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Pinhead, Billy the Puppet.

Horror icons... as possums. They're perfect and I will not be taking critic at this time.