#expect the yeast

[cysticnotes]

Suddenly the first picture in my gallery that will pop up if you get nosy at brunch is of my one and only miss vagina .

Two days since the on and off itch ,so I took the measures one takes -

Deforestation

Cleaning with water ONLY

Asking chatgpt to tell me what's wrong with my ground floor tenant based on the vague description of how she looked this morning

Spreading my legs open in front of my mirror and rummaging through it to find the causative agent if I may ?? And guess what I found ? More questions in mind.

Literal explanation of the visual experience will go something like - there was something white ( that very much looks and feels like my white discharge on an usual day instead it's turned sticky and it's not going away from the top of my urethral opening )

The whole vaginal area felt extremely dry at that moment and there were discharges on the skin of the folds which were again not liquid , they were all clumpy dry or as they say ' cottage cheese discharge'

So with the irritating, cottage cheese discharge and how I had to snap my legs back together after a few mins of physical inspection giving me a vaginal burn is all giving signs of an yeast infection....

So the conclusion is i couldn't wash away the white thing ( am I that inadequate ?) and doing it with bare dry fingers was an illegal move , I will try cleaning once again tomorrow with warm water and see if my coochie can destress .

If any of you got any tips or advice on how to deal w it or what is it , do me the favour y'all

[nvara-of-mortains-own]

as a basic the-more-you-know: you have both yeast and bacteria all over you, and especially in your vulva. this is a good thing, and the two keep each other in check, most of the time. if something happens to drop the levels of one, then the other will have no natural predators and will grow out of control, causing you Issues. you can also get yeast infections anywhere

Popping in to correct some info, and give advice for when youre having/about to have a bad time

Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) and yeast infections actually do have different symptoms, and can frequently be told apart without a test.

TLDR; if you have white ''cottage cheese'' discharge, it's yeast. If it smells bad, is foamy, or gray, it's bacteria

(If you have a rare yeast in there, then YMMV. but for candida ala-something yeast, by far the most common one, this guide will work)

Chart below goes into more detail:

If youre not sure which you have: you may not be able to get a PH test strip at walmart (idk), but they do sell them at CVS. [edit: i just found some at walmart too.] Swab yourself, and it'll indicate which you have based on the growing environments of your vagina. Theyre also on amazon, if you shop there.

When taking antibiotics, especially broad spectrum antibiotics: plan on a yeast infection, and be pleasantly surprised if it does not appear. theyre killing all the bacteria in your body--that includes the good bacteria keeping your yeast in check.

Plan on eating greek yogurt and maybe splurge on probiotics for the duration. my mother will request a yeast infection Rx at the same doc appt as the antibiotics--she knows she will get one like clockwork.

OTHER: if you have chronic yeast infections that arent responding to treatment, see an OB and request they test what kinds of yeast it is. If you have a rare yeast, they may need to prescribe you something other than the 'regular' treatment to deal with it effectively--many meds won't contain antifungals for all possible yeasts, just the the likely ones.

Having a vagina honestly sucks bc it's like you have to do fucking alchemy just to prevent yourself from getting sick. You've got an intricate ecosystem of microorganisms down there that you're dependent on for your own well-being and they can be set off by the tiniest fucking thing

Keeping your pubes too short can cause yeast infections, but letting them get too long can also cause yeast infections. Washing the area with specialized soap can help prevent yeast infections, but it can also cause them. Your periods can cause yeast infections, and so can the medicine you take to stop your periods. Having sex can cause yeast infections, especially if the person you're having sex with is diabetic (???). Being diabetic can cause yeast infections. Wearing the wrong clothes or eating the wrong things can cause yeast infections. Not getting enough fucking sleep can cause yeast infections. The list is neverending

Luckily, yeast infections are fairly easy to treat with OTC medicine that you can find at any Walmart. BUT! Even if all of your symptoms indicate that you have a yeast infection, you have to take a test first to confirm that it's a yeast infection (they do not sell the tests at Walmart) bc you might actually have the opposite of a yeast infection (bacterial vaginosis) which has the exact same symptoms as a yeast infection but is caused by an imbalance of different microorganisms. And if you use yeast infection medicine to treat a bacterial infection it will light your pussy on fire. So if you have a bacterial infection, you must instead visit your local witch doctor (gynecologist) and get prescribed special potions (antibiotics) to treat it

Antibiotics can also cause yeast infections

[cr1ms0n4nd-ac3]

Come Forth!

Empathy Rises all Together and One!

Introducing: Empathy Rises AU, an What-if Scenario AU that took place on Beast Yeast Episode 3 and 4.

The episode 4 tale instead starts on Dark Choco Cookie, who had just witnessed the Pale Ailment Incident somewhere around the Dark Cacao Kingdom. He doesn't know what to do, but he thought bringing something for the patients will do the trick.

And when he found out that his father and the crew have searched on an long-time adventure to stop someone who caused this... Dark Choco had no choice, but to adventure on.

Hoping to reunite to Dark Cacao Cookie, trying to help him stop Mystic Flour before it's too late.

When a voice calls him out.

Some sprites I made!:

Bonus:

Hope you enjoy! Probably I should make a fanfic but I'm tired rn.. oof.

[hello-its-em]

SPOILERS‼️‼️

WHAT THE FUCK

[shadowmilkinplacesheshouldntbe]

*bites*☀️

!! BLOOD WARNING !!

" ... Hah?"

" Eheh... eheheh... I... I don't think anyone's gotten to wound me like this in a long time..."

He's smiling, not the good, happy kind of smile though. It's more like a smile twisted with pain.

" Ahahahah... Oh wow! It really hurts! Guess that's what losing an arm does for ya! Hahahaha!"

It hurts.

It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurt-

" ..."

" A-ah... Kenzie..?"

" Such violent actions towards us is not permitted upon this blog."

carefully, she scooped Shadow Milk into her hand. Carrying him away from the impaled anon, though it didn't seem like he was bothered by the impalement, more like the Silver Knife used to do that.

" Come on, let's get you fixed up."

~ FIRST ASK PERIOD IS OVER !! ~

It seems that Mackenzie and Shadow Milk will be gone for a while...

[formerlycookierunauprompts]

Sorry if you're busy with something, but can you make a prequel to request prompt #4 where pure vanilla cookie saves shadow milk cookie from inside the soul jam. I'd imagine a rather angst fuelled interaction, considering I'd headcanon Shadow Milk cookie as a rather stubborn individual (Because he doesn't like looking like an idiot), and consequently, he has trouble asking for help, especially with his corruption.

Requested Prompt #7 - 💔

There was darkness, darkness and more darkness. Pure Vanilla didn't think that the other half of his soul jam would be this dark... But then again, it's owner was rather corrupted. Now he just had to- " Hello?" A voice sounded out, that's odd, he doesn't remember bringing anyone with him when he casted the spell... Unless- He turned to face the cookie that had spoken, briefly fearing the worst and that he'd been found by the mental version of Shadow Milk Cookie. That would be bad considering that he'd probably get stuck here if he had been The cookie standing before him had eerie similarities to the beast although, Yet this one looked more... scholarly? Don't get him wrong, he could clearly see the jester motifs, it was just more... subtle? " Who are you?" He asked, why would there be someone who didn't wield the soul jam in here? Unless... " I should be asking you that." The mysterious cookie huffed, crossing his arms. " This is the first solid ground I've been able to stand on in centuries, and you show up here at the same time? Can't be coincidence." Pure Vanilla gazed at the empty section in the Other Cookie's clothes, the shape reminded him far too much of his own soul jam... So then, this had to be... " Are you... Shadow Milk Cookie?" He asked, looking the other up and down. A sigh escaped the other cookie's lips. " The one and only, you still haven't told me who you are or why you're here though. And I'm not too fond of being kept in the dark." Shadow Milk(???) seemed to take a brief look around before shuddering just the slightest bit. " Oh, I'm Pure Vanilla Cookie." He began, briefly wondering whether he could trust this other cookie. But then again, you cannot deceive your very own mind. " I came here to look for a way to defeat... you?" " Oh, the beast." Shadow Milk said, a frown gracing his lips. " Look, I don't know how to beat it, if I did then I wouldn't be here. I'd have my own body back." Pure Vanilla felt a grimace tug at his lips, was there truly no hope to defeating the beast? Shadow Milk seemed to notice Pure Vanilla's despair. " But... I bet you could seal it, somehow..." The two's conversation was cut short by a sudden rumble, the vibrations seemed to send Shadow Milk into a panic. " !!- No, not now!" " The ground is, turning into liquid?" Pure Vanilla said almost stunned by the sudden change. " Listen! You need to get out of here right now! If you're still here when the floor is gone, then you'll be trapped forever!" Shadow Milk warned, to Pure Vanilla's hesitance. " I'll be fine! I've dealt with this for over thousands of years, just GO!"

....

Or, seeking a way to defeat Shadow Milk Cookie, Pure Vanilla cookie enters the dark side of his soul jam. However, he also meets the original Shadow Milk Cookie???

[icterid-rubus]

Got a $6 fruit wine making kit from my library resale shop and started making mead two days ago. I already messed up my staggered nutrient additions—skipped the first day—but here’s hoping I’ll have an edible product in 6-8 weeks!

[totaldramafan-lauri]

Whether you choose to stay and simp together still, or choose to go now that it's over

Know that I appreciate all of your support~

[witchof-hearts]

ok not to get all personal or anything but penetrations when youre not loose enough for them hurt like hell

[rotzaprachim]

that season of bake-off managed to even wildly disrespect German culture though so the fail bin for the organizers

[kioskopdx]

Grain-Free Butter Bread The closest you'll get to real bread while following a ketogenic diet is this recipe for grain-free butter bread. made with a batter consisting of almond flour and eggs. 1 teaspoon fine salt, 6 large eggs, 1/4 cup melted butter, 1.5 cups finely ground almond flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar

[imaginariumwanderer]

Ahh it really is a toss-up for me, this update tells us Shadow Milk knows more than he let on, like Millennial Tree's prophecy, or the Ultimate Cookie which is something the other researchers are unaware of (Does the cookies of darkness even know? I re-checked the Laboratorium storyline and all they've talked about is making the doughs for the Beasts, with the Perfect Cookie only mentioned once by Matcha Cookie. I could be wrong, of course) But you're so right, we have to take his arrogance into perspective as well!

Either possibility is fine with me. On one hand, I cannot wait for Smilk to get his Soul Jam stolen like the dumbass that he is (endearingly) On the other hand, I think the prospect of the bad guys trying to out-backstab each other nonstop absolutely hilarious

I interpret that part as Shadow Milk already knowing Burning Spice will be the next to awaken, and the writers being cheeky as usual, "ooo I wonder what the next update will be about? *wink wink nudge nudge*" But looking back at the dialogue, UGH it'll be so interesting if that's true. We currently have no idea what the trigger behind the Beast's order of awakening is, maybe it's random, and yet-

What if the order in which the Beasts are unleashed was all part of Shadow Milk's "script"? Like a mocking mirror to Pure Vanilla sending letters to his friends? What's Shadow Milk ultimate goal? Is he capable of *slightly* manipulate his friends for it? And what's the deal with "the Soul Jam whispering many truth"? Does it just feed him information like a 24/7 broadcaster?? So many questions...

All this talk about Shadow Milk pfft- Sorry Wind Archer, it's like the 3rd anniversary again. I'll make fanart for you soon trust

So I finished the latest story...

This is pretty horrifying from a cookie's perspective. One of cookiekind's main forms of happiness is their ability to express their various colorful flavors/personality. I suppose it's the same thing as tripping a living human of their sentient and individuality. Ego death. Leaving behind hollow flesh

We be committing unspeakable crimes against nature with this one✨

We be crumbling our colleagues while slowly losing our mind with this one✨

On another note, "eyecing" make its glorious return. I have no memory of it being used before the Mystic Flour update. Can anyone point out the other times it was used, if there's any?

????!!!!! OMG HIIII

MORE CJ PAWLIKOWSKI VOICE ACTING YES YES YES

Don't do it, don't give me hope...

I know he's the last to be released u don't need to tease me like that

So the other-space here clearly refer to the Dark side of the Moon, right? Is there any other-space I don't know about? Also, I guess this confirmed Shadow Milk is the only one able to do this astral projection thing. On one hand, it increases his chance of appearing a bit more before his own update, on the other hand, we most likely won't see the other Beasts having any talking-role any time soon

The implications here...

So the Beasts may likely have their own voices of their Light just like the Ancients does. And "Soul Jam"... Without an (s), Shadow Milk is specifically referring to his Soul Jam here, I can't believe my headcanon of the Light of Deceit/Knowledge whispering things to him is becoming true

It's a thing unique to Shadow Milk and not the other Beasts too. Interesting how both the voices of the Light of Truth and Deceit operate differently from the other Lights' (referring to the theory that the Light of Truth have never make an actual appearance since all instances of it in-game were all Shadow Milk's disguise)

... Clownage. Whelp! time to integrate that into my daily vocabulary!

Alright, so we got confirmation Smilk is not only aware of Dark Enchantress' plans but he's actively helping her out. Whenever he's oblivious to her other, secret plans (stealing the Beasts' Soul Jams) or he's aware and already have a counter measures to it though, is still up in the air.

My money is on the latter. Shadow Milk have shown time and time again he's way more knowledgeable than he let on. The way Dark Enchantress was depicted in his previous "play" does show us a certain level of... Appreciation(?) but who's to say he actually trusts her? It really does feel like a "I rub your back if you rub mine and then we'll backstab each other" kind of deal. Now I'm curious about the other Beasts' opinions on Dark Enchantress as well.

Where's Dark Enchantress anyways? We haven't seen her make any on-screen appearance in a while. I, um, I missed her a lot actually. I missed the diabolical meema

Laughing at Wind Archer cookie repeatedly telling Smilk to stfu from the moment they've met. He's saying what we've all been thinking

Also laughing at Shadow Milk basically only here to make cryptic riddles and mocks our Wind Archer. He really does have nothing better to do lol

Yeah that's right, FRIENDSHIP will save the day!

For real tho, tons of intriguing implications about the Ultimate Cookie with this one. I gotta mulls over them for awhile...

GUYS NEW SMILK'S SPRITE JUST DROPPED

HE'S ROLLING HIS EYES. HE'S SO DONE I'M DEAD

"In conclusion, this changed nothing!"

Kidding, kidding! I was getting real worried for Wind Archer there despite knowing full-well it's not crk's style to let something happen to a character unless they're a minor villain or an elderly *grinding my teeth trying not to bring up Elder Faerie again oops too late-*

The unexpected yet sweet moment of empathy Wind Archer have toward the Ultimate Cookie combined with the stunning animation toward the end were definitely my favorite part of this little adventure. Although I half-expected for him to have his magical girl transformation like White Lily and Dark Cacao right then and there-

"Beast-Yeast EP 5 coming soon to theaters near you! Remember to stay tuned, mkay? Okie dokie? Pinkie promiseee?"

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

oh my god i figured it out

okay so it took an accident of me not checking on it, but I FINALLY figured out why I wasn't getting enough loft on my bread:

I was NOT giving enough time for yeast/bacteria production.

So if I do my other bread recipe's 4 hour levain development, then follow the pullman's recipe and do about an hour and a half initial rise (with stretch and folds) with a one hour final rest and rise, I get something like this:

okay that rose in the oven but like. not a whole lot, yknow?

tried again, a little longer on the levain, but this time I tried to do the final rest/rise in the fridge overnight like when you have an overnight ferment on a classic sourdough

oh that's a lot better! but the recipe is for a PULLMAN'S loaf, it should be square as possible, am I using enough ingredients?

NO I WAS. I JUST WASNT GIVING ALL THE TIMES ENOUGH TIME

this time I let the levain (40-50g starter, 35g whole wheat flour, 35g AP flour, 70 mL water) develop for like six and a half hours in a proofer or a slightly warmed oven.

pour levain into a stand mixer if you've got one, bowl if you dont. Mix in sugar (35g) and warm water (400mL). Let that sit for the usual half hour in proofer.

add flour (600ish grams total, i often do about a third whole wheat to two thirds AP), 5g salt, 80-90g fat of choice (butter, margarine, etc). I put it in the stand mixer for around 10 minutes on low. (this is a REALLY old stand mixer so it CAN go real slow- do 7-8 min on lowest setting on a modern mixer, 15 min if you wanna do a hand knead)

cover and put in proofer. As usual I did 4 stretch and folds at half hour intervals, but on the final interval I forgot about the timer- it was left in the bowl for around a full hour after the last fold rather than the planned half hour.

by the time I checked on it, it rose WAY more than i was expecting it to. Decided to roll with it (lol), greased the pullman's pan (butter if no one's allergic, margarine otherwise), flattened, rolled up the dough, plopped it in and slid on the lid.

Did the final rest for two full hours in proofing temps, then baked at 350-60ish for a half hour with the lid slid on, 15 min with the lid off.

so, all in all: the ideal loaf of pullman's sourdough starts when you wake up and comes out around dark lunch.

not practical but hey! an interesting study to be sure

[space-blue]

So, I think it may be time for me to explain the situation regarding the poll

It's a bit of a weird one, bear with me... I have a friend who is Polish. She was in New Zealand recently, dating a very sweet boy, and had a major cold shower moment when he served her some 'Lenin who??'

As you can imagine, Lenin is a bit of a critical figure for the world, but especially Poles. Now I'm French, so we're also deeply embroiled into the whole birth of communism, red scare, WWII and all that jazz. I definitely learned about him at school, and then later on again, in my own time.

We were discussing this, and how the then-boyfriend excused himself by saying the NZ school system isn't great and simply never taught him. Of course we were discussing whether there wasn't also a lack of curiosity, as any half decent video on the events of WWII or communism will at least touch base with Lenin, but hey, maybe he's just not that famous outside Europe.

Still, I was doubting this argument and thinking this may be this guy's case more than a kiwi thing. And well, I live in a hostel, so at any given time I have about 50 flatmates/fellow staff from all around the world, not counting the guests who come and go. As we were having this conversation there was a kiwi staff with me in the room, so I took the time to ask!

It went like this:

- Hey, Cody! Do you know who Lenin is? - Lenin? - Yeah, Lenin. - You don't mean John Lennon? - No I mean Vladimir Lenin. - Nah, I don't know. - Okay, erm, Marx? - Nope. - Karl Marx?? Marxism? Das Kapital? - What is that? - (with considerable distress) You know about communism, right?

And yeah, he did, but I was shook. Our sample of kiwis not knowing about Lenin (and worse) was a stark 2/2, so we needed to broaden things.

I roamed the hostel, asking people if they knew about Lenin. And the results were NOT GREAT, but we saw a pattern emerge in which countries didn't know him: Kiwis and Aussies were doing the worst, by far. Meanwhile, Europeans who I truly assumed had 3 neurons rattling in their hollow craniums—this targeted mostly at a pack of young, loud, and billiard obsessed Spanish boys—all immediately were like 'Lenin, yeah, of course I know him.'

THEN I was watching The Last Of Us with another friend who is aware of the debacle, and he broached the topic of... fucking the infected.... and whether rule 34 had covered that, and also, because this is a very ace conversation, whether I thought you could get a yeast infection from that.

He then clarified his question by mansplaining yeast infections to me, a vagina haver.

So I snapped back that yes, thank you, I'm aware yeast is fungal, and we started arguing on whether or not people even know what YEAST is (tbf in French the words for bread yeast, yeast infection, and yeast in the wild are all different)

My friend suggested we poll the hostel crowd, and I retorted we were a dire sample of uneducated weirdos and would totally skew the results, using the 'who is Lenin' event as an example.

So we decided to make a poll for each question. You can see the yeast one here. My friend expected at least 50% of respondent to the yeast poll to think yeast is a bacteria (shockingly close)

Meanwhile I thought, and I quote, "I'd disrespect someone not knowing that cuz yeast be universal, so is bread"

And I was hit back by:

So yes, we decided to ran BOTH polls, to see how bad things were, and how we can rate our local group of weirdos at the hostel against the wider (and arguably biased and left leaning) strangers of tumblr.

I didn't expect this to blow up at all! But I'm deeply reassured you all know your history.

Shame on the kiwi education system!

So something happened and I need to know... Please indulge me!

If you could reblog for sample it'd be appreciated.

[wall-eye]

Hmmnmnmnmnmmnnnnm the candle I was excited for came in! and it makes me nauseous :(

[dandelionsresilience]

Dandelion News - September 8-14

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1. Pair of rare Amur tiger cubs debuting at Minnesota Zoo are raising hopes for the endangered species

“[The Minnesota Zoo’s] Amur tigers have produced 57 cubs, [… 21 of which] have gone on to produce litters of their own, amounting to another 86 cubs. […] “They’re showing a lot of resiliency, which is something that we work hard for in human care. We want these animals to have a lot of confidence and be able to adapt to new environments just as they’re doing today.””

2. Powered by renewable energy, microbes turn CO₂ into protein and vitamins

“The team designed a two-stage bioreactor system that produces yeast rich in protein and vitamin B9. [… The protein] levels in their yeast exceed those of beef, pork, fish, and lentils. […] Running on clean energy and CO2, the system reduces carbon emissions in food production. It uncouples land use from farming, freeing up space for conservation[… and] will help farmers concentrate on producing vegetables and crops sustainably.”

3. JCPenney Launches Apparel Collection Aimed At Wheelchair Users

“A major department store is rolling out a new line of clothing specifically tailored to meet the needs of women who use wheelchairs featuring options for both everyday wear and special occasions. [… The clothing have] modifications like zippers located for easy access, pocket positioning and extended back rises optimized for the seated position and shorter sleeves to limit interference with wheels.”

4. Snails bred in Edinburgh Zoo sent to re-populate species in French Polynesia

“Thousands of rare partula snails bred at Edinburgh Zoo are to be released in French Polynesia to restore the wild population of the species.The last surviving few of the species were rescued in the early 1990s[….] 15 species and sub-species [are being bred in zoos for repopulation], the majority of which are classed as extinct in the wild.”

5. [NH Joins 19 Other States] to Provide Essential Behavioral Health Services Through Mobile Crisis Intervention Teams

“[CMS] approved New Hampshire’s Medicaid State Plan Amendment for community-based mobile crisis intervention teams to provide services for people experiencing a mental health or substance use disorder crisis. […] The multidisciplinary team provides screening and assessment; stabilization and de-escalation; and coordination with and referrals to health, social, and other services, as needed.”

6. Recovery plan for Missouri population of eastern hellbender

“It is expected that recovery efforts for the Missouri DPS of the eastern hellbender will reduce sedimentation and improve water quality in the aforementioned watersheds, which will also improve drinking water, as well as benefit multiple federally listed mussels, sport fish and other aquatic species.”

7. How $7.3B will help rural co-ops build clean power—and close coal plants

“[The funds are] serving about 5 million households across 23 states [… to] build wind and solar power, which is now cheaper than coal-fired power across most of the country. […] Some of it will be used to pay down the cost of closing coal plants[….] federal funding could help co-ops secure enough wind, solar, and battery resources to retire their entire coal capacity by 2032, cutting carbon emissions by 80 to 90 percent and reducing wholesale electricity costs by 10 to 20 percent[….]”

8. Native-led suicide prevention program focuses on building community strengths

“[Indigenous researchers have] designed programs that aim to build up a community’s endemic strengths, rather than solely treating the risks facing individuals within that community. By providing support and resources that enable access to Alaska Native cultural activities, they hope to strengthen social bonds that build resilience. […] “In a Yup’ik worldview, suicide is not a mental health disorder, and it’s not an individual affliction, it’s a disruption of the collective.””

9. Another rare Javan rhino calf spotted at Indonesia park

“A new Javan rhino calf has been spotted in an Indonesian national park, the facility's head said Friday, further boosting hopes for one of the world's most endangered mammals after two other […] calves were spotted earlier this year at the park, which is the only habitat left for the critically endangered animal.”

10. Transparent solar cells can directly supply energy from glass surfaces

“[Researchers have] unveiled a method of supplying energy directly from glass of buildings, cars, and mobile devices through transparent solar cells. […] It has also succeeded in charging a smartphone using natural sunlight. It also proved the possibility that a screen of a small mobile device can be used as an energy source.”

September 1-7 news here | (all credit for images and written material can be found at the source linked; I don’t claim credit for anything but curating.)