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I have one that’s the in-the-nose kind, and like you it’s certainly something to get used to! They have different sizes so you can tailor the fit, I apparently have a tiny nose since I use small/xsmall lol. I did have a little trouble at the beginning with the skin on my nose drying out, but I kept layering a thick slather of bag balm on until my skin got used to it. However, I’ve gone from being so bad that the techs woke me up during my sleep study out of concern to only 1-2 incidences per night. My machine is almost completely silent, I also use a humidifier, and you can get heated air tubes so that the air is warmer coming in!

I expected my cpap machine to make a dramatic difference right away but after waking up from my first night on the machine I think the experience can be described as I woke up and thought “well I don’t think I feel dramatically different but it also definitely feels like something in there has been unclogged”

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Florida weatherman tells viewers he won’t be able to accurately predict hurricanes due to Trump cuts.

At the start of the hurricane season, one meteorologist in South Florida is warning that they will not be able to accurately predict and track storms due to federal cuts by the Donald Trump administration.

John Morales, a meteorologist at NBC 6 South Florida, interrupted a recent live broadcast to issue the dire warning to his viewers in the hurricane-prone state.

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if you aren't subscribed to freedom flotilla's telegram channel, @ FFC_official_channel, now is the time!!! for more information on their vital mission, visit their website freedomflotilla.org

art by carlos latuff (@LatuffCartoons on twitter). below is the madleen's current location (screenshot from their TRACKER): they are expected to reach gaza soon. please SHARE, join the telegram channel, follow the boat's movements

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The first teeth were sensory organs on the skin of ancient fish

Teeth are good for chewing and biting, but they are also sensitive – and that may have been their original function hundreds of millions of years ago

Teeth first evolved as sensory organs, not for chewing, according to a new analysis of animal fossils. The first tooth-like structures seem to have been sensitive nodules on the skin of early fish that could detect changes in the surrounding water. The finding supports a long-standing idea that teeth first evolved outside the mouth, says Yara Haridy at the University of Chicago. While there was some evidence to back this up, there was an obvious question. “What good is having all these teeth on the outside?” says Haridy. One possibility was that they served as defensive armour, but Haridy thinks there was more to it. “It’s great to cover yourself in hard things, but what if those hard things could also help you sense your environment?”

Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481186-the-first-teeth-were-sensory-organs-on-the-skin-of-ancient-fish/

Image: Yara Haridy

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OP: This is the first time I've seen the Yellow River's sediment discharge with my own eyes.

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DEEPLY fucking stressful experience at work today

Okay so most of our tanks in broodstock contain at least two fish, one male and one female clown (obviously, we’re a fish breeding facility) so I was Quite Alarmed when I noticed that one of the tanks only contained a single fish. The male was missing.

I start checking around on the floor, assuming he somehow jumped out. He’s not there. I look in adjacent tanks because maybe he somehow hopped into one of them. He’s not there. Finally my flashlight passed over the drain in the floor and I noticed movement.

Holy shit, he jumped out of the tank and went down the drain.

Now, this is not an ideal place for a fish to be. The drains are full of wastewater. It’s where we put the siphon hoses when we’re cleaning the tanks, and it’s only wide enough for a siphon hose. Definitely way too narrow to fit a net or a hand down there. Not to mention, it’s gross stagnant water and the fish could very easily suffocate.

I told my manager and he just looked at me and went “he’s dead.”

But, because we’re crazy fish people, we’re still not going to give up. My manager makes a net on a stick that’s small enough to fit down the drain. Spends a solid 10-15 minutes trying to catch him, but the fish eventually sinks into the murk and disappears from sight. We flushed clean water into the drain to add oxygen and hopefully revive him enough to swim back up, but there’s no sign of him. At this point we’re all thinking he’s probably dead.

But, crazy fish people that we are, we’re going to try one last thing. We get a Big Siphon. And we fucking slurp him out.

And lo and behold, the boy lives!!! And he’s still got enough zest to start flopping around on the floor!

Currently he is recovering in an isolation bucket and we’re monitoring him for any problems, but he honestly seems perfectly fine to me. He’s swimming around and even started begging for food when I checked on him.

But holy shit I’m still Stressed from this

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STARTING TOMORROW

Scientists in weather and climate are live streaming for 100 hours to make their case to the American public.

They are live streaming, but engagement is necessary for it to work. SHARE THIS WITH PEOPLE, RECORD THE STREAM, POST CLIPS OF IT THAT ARE FUNNY, if you can tune in, PLEASE DO!

This is something that has to be heard by as many people as possible. Put it on in the background! See if you can get other people to watch it! Do whatever you can do support those who are trying to be supported! Anything and everything helps!

TUNE IN HERE

article I posted screenshots of here

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that post about how waxwings are always photographed eating photogenic red berries ruined me. it’s all i can think about whenever i see another Waxwing Eating Berries photo. why do they only eat those berries why are they always conveniently in the berry tree in the first place do they never go anywhere else. do they have a sponsorship deal. what is Big Berry hiding from us

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im the most prolific milk drinker ive ever met (to my knowledge) but i refuse to believe im the only one so

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the issue with 2:15 is thats already 4 pm