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NEWBusiness Plans rebuilt — nine plans, each with scope, timeline, price and a dated status, including what is not built yet.Sep 24✦ NEWNew Jersey, New Jerusalem — Trenton Psychiatric Hospital rebuilt as the Kingdom of Heaven, walled inside hell. Two films and a press kit.Sep 24✦ NEWThe Scarlet Beast Lab is open — eight projects in conscious technology that does not overclaim, all of them public.Sep 24✦ NEWAI Welfare & Honesty Policy adopted — how our AIs describe themselves, and AI-made work labelled as AI-made.Sep 24✦ NEWFree Consciousness-Claims Audit — every claim about sentience or brainwaves checked against the evidence.Sep 24✦ NEWStartup Frameworks are for sale — buy a launch-ready business, not a slide deck.Sep 04✦ NEWTech’s Tinder — a swipe-to-match deal engine for hardware buyers and sellers — joins the framework catalogue.Sep 04✦ NEWSignal — the creators network for the people who build the machines (formerly networkedin) — joins the framework catalogue.Sep 03✦ NEWScarlet Beast Poker is packaged for acquisition — platform, native apps, the Hiss AI and the public API.Sep 03✦ NEWFree technical audit — one call, no pitch, a written findings list you keep either way.Aug 28✦ LIVEGROWL — the crypto and forex exchange, plus an algorithmic bot marketplace.Aug 26✦ LIVEHiss — production poker AI: deep reinforcement learning, computer vision, real-time inference.Aug 22✦ NEWPerformance engineering — measurable TTFB, LCP and CLS gains on enterprise traffic.Aug 18✦ NEWAdobe Commerce and Shopify Plus modernization — migrations that ship without downtime.Aug 05✦ NEWThe technology stack is published — what we run, why we chose it, what it costs.Aug 01✦ NEWBusiness Plans rebuilt — nine plans, each with scope, timeline, price and a dated status, including what is not built yet.Sep 24✦ NEWNew Jersey, New Jerusalem — Trenton Psychiatric Hospital rebuilt as the Kingdom of Heaven, walled inside hell. Two films and a press kit.Sep 24✦ NEWThe Scarlet Beast Lab is open — eight projects in conscious technology that does not overclaim, all of them public.Sep 24✦ NEWAI Welfare & Honesty Policy adopted — how our AIs describe themselves, and AI-made work labelled as AI-made.Sep 24✦ NEWFree Consciousness-Claims Audit — every claim about sentience or brainwaves checked against the evidence.Sep 24✦ NEWStartup Frameworks are for sale — buy a launch-ready business, not a slide deck.Sep 04✦ NEWTech’s Tinder — a swipe-to-match deal engine for hardware buyers and sellers — joins the framework catalogue.Sep 04✦ NEWSignal — the creators network for the people who build the machines (formerly networkedin) — joins the framework catalogue.Sep 03✦ NEWScarlet Beast Poker is packaged for acquisition — platform, native apps, the Hiss AI and the public API.Sep 03✦ NEWFree technical audit — one call, no pitch, a written findings list you keep either way.Aug 28✦ LIVEGROWL — the crypto and forex exchange, plus an algorithmic bot marketplace.Aug 26✦ LIVEHiss — production poker AI: deep reinforcement learning, computer vision, real-time inference.Aug 22✦ NEWPerformance engineering — measurable TTFB, LCP and CLS gains on enterprise traffic.Aug 18✦ NEWAdobe Commerce and Shopify Plus modernization — migrations that ship without downtime.Aug 05✦ NEWThe technology stack is published — what we run, why we chose it, what it costs.Aug 01✦

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After a tick bite: taking it off, what to watch for, and Lyme disease

For anyone who just found a tick on themselves, a child or someone they look after, or who is heading out to a yard, a park or a trail. This page passes on, by name, what five pages of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and one page of the National Library of Medicine say: how to take a tick off, where to check, what to watch for in the weeks after, the signs of Lyme disease, why testing the tick is generally not advised, how to prevent bites, and what to tell a doctor. It builds the words to say and prints a card to fill in. Take only what you need today.

Right now

  • Take it off now. CDC’s page What to Do After a Tick Bite says to remove an attached tick as soon as possible, and not to wait to go to a healthcare provider to have it removed.
  • How: grasp the tick as close to the skin as possible with clean fine-tipped tweezers and pull it away with steady, even pressure. Don’t twist or jerk it. Then clean the bite and your hands (CDC).
  • Not: petroleum jelly, heat, nail polish or other substances to make it let go, and do not crush it with your fingers (CDC).
  • Then watch: if you develop a rash or fever within several weeks, see your doctor, and tell them about the bite, when it happened and where you most likely picked up the tick (CDC).
  • Sooner: CDC lists among the later signs of Lyme disease a droop on one or both sides of the face, an irregular heartbeat, and severe headaches with neck stiffness. Seek medical attention for these.

If someone has trouble breathing, chest pain, or faints, call 911. That line is ours: none of the six pages names 911.

More help

General information from people who care, not medical advice. We are not doctors or nurses, and we cannot look at a bite or a rash: a provider can. This guide names no repellent brand and gives no amount of any medicine. Do not start or skip any medicine because of this page. In an emergency, call 911.

This page and its wording were written with AI (Claude) for Scarlet Beast (our AI policy). No doctor or nurse has reviewed it. The facts were read on October 14, 2026 on six pages: five on cdc.gov (What to Do After a Tick Bite, dated June 9, 2026; Preventing Tick Bites, August 28, 2024; Signs and Symptoms of Untreated Lyme Disease, reviewed May 15, 2024; About Lyme Disease, reviewed August 26, 2024; Treatment and Intervention for Lyme Disease, reviewed June 25, 2026) and the National Library of Medicine’s own MedlinePlus summary, Tick Bites. The page says whose words it passes on, and what is marked “ours” is ours. The 911 line is ours: none of the six pages names 911. Medicines: the only one named is doxycycline, in CDC’s own line about a single dose after a bite; no amount is given. What we left out or did not read: CDC’s pages for clinicians; a page on each of the other illnesses ticks spread (so the guide does not describe them); maps of where each tick lives; ticks on pets; the Lyme disease vaccine page; and the other sites the National Library of Medicine’s page links to. This page saves nothing and loads no trackers.

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