Arctic Circle's Super Special Blog!

I can't come up with a better title for this blog. Discord is Arctic Circle System. No mutual aid asks. I don't have the money and I will assume you're a spammer.

[house-of-mirrors]

Post about increasingly niche stuff that nobody follows you for and barely has a tumblr presence NOW

[house-of-mirrors]

That indie game no one else has played. That show from the 1980s that isn't big in the pop culture osmosis. Your deep dive into Tudor history. A liveblog of your experience learning C++. Your welding skills. Post all of it. This is your house

[arcticcirclesystem]

Eh, if I ever get around to it, I'm sure it'd be fun writing up a post about those weird bonus games on AtGames and TecToy consoles that used some special hardware for "enhanced" features compared to the Sega Master System and Mega Drive/Genesis (none of them were that good), but it'd take quite a bit of research to get to a good point on that.

[hiveswap]

Everyone go look up the song nasa banned from space

[hiveswap]

Don't forget to play it loud as fuck

[kowai-kabuki-tanuki]

please….listen to the whole thing. And imagine that you are IN SPACE in 1973 and you JUST woke up. Every time you adjust…it escalates somehow.

This song had to be designed in a lab for the sole purpose of fucking with astronauts. whoever added it to the NASA playlist was a genius.

[hiveswap]

It took them two tries to ban it?

[kvotheunkvothe]

[dramatic-dolphin]

and if i said nolan's odyssey starring no greek actors and with no recognizable aspects of greek culture or involvement by greeks, is the direct legacy of white supremacist colonialism that treated ancient greece as not just the pinnacle of ancient culture, but of an artificially created "european" culture, which white western europeans and their settler descendants, as the new pinnacle of culture, were the sole spiritual inheritors of.

[hiveswap]

^^^ PEOPLE ARE STILL THERE. There's a metro station across the street from the colosseum where i found a hair in my pizza slice. We drove by ruins of an amphitheater next to a motorway in greece once. It's literally just real places where real people live and have lived. It's not mythical perfect lands that once existed. I went to Itacha in 2023 and there was not enough parking space.

[arcticcirclesystem]

Is there a write-up about this anywhere?

[chryza]

TikTok is a fundamentally evil app however the reason i use it is because you occasionally stumble across gems like the Chinese power transformer manufacturer who posts kawaii edits of their power transformers

[sweetfirebird]

So I saw some people remarking that they didn't understand why "liberals" are focusing on the disaster of the Reflecting Pool paint job, and ok so when you see stuff like that, I need you to remember we are dealing with a wannabe strongman. Anything that makes him look ineffectual, wasteful, and incredibly stupid-- you get that between your teeth and you don't let go. Especially *especially* when it involves laughing at him.

Also... it is funny. Except for the poor ducks, it's funny. Man lost a war to algae. His "American Flag Blue" is green and slimy and the paint is peeling off, and all before his big 4th of July show that no musicians want to play. It's funny. Point and laugh. That is fighting fascism, actually.

[arcticcirclesystem]

But we do need people to actually oppose the horrible things he's doing and is planning to do, rather than to just think "wow, he sucks at doing the pool." If that's what sways someone away from Trump somehow rather than just reinforcing existing opposition to him, I have doubts that they would support doing anything significant and positive about the big issues he's causing (often on purpose). What do we do about that? Like... Specifically?

[ip2lb]

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[thehappysnail-deactivated202210]

Holy fuck

[musingsofaraven]

This works best if you keep windows closed.

Another design is using 2 20x25x1 filters, taping them to the sides of the box fan and then to each other so they sort of make a triangle, then cutting cardboard to make a top and bottom to the triangle.

This was discovered as a more effective design during the 2020 US west coast fires.

https://tombuildsstuff.blogspot.com/2013/06/better-box-fan-air-purifier.html

Better Box Fan Air Purifier

A better more efficient and odor eliminating homemade air purifier than just taping a 20x20x1 filter to a box fan. Sometimes you need to

[runcibility]

If you live on the west coast of the United States, fire season is coming and this is vital.

[turtlesandfrogs]

We’ve been using one, and they’re great. Might try to make the double filter version this year.

[objectconstancy]

theyve been doing a bunch of studies on this during the pandemic and this design is best! 4 filters and a shroud to optimize flow rate.

Corsi-Rosenthal Cube

Corsi-Rosenthal Cube

https://encycla.com/Corsi-Rosenthal_Cube

[puppygirllaika]

I’ve personally used both the flat single-filter version AND the triangular two-filter version, and based on subjective personal experience I would argue that the benefits from the second filter, both in terms of airflow and filtration, are absolutely worth it. If you need a makeshift air filter and you have two filters to work with, build the triangle (if not the box, i have no idea how good that one works but based on the info here i presume it’s a fair bit better.)

[flunkyofmalcador]

This trick works. We use it in my house.

[primarchpenissucker]

If anyone wants aesthetic inspo or design ideas check R/CrBoxes

[theconstellarium]

@thelucentsolarium

[rosecrystal]

This amount of individualism is exactly whats gonna kill us all btw

[ashintheairlikesnow]

"Going a couple hours without eating a single kind of food? No thanks, I would rather kill a child" is such a wildly horrifying take to see MULTIPLE people proudly stating.

[sinfulnoodle]

also, like i understand being inconvenienced. whatever. but how tf is someone, let alone a child supposed to take precautions WHEN JUST BEING IN A CLOSED SPACE WITH SAID ALLERGEN IS ENOUGH TO KILL THEM?? are yall wanting to have this kid where a fish bowl on their head and breathe in too much carbon monoxide (which is what forms after taking in and processing the same oxygen in which comes out over many cycles which CAN happen in a matter of less than half an hour.) like what do yall "i dont care, not my allergen i want peanuts!" really REALLY think can be done for precaution to this?

[arcticcirclesystem]

They think anyone whose disabilities even mildly inconvenience able-bodied and neurotypical people should be forced to just not exist in public life. That's the unstated conclusion to this line of thought.

[moringmark]

[nongunktional]

ive never wanted to send a death threat over a game before

[nongunktional]

tautological wordle answer

[nongunktional]

[minovskyy]

posts that make you open wordle

[minovskyy]

[chryza]

Oh boy better go try today’s wordle

[chryza]

WHAT THE FUCK

[chryza]

[arcticcirclesystem]

I mean I haven't played Wordle in a while but I'm sure it's not that bad, right?

[arcticcirclesystem]

[nongunktional]

ive never wanted to send a death threat over a game before

[nongunktional]

tautological wordle answer

[nongunktional]

[minovskyy]

posts that make you open wordle

[minovskyy]

[chryza]

Oh boy better go try today’s wordle

[chryza]

WHAT THE FUCK

[chryza]

[arcticcirclesystem]

I mean I haven't played Wordle in a while but I'm sure it's not that bad, right?

[tomfoolerytotality]

Superman isn't woke. You're just so evil that you see a man doing acts of kindness and you think it's a targeted political agenda

[otakuvampyre]

This but for people this post is talking about. 🤣

[laikaspeaks]

Get peer reviewed, bitch.

[mikaila-orchard]

It seems everybody agrees that Sony moving away from physical media for their games is absolute bullshit.

But if I were to suggest that this is the natural endpoint of what was started by Valve when it destroyed physical media for pc gaming, suddenly, I'd be in the wrong and a heretic.

[estro-boi]

we gotta get back to torrent distribution, i just watched someone eat eight grand in bandwidth charges because they ran a direct-download piracy site with local file hosting through cloudflare. torrents were invented literally for this exact reason

[estro-boi]

torrents work like this

i have a file or folder on my pc that i want to share with other people. let's call it gayshit.mp3

unfortunately gayshit.mp3 is 750mb and im not paying for discord nitro so i need another way to send it

i put it into qbittorrent and it makes a torrent file. this is essentially a very small file that points to gayshit.mp3 so other computers can find it. kinda like a treasure map

i send this tiny file to my friend, who loads it into qbittorrent. their computer takes a moment to find mine over the vast expanse of cyberspace and then (as long as my pc is running and the file is still where it should be), it gets copied from my hard drive to theirs

this is the cool part: if somebody else loads that tiny file, they can download it from both of us. if i'm offline but my friend is on, the third person can still get it. this also means that if two people have separate halves of the file, they can download the other half from each other. as long as some combination of people have the pieces between them, they can all have the whole thing.

crucially this does not require a server!!! you can just upload the file to a few people and as long as they keep it, it's still accessible. as long as somebody, somewhere is still connected, it's available forever. the only way it goes away is if everybody disconnects from it.

please learn to torrent

[macleod]

How to Use Torrents (with Pictures) - wikiHow

An expert guide to get started using torrentsTorrents are one of the most popular forms of file sharing on the internet, accounting for over

always use qbittorrent, do not use bitorrent or utorrent.

[kibbyanna]

Some extra tips:

When using qbittorrent, you do not even necessarily HAVE to use other sites to find the torrents you are looking for. qBit has something built in called Jackett! When you hit the "search" function next to "Torrents" you will pull up a screen with a search bar and options for what category you'd like to search.

My personal recommendation is to hit the "search plugins..." button at the bottom right of this screen, RIGHT CLICK on the option for piratebay and UNINSTALL it. Piratebay has a history of being breached by feds and other malicious actors and has been known to occasionally install trackers, malware, and adware when you torrent from them.

When you use this search function, be specific about what you want but not too exact. For example, let's say I want to find a specific movie. I would want to type in that movie title AND the year it came out into the bar, and I would want to find the torrent that has that year in it, is in the quality I want (1080p), and has the highest number of SEEDERS where the LEECHERS do not exceed the number of seeders. For example: I would want the torrent that has 250 Seeders and 100 Leechers. I would not want the torrent that has 50 Seeders and 150 Leechers. The download will stall (stop) or will be very slow to install.

Internet service providers are not your friend! Please use a reputable VPN, there are many with free trials or are generally not very expensive, some are free. I am not as informed on this as I have been paying for ExpressVPN for years and have not gotten a warning from my ISP a single time. If you torrent without a VPN, you run the risk of receiving a Cease and Desist from your ISP where they will threaten to void your contract and cease providing internet services to you. This sucks, it has happened to a lot of people though so don't worry too much about it. Just use a good VPN and you will be ok!

[arcticcirclesystem]

Don't copyright trolls watch torrents more closely? I'm not in a very good position to pay for a VPN given how difficult it's been for me to find a job.

[bi-shop]

bishop when there's the nearest funny duo at the function(it immediately takes over their mind)

[fwugradiation]

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improvised touhou music with annoying commentary title stage 1 boss 1

[alagaisia]

Hey. Why isn’t the moon landing a national holiday in the US. Isn’t that fucked up? Does anyone else think that’s absurd?

[alagaisia]

It was a huge milestone of scientific and technological advancement. (Plus, at the time, politically significant). Humanity went to space! We set foot on a celestial body that was not earth for the first time in human history! That’s a big deal! I’ve never thought about it before but now that I have, it’s ridiculous to me that that’s not part of our everyday lives and the public consciousness anymore. Why don’t we have a public holiday and a family barbecue about it. Why have I never seen the original broadcast of the moon landing? It should be all over the news every year!

[alagaisia]

It’s July 20th. That’s the day of the moon landing. Next year is going to be the 54th anniversary. I’m ordering astronaut shaped cookie cutters on Etsy and I’m going to have a goddamn potluck. You’re all invited.

[watermelon-converse]

Hey. Hey. Tumblr. Ides of March ppl. We can do this

[emi--rose]

Hell yeah moon holiday

[hello-delicious-tea]

Ooh coming up we should celebrate

[ariaste]

PITCH: We call it Moon Day, and then every 7 years when it falls on a Monday, that's an even BIGGER deal and we call that Moon Day Monday and go absolutely apeshit about it (the next Moon Day Monday is in 2026 so we have a couple trial runs first)

[sarostheghostcat]

MOON DAY MOON DAY MOON DAY

[wafflebloggies]

moon day is 20th July!!!

[silly-jellyghoty]

Scheduling this a day earlier to remind you all and myself about the Moon Day tomorow!

[kedreeva]

I scheduled this in 2025 to give you all a week to make Moon Day Monday preparations! I think I will order a little rocket cake or bake some moon phase cookies!

[dduane]

It's coming, cousins. ...This could be as big as March 15th if we made it that way...

[ragsy]

Contemporary art haters will be like "i don't get it" and then not read the title or artist statement or the medium or the year or

[ragsy]

How to "get it":

Ask yourself, how does this piece make you feel? (No wrong answers)

Look for an artist statement nearby. What does it say about the artist and their relationship to their work? What does the artist say that they are trying to convey with their art? What contextual clues can you pick up from what they say about their background, or what they omit?

Look at the title of the piece. What is the artist saying about their work by naming it that, either explicitly or implicitly?

Look at the medium. Is there anything about the piece that stands out to you, knowing what it's made of?

Look at the year it was made. What cultural events might have been happening around this time? Was this piece part of a particular art movement? What was the purpose of that art movement, and what was it trying to say?

Accept that sometimes, you still might not get it. This is perfectly okay.