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sixpenceee

A baby hippo learns to swim. (Source)

elleseab

I’m deceased wow

sixpenceee

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why-ask-why

zoinksthisisembarassing-deactiv

Just screaming

shamethepainaway

95 degrees? You don’t fucking die in 95 degrees.

why-ask-why

Yes, and I thought the same thing too, but please understand… They’re taking about wet-bulb temperature, which I had to look up.

Here’s a YouTube video that explains it too…

So from my limited understanding it would have to be really hot and humid to get a wet-bulb reading of 95°. On the National Weather Service Heat Index, at 80% humidity 95° feels like 136°

Not to panic though. We still have time but I really think it’s up to our youth to take control. Politically and environmentally. Trump just proposed to cut billions of dollars to NASA, the National Science Foundation, the Energy Department, AND the National Cancer Institute. These old rich bastards probably won’t even be alive when it goes down so they don’t care.

cwicseolfor

I live in Texas. Temperatures above 100-101°F (i.e. 38°C) aren’t uncommon in summer but our humidity is often below 40%. In 2009 I was very habituated to the heat, young, fit, and healthy, and I saw forecasts for Taipei, where I’d be traveling, were going to be not higher than 99°F (37°C).

What I did not count on was a typhoon (Morakot) keeping humidity in the 95-99% range.

I had to sit down every minute I walked, even under a cloudy sky. It’s like trying to suck air through a towel soaked in bathwater. I was pouring sweat and it wasn’t evaporating at all because the air was saturated, which is the point of wet bulb temperature readings: if there’s no evaporation, sweating doesn’t cool you. At that temperature, neither does water; everything you drink is the same temperature you are. Staying still, not exerting yourself at all, only keeps it from getting worse; it does not get better. And the environment I was in only went to body temperature and cooled off to the high eighties (30°C) at night: as long as I didn’t move I’d be fine. We also had the privilege of functional technology, iced drinks: in a brownout that’s not an option.

You should absolutely be afraid of this. We must absolutely prevent this happening. We must move now, because humans will assuredly die, are already dying, and because we aren’t the only ones on this planet with the right to live.

crazy-pages

Wet bulb temperatures (which are basically combined humidity and temperature conditions) over body temperature can be thought of as the point where the methods mammals use to regulate body heat just Stop Working. Every motion you make, every breath, every heartbeat, every nerve impulse heats you up and there’s nowhere in your environment you can dump that heat, so you just get hotter and hotter until you reach a temperature where your organs can’t function and you die. There’s nothing you can do to survive that other than ‘get colder’. And as the article pointed out, that may not be possible when heat impacts the power grid.

hannala

THIS IS FUCKING TERRIFYING

flowisaconstruct-deactivated202

Bad news: much of our populace and most of our leaders won’t believe this can happen until it does happen.

bibliohoe

Fuck…

thedesertmother

Hi. Thermophysiologist here. You wanna know how this type of heat will affect our bodies? Buckle the fuck up.

Our bodies function within a set parameter of temperatures. We have a preference where our body does not have to work to maintain body temp. This is our thermal neutral zone. When we dip under, for a certain temp and length of time, we’re fine. We’ll shiver and maintain body temp. If it dips far enough, we’re in serious trouble.

But it isn’t talked about enough what happens when we go over our thermoneutral zone. Sure, if it’s close, we’ll sweat and be okay. We might pant to release heat. But what happens when it goes higher? Our body literally begins to degrade on a molecular level. Enzymatic activity comes to a grinding halt because proteins degrade when it gets close to 40C (~106F). What does this mean? Organs begin to shut down. Muscle function fails. Losing water through sweating and respiratory water loss only speeds up tissue function failure, because we lose water partly from our blood plasma, which makes our blood thick and difficult to transport. Two more things happen due to this: Our osmolarity (salt:water ratio) will be thrown off, which affects muscle function as well. And oxygen transport/gas exchange will become increasingly difficult. All of these add up to a factor of death. Your heart may stop. You may slowly suffocate. Your brain may not cool because of decreased circulation, and it’ll shut down.

Now, these things don’t happen quickly. Imagine sweating, but it isnt cooling you. You begin to feel dizzy due to dehydration. Your legs give out and you collapse. The ground is searing your flesh, but you can’t move to get away. You’re gasping and panting, but it’s doing nothing to alleviate your condition. You slip in and out of consciousness, until you finally….stop.

THIS is why increasing global temperatures are important. THIS is why they’re terrifying. Imagine this happening everywhere. Imagine you’re out and about, and seeing people drop like flies all around you. Imagine watching this everyday, multiple times a day. Imagine this being you.

I miss her

I should have

Held her hand like I would never hold it again

Hugged her like it was the last time

Kept my eyes open for longer to look at her

It was hopefully not the last time

But when will we meet again?

gangler

Barnes and Nobles is gonna start serving food and alcohol.

Everybody’s cracking jokes about how it’s a desperate attempt to stay relevant in the age of Amazon.

But you know what? Props to them. This is exactly what Blockbuster didn’t do. At no point was Blockbuster like “Hey, movie rentals aren’t the lucrative enterprise they once were. Perhaps it’s time we become known for our cheesy garlic bread.”

mackasaurussex

Okay but…if someone wants to take me on a date to a Barnes and noble and get me dinner and a drink and then let me peruse the stacks like I’m not saying no. A sandwich, a beer, and 2-5 books on various topics I hope I’ll someday read about? Good night.

silvysartfulness

The Swedish equivalent of Blockbuster is now best known for its candy, snacks and sodas.

thestraggletag

This is El Ateneo Grand Splendid, an old theatre turned bookstore in Buenos Aires:

The stage itself was turned into a cafe:

You can’t even begin to comprehend the massive amounts of money this place makes, despite the fact that they turned the theatre boxes into reading nooks like this:

I’ve literally spent days holed up in there reading books for free while also consuming massive amounts of coffee and pastries.

Adapt or die, people.

frayedcobweb

Take me to Buenos freaking Aires… Leave me in this bookshop… Never look for me, you will not find me again.

I would consider my art to be pretty okay but I was always scared of drawing portraits. I'll try to improve myself until summer break ends because we have to draw portraits in art class next year.

#art #improvement #self improvement #art improvement #portrait

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my-not-always-normal-life

did-you-know

Scientists invented fabric that makes electricity from motion and sunlight. To create the fabric, researchers at Georgia Tech wove together solar cell fibers with materials that generate power from movement. It could be used in “tents, curtains, or wearable garments,” meaning we’d virtually never be without power. Source

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scarletgoldenthorn

Y'all are fucking idiots. Clean energy will NEVER be enough to replace the energy we have now. We’d have to tear down DOZENS of forests just to fit enough windmills and solar panels to get even a QUARTER (probably less, tbh) of the energy we can produce now.

deniedmysign

Yeah, sure, when they’ve already calculated that a few square miles of panels in the empty ass Arizona desert could power the whole nation. But ok, fracking and the diminishing petroleum supply is worlds better.

inushiek

Nevermind that windmills are often most efficient off the coast. There they take up no land, impact no trees, don’t pollute the water, and are conveniently located where winds are often strongest anyway.

And solar panels can literally be built into roofs of buildings and in empty areas like deserts. The sun strikes the Earth with the same amount of energy in an hour that our civilization uses in a year.

But yeah, it would be impossible for us to ever have enough energy from clean sources.

Durr hurr technology is bad and I would rather light shit on fire than have clean energy

mllemusketeer

I can also testify to the Arizona desert being empty ass. And the California desert. And the Nevada desert.

greaseonmymouth

also…no forests were cleared to make space for Denmark’s windmills and yet they regularly produce so much power that it covers almost all of the country’s power needs. Oh, and then there’s the times when the windmills generate 140% of Denmark’s power needs. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/10/denmark-wind-windfarm-power-exceed-electricity-demand

aspiringwarriorlibrarian

Friendly reminder that oil pipelines are a scam.

blackwoolncrown

The fact that anyone can believe a limited amount of dinosaur oil is more plentiful and efficient than moving air or fucking sunlight is proof that entire populations can be completely brainwashed.

I don't feel like this world is real