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it is funny to hear that wikipedia is apparently losing site visits to AI because let me tell you wikipedia is not losing site visits from me I am all up in that bitch 24/7 I am reading her down like an enemy I am on wikipedia like white on rice

copperbadge

This may be a dumb question but as a fellow disabled Chicagoan how are you managing the heat + bad air quality? I want to wear my n95 when I go outside but when it’s so hot I feel like I can’t breathe (even though I know I can, and I’m just feeling the heat, I’ve checked with one of those little finger oxygen pulse things). Do you have any tips/tricks?

I hope it's okay to post this publicly, in case other folks have ideas and tips, because honestly the way I've been handling it is just not fuckin' going out. Which is not an option for a LOT of people, I know. Honestly if it hadn't been the hardest ticket in town to get, I would even have bailed on the Obama Center because of the air quality.

I looked this up because I was curious: N95s will filter out particulates in low quality air, where fabric ones won't always. I have been wearing a fabric mask when I do go out because I have trouble tolerating N95s and I figure "some" is better than "none" but if the heat is the issue an N95 will probably be more comfortable.

For the heat, there's all the usual stuff -- wear lightweight and light-colored clothing, a broad-brimmed hat can keep the sun off, go out before sunrise or after sunset, stick to the shade when you can. I have a little portable fan that helps -- Target has ones with a USB-rechargeable battery for around $10 -- and drugstores (and probably Amazon) often sell small battery-driven ones that have a reservoir for water so you can spray yourself with a cool mist.

In addition to carrying a water bottle you can actually drink from, you can also fill a disposable water bottle about 2/3, leave the cap off, freeze it, cap it, and take that along to press to your forehead or throat if needed.

This is an extreme solution, but handheld air conditioners do exist (sort of). I own an Evapolar CHILL, which has a carrying handle and works by blowing air across a wet filter to cool it, then blowing the cool air onto you. It's not battery powered but you can plug it into a phone power bank (or a wall socket obviously) and run it like that for an hour or two. It's not powerful enough to cool a room but it does provide a steady cool breeze on your body. Downside is it's about the size of a football, not especially lightweight when the water tank is full, the filters only last about 3-6 months, and the portable CHILL model is not cheap. I also would not trust it not to leak in a "carrying it in my backpack" situation. Buying one was worth it when I lost A/C for three weeks and needed the three square feet around my body to be cooled at all times, but a $10 portable fan will probably be just as helpful for your purposes, honestly.

Readers, feel free to chime in! Remember to do so in comments or reblogs, as I don't post asks sent in response to other asks.

whetstonefires

my pharmacy tech has this fascinating personal cooling device that's a fan you wear around your neck like a collar and it blows air against your throat.

and has something called 'snowflake mode' where it activates what must be a micro-sized compressor unit and one little spot at the back of your neck becomes ice cold, and is used to cool the air being blown onto the sides of your neck.

she took it off to let me feel how cold it was and everything.

i gather these are an emerging trend in beating the heat. idk the battery life or sturdiness, or the price point other than people working at walgreens can afford them, to compensate for walgreens being cheap about air conditioning.

bigskycastle

my new pen nibs showed up while i was in Holy Island, Wales which is fun also

anistarrose

[ID: art of Lucretia from The Adventure Zone as a young woman in her IPRE uniform, kneeling on the ground in front of several mushrooms and writing notes in her journal. Lucretia is a slim Black woman with round glasses, brown skin, and curly white hair in a bun. End ID.]

tinyuglyworld

42 years ago, on July 24, 1983, , the Black July pogrom took place in Sri Lanka, the largest anti-Tamil pogrom in the island’s history.

The island-wide violence led to the killing of 5,638 Tamils. Around 18,000 homes were burned, 5,000 shops were destroyed, and horrific atrocities were committed, including massacres, prison riots, sexual violence, assassinations, and even reports of cannibalism. Hundreds of women were raped by the Sinhalese mobs.

This atrocity was not a spontaneous outbreak of violence, but a well-orchestrated plan executed by the Sri Lankan government, with the active participation and support of sections of the Sinhalese population. Many not only took part in the violence but aided and abetted the pogrom with the clear intent of exterminating the Tamil people. The Sri Lankan government provided the mobs with transportation and voter registration forms citing the addresses of Tamil citizens.

International Commission of Jurists, a globally respected NGO, concluded that the violence during Black July “amounted to acts of genocide” under international law. “The evidence points clearly to the conclusion that the violence of the Sinhala rioters on the Tamils amounted to acts of genocide.” — International Commission of Jurists, December 1983

To this day, no justice has been delivered to the Eelam Tamils for the atrocities they endured, atrocities that continue in various forms even now.

Had the international community acted out of genuine concern for human rights rather than geopolitical interests, it could have prevented not only the 1983 pogrom but also the subsequent Tamil genocide that unfolded over the following decades, all the way up until 2009.

doomtemparts

one of my friends in a discord server was talking about how they were nervous about their first scheduled acupuncture appointment. another friend offered to do a tarot reading for them. sent this picture.

sadgrrly02

r/stalker definitely not suffering from hiatus brain

studentofetherium

okay but what does the rock look like?

sadgrrly02

studentofetherium

yeah okay, that looks like bread

deepfrieddeltarunememes

god it's hard to tell because of the lighting here, but her expression when she thanks Kris for walking her home is so loving it hurts.

I don't want to hear a single thing about how she's replacing or abandoning Kris, you look at her face and tell me she has any intention of ever doing that.

footlongdingledong

i dont care if mondays rife,tuesday qednesday full of strife, thursday fuck my baka life, its friday im in sucks

teaboot

I hate you Ozempic craze I hate you 'heroin chic' I hate you weight loss ads on public radio I hate Burn Fat Fast ads every thirty seconds I hate you I hate you I hate you

teaboot

I grew up before the term 'thigh gap' was invented I grew up before 'hip dip' was invented I was born before 'muffin top' was a thing before 'clean girl look' was a thing before 'glass skin' was a thing before razoring off peach fuzz was a thing and I'm so so so fucking tired of us inventing new concepts purely for the purpose of convincing people to hate their own bodies enough to buy products

teaboot

Last time Tuberculosis ran through the USA a small number of people got it on purpose to look skinny and waifish and delicate and used makeup to look flushed and bony and when the Victorians figured out tapeworms people would infect themselves on purpose to starve themselves smaller and women and now in the year of our lord 2026 there is a noticeable fraction of the USAmerican population genuinely thrilled about a treatment-resistant microbial parasite that makes you shit and vomit your brains out for a month because side effects include weight loss and STILL we talk about being skinny like it's the natural default setting for all healthy people as if it's a self-sustaining standard and not an imaginary goal that we are constantly constantly constantly beating ourselves with a whip to acheive

snzyyeah

i’m such a fever lover bro. like yes you’re delirious. yes you’re sweaty but you’re shivering. yeah you’re cuddling up to whoever, yeah you’re pathetic.

ashnods-transfemogrant

you need to love the bpd trans girl btw. u need to see how scared she is, how desperate she is for attention n love and reassurance, and u have to love her. you need to let her know she isnt a bother or hard to love, too. u need to let her know shes loved n ur not gonna leave her

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

see i think when a Final Girl kills a Slasher she should automatically inherit his mantle

calechipconecrimes

the sequel should reveal that the previous movie's Final Girl is the sequel's Slasher. like a curse

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

wait. make it a metaphor extended allegory for transitioning

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

going from being seen as the all american teen to being viewed as something violent and dangerous and not quite human. your very existence a threat to civilized society. the only acceptable outcome your death or imprisonment. treated like you murdered someone (the version of you that existed in other people's minds) by giving into your monstrous nature (trans). maybe do a Carrie with it and kill the transphobic bullying classmates

juunipupu

Knight under Everything

juunipupu

Now available as prints and at-home print file

eleilinnrallin

This is a reminder for those who handmake Christmas presents that now is not too early to start. It may in fact be a good time to start if you have a lot to make/your craft takes a long time. You should maybe start it now, whether that's brainstorming or actually doing the crafts!

newtsoftheworldunite

Translating this into tumblr's preferred public service announcement format for this kind of alert:

#I HAVE UNTIL OCTOBER TO FINISH MY SISTER’S BLANKET

eebie

thats how the coochie crumbles or whatever. um: wait a minute

did uou guys fucking see that..

hometoursandotherstuff

birds-in-posts

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

Red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

wolfsong-the-bloody-beast

Wildlife Jocelyn Anderson captured a one-in-a-million photo of a bird hitching a ride on a bigger bird's stick.

The article contains a link to her photography shop, btw.

mihri-the-sasscatte

Size comparison of Y’gathok, the Ceaseless Hunger and Bjorn, our level 20 Goliath Barbarian.

professorsparklepants

Hey quick question: why the FUCK do you have that

kittyopteryx

Imagine, from out of nowhere, your dm casually slapping this thing down on the table like any other encounter.

mooretimetoplay

“Yeah, the fight will start in a sec, uh…I’ll give inspiration to whomever helps me get this fucking box out of my car.”

necrowemancer

https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/7asxci/oc_ygathok_the_ceaseless_hunger_final_boss_of_our/ This is the reveal of this ridiculousness during their game