[huaenrose]

To think that Xie Lian lived for centuries without anyone to talk while collecting scrap after his last fall, just to be ignored by the other gods in the spiritual communication array whenever he tried to start a conversation after his last ascension. And then Hua Cheng finally finds him and not only answers TO him but also remembers everything is said BY him, as if every word spoken by Xie Lian was worthy of his complete attention and not a mere pause in his own speech. Was in such simple details, — like being truly heard — that a man whose existence had always been about what he could or couldn't offer others, finally felt like he existed in himself, just as if who he is was more important than the state of him for the first time.

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[volokita-kurkumut]

[potatosaresweet]

mmm women

[potatosaresweet]

the woes of employment - do i try to keep up with my coworker's whimsy and joy and energy and conversations despite my inability or do i stay my gloomy self and isolate myself while maintaining my peace

[potatosaresweet]

If you told me two years ago we'd get a half naked aventurine as a summer sp i would not have believed you but lo and behold

[sivavakkiyar]

Workers Are Dying in the Heat in India

South Asia is witnessing scorching heat waves, with temperatures in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India regularly surpassing 110 degrees Fahrenh

[starlitbeetle]

Excerpts from the article:

In South Asia, heat weaves already claim more than 200,000 lives annually. According to a recent study, as temperature rises, the death toll might exceed 400,000 by 2045. India is at high risk. The study further reveals that over 200,000 deaths are currently attributed to severe temperatures, and this figure may nearly quadruple over the next twenty years. With deaths increasing and governments lacking strategies to protect laborers from dying, vulnerable workers across South Asia are demanding their governments provide heat wave protections.

Ashok Kumar, forty-two, a migrant worker from India’s Bihar state, has been running a barber shop on a footpath with no roof in India’s national capital, New Delhi, where temperatures exceed to 46 degrees Celsius (114.8 degrees Fahrenheit). With no shaded resting area, Kumar spends nine hours a day in a scorching heat to support his family. “Where shall I go? I have to feed my family. The government cannot install air conditioning at the roadside for us. We are dying under the blazing sun. We have no options. If we stop work, our families will die hungry,” Kumar told me. [...]

While knowing risk factors, many migrant laborers are unable to do much more than cover their heads with wet towels. “We saw how the laborer Paswan collapsed and died in India’s Nuh grain market. I can’t forget. I am working in the same market and at the same temperature. Covering my head with a wet towel gives relief. But no guarantee of life,” says Narayan Kumar, forty, a migrant worker. [...]

Anamika Barua, a South Asia–based professor and an expert on climate change and water security, told me that outdoor laborers are among the worst affected, because their livelihoods depend on continuous physical work under direct exposure to extreme heat, often without adequate shade, hydration, cooling facilities, or social protection. [...] She stressed that the poorest communities are most at risk even though they contribute the least to global emissions. 

[turtlesandfrogs]

So I was scrolling and saw this image in an article about the European heat wave,

And was like, uh, are you missing something there, buddy? Like all that red in northern Africa? Because that's a lot of red.

And I was going to give them the benefit of doubt, since I don't know much about the climate in Northern Africa, aside from Morroco and Egypt, which seem like really hot places, so you know, maybe it's normal there?

But nope, that's not the case:

‘Hot Continent’ Perception Downplays Africa's Heat Wave Dangers

Africa is struggling with heat waves and many countries on the continent lack the resources rich economies have to deal with rising temperat

Some selections from the article:

"The region has been experiencing some of the most intense heat waves in recent years, but in many cases they’ve been under-reported due to misconceptions about Africans’ ability to withstand them.

“Africa is seen as a sunny and hot continent,” said Amadou Thierno Gaye, a research scientist and professor at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. “People think we are used to heat, but we are having high temperatures for a longer duration. Nobody is used to this.”

"The Sahel, for instance, has been heating at a faster pace than the global average despite being hot already. Burkina Faso and Mali, both in West Africa’s Sahel, are among countries that are set to become almost uninhabitable by 2080, if the world continues on its current trajectory, a UK university study found. Its people are especially vulnerable due to shrinking resources, such as water, and poor amenities, and a dearth of trees and parks means there are few options for places to cool off."

[potatosaresweet]

Chronic frappe hater has resorted to it in order to not Die Of Heat

[grisha11q]

He knows what he’s talking about

[yearningfailchild]

there was a Helen before there was a War, but who remembers her?

[theladydi]

i'm gonna think about this scene forever

[madsrocketship]

Reuniting with your ex who is your wife’s neglected side piece while she chases after her actual girlfriend

[wolfienation]

she was so happy to help mummy commit high treason. "i will not have any beast harmed😁" helaena dont make unnecessary journeys stay away from windows

[goldcrescent]

Daemon: Rhaenyra listen to me I saw a blond girl with dragons. A blond girl with dragons Rhaenyra. Now that may not seem at all unusual or miraculous to you or me probably because all our dragons are still alive and we have no reason to think anything is going to happen to them but would this woman who roofied me 58 times in a one week span have lied? Do you think she’d show me a tree man without cause? Do you think people are just blonde for no reason? Exactly. Now put your shoes on, we’ll avenge Jeremy

[fandomsandfeminism]

Xena is a great show, as someone who is more knowledgeable than average about classic Greco-Roman history. Not because Xena is historically accurate, but because it doesn't give a shit about historical accuracy.

One episode, Xena is hanging out with her...ex? Hercules. And the next Gabrielle is going to Bard school with *Homer*. And then Xena is talking about cesarean sections (for a half centaur-half amazon baby) and medical ethics with Hippocratus AND Galen. And then she's encouraging Brutus to murder Caesar. Next week, she's gotta beat up Ares and return the Arc of the Covenant to its rightful people.

When is this show set? The time of legends, shut up.

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