#safety advice

[dessathealien]

Heya, tagging a few fandoms in this as a PSA safety because this is like... the third time i received these messages in less than a month and I noticed these people had reblogs of these recently:

IF YOU RECEIVE A DM OR COMMENT SAYING SOMEONE MADE AN ACCIDENTAL REPORT ON YOU TO TUMBLR WHILE TRYING TO REPORT SOMEONE ELSE, THAT'S A SCAM. DON'T CLICK ANYTHING, DON'T GO TO DISCORD OR ANYTHING. THEY WILL STEAL YOUR ACCOUNT IF YOU CLICK ANYTHING AND USE IT TO PULL THE SCAM ON OTHER PEOPLE. Just ignore and pray the real owner of the account manage to get it back.

[madamepestilence]

This pride month, make your queer ancestors proud and turn it back into a protest. Don't let corporations dominate pride. Protest for a Free Palestine.

Protest for the queer Russians who've had their rights stripped. Protest for a free Sudan. Protest for a multi-polar world not dependent on the US. Protest for Southern hemisphere autonomy.

Protest for a free Ukraine. Protest to reverse restrictions on trans Americans and Europeans that have taken place in the past few years.

Protest to get rid of fascism and corporate lobbying in governments. Protest for economic and government reform to the left.

Stay in groups. If you see a police kettle, turn around. If police confront you, SHUT THE FUCK UP - IF NOBODY TALKS, EVERYONE WALKS.

If you are a responsible gun owner and live in a place with concealed- or open-carry laws, keep your gun on your person (may you not need them). You are less likely to be assaulted if visibly armed.

Don't bring your phone, they may disable it and will use it to track you back to your home. Don't wear contacts, they'll trap in tear gas. You can find gas masks at Army-Navy stores.

Saline solution (lightly salted water) will burn like a motherfucker, but is much safe at clearing tear gas from your eyes than regular water or milk and prevents infection.

[timkontheunsure]

Beat the heat for cheep

List of things me, my carer and friends are doing to survive the record braking high temperatures this year. When all the building are built to collect and retain heat.

We're getting more warning of extreme risk to life.

obvious but drink more.

wait till 12-2am open all doors windows to store up as much cold before drawn as possible.

if you have high up transoms window open them, and then a lower window on the outside side if you can, to make cross breeze.

close all windows after sunrise

Blackout curtains stay closed all day

covering the outside of the glass of windows in foil (like the stuff for behind radiators) be careful not to dazzle main road traffic

if you can't use the foil, block the light and heat from coming in windows with something like straw beach mats instead

Water the pavement put your front door early morning and night to get evaporative cooling, when you have door open. This makes a small breeze and reduces how hot it gets quickly. (I'm using the used washing up water).

Wash a sheet or large towel hang it infront of a fan.

ice in a wide flat bowl in front of a fan

Mop the floors leave it wet, evaporation will cool things down alot

put your feet in bowl of cold water.

Put ice packs on pulse points (feet, neck, chest and wrists)

use large flat ice packs wrapped in a cloth for pets to flop next to. Remember to wet down there ears and necks. And put ice in their water bowl.

(bunny flopped on her large ice patch 🙂)

[idroolinmysleep]

What to do in a crowd crush.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises those stuck in a crowd crush to keep their hands in front of their chest “like a boxer” and to maintain firm footing. The agency also said not to resist the force of the crowd, but instead try to move diagonally to the edge of the crowd when there is a lull in movement. If you fall down, the C.D.C. advises to curl into a ball to try to protect yourself.

[ckbookish]

APPLE AIRTAG SAFTEY

Hey friends, I don't know if you have heard about these new apple tag things. But as a person who works in the field of human trafficking and organized crime. I want to give you heads up. If you are an apple product user and get a notification that one of these tags has been around you for a while, DO NOT GO HOME.

You call 911 (or what ever emergency number is your local one), and head to a very public place or a police station. Follow the advice of the emergency operator. (if you are not an apple user you can download an app to scan for these things, but it will not actively search for them) Apple Tags will start beeping after 24 hours of being away from their 'home' device. Apple may update this to a shorter time frame. They are aware of the problem.

But this isn't about that. I want you to know what to do if you do get the notification as an apple user.

DON'T waste time trying to find it until you are in a safe location. This is an extreme situation and is not something that is very likely to happen. BUT it is good to know. One of my mother's friends had this happen to her, and my mom had no idea what to tell her at the time or what to do herself if it had happened to her. I don't say this to make people paranoid or feel unsafe. I want to have you be prepared should a very very unlikely thing happen.

First thing you do if you get a notification saying an apple tag has been with you for a while is call the police. Tell them what is going on. Ask them if an officer is near you and can come to you. Ask them if it is safe to wait for an officer to get to you, or if you need to move towards a police station. (this will depend on if you are on foot or in a car)

If you are in a public place like a coffee shop, a school, a mall, a store, Walk up to the staff and tell them what is happening. Ask them if you can wait for the police to come help you in a staff room or a safe place (this is a thing in the US, not sure about globally but odds are they will accommodate you).

If you are in a car drive to the nearest police station and follow the emergency operator's instructions.

DO NOT GO HOME

DO NOT TRY AND FIND THE TAG UNTIL SAFE.

[countryofthecanyons]

Bear Divide, though lacking in bears, does have sunsets. If you suddenly come upon a sunset, do not panic. Instead, stay calm, stand tall, raise your arms above your head, scream and shout. The sunset will eventually stand down and drop down below the horizon. You may then proceed on your way.

[richhammond-fan]

So I assume @thegrandtour are hiring me as safety advisor 😂