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i need everyone on letterboxd liking this to know that i was being serious and this was my setup

#man even out of this context i think looking at that photo of jacob anderson would set anyone right

just saw the Hadestown proshot in theaters, and it's the first time I've ever seen it or listened to it. god i've been missing out. i figured it would be more my speed than most musicals given what i did know, but uuughughuguhg

in what feels like a classic me move, i just got my first new phone in over 9 years halfway through what might have been a first date

#it's not like i do it a LOT but this is at least the third time that #someone i might've been on a date with helped me with a sudden crisis #(one took me to an urgentcare and one helped me change a VERY stubborn tire)#(this time i got water inside my phone earlier in the day and it went from dubiously working to an actual blue screen of death)#(after i got a new phone we went and got pizza)

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great

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this looks helpful at least

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another good source i would recommend following is Matthew Cortland, who is a public health/disability/law professional who does excellent writeups:

Cyclospora infection is often asymptomatic, but when symptoms occur, illness is characterized by anorexia, nausea, flatulence, fatigue, abdo

nb. I got into this outbreak in detail, even though I was having surgery, because I need to know what is safe for me to eat as someone who

#i haven't been looking into all the facts as much as i should and read all these resources right after eating raw berries....#of course from one of the places on that cheat sheet though i'm unable to fact check it #literally dk how to find that information

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taught my little brother to replace "im gonna kill myself" with "im killing a hostage" and it was a success #oldestsiblingwisdom

#i think this is the first replacement that i like

this week a millennial woman told me she bought a bound copy of a harry potter fanfiction on etsy. later that same day she bought from me some used HP merchandise someone had donated to our used section. what do i do with that....

#if she weren't a customer i might just go investigative journalist #like. a) are you aware of the transphobic hate group leader thing b) have you a 30-something tried reading another book #c) are you aware selling bound fanfiction is illegal. (not sure if buying it is illegal?)#d) i have beef with her choice of fic as well. next Q is WHY that one? it's gross (it's very famous so i know a bit about it)

just now realizing that me becoming an instagram manager by default and not because i have skill or experience, and using poorly designed images screenshotted from the free version of canva, instead of being actually good at the job, is perhaps a feature and not a bug in the mid-2020s.

my workplace is publicly against the use of gen AI, and it comes across effortlessly in the weird, slightly bad images on our social media

#keep seeing people complain about people making AI posters lately

one thing from the scifi show Travellers that has surprisingly stuck with me for a long, long time is the way all the travellers look at the sun/the sky. time travellers from a future where the outside world isn't livable, in the bodies of early 21st century people. they're soldiers trained to stay laser focused on their task, no matter what is around them, but the show always gets in a shot of them looking up at the sky with that subtle look on their face

i've been, not entirely on purpose, dealing with climate change anxiety by remembering i'm still in the part of time where i can mostly enjoy being outdoors. when i'm enjoying something outside and my brain reminds me it's all getting worse, and it's worse than when i was a kid, the part of my brain that watched Travellers pretends i'm from the future where it already got all the way worse and i can appreciate what i've got for now

#travellers is so so far from the only scifi property to have this theme #but for some reason the way they portray the future peoples yearning for the natural world sticks with me

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amateurish first effort

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image description: a photograph of a black shirt with white text in all caps on it that reads, "Rosencrantz is dead and Guildenstern is dead and me I also feel not so good". / end description

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Fish-shaped interlocking paving stones.

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Windcatchers are fascinating.

Also called wind towers and wind scoops, windcatchers have been used in North Africa and the Middle East for thousands of years to provide natural ventilation & passive cooling. They fell out of popularity after the introduction of HVAC systems, but are now experiencing a revival because they’re so practical and cost-effective. Here’s how they work:

Not only are they an engineering masterpiece–they’re gorgeous

Windcatchers rely on local weather instead of the electric grid, making them affordable, reliable, and eco-friendly. they’re a terrific example of how vernacular and traditional architecture is often more suited to its environment–and more livable–than modern polite architecture.

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Windcatcher Facts™

The wooden rods protruding from the sides serve a variety of purposes. They stabilize and strengthen the structure, serve as scaffolding [1], and can be used to mount cloth and re-direct airflow [2].

Windcatchers vary greatly in design, and are tailored to individual building sites. The location’s airflow direction will determine the windcatcher’s shape, and the number and direction of its openings. (Windcatchers can be uni-directional, bi-directional, or multi-directional [3].)

The way the air flows through a wind tower is determined both by local conditions and by its cross-section design. Internal walls divide the tower in order to influence the way air passes through the building (see diagram)

Windcatchers can be much smaller than the examples shown above! More modest structures like the one below can provide affordable ventilation to smaller buildings.

Windcatchers can also be used to provide subterranean cooling, by ventilating underground structures, or evaporative cooling when used in conjunction with qanats (underground water chanels) or indoor bodies of water.

Due to the high cost and heavy CO2 emissions of electric air conditioning, windcatchers are receiving renewed interest. Specifically, architects are researching ways that windcatcher technology can be improved and adapted to modern times [4]. Long-standing issues with traditional wind towers include performance problems such as air short circuiting, and practical issues such as the ingress of dust, insects and small animals. New concept designs are emerging all the time, and some have already been built, and are being used in cities and universities throughout the Middle East.