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steve harrington: six kids, no bitches

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Over a 1000 people have already died in Europe’s heatwave and the worst day is just starting, so now might be a good time to mention that the politics of who suffers from a heat wave is highly intersectional. We’ve already talked about how global warming hits the poorest parts of the world the hardest.Right now I want to talk more about the local politics of heat.

Poor people can’t afford air conditioning. Cheaper houses have less insulation. Cities contain more heat and poorer neighborhoods have less grass and trees, which absorb heat. Playgrounds in poorer neighborhoods are more likely to be composed of low-maintenance materials like concrete, rubber tiles, and sand. All of which make these places hotter. And when heat becomes deadly, poorer neighborhoods often have access to fewer and slower emergency response services.

Meanwhile, people in poorer neighborhoods are often criminalized for using the escapes available to them, like sitting in public fountains and swimming in city canals, and filling a kiddie pool with water on the sidewalk in front of their houses. During the last heat wave in the Netherlands, desperate neighbors in overheating city blocks opened fire hydrants to give their children some much needed relief from the heat. The result? A police crackdown on poor people.

And of course everywhere people of color, immigrants and other marginalized people are more likely to live in these conditions than white people and to suffer more criminalization.

And then there’s work. Who is more likely to work a physically demanding job? Who is more likely to work outside? Who can afford to take their lunch break in an air conditioned restaurant and who must do so on the side walk? You guessed it.

Finally: if you want to put advice under this post about how to stay cool, I understand. But be aware that putting individualist responses like that under a post about a systematic problem can be very jarring. This will not be the last heat wave and they will get worse. Wet towels and cooling pads alone will not save us. We need to understand that surviving heat (and cold, and floods, etc) is political and it requires a collective political answer.

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MAYA HAWKE

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (June 28th, 2022)

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This Rat Has Been Trained to Paint With Its Feet and It’s Surprisingly Adorable

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May the 10 of Pentacles bless your account with more money than you can spend. 💵✨

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Me in 2003: -in love with orlando bloom-

Me in 2019: -still in love with orlando bloom-

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“When you’re backup goalie but you’re just happy to be on the team”

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a show like drunk history but it’s called drunk special interests and the guest infodumps about their special interest instead of talking about a history topic

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Girls will say they busy and be in their bed relaxin or sleep

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I think it is brave and also very sexy of me to continue living

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To be frank, I truly believe corporations should pay for their employees public transportation if that’s an option in the area. 

If it is not an option I believe corporations should be forced to pay the gas bill for their workers commute.

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Trans people be like ‘‘i love being transgender & i love my trans body’’ which is so epic. Keep it up.

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Despite all the bad things CGI has done for us this year, (Lion King, Sonic, Cats) we must remember the good

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This jumping, wall climbing sheep is freaking Otis out.