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[aboutnavi]

A few days ago there was a whole discussion online in Brazil about how climate change anxiety was “a white person problem”. This is Brazil right now, as illegal fires were set in the countryside of the state of São Paulo.

The sun is red. The sun is fucking red. The state is literally burning. The city of São Paulo has an orange sky made by the toxic fog coming from the fires. Other states in the region (the one that I live, by the way) watched as this toxic fog came to our towns. Winds, a dense cloud of pollution, the air almost ashy. It’s toxic. The government isn’t doing anything to alert or prepare the citizens, the media is hiding everything because these were intentional fires set to support the agro business in Brazil.

I’m having problems breathing prior to these fires because of how the air is so dry in Brazil, caused by the intense pollution and deforestation/logging. It all got worse since this morning, as we watched the heavy grey clouds coming to us. There is literally no information in how to deal with this, and no punishment for the criminals - hilarious, until you think most of the powerful people in the agro business are also entangled with the media/government. “The agro is pop, the agro is tech, the agro is everything”, is what we spent decades listening on the tv, and now we are ripping the consequences of this shit. Ribeirão Preto, a city in the state of São Paulo, an “agro city”, is invisible under the fog. But the agro is pop, right?

My friend is waking up in the middle of the night not being able to breathe, I have friends having anxiety attacks over the consequences of this and I can assure you, this is not the first or last time this had happened. During Bolsonaro’s government, the agro did a “fire day”, where multiple fires were set in so many places that became almost impossible to track the people responsible for it or to get the fires out. The laws passed under Bolsonaro’s, and brazilian law since… ever, has a tricky way of letting these criminals away. We need harsher punishment, and Lula re-elected himself under a “green” campaign/government, holding hands with indigenous people as he rode up the Alvorada’s Palace. The indigenous people are the only community trying to protect us from this shit and the government used them, and continue to use them, to advance their political party while doing nothing when acts like these happens.

I’m so tired of this shit. Mere months ago a whole state in Brazil was under water because of the consequences of climate change. I’m so fucking exhausted of we labbing these problems/anxiety as “white people problem”. You say this in a third world country where we are eating shit from the consequences of first world countries who developed and continue to develop themselves by burning our Earth. The country should have stopped when Rio Grande do Sul was under water and the country should have stopped days ago when the fires started to spread.

I’m so tired and I’m so sad and I have no words. I hate it here. I really, truly hate it here.

[mossy-paws]

Subspace doodles (PHIGHTING! Mermaid au)

so I was thinking more about the PHIGHTING mermaid au I’m doing and. What if subspaces’ gas- instead of being like actual gas, was polluted oil? I think that could make for a really cool trope if I ever were to redesign him for it :3!

For the design notes in specific:

When out of control, his “gas” takes the form of polluted oil, in control (as in wearing his mask and tank) it gets filtered into something akin to toxic brine (in which long exposure to can cause a lot of issues, specifically different types of shock, breathing issues, etc). Although the brine isn’t too dangerous to be around in small amounts, it can be harmful over time.

for those wondering what ACTUAL brine water (or more specifically brine pools) are, it’s pretty much a large accumulation of highly concentrated saltwater (which usually is around 10 times saltier then the ocean surrounding it) For most sea animals this brine means instant death due to the fact that is has no oxygen in it as well as the high saline levels.

(Im hyper fixating again can you tell)

[mypimpademia]

Yt ppl thinking black people are dirty for not washing our hair often (bc we literally don’t have to) will never not be odd to me because like… you don’t think it’s nastier that you HAVE to wash your hair every few days or else it gets GREASY and stringy?

[bonefall]

Question: Since the mutation that makes sphynx cats nakey (their hair is fragile and sucks) can just happen at random. How would a Clan treat a nakey cat born among them? Could they make them a coat?

I think, at first, there would be concern that it's some kind of sign. Hairlessness looks like mange, a very serious and contagious condition. This could be a terrible omen-- that mange will be brought down to us.

But it would become apparent the kitten isn't a fader, it isn't a StarClan warrior who came down to deliver the others, or a mere sign. It's pink and wrinkled, like a newborn rodent, but moves as the other kits do. Did StarClan... forget its fur?

There's another feared creature without any fur-- humans. It looks human.

I think the poor thing would have a lot of problems with the other cats its age and maybe the more superstitious members of the Clan, but a warrior of the Clan is a warrior of the Clan. Life would be harder for them, but there would still be love that exists.

They'd be capable of making them a coat, and they WOULD need it, but I can see that cat trying to go without it for fear of being made fun of. That's another thing humans do-- wear pelts all over themselves because they have no fur of their own.

Unfortunately they'd also be prone to a ton of really bad health problems. This poor guy would be in the Cleric's den a lot, and may need to retire early or focus on campbound activities.

Health problems;

Pelt is a LOT weaker; injuries from battle or even training would be a lot more severe, Cleric may recommend them not taking part in fights.

Skin becomes filthy, and needs special cleaning. There is no fur to absorb the oil that the skin naturally makes to keep the coat healthy, causing buildup.

Even with proper cleaning, the skin is super prone to rashes, lesions, and constant irritation. Wash TOO MUCH and the skin will become dry and chapped.

SUNBURN. Especially in WindClan, where the warrior might spend a lot of time on the open moor in daylight, and RiverClan, where light reflecting off the water could cause an intense burn. It would be recommended the warrior take night shifts, but this could be an issue because night is cold. (BB!Cats are crepuscular).

Additionally; such severe, uniquely-placed sunburns are something Clerics wouldn't see very often. Lack of medical experience with these sorts of injuries could prove dangerous.

Ear infections. Cats naturally have hair in their ears, which their earwax production accounts for.

Both heatstroke AND frostbite. Very bad temperature regulation leading to severe ailments. Fur helps stabilize body temperature.

So in conclusion...

Life would be very difficult for this individual. Fur isn't just full-body hair; it's almost as fundamental as a top layer of skin. This would be a serious disability for a Clan cat to have, and it may invoke the image of detested humans leading to social stigmatization.

But because they're clanborn, they are unambiguously a member of the Clan. It's likely that the Clan would make clothing for this warrior out of fur pelts, but in their struggle with internalized ableism, they might have conflicted feelings about wearing it.

The Cleric would recommend campbound activities, night shifts, and WEARING YOUR PELT, DAMN IT. They would need to take full baths every few days, not too much and not too little, plus frequent ear cleanings.

[theloveinc]

definitely one of the reasons i've slowed down a lot of my posting here is ive gotten so... insecure about all my riff ideas </3

[gutsandeverything]

the way T changes sent is absolutely fucking insane i smelled like melting plastic for weeks thankfully it isnt forever and also i dont even think other people can tell because if people thought i smelled like pure radiation i’d walk into traffic

truly puts you in the shoes of a fifteen year old call of duty enjoyer i understand why they're evil now. that and hm. i shan't say

[ebitenpura]

siegbert is currently my favorite concept bc everyone's using pictomancer as their cutesy little fun hobby for their wol and then sieg is just. out here painting a fresco of their religious trauma

[meks4011]

Random thought I had: Do the fae in the Cruel Prince know about global warming?

Because funny idea where Jude casually mentions global warming and Cardan is like “what’s that?” And she explains and it sends him into a spiral to the point he sends someone to get books about and now he’s just suffering an existential crisis.

I’ve given you all a fanfic idea

[galleryofart]

Fresh Gathered Peas

Artist: Francis Wheatley (English, 1747-1801)

Period: 1750-1850, 18th Century

Origin: England

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Description

Francis Wheatley’s Fresh Gathered Peas shows a woman unloading baskets of peas from the back of a cart. A group of women, who have bought the produce, are preparing their baskets for the journey home, whilst children watch on. The abundant baskets, the young fresh faces of the women and children, and the soft sunlight contribute to this cheerful scene of lower-class urban living. Only the man looks anything other than contented, his evident fatigue suggesting he has driven the cart a long way, resulting in the aching neck he gently rubs.

[tomorrowusa]

Texas is still suffering from power outages triggered by Hurricane Beryl which dissipated a week ago.

More than a week after Hurricane Beryl swept through Texas and left millions without power, nearly 60,000 people in the state still do not have electricity. The issue is more than an inconvenience, as many in the state have faced a deadly days-long heat wave that claimed its latest victim on Tuesday. Local news reported that a woman was found dead in her apartment after spending the last eight days in her home without electricity and air conditioning. The heat index in Houston had climbed to 110F (43F) the day her body was discovered. With the power issue lingering and more than a dozen deaths now linked to the heat, frustrations in Houston have started to boil over - particularly as the forecasts for the coming days warn of high temperatures. Armed residents living without electricity have reportedly harrassed and threatened workers from CenterPoint Energy, the local energy provider, who have been sent out to restore power. Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a statement saying that CentrePoint Energy "has lost the faith and trust of Texans". He issued a July 31 deadline for the company to respond to questions about what went wrong and what can be done to mitigate hurricane damage to the electric grid.

Climate-denying Republican Gov. Greg Abbott followed that Texas GOP tradition of leaving the state whenever climate causes a disaster leading to misery and death for residents. We remember Sen. Ted Cruz heading to Cancún when a winter storm caused the state's separate power grid to collapse.

Gov. Abbott went to Milwaukee to attend the GOP convention to brag about himself sending busloads of migrants to Chicago.

Gov. Abbott says Texas will continue busing migrants to Chicago during RNC speech

Those migrants are being sent north with taxpayer money in air conditioned buses while Abbott's Texas constituents are dropping dead from the heat.

Abbott himself was enjoying the moderate climate of the Upper Midwest where the high temperature in Milwaukee on Thursday is expected to be a refreshing 75° F/24° C. No place in southeastern Wisconsin will even make it to 80° today.

Abbott and other MAGA Republicans will be celebrating the climate policies of the Orange Dear Leader whose election would guarantee even more climate disasters for the Lone Star State.

Trump asks Big Oil for $1B in campaign cash

^^^ just sayin'

[starfire-s]

there’s this tiktoker who like washes her hair once a week but uses like insane amounts of dry shampoo and products on her hair throughout the week and then she’s like “oh no why am i balding???” like girl put down the dry shampoo and go shower and wash your hair

[miirshroom]

So Ranni's Dark Moon is a cold sorcery. Ranni appears inhabiting the form of an artificial doll. And as far as I'm concerned that goes a long way towards confirming that her ending is the true end of Elden Ring. Because it is the only available option that launches FromSoftware out of the Victorian Era that is portrayed in Bloodborne: the production of artificial cold.

The modern world would not exist without the advances in artificial cold storage that were made through the 1860's to 1910's. And at the same time significant discoveries about electricity were being made through the 1800's - altogether leading to the first commercial refrigerator for home use in 1913. Air conditioning is now ubiquitous in North America (much more than in Europe for example, which struggles with climate change driven heat waves that exceed the capacity of houses traditionally designed to promote air flow for cooling). Superconductors! Discovered in 1911 thanks to the development of refrigerants. Powerful electromagnets used in MRI/NMR machines, mass spectrometers, and particle accelerators.

The point being: the ability of humans to produce electricity and cold on demand revolutionized technology and population distributions. There is significant potential to explore these in the fantastical framework that FromSoftware has been using in previous games - similar to the medical metaphor of Bloodborne.

On the other hand, I believe that there is not a single ending to Elden Ring capable of resolving the looming threat of the Frenzy Flame - and this is intentional. We haven't figured that one out in real life either. There is no magic fix for summers so hot and dry that vast stretches of forest burn in fires on the west coast of America every year, or for oceans heated to the point that coral reefs experience catastrophic bleaching. Refrigerators do not create cold, but instead have a process for removing heat from a confined space. Many methods of electricity generation (including nuclear) are actually accomplished using steam and thus have a byproduct of heated water. It is a reality that creating artificial cold contributes to the net increase in planetary heating. It is also a catastrophic problem whenever a location reliant on electricity and cooling is suddenly cut off - such as in the case of natural disasters. These are warnings that not even the most technologically advanced places in the world are resilient enough to the increased severity of natural disasters that go along with climate change.

Overall, viewing the creation of cold as an incomprehensible source of horror in the style of H.P. Lovecraft's "Cold Air" will not help. Taking cold for granted and assuming that someone else will solve the complex problem of sustainability and regulating global thermodynamics also will not help. We could sit around and hope that some volcano erupts and fills the sky with ash worldwide to cause a period of global cooling - which would likely have only a temporary effect and also cause its own problems. As much as we can explore different methods of producing electricity, we can't ignore that a large portion of that electricity is and will continue to be allocated to refrigeration.

"As it is now, life, and souls, and order are bound tightly together, I would have them at great remove. And have the certainties of sight, emotion, faith, and touch... All become impossibilities." - Ranni

And with the real world context that the 84 of the 118 known chemical elements were discovered after the year 1800 it can be pieced together what Ranni is likely talking about in her speech. The Age of Stars is the Atomic Age - or at least the years leading up to the 1940's. You can't see or feel atoms but they exist and can be empirically quantified whether or not a person believes in them.

(And on the other hand the heyday of the movie star is positioned right in this timeframe from the 1920's to 1960's. Age of Stars - but not in the way that you might think. The stars are other people).

[ggots]

Why is every brand of beard oil like EPIC MANLY BACON OIL why can’t there be beard oil brands for fags

[cerusee]

I scored a major win on my single-target grocery shopping today, insofar as I managed to buy lots and lots of fresh basil (hadn’t found that in like, the last three stores I looked in, which is reasonable, because it’s December and I live in the northern hemisphere), which I badly needed to make pesto, because my meal plan of the week entailed way more pesto than I had in the freezer, and commercial pesto is inedible. But also it was a major fail because during the shopping phase I blithely thought to myself that all I really needed was the basil—“I have shmancey olive oil, Parmesan cheese, and walnuts at home” I assured myself—and accordingly did not shop for Really Nice Olive Oil And Parmesan Cheese. Which, dear readers, I did not have enough of, on either front. As I discovered! Of course! once I was home and midway into cooking.

[spooky-kakashi]

they really do be trying

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

forever obsessed with this phd program at the university of jaén

(Phd in Olive Oils)