#get an air filter

[thatferrybroad]

BECAUSE THE DUST IS YOU!! YOU KEEP LEAVING YOURSELF EVERYWHERE!!!

[foundfootageromcom]

Idk who needs to hear this but an N95 is not sufficient PPE for the particulate matter produced by a large chemical plant burning down in one's immediate vicinity & it's irresponsible to suggest folks simply "mask up" in their preexisting covid PPE to protect themselves w/out any additional caveats. To my knowledge nothing short of those respirators w the face shields & P100 cartridges will cut it in the face of chlorine gas like we're seeing in ATL rn — I understand most folks in harms way won't have those things on hand may wear their N95s anyway in hopes that "something is better than nothing" but I think those ppl deserve to know that chlorine gas WILL 100% pass directly through an N95 (or equivalent) & they are not "safer" wearing one, period. It's true an N95 may aid in filtering other unknown particulates during a chemical fire however conflating that potential protection w protection from chlorine gas specifically is, again, irresponsible public health messaging. That being said even w a proper respirator protecting your eyes & airways u can still be exposed through your skin!!!! Staying indoors w windows closed & ventilation systems OFF is the only real protection for those in harms way rn & I hope that info is getting thru to those who need it. There is no cure for chlorine exposure. Do not rely on your N95.

[basilone]

[saltywinteradult]

the way i just happened to be without access to wifi or a computer the one week where rhaenyra FINALLY kissed a woman, why is life so HARD

[sleepy-writes-stuff]

DP X DC WRITING PROMPT #16

(Here's a short prompt! I didn't really think about it any further than what's written here, but it was hilarious and I immediately had to write it down before I forgot.)

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Punchlines Aren't Supposed to Hurt!

Vlad decides to give Danny a taste of what it feels like to be treated like an actual villain during one of their fights that somehow wound up in the middle of Gotham. He shoves Phantom into the Joker and traps him in the Clown Prince by locking a Spectre Deflector around the Joker's waist and destroying the key. He wishes Danny luck and then disappears. The Batfam arrive on the scene, spot Joker--now piloted by a very freaked out Danny--and start attacking him with extreme force.

Turns out the Joker had set up bombs all around the city near hospitals, homeless shelters, and police departments, etc. So Danny's trying to dodge as many attacks as he can while trying to reason with the Batfam, telling them he wasn't actually the Joker, and very much having a panic attack the whole time.

Do the Batfam believe him? Or do they capture him and lock him up in Arkham to live out the rest of the Joker's sentence?

In either direction, Danny discovers something. The Joker absolutely reeks of expired ectoplasm and is completely contaminated with it. So what does he do? He allows his core to naturally filter it out of the man. What'll happen to the Joker if Danny gets out of this stressful situation? Who knows?

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Thought this might be either a really funny or angsty one-shot fic depending on which way someone wanted to take it.

[bearotonin-international]

Hello team, there's a lot of smoke from wildfires in my area right now and it sucks. I could really do with some silly baby bears in my life today ❤

we're sorry to hear that friend. stay indoors, wear a mask, and do your best to stay safe (psst. here's a DIY air filtration system you can make on the fly) we hope you and everyone else in your area and in the wildfires path & smoke path stay safe and we hope this ridiculously silly babies can help make things a little more bearable 💙

[andmaybegayer]

I was doing some soldering at my desk and the particulates meter was reading like 25 which is a little high so I thought "I should air this place out" and when I opened a window the particulates rocketed up to 40 in under a minute. Right. Forgot about. The road and the cars.

[witheredgardenparty]

I will never forgive a single one of you

[7183-war]

[UNTITLED #020]: How Our Team Learned to Never (EVER) Use Pneumatics

I guess the first thing we should've asked ourselves was if using pneumatics was necessary.

The year is 2022. A classroom is filled with nothing but a pneumatics kit (of questionable origin) and a dream. And ~45 students. They also had dreams. Also.

I remember when we started our air-pressure-gauge-reading-journey. The world was infused with the acoustic ambiance of a workshop with power. Now, I am an author who speaks (somewhat) for the team, but, if I were an author that spoke for myself, I might say something about how, while I personally didn't have much to do, I was fascinated just watching them work.

The design for the robot, a claw that would be pushed forth with a pneumatic piston, was almost entirely created by a few of the older students, which sucks because upperclassmen are always busy and they didn't have much help (quick parenthetical of appreciation for those that contributed that year). To be frank, no one really knew what they were doing.

A week or two until comp and our robot was but undone. The workshop was emptier in those days. Our main electrical guy had spent a few minutes making an entire table from scratch wood for some reason (to work on or practice driving with or something; my memory eludes me). Suddenly, we had something resembling a bot. I helped with bumpers.

Were we cramming? No, we were living

And to ourselves, we had to be forgiving

We had no choice

But to rely on a few senior boys

And hope they got the bot moving

Anyway, so we're at comp and we're having all sorts of issues. There are leaks and we have trouble getting past inspection, but if I remember correctly the piston might have worked once or twice. A super nice guy from another team spends like the whole day with us trying to get it working, which really showcased coopertition. Everyone in our few feet of pit is stressed and our president ran to best buy to get us a brand new light-up xbox controller. Eventually, we were able to compete. Our mechanism still wasn't great, so we slapped a dumbbell on the robot and played defense.

We didn't win, but we adapted, and the whole experience only made going to playoffs a year later that much sweeter. Also, we at least got to experiment with pneumatics. But pneumatics is hard guys. And also that game kinda sucked.

We learned a lesson that day. Air likes to be as free as a bird. We were not airbenders. We were but FRC lovers.

In all honestly, though, that year was probably an essential step in the progression of our team. What we lacked in time-management we made up for (further hindered) with ambition. Additionally, we really became comfortable stepping outside our comfort zone (you won't have trouble straying from the tried and true if all is tried and nothing is true). We used a somewhat original design, and I think at least a few students were invested in the outcome. And it was a good time.

[quaranmine]

Well, it seems to me that the combination of me typing IWGttEoB and the wildfire smoke going over my house had finally affected my dreams because I just woke up from a dream where Mumbo is the fire watch lookout and Gem was the Thorofare Lookout. Yes poor Mumbo was a pathetic wet cat in my dream while Gem is teasingly telling Mumbo to 'get it together over the radio-

LOL! That would be an interesting AU of the story, honestly. I think their dynamic would be a lot of fun and Gem would make a good candidate for a fire lookout. Mumbo? Wellllllll....that's why Gem is teasing him in your dream

I quite often dream about fandom things and fanfiction, I think. Do I remember any of these enough to tell you about them? Sadly not

[dye-it-rouge-et-noir]

"Here begins our tale. The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide."

Oh man I love that dichotomy and how it weaves eras into a single sentence

[stonerzelda]

ik im a stoner and i love abusing substances as much as the next guy but i dont think watching people record themselves blowing smoke trying to be sexy will ever be anything but hilarious to me lmao. I am sorry. But there is no way to do that without looking like an idiot Especially when you're trying so hard to not choke. Embrace the ungrace of it

[murderboisblog]

https://www.tumblr.com/dread0narrival/760289113931956224

Me thinking of Mr Mask. I want him in a jar, stat 👁️👁️

Alright, but don’t expect him to do much. And don’t shake him too hard, he’s sturdy but not indestructible

[shima-draws]

Is it just me or has this summer been. Absolutely awful regarding allergy season

[captain-habit]

I am... too sick and too tired to make a full post to pin, but I can drop my paypal link if anyone wants it.

What's the worst part (or one of them) is being in this house, with how bad the mold has gotten, and having to deal with the nonsense of basically being a caretaker, has left me both too sick and tired to work much on my freelance things at all, let alone properly take care of myself.

I am trying so hard to figure shit out but the longer I stay here, the worse my health gets, and I'm not sure what else to do. Just keep trying and trying and trying..

[birdmenmanga]

vege guy is so funny though. when we went to the capital to stay at his mom's place he was like "it's like. it's like a nice place. like. maybe. a little bit... bourgeois... ummm (staring at me with big wet eyes) are you going 2 break up with me..."