Thhis reminds me of the time in high school my friends and I were writing a song for math class and I coughed during the recording and my friend sampled the sound and used it to create a beat during the breakdown

I need UK journalists to not show 43 degrees is not beach weather like people are gonna die

Americans do not interact

Im Australian, and 43C is NOT beach weather. That is VERY hot, even for us, but for the UK its apocalyptic. At 43C you should not even be going outside if you can help it, treating it like beach weather is a one way ticket to heatstroke.

I agree with not going outside for long periods of time but you will have to plan something to reduce the heat within your households. Especially if your house is designed to retain heat

Fans pointed at open windows will pull out hot air and allow it to circulate - don't put them IN the window, leave some room by the side for extra air to get drawn in.

If you can't afford cold packs (and if you can, stock up on some NOW), get some ziplock bags and freeze them, with wet washcloths or ripped up towel inside. You want them to be ready in the freezer when you need them. Wrap them in a tea towel and put them on your wrists and ankles.

A big bowl of ice water in front of a fan will blow cold air into the room and make a massive difference. Again, if you don't have ice cube trays get some and freeze them *now*, don't wait until you're already in trouble (although I am melting at quarter past nine but my thermoregulation is bollocks so I don't know if that's the heat or just the me). If you can't afford to get any, clean out empty yoghurt pots or Tupperware or whatever you have that can hold water. Even if you end up with a giant ice cube from a lunchbox, it'll help.

Even just opening two windows at a crack will allow some air circulation - I sometimes prop open my bedroom door and leave the bathroom door open, both windows are locked at a crack because of the cats but it creates a nice little line of wind along the landing.

If you're someone who needs something on them to sleep, take your duvet out of the cover and just use the cover.

Remember that water acts as a lens - you do NOT want to wear a wet t shirt in the burning sun. I did this when I was 8 and if I tan on my back you can still see the scars.

Read the instructions for sunscreen carefully, and use the highest spf you can find. Reapply as per the instructions. If you get burned, Malibu do an amazing aloe-based spray on after sun, I got mine from Savers for 3 quid and it lasts ages. I keep it and any other after sun in the fridge, which means it's incredibly lovely to put on. Aloe is magic for burns so definitely gravitate towards that if you can. My son got badly burned (he's ginger, he went to an outdoor pool and they forgot to give him sunscreen) and he's had 2 helpings of it and you wouldn't believe how much better he is (he couldn't even really wear a shirt).

Make sure your pets have plenty of fresh cold water to drink, and if they usually have dry food consider giving them some wet food for one of their meals (cats are notoriously not always great drinkers but wet food will get them some liquid). Keep the curtains and/or blinds closed in south-facing rooms. I have blackout curtains in the front room and the front bedroom (my son's) and they make a MASSIVE difference to the heat. Make sure pets have access to these cooler spaces if you can create them.

Keep oven/hob use to a minimum if you can. I like making a massive pot of something that can be reheated in the microwave if necessary - the oven especially adds a lot of heat. Or get some wraps and ham and cheese and eat those.

Cordial or fruit juice can be better than water if you're sweating a lot. Cordial is cheap as chips. Salty snacks are also good.

Go to Iceland and buy a billion lolly ices. It's especially a good way to make sure kids stay hydrated.

I realize op asked for Americans not to interact, and whether or not they're being cheeky, I feel obligated to reblog this to save lives.

That temperature is absolutely murder, even moreso with humidity.

Please, be safe and stay hydrated!

For reference, 43 degrees celsius is roughly equivalent to 109.4 degrees fahrenheit. That’s bad.

This is nearly DOUBLE the typical average temperature of the UK. I don't care if you grew up in Satan's asshole, if you woke up one day and it was twice as hot as it usually is, you're gonna have a bad fucking time. The infrastructure is not built for 40+ degrees, and with the government doing... The thing it's doing, I doubt they're gonna even bother to help people, so people need to see things like this post to be able to help each other instead.

Heads up UK folks, we're looking at hitting 40°C again in about two weeks. Now's a great time to prepare however you can, figure out what you can do to make things more bearable

Putting a wet tea towel in the freezer for 20 minutes (in a freezer bag so it didn't stick to anything) then tying it to my wrists/ankles helped a lot last year, so I'll share this post in the run up in case it helps anyone else

Keep an eye out for people struggling, including yourself

American here, apologies for interacting on a post that OP specifically requested not to but it gets to 110+ F here in L.A. and actually going to the beach is a really good option as long as you bring your beach umbrellas, sun hats, and sunscreen because temps tend to be cooler near water and you can swim to cool off even more, I feel like this is an especially good option for people who don’t have air conditioning (which I know is pretty common in the UK and Europe)

Also, make sure you are getting lots of fluids (not just water but things with electrolytes too) because dehydration is one of the big killers in bad heat waves

A balance test

If James Veitch had a cat

apparently, I joined this tumblr place at 03/30/2009 9:41:12 PM.

if anyone wants to see when they signed up for tumblr, visit the above post. it displays your registration timestamp when you view the post itself, but when you reblog it, it’ll copy that timestamp.

that blog is a little bit of chaotic tumblr magic i built for april fools a long time ago.

i consider this a sort of spell circle tbh

How the fuck? Also, setting up a tumblr account at almost 3 AM on a Monday sounds exactly like something college me would do

A dad joke and a haïku? What a treat.

This is the kind of chaotic dad energy I strive to have when I have kids

The most beautiful footage of strangers dancing in public… https://twitter.com/Thorayaaa/status/1660180658646568967

its like a real life version of that children’s song with the magic bridge that you had to dance across

Highlights: --all the old people --one dude who starts doing the Cotton-Eye Joe and has the steps on lock --quinceañera girl with a dress bigger than the circle --lots of kids but particularly the dude who's doing the helicopter with his little girl --an entire section of Millennials doing dance moves I recognize, oh the nostalgia

My favorite parts (besides all the old people jamming) are the dog who got just a little too excited and knocked over the coffee and then immediately apologized and the sapphic couples

hes waiting by the microwave

WHYS THERE A METAL CUP IN THE MICROWAVE

NOOO LITTLE CAT DONT PUT METAL IN THE MICROWAVE

gay cats🐈

Omg gay cats

@brittikitty on insta

I love everything about this but especially the unbridled joy of this child

Everyone on Tumblr talks about not driving so I'm curious

What I've learned from this already is that people widely expect ADHD to make driving way too dangerous and in fact my ADHD means mentally I am coming up with ideas for my webcomic, reliving scenes from cartoon shows or planning step by step what kind of sandwich I would like to make at all hours yet I've driven almost daily since 2001 and I've never been at fault in a collision of any sort so I'm either lucky or I just have rare road safe instincts and reflexes or something

What do people do who don't drive but also don't live where there's public transport? :(

I didn’t get my license until college because I went to a college prep high school and was exhausted all the time and was anxious about my then undiagnosed ADHD making driving dangerous but later I realized that I am so naturally drawn to looking at movement (thank you ADHD) that I am in tune with the slightest change from neighboring cars, like I will be fully in my own little world and then the car in front of me starts to slow down the slightest bit, my brain immediately realizes “Car in front of me is getting closer” and makes my foot pull of the gas petal before I have even had time to come out of my thoughts and process that cars are slowing down, my ADHD has saved my bacon so many times

we were talking about cats in the vc today

The duality of cat

High on cat nip

(via)

Is that cat polydactyl?

it's time to introduce tumblr to rind 🍉

10/10 Very friend-shaped

Tumblr Code.

This is an absolute tumblr relic. I feel like an archaeologist right now. This is incredible that this is on my dash.

date of origin: 2nd of july, 2012.

Bro what it’s the second of July 2020. Happy 8th anniversary of this classic tumblr post!!!!

Happy 11th anniversary!

Have you guys seen Muppet Babies Camilla yet. I really think you guys should see Muppet Babies Camilla

CHORB

everyone tag your newly discovered genders

My gender is definitely “unexpected item in bagging area”

She's an artist.

The art in question... In case anyone was interested...

Thanks everyone for supporting an aspiring artist! Her work is on the fridge where she can look at it whenever she wants.

Here you can see the abstract form of a human casting a fishing line into a body of water, the artists’ mastery of abstract suggestion is truly amazing!

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As Eid Al Adha is falling on the last few days of Pride Month this year, Eid Mubarak to all the lgbtq+ Muslims.

Remember that your queerness and diversity is a miracle from Allah SWT and that you were created perfect.

Whether you are celebrating alone, celebrating with family, celebrating with friends, or not celebrating at all, I hope this Eid Al Adha finds you all safe and at peace inshallah.

🐑 ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 🐑

GOOD NEWS to everyone in my notes who keeps worrying about missing Eid and being too late. Eid al Adha is 4 days long! From June 28th until July 1st! It's still Eid 💖

Big fella’s new raincoat

This baby is so happy to have a new raincoat! 🥺

sitted

patted

(Crossposted from Twitter, 2020 DEC 22)

Kobold Heritage Post

The little tail waggle is so cute! X3