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Just screaming

95 degrees? You don’t fucking die in 95 degrees.

Yes, and I thought the same thing too, but please understand… They’re taking about wet-bulb temperature, which I had to look up.

Here’s a YouTube video that explains it too…

So from my limited understanding it would have to be really hot and humid to get a wet-bulb reading of 95°. On the National Weather Service Heat Index, at 80% humidity 95° feels like 136°

Not to panic though. We still have time but I really think it’s up to our youth to take control. Politically and environmentally. Trump just proposed to cut billions of dollars to NASA, the National Science Foundation, the Energy Department, AND the National Cancer Institute. These old rich bastards probably won’t even be alive when it goes down so they don’t care.

I live in Texas. Temperatures above 100-101°F (i.e. 38°C) aren’t uncommon in summer but our humidity is often below 40%. In 2009 I was very habituated to the heat, young, fit, and healthy, and I saw forecasts for Taipei, where I’d be traveling, were going to be not higher than 99°F (37°C).

What I did not count on was a typhoon (Morakot) keeping humidity in the 95-99% range.

I had to sit down every minute I walked, even under a cloudy sky. It’s like trying to suck air through a towel soaked in bathwater. I was pouring sweat and it wasn’t evaporating at all because the air was saturated, which is the point of wet bulb temperature readings: if there’s no evaporation, sweating doesn’t cool you. At that temperature, neither does water; everything you drink is the same temperature you are. Staying still, not exerting yourself at all, only keeps it from getting worse; it does not get better. And the environment I was in only went to body temperature and cooled off to the high eighties (30°C) at night: as long as I didn’t move I’d be fine. We also had the privilege of functional technology, iced drinks: in a brownout that’s not an option.

You should absolutely be afraid of this. We must absolutely prevent this happening. We must move now, because humans will assuredly die, are already dying, and because we aren’t the only ones on this planet with the right to live.

Wet bulb temperatures (which are basically combined humidity and temperature conditions) over body temperature can be thought of as the point where the methods mammals use to regulate body heat just Stop Working. Every motion you make, every breath, every heartbeat, every nerve impulse heats you up and there’s nowhere in your environment you can dump that heat, so you just get hotter and hotter until you reach a temperature where your organs can’t function and you die. There’s nothing you can do to survive that other than ‘get colder’. And as the article pointed out, that may not be possible when heat impacts the power grid.

THIS IS FUCKING TERRIFYING

Bad news: much of our populace and most of our leaders won’t believe this can happen until it does happen.

Worse news: even after “our leaders” believe it is happening they still won’t do anything about it as long as the billionaire class is still making money.

Hot takes that will probably get me called a bigot on this hellhole

👏🏿ALL👏GENDERS👏🏻AND👏🏼RACES👏🏽DESERVE👏🏾RESPECT👏🏿

It’s finally come back!

Equality shouldn’t be “Women have it this bad so let’s pay everyone less to even it out.” It should be “Woman earn less on average so let’s pay them the same as men.”

Equality should be reducing the overall suffering of minorities by bringing them up to the same level of social privilege as any straight white cis middle-class man.

Stereotypes are stereotypes. I’m a minority in some aspects and an ally in all others so stop telling me I’m a piece of shit when I want to help you.

And on the two I can speak on, not all men are sexist, just the juvenile and insecure ones. Not all straight people are homophobic, just the juvenile and insecure ones.

Crystal Hair Accessories from GemsAndBones

I need this!

i wanna listen to soft music while the rain falls outside and fall asleep with you in my arms

I hope you pass some cute dogs on the street today

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

^^^

Worldy Witchcraft Ideas

Take care of your mother.

🌱 Green Witch: volunteering at community gardens, planting trees, recycling garbage into pots

🐚 Sea Witch: trash pickups, guiding sea turtles, raising awareness for over fishing

☀ Solar Witch: turning off the lights during the day and letting the sun in, supporting solar energy, growing sunflowers and leaving their seeds for birds

☕ Kitchen Witch: cooking vegan/plant based meals, buying local ingredients, remembering reusable grocery bags and travel mugs

🎐 Hedge Witch: cleaning up trash in graveyards, growing plants that attract spirits, making your own candles from leftover wax and clementine caps

⚡ Strom Witch: using rainwater for plants, appreciating electricity keeping it off during the day and admiring it at night, supporting wind power

🌆 Urban Witch: guerilla gardening, walking/biking instead of driving (or carpool), supporting eco friendly buisnesses

🌙 Lunar Witch: recycling to make decor for a nocturnal garden (ft. moonflowers and silvery things), leaving out bird baths that make reflective pools at night, turning the lights off at night to let her shine

🔮 Crystal Witch: collecting your own stones & tumbling them at home, advocating against damaging mining projects

🌸 Fae Witch: starting a butterfly garden, leaving out bee rest stops, building bird houses from recyled goods

I know I’m leaving out some stuff so feel free to add on with your own ideas, tips, types, and how to’s!

~ That Witch

I love this!

The moon is beautiful reblog if you agree

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 🌻🏛💛

sometimes people don’t come back.

and sometimes that’s okay.

The Wheel Of The Year

Picture Credit: Zenned Out .com

A Quick Introduction to the 8 Pagan Holidays, or Sabbats, of the Year

Yule (December 20-23): The winter equinox and when days become shorter. People begin to make preparations for the cold months and decorate trees with many cold weather foods to symbolize the continument of life in winter.

Imbolc (Febuary 2nd): “The promise of Spring” this is a time typically when sheep would begin to lactate, meaning they were pregnant. A time of celebration for the coming spring and crops and animals would be blessed. The goddess Bridgid would be honored as she symolizes fertility.

Ostara (March 19-22): The spring equinox and a celebration of the beginning of spring! Some easter traditions come from Ostara.

Beltane (May 1st): The festival of Fire and Mayday, the halfway between spring an summer, the weather is getting warmer for most! A time to be greatful for the gifts of Spring and many celebrate on Beltane Eve with big bonfires and on my first with flower crowns and may poles. Beltane is considered by many to be a holiday where the veil between worlds is very thin.

Litha (June 19-23): The summer solstice! Days are long enough for work and play and many announce engagements during this time and many continue for a full Harvest.

Lughnasadh(August 1st): Symolizing the first harvest and the midway point between summer and autumn. When many get married and celebrate this time with breads and fruits made available by the harvest. A time for gratitude.

Mabon (September 21-24): The autumn Equinox and the holiday we are enjoying right now! A celebration of the harvest and preparations for the winter soon to come. Celebrates abundance and the good reaped from labor.

Samhain (Oct 31- Nov 1): ITS HALLOWEEN! Annnd the witches new year. One of the most important holidays where the veil between worlds is thin. A time to honor loved ones, friends, familiars, and pets who have passed on. A very powerful time where one may focus on guidance, clearance of negative energy, and the beginning of a positive new year.

These are short and simple explanations and I hope I didn’t get anything wrong! Feel free to add info or correct me on any points.