The United Auto Workers are also negotiating new contracts with the big three US car manufacturers and have announced that they're prepared to strike if they can't get a fair deal.
Our Japanese class found it funny that in common terminology "food" isn't very distinguished from specifically "rice" until it was pointed out to us that in English "meal" is "loose roughly ground grain"
humans be like staple crop
staple crop to what
ublock-origin
directly to forehead
Marla Grayson : You know how many times I’ve been threatened by a man? Thousands. You know how many of them ever came to anything? Two. He made threats because threats are all he had left. You can’t convince a woman to do what you want, then you call her a bitch, and threaten to kill her. I’m not scared of him.
ah, yes, the BGDCCU (Be Gay Do Crime Cinematic Universe)
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.
On day that's gonna be 40+ degrees, I'll go to the beach --- but ONLY before 10 am or after 4 pm. Never in between those times.
And by 10 am and 4 pm, i mean that 10 am is the latest you should be out in the sun, and 4 pm is the earliest you should be out there, and even that is pushing it. Frankly, I would aim for 7-8 at both ends of the day.
And I don't linger, either. I'll go down in the morning with the dogs, and all 3 of us go into the water (and yes, you should put your head under -- you have no idea how much heat gets trapped in your hair), soak for long enough that our overall body temp has been brought down, and then get out and go home. We'll all go back in the evening and do the same. Use the beach to bring your temperature down at the start and end of the day; don't use it as a place to hang out all day. Not in that weather.
(Obviously this works best for people who are within reach of a large body of water. If you're not close to large water bodies, then for the love of God, save your daytrip to the beach for a day that the weather is less than 35° at MINIMUM. Do not even THINK about doing a day trip to the beach on 40+ days.)
And if you DO have to be outside between 10 and 4 pm (anywhere, not just at the beach) then DO NOT RELY ON ONLY SUNSCREEN. SEEK SHADE TOO. Yes, wear sunscreen, absolutely. But that's not enough. Not in that kind of weather.
Find some shade (a tree or a building or whatever) or make your own shade (I bring an umbrella with me everywhere in summer, because umbrellas protect you from the sun just as much as from the rain) or wear your own shade (a hat or long-sleeved, loose cotton clothes).
Sunscreen protects you from burning, but it doesn't protect you from overheating or from dehydration or from heatstroke. Only putting a physical barrier between you and the sun will help prevent that. So seek shade. Wear hats. Use an umbrella. KEEP YOUR FLUIDS UP. Do NOT drink alcohol. That will dehydrate you even further.
It's fucking insane that Brits are having to deal with temperatures such as these, and a lot of people are going to underestimate the severity of over-40s weather. Don't be one of them. On those days, act as though you're a vampire who will burn if the sun touches your skin. Stay the fuck away from it.
Anonymous asked:
previous anon. fat people aren't real, stop lying to yourself that it's "cute" or "fun". you have a fetish. how can you live with yourself?
NOT REAL????????? NOT REAL??? THATS THE WORDS YOURE GONNA USE???? homeboy my BOSS is fat like five of my best friends in the world are fat my grandpa is fat wtf are you talking about "not real"
My overweight ass reading anon's ask:
I always knew something was fucked up with that artificial sugar shit. Never liked it, I was genuinely confounded by the number of people who claimed it tasted identical.
White moms are going to go apeshit
NO.
this is about the IARC not the FDA. the IARC (international agency for research on cancer) is part of the WHO (world health organization) and not a food safety agency. they classify "agents" (chemical, physical, or biological entities or exposure circumstances) based on how likely they are to cause cancer:
Group 1: Carcinogenic to humans (126 agents)
Group 2A: Probably carcinogenic to humans (94 agents)
Group 2B: Possibly carcinogenic to humans (322 agents)
Group 3: Not classifiable as to its carcinogenicity to humans
this new classification of aspartame as 2B "possibly carcinogenic to humans" is the result of a review of available studies, and mostly intended to encourage additional research. it is not aimed at consumers/the public and it does not take dosage or frequency into account.
for context: apart from aspartame, group 2B includes things like "aloe vera, whole leaf extract", "carpentry", "magnetic fields", and "traditional asian pickled vegetables"
"occupation as a hairdresser or barber", "very hot beverages at above 65°C" (149°F), and "consumption of red meat" are all classified as 2A
and Group 1 includes "alcoholic beverages", "epstein-barr virus", "salted fish", "processed meat", and being a painter.
anyway. this is fearmongering and disinformation. stop using memes for news and dont reblog "news" posts without sources.
original reuters report:
where is that net zero information quote
jon bernthal throwing forks at bob odenkirk is a cinematic experience. this whole episode is.
This is the dream, tho?
I'm putting the term "red flag" on the shelf with the other words
I’d call that a green flag honestly
yeah well he had me in the second half too
oh this was absolutely the wrong blog
