hi guys! discord is doing a survey on how people would like ai to be integrated into discord. take it and say fuck no to every question. when you get to “in general, how do you feel about discord inegrating ai features?”, respond that you would actively get everyone you know off of discord and wouldn’t pay for nitro or other shop items if they added ai features.
watch out for the trap! there’s ONE QUESTION where the last option *isn’t* the max ‘no AI’ option, read each part carefully to be sure
COLD WEATHER TIPS FROM SOMEONE WHO LIVES WHERE IT’S COLD:
I always see posts about layering clothing, but there are so many more creative ways to help keep you warm if you don’t have a lot of warm clothes. But first, a note on layering clothing:
-Your underlayer is your WICKING layer. That means it is a layer specifically to absorb the moisture your body produces. DO NOT USE COTTON AS A BOTTOM LAYER. Use merino wool if possible, but other good substitutions are nylon, polyester and rayon.
-Your middle layer is for insulation. You want AIR POCKETS in there, NOT tight fitting clothes. This is where you want to put your fluffy sweaters, your fleece, down, fur, flannel, or vests. If you do not have these, you can substitute with multiple layers of long sleeve shirts.
-Your outer layer is for keeping the cold away from your body. If you do not have a jacket, you can put on your thickest piece of clothing and then a raincoat over it. Windbreaker if you have one.
ALSO
-Jeans are the absolute worst at holding heat. Use only as a last resort.
-You can’t really ever have too many layers on your feet. Alternate tucking your layers of pants into your layers of socks to keep your ankles warm!
-Wear a hat OVER a hood if it will fit! This will keep your ears warmest.
TAKE OFF/OUT ANY AND ALL JEWELERY/PIERCINGS
-If you have a medical bracelet, DO NOT REMOVE IT. If you can, tuck a layer of clothes between it and your skin.
NON-CLOTHING TIPS:
-Raid your recycling. Gather all cardboard boxes and break them down so that they are flat. Put them on the floor to add more layers between you and the cooling house. Newspaper will also serve the same purpose.
-In an emergency, you can also layer newspaper between clothing layers. Don’t worry about looking stupid if you’re staying warm.
-If you have a tent, set that sucker up in whatever room you have decided to stay in. Stay in it and keep it zipped shut as much as you can, but do NOT cover the vent at the top. You can put the rain fly up, but make sure there is circulating air for you to breathe.
-You are probably not going to feel very hungry at times. DO NOT STOP EATING OR DRINKING. Digestion produces a lot of body heat and the food will give your body energy to keep itself going.
-The best foods are heavy and full of carbs and proteins. Eat nuts, eggs, pasta, meats, and beans. If you are on a diet, now you’re not. If you’re vegetarian… bulk up on those pastas and nuts.
-Try not to sweat. If you are finding yourself getting damp, take off the outer layer just until you start to cool slightly. Then redress! Your bottom layer should dry quickly, and being wet is dangerous.
-On that note, STAY ACTIVE. You are probably going to want to hunker down and snuggle up, but that will make your muscles cramp. Every 15-20 minutes do something that gets you up and about. Walk circles in the room, do a couple jumping jacks, stretch, whatever. Just enough to move some blood around your body. Don’t get sweaty or out of breath, it’s just a little movement.
-CHAPSTICK. ON YOUR LIPS. ON YOUR NOSE. ON YOUR EARS. ON YOUR KNUCKLES. Don’t let your extremities get dry or cracked.
SIGNS OF HYPOTHERMIA:
-Uncontrollable shivering -Slurred speech -Confusion or memory loss -Dizziness or lack of coordination -Inability to be woken from sleep
CHILDREN AND INFANTS!!!! I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH.
-Children WILL get colder before you. Make sure they are properly bundled up.
-If you need to breastfeed, put a blanket over the both of you and wait a few minutes for the air to warm before removing or shifting your clothing.
-DO NOT COVER AN INFANTS FACE. ESPECIALLY WHEN SLEEPING. Keep them tucked inside your own clothes when possible. As close to your heart and stomach as possible.
-Put chapstick on children’s cheeks and clean their face often if they are crying or wiping at their nose. This will prevent cracked skin and irritation.
-Make sure your children are staying as hydrated as you! They are going to fuss and not want to drink cold things, but they NEED liquids.
SIGNS OF HYPOTHERMIA IN INFANTS AND TODDLERS ARE DIFFERENT:
-Shortness of breath -Cold, red skin -Lethargy or listlessness
Finally:
CHECK ON YOUR NEIGHBORS. CHECK ON CHILDREN. CHECK ON THE ELDERLY. STAY SNUGGLED. STAY SAFE.
Hey guys, I am boosting this again for winter 2022/23 with Texas and New England in mind. If you haven’t heard, the energy companies for these areas in particular have expressed that they may need to conduct rolling blackouts throughout the winter due to energy shortages. We are also expected to have a very cold winter.
It’s important to get your chimneys inspected if you have a wood stove/fireplace/ect to make sure they are clean and safe. Store wood an appropriate distance from the heat source.
If your power is out and therefor the water as well, and you HAVE to flush that toilet, you can take the top off the tank and pour some in before each flush. DO NOT waste your drinking water on this. Use a bucket of water from a pond or run the bath and fill up a bucket beforehand. Do not use pool water. I haven’t looked into what chlorine would do to a septic tank/public water supply but I assume it’s nothing good.
If you have questions about the blackouts, I suggest calling your energy provider (I need to do this too) to see if they have more information or a schedule of when they might need to start implementing shut downs.
Buckle up and bundle up, everyone. Be safe 💜
Wear a layer under your jeans. Denim, when it gets cold, doesn’t keep that cold away from your body. The old mountaineer’s saying is “Denim kills”, because so many people lost in the mountains are found dead from exposure when wearing only one layer and that layer being only cotton denim when the temperature dropped below freezing all night, especially when it is wet.
as OP said, wear layers. Wool is the best because even if it is wet it retains the ability to keep heat in the body. Wear a hat – a lot of heat escapes through the head – and if you can manage it, gloves as well as socks. If you knit, you can make your own; if you know someone who knits, see if they’ll knit for you, swap skills so you make your fantastic soup and you get gloves and/or socks. Fingerless mitts are also surprisingly warm.
Do all you can to stay dry – it is much harder to get yourself back to warm if your clothes have gotten wet.
Starting with Literature: Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon, Agatha Christie’s The Murder at the Vicarage (Christie’s first novel to feature Miss Marple), Dorothy L. Sayers’ Strong Poison, the first four books featuring Nancy Drew (The Secret of the Old Clock, The Hidden Staircase, The Bungalow Mystery, and The Mystery at Lilac Inn [only the original 1930 texts, not the revised 1950s versions]), the first Elson Basic Readers Pre-Primer (aka, the Dick & Jane Books), Arnold “Watty Piper” Munk’s The Little Engine that Could, Evelyn Waugh’s Vile Bodies, T.S. Eliot’s Ash Wednesday, Edna Ferber’s Cimarron, Langston Hughes’ Not Without Laughter, Herman Hesse’s Narziß und Goldmund (Narcissus and Goldmund, aka Death and the Lover [only the original German version, the 1932 English translation is still under copyright for another two years]), and William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying.
Works for The Stage: Noël Coward’s Private Lives and Marc Connelly’s The Green Pastures.
Cartoons: Nine more Mickey Mouse shorts, including The Chain Gang (first appearance of Pluto, though then named Rover), and Betty Boop’s first four shorts (Dizzy Dishes, Barnacle Bill, Accordion Joe, and Mysterious Mose)
Newspaper Comic Strips:Blondie (1930s strips)
Music, Published: Four songs by George & Ira Gershwin (“I Got Rhythm”, “I’ve Got a Crush on You”, “But Not For Me”, and “Embraceable You”), Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler’s “Get Happy”, Johnny Green & Edward Heyman’s “Body and Soul”, and Hoagy Carmichael & Stuart Gorrell’s “Georgia on My Mind”.
Music, Recorded: Marian Anderson’s “Nobody Knows de Trouble I’ve Seen”, several pieces featuring Louis Armstrong on cornet (including “The St. Louis Blues”, “If I Lose, Let Me Lose [Mamma Don’t Mind]”, “Everybody Loves My Baby [But My Baby Don’t Love Nobody But Me]”, and “Cake Walking Babies From Home”).
Films: Victor Heerman’s Animal Crackers, Howard Hughes’ Hell’s Angels, Howard Hawks’ The Dawn Patrol, Clarence Brown’s Anna Christie, Edward Sedgwick’s Free and Easy, Edward Sedgwick’s Doughboys, Jack Conway’s The Unholy Three, Alfred Hitchcock’s Murder!, John Ford’s Up the River, James Whale’s Journey’s End, F.W. Murnau’s City Girl, and Lewis Milestone’s All Quiet on the Western Front.
Hi! I am a fat 40-something white
introvert in NC. I worked in the NCSU Libraries for 13 years, then
was an insurance agent working with Aflac (quack!) for about 9 months, and
currently work as a substitute teacher in Roxboro & a
repairer/maintainer of sewing machines out of my home.
My preferred pronouns are he/him/his; my preferred nicknames are Doc or Dok, or Science Squid (or Jon).
I also try to keep up with actual science and technology, especially body modification and transhumanism.
I also blog about libraries and library- & librarian-related things
(including books), in part because I'd worked in a library for thirteen
years, and about education (especially education in NC and education in
America) due to my work in academic libraries and as a substitute
teacher. And about language and linguistics, as those fascinate me.
Also about jobs and job hunting, since I've been unemployed or
underemployed for an uncomfortably long time, and we could all use a
little help there.
I also enjoy cooking (and food), which is a type of science. Here are some recipes I've collected.
This being the internet, I also reblog posts with cute animals. I'm
especially fond of bats. And squid, cuttlefish, and other cephalopods.
While I'm listing animals, I may as well provide a link to my cat
posts. It is the internet, so there are a lot of them.
I'm a big fan of/believer in people being themselves, and of consenting
adults being able to do whatever they want however they want with
whoever they want, no matter what others think. (I.e., body positivity,
sex positivity). I try to keep this blog SFW -- the only porn I'll be
posting here are food porn and technology porn -- but I do sometimes
talk about sex (esp. sex education) and burlesque (there are some great
burly troupes in the Triangle & Triad area).
I struggle with mild depression and anxiety issues, so sometimes my blog
may get a bit maudlin. But I also try to give advice on dealing with
those, too. ----------------------- Things I've Liked (Note: May contain some NSFW posts)
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