I am caught in the freak arctic weather of the Deep South. I dislike it. I dislike it a lot. The south is not a place cut out for snow and ice - we don’t have the infrastructure for it, and the people are not used to it. I was trapped in my hospital working - “trapped” as in unable to leave due to both weather and staffing conditions - and it was, quite frankly, miserable. I am lucky enough to have gas cooking and a (mostly vanity) gas fireplace. Our power was out for about 24-ish hours, though it is back on now (for how long??) and my family and I are all snug and secure and eating homemade ramen for dinner.

If you are in a position to donate to organizations in regions which are heavily affected by the weather and are supporting people less fortunate than me, please do so. And appreciate emergency and first responders, many of whom are spending days away from their families and hoping they are warm and safe while keeping others alive and well 💜

*is a college professor* Dick, cock, penis, member and willy what do all these words have in common class?

*raises hand* everybody knows im a motherfucking monster?

That some people don’t use some of them properly when writing?

Another Wattpad Thief

Hello, so the wattpad user @-lupinswh0re took a bunch of stories from tumblr. Im going to tag the people bellow, they gave credit but i don't think they got permission to repost.

they blocked me and im sick of this fuckin shit, it honestly pisses me off.

PSA: IF YOU DONT GET PERMISSION TO REPOST IT, DONT FUCKIN REPOST IT

here are the people they stole from: @randomoutsiders @underratedcharactersimagines @wishiwasanavenger-archive @fanfictionhub @blkgirl-writing @beauxbatons-babe @siriusblackasf @seriouslyblacklikemysoul @iliveiloveireblog @sleekeazyz @lupinlongbottom @kalimagik @poppin-potter @malfycs @fandom-puff @inkinflux @rainandhotchocolate @theweasleysredhair @slythrx @swellwriting @hello-everyfandom @acciofanfics @wondernimbus @prongsies @theseuscmander @lavishlilacs @futurewriter2000 @regulusheadcanons @evanescoed @remmyswritings @working-on-writing @onlydreamofmysoul @thementalmuso

Thank you so much for making this post boo! I’m def gonna message this person because nobody ever asked me for permission to repost my own work

signal boosting because this is some bullshit

So Your Temperate Home is Suddenly an Arctic Hellscape

As -10F hits area’s of the US who’ve never seen such temperatures in living memory, I wanted to give some tips from a Minnesotan who’s lived with these temps as a part of my life for 37 years.

1) Don’t Get Cocky. People used to these temps may laugh at our southern neighbors freaking out about the cold because yes, some parts of the US get such temps regularly every year. These people are being ignorant assholes. Our houses are mandated to have insulation that few of your homes will have. We pretty much all have huge puffy coats, and have well established winter weather gear drives for homeless and poor folks every year. We have expensive, well equipped infrastructure for cope with these temps and with large amounts of snow. You don’t. When it comes down to it, Minnesotans know to respect the cold temps- it’s just that a lot of the ways that do it are so commonplace as to be invisible to those who already have these habits.

2) Don’t go out wet. Dry your hair or stay inside. You will loose a lot of heat if you’re wet. Same for sweat, and wet diapers. And clothes with snow on them are now WET CLOTHES. Change into dry clothes as soon as possible.

3) If you have a shitty car battery or a car that sometimes struggles to start, then try not to use it. You’re unlikely to get the kind of temps where it’s impossible to start an engine (I’ve only experienced those temps a few times. Once my eyelashes froze shut and I almost froze to death in my own back yard. Don’t be like young me. Respect the cold.) If your car doesn’t start, you could be stranded somewhere, and realistically your area’s emergency services may be pretty overrun. 

4) Very cold air doesn’t hold moisture well. Plan for extra hydration for people, pets, and plants. Even if your staying in- most home heaters pull cold air from outside, then dry it out even MORE in the process of heating it. Dehydration is a thing. Even if your home’s heater has a humidifier attached to it (if you’re not sure, then it probably doesn’t.) it’s a good idea to drink extra water. Right now I have a few pots of water just left out by heaters to evaporate as much as possible. My mom used to just heat huge camping pots on the stove all day in cold temps. Remember, dry nasal passages really muck up your bodies ability to fight airborne illness. This is not a great time for that.

5) Help out homeless folks in your area in any way you can. These temps can and do kill. And since we have more evictions than any society can conscionably defend this year, we have high numbers of homeless people. Which means area supports for unhoused folks are often underfunded and over-taxed. 

6) Let your faucets drip. I know nobody likes to waste water but if your pipes freeze they will literally explode. Your home will flood. My mother’s kitchen got completely destroyed and it traumatized my childhood dog. Justa  bit of moving warm water will safeguard you from that.

7) Do. Not. Burn. Propane. Indoors. 

8) Plan for potential power outages. Ice on the lines can cause this and again, your infrastructure isn’t prepped for this. Unplug anything in your home you’re not using to do your part to help prevent rolling blackouts.

9) Driving on ice is a SKILL. Your roads may be filled with people who do not have that skill. Please please, stay off the roads if you can- even if you have this skill these roads will not be prepped and will, again, be full of people who don’t know how to do this because it just hasn’t come up that much in their life.

Stay safe and stay kind, folks! 

This Week in Gundam Wing (February 7-13, 2021)

Happy Lunar New Year to those who are celebrating!  For you and everyone else, here’s your weekly roll-up for the Gundam Wing fandom.  Show your creators some love!

–Mod LAM

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2pm est! Bring your Among Us copies

This is beautiful. ❤️

So recently the mayor of my city placed a bunch of sharp stones under a bridge commonly used by homeless people to escape the harsh tropical storms we experience during the summer

A priest decided that was an utterly anti humanitarian course of action (rightfully so) and so his solution.. was to destroy those rocks with a hammer.

I'm not Catholic (in fact, I grew up Jewish and am now atheist) but I feel this is what religion is supposed to be about. Using the divine to help humans behave a little more... human.

Find out which city and lets *all* take a hammer.

This is worth a jail visit for

13x11 art commissioned from brin.n.art. You can get in touch with her via yawningverse@gmail.com for inquiries. 

@simulacraryn

Dudes, commission this person.

@jamie-the-bad-witch

You wanted more HTDA so here you go. It’s technically a new How To Destroy Angels piece and it’s a bop