Sending love to everyone who is just… tired. Life is a lot, and sometimes the answer to it all is to just be still and silent for a while. Give yourself space and grace. Whether it’s decision fatigue, anxiety fatigue, information fatigue, routine fatigue, getting life back together fatigue, career fatigue, social fatigue, financial fatigue, or physical fatigue—take a moment to breathe and recharge. You deserve it.
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to anyone in the areas impacted by the wildfire smoke, my #1 biggest piece of advice as someone whos been dealing with wildfire smoke in the NW united states for years, is build yourself a Corsi-Rosenthal Cube
they perform as well as expensive HEPA air cleaners, and are comparatively VERY inexpensive. all you need is a box fan, 4 air filters, a piece of cardboard, and some duct tape!!!!
i think it took us maybe a half hour to put ours together, if that, and we replace the filters every 3 months. it’s really made a HUGE difference, both when the air quality is bad, but also with our allergies
Saw these easy to read instructions on Twitter. Stay safe 💚
You can report this if you see it! This is a great way to help people in LA who are scrambling to find temporary housing. THOUSANDS of people are displaced right now and landlords and rental companies are taking advantage. Katherine Spiers shows you how to report.
Cite CA Penal Code 396 – “California Penal Code section 396 prohibits excessive and unjustified increases in the prices of essential consumer goods and services, construction services, hotel lodging, and residential rental properties during and shortly after a declared state of emergency or local emergency.”
Report to DCBA.LACOUNTY.GOV or call 1-800-593-8222.
You can also call and shame the landlords / rental companies directly.
Donation centers are currently OVERFLOWING. We don’t need more donations of stuff, we need more people attacking these landlords and not letting them get away with this shit.
I’m pretty sure those are ptarmigan tracks, not those of a rabbit who got scooped up by something! They’re birds that hop through the snow and then leave those snow-angel imprints when they take off.
I’d also honestly be kind of surprised if a predatory bird swooping down on a prey animal just left nice clean imprints like that and not a bigger disturbance in the snow.
there’s a really funny 3d printing controversy going on btw.
if you don’t know, there’s a very popular 3d printing model out there called “benchy”. this is used for benchmarking your 3d printer because it’s a difficult print and will help test it out.
this is so widely used that people make their own little versions of it, remixing the 3d model to make benchy look cooler and stuff. however, a new company owns the benchy license. they are sending copyright takedowns to all those who wrongfully uploaded the benchy model.
of course, this is pissing off the 3d printing community greatly. everyone loved benchy and have used it for years. so someone on reddit decided to make a new model that is designed as a 3d printing stress test. one that works a lot like benchy, and people are freely able to edit it as they please. you know what they called it?
boaty.
[Image description 1: A small, 3D-printed piece shaped like a cartoony boat with a little covered cabin for the pilot.
Image description 2: Another 3D-printed piece shaped like a park bench. /end descriptions]
I shared this with someone I know who is into 3D printing, and she added some extra info:
The twist is, the company that owns the Benchy rights never actually issued a takedown notice. It was actually the hosting website that got twitchy when the company changed hands, saw that the license said “no remixes” and started taking the remixes down. They initially told people that the company told them to do that, but eventually admitted they didn’t. Too late now though.
Boaty has already picked up too much momentum. It cannot be stopped.
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