#i can't with this heat wave

[divinolenta]

it's so hot i'm literally melting into a puddle rn wtf

[deepseaspriteblog]

Oops, all ceruleans!

I actually have a bias towards blood castes with built in "gimmicks", i.e., purplebloods tend to be clowns, tealbloods tend to be in law or any related field, ceruleans have cool eyes sometimes etc. etc. I like having a base to work with that I can either full embrace or subvert.

This week I went all in with ceruleans and their cool eyes. Each one here has their own cool eye, some more unusual/noticeable than others. As always, if you're interested, you can get them in my ko-fi through the links below!

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[icewindandboringhorror]

I can't do much productively during the heat wave/health issue flare up/etc. like work on my games or anything where I have to sit at the computer/type for long periods of time, BUT.. I did passively sculpt a few tiny foods lol. I wanted to do one of my bigger usual sculptures, but those take so much more time and concentration, I thought something small just to keep my hands busy would be better.. close up photos look kind of weird and blurry from my camera settings or something, but overall they came out okay, especially in person.. Nearly the only reason I ever wanted to buy dolls as a kid was to get my hands on the miniature foods and plates and stuff that came with them, I've always just been obsessed with small versions of things like that, so.. why not make some! lol

[sansloii]

Pick a random muse and ask them: How well do they cope with a heat wave?

Because out of my 10, I can say that a total of 2 of them are probably prepared or used to it (Dakota and Wynn), another 4 will be uncomfortable but likely won't say anything (Roderick, Joseph, Lawali, Vega), 3 will bitch and moan but will suck it up (Mikah, Evan, and Penelope), and the last one prefers milder temperatures so he'll probably get heat stroke (Andris)

[a-tear-in-space]

If I had a dollar every time a glass animals song got popular because of fan-made media regarding gay ships I'd have two dollars

Which isn't a lot, but it's funny it happened twice

[rainbowsuitcase]

I love my omega Steve, but I also love my alpha Steve. Especially the version of him that goes from small, sickly, ignored, with barely functioning biology to big and strong, everyone all over him, instincts working double time.

Steve who was barely an alpha before and now he has twice the normal everything.

Steve whose alpha demands submission without him even wanting it, who has to keep tight control over himself at all times, otherwise he could hurt, he could force, and he's terrified of himself with how easy it would be.

He's scared to get into a relationships, spending his painful ruts alone - and maybe he'd never had a rut before the serum but now they're so strong and awful.

But then there's Bucky. Maybe it's canon-verse and Bucky is there for him during the war, with Steve being too careful at first but then he realizes Bucky can take him, they can give each other everything they need. But then Steve loses him and he aches for so many reasons until he gets him back. The Reunion Feels!

Maybe it's an AU where they didn't know each other before the twenty first century. And at first, they clash so much and they're still explosive when they figure it out, but it's better now, because they can take each others' strenght and for the first time, they're meeting someone who can keep up with their intense cycles and loves it.

[sparkles-oflight]

I spent 57 minutes just coloring and shading Jure, four more guys to go ✌🏽🥲

[cosmojjong]

seriously giving up on my hair it makes me want to cry

[ask-tay-relic]

This just in @whirlwindflux is a very smart cookie and helped me to find some things with my laptop. I'll still work towards a new desktop for game dev / 3d model work - but, I'm also taking steps to make my precious laptop work for all the other stuff!

(That being said its still 30c today and its far too hot for a winter loving Canadian like myself to work so Im gonna go relax and chill)

[g4rchomp]

62,3°C (143,6°F) felt in Brazil 😬.... this is so worrying I'm really wishing safety for everyone affected

[samanthamulder]

hellooooo

[momett]

why do abled NDs want to reclaim the word cr*pple so badly. like is slur discourse truly the hill you want to die on

[ghostsinthecellar]

aaaand I'm spiraling

[jedi-bird]

One pack of amaryllis seeds started to sprout this week! I honestly wasn't sure it would happen so it's pretty exciting. I also have no clue what they'll look like. They're parent type was called Minerva (red and white flower), but I also had four other varieties flowering at the time and seeds usually come out as hybrids. I don't care what they'll look like though, I'll love them regardless. It can take at minimum three years to get big enough to flower though, so it'll be a while.

[bnnywngs]

for once i'm not gonna talk about fanfic today, i just want to rant a bit, sorry it's going to be a big one

this year, 2023, we're having the worst summer of all times, every day it's the hottest day of the year, we're breaking so many records of temperature, water levels and etc, it's quite tough to be living

i live in manaus, in the state of amazonas in brazil, it's in the middle of the amazon rainforest, a big city of 2 million people and very few trees (yes.), we basically have 2 seasons (influenced by the equator line that runs above us) that is raining season (between december and may) and summer (june to november), the average temperature during these seasons are, i think, between 23°C and 29°C, and 35-40°C, besides high humidity

well, not anymore!!! because of el niño, climate change etc, things changed and now we're living through hell with little to no action from local government

the temperatures are high (39°C one of these days, and the feeling is way, way higher than that, like 47°C) and ok, we're kinda used to it, even if it's not healthy at all, BUT the humidity it's really really low (45% right at this moment, i'm used to more or less 70-80% on average), and the river are the lowest of all times since they began to record it

you can see how low it is here

the sun is so hot it's making the water hotter, and it's literally killing fish and our river dolphins! and some places the waters are so shallow, they can't breath and are dying too

not only that, but we're having to deal with forest fires, that are not natural, it's NOT normal. we don't have spontaneous fires. we don't. it's usually humans who puts it on fire either accidentally (very rare) because since i don't know when people burn their trash (it's actually against the law now, but...) and they throw cigarette butts through the car window etc, or it can be for capitalism purposes (owners of farms, illegal tree cutting, etc etc), and also, people have no sense of environmental protection, so they throw their garbage anywhere - river, side walk, forest, you name it - so we have stray pieces of glass that, with this damn heat and low humidity, it's starting fires.

and the smoke isn't going anywhere. it's here, around us, in the city (and we're not the only city going through it), we're breathing smoke. all i can see through my window right now is smoke. i can barely see. (here)

lol i just received a text from the government, it's the first since the smoke started a month or so ago

lit. translation: "civil defense: forest fire alert, with impacts on air quality in the metropolitan area of manaus. follow the instructions from the local defense."

btw this is from google few minutes ago:

36°C = 96,8°F

air quality of this morning, from local journalist, Mário Adolfo:

apparently, because of el niño, there's no wind, so the smoke isn't moving, that highly impacts quality of air and our health, i don't know how's to live a day without feeling like i'm either about to faint or throw up, my nose hurts, my throat hurts, my eyes are dry, my lips are cracking....

HOW CAN WE LIVE LIKE THIS FOR FUCKS SAKE

i want to cry, i really want to cry, or throw myself through the window. i can't, i just can't live like this anymore, my whole apartment smells like smoke and the windows are closed fUCK

btw, big national newspaper last week: how's the dry season of the amazon is going to impact your black friday shopping

what a joke

[javier-pena]

so you guys, i just read THE best installment in the triumvirate verse so far and i can't wait for you all to experience it too, but dani @alexturner (aka @danidrabbles) really outdid herself this time 👀