#that’s celsius. 100 in fahrenheit

[danielnelsen]

how are we enjoying the 38 degrees lads?

[being-a-human-isnt-very-fun]

*sticks my hand out of the window* oh so this is what getting cremated is like

[xalatath]

Can i be honest. I prefer kilometers over miles

100 km/h on the highway = Normal

100 mph ANYWHERE = Actually fucking deranged

[athenaevm]

i hate warm weather it is like 300K (80 F) out here ughhh

[eggthew]

the house that I spent the majority of my childhood in was literally an empty shell when my parents bought it. it had a roof and outside walls. no floorboards, no insulation, no wiring, etc. my dad built the rest of it himself and he should not have lmao, he cut a lot of corners and use the cheapest materials he could find, and didnt have any actual training and. I got a lotta complexes from living in that house

we didnt have any aircon at all, and while there was some insulation it. wasnt great nor consistent. there certainly wasnt any insulation on the roof, and it was just a tin roof and there wasn't like. any sort of attic or barrier between the inside of the house and the roof. he built our (me n my siblings) rooms from scratch, as in added them to the house, and while he did add insulation to the roof there, there was none anywhere else. the windows were just plastic bolted on to the walls and there were gaps between the walls and floors (had grass growing inside my room). so like summers were unbearable. I did get a fan but god theres only so much it could do

todays gonna be super hot and im feeling sick about it. but I live in a house thats professionally built and functions and we have aircon :) and im happy about it

[madfishmonger]

So um....

[bepisconsumer]

With every passing day I become more and more convinced that by far the most controversial opinion I hold is that Fahrenheit is a perfectly fine measurement system for temperature actually

[gremlingirlsmell]

they should make a new temperature unit called Celsiheit, where 0 degrees is water freezing and 100 degrees is human temperature

[gayarograce]

Honestly, if the boiling point of water at sea level isn't even a clean 100 °C, then what the hell is even the point of arguing?

[orangetintedglasses]

( not my Canadian ass struggling to spell fahrenheit from memory on Canada Day-- )

[nenehyuuchiha]

The concept of seasons is so weird to me, like people will go "oh spring when the birds are screaming at 5 in the morning ❤️", "when it starts get colder and the trees go brown and orange" cause like, i live in Amazon, we have summer, it rains everyday, we have amazon winter, it rains all day, like, in the actual forest parts of the land become completely flooded, like +3 meters deep water where you could walk some months ago, but it in my city the only difference is that now is raining more than 12 hours everyday, besides the fruits i can find in the market now it doesn't really change, no snow, not changing colour trees, no flowers spring, everything looks the same but looks like god is trying to drown we again

That's what I mean by the way, like this is just a normal day in my city, this is a summer day, the only difference between summer and winter is that it wouldn't have stopped raining after 12 (it's winter now, today it started raining at 12, it's almost 16 now and is still raining, it will not stop soon).

[where-is-my-sanity-daaaave]

So today I was shook by learning that my regionalism for carbonated drink is apparently unusual for my region and I'm shook.

I'm asking y'all now.

When you reblog this, share in the tags the lowest possible temperature (Celsius or Fahrenheit) in which you would wear both a short sleeve shirt & short shorts. This includes if you’re wearing both and a jacket/sweatshirt.

[I personally will go off the lowest forecasted high temperature in which I will wear shorts + t-shirt].

[wise-lizard-wizard]

Im dying

I was not built for heatwaves

As someone with poor circulation, I don't know hot

I am crying

I am on the floor

(Shout out to the bad bitch who made cold floors, you a bad bitch)

I have melted and evaporated

There is nothing left of me, my particles are floating in the air

Were we put on this earth simply to suffer?

[vaguegrant]

The sardonic, reductionist headline here could be "Scientists finally figured out why you get more colds in winter: bEcAuSe iT's CoLd!"—but the actual science involved here is both interesting, and potentially very relevant to everyday life and especially the immunocompromised:

It turns out the cold air itself damages the immune response occurring in the nose. [...] In fact, reducing the temperature inside the nose by as little as 9 degrees Fahrenheit (5 degrees Celsius) kills nearly 50% of the billions of virus and bacteria-fighting cells in the nostrils, according to the study published Tuesday in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. “Cold air is associated with increased viral infection because you’ve essentially lost half of your immunity just by that small drop in temperature,” said rhinologist Dr. Benjamin Bleier, director of otolaryngology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

Want to avoid catching or spreading respiratory viruses like CoVid-19, RSV, influenza, or a common cold? Mask up, please, but also bundle up! Wrap up in a scarf, wear a balaclava, and just generally keep your face warm. There's no single magic solution, but that's not a reason to do nothing. Rather, it's a reason to take several simple precautions that help avoid the spread of disease and protect those around you. (I can't tell you how much "this isn't 100% effective so I shouldn't do it at all" frustrates me.)

Oh, and #knitblr? This is your time to shine.

[kathaynesart]

Okay, so I was absolutely giddy reading the newest post when I thought about something.

I remember in a previous explanation that each brother has their way of communication with Leo. Ninja mind meld with Raph, Donnies big book of codes, and pretty much just wingin' it with Mikey.

With that being said, it makes sense why Mikey was confused here, since Donnie was using, what could be considered complicated codes.

Anyways, I loved it, can't wait for more, and tysm for this amazing series!!!

Hahaha! This is very true in some regards and I'm glad you picked up on it! There will always be a bit of a communication barrier between Donnie and his other brothers when he's not taking the time to give proper context.

I'm sure though Donnie would argue that "Mach Stem Barrier" is not code at all and if his brother knew ANYTHING about bombs then there would have been no confusion.

In which case *puts on nerd glasses* I think a little lesson on bombs is in order (because if I had to study all this stuff for this comic then you get to suffer along with me).

BOMB LESSON

A Mach Stem is basically the huge shockwave of pressure that comes from the blast of a bomb when it merges with its own blast being reflected back up by the ground. It's basically the thing that causes that huge slice of pressure which levels everything around ground zero. This strength of this wave is normally about twice the pressure of the actual blast itself, doubling its destructive power.

It's so powerful you can actually see it with the naked eye: VIDEO

To counteract this and reduce collateral damage Donnie created the shield we see which he calls the "Mach Stem Barrier." It acts as a giant cylinder that contains all that pressure and heat and then releases it high up into the stratosphere, protecting the surrounding area from harm. Luckily the blast is radiation free so no fear of fallout. The attacks works more like a pressure oven, the heat inside reaching up to temperatures of 200 million degrees Fahrenheit (about 100 million degrees Celsius), or about four to five times the temperature at the center of the sun, incinerating anything within its confines, even Krang tech. Crazy stuff and all backed by actual science, just as Donnie would have it! ...Now if Mikey would just get with the program!

[corvidaemnit]

let’s talk about the kiwi!!

(an info-dump about one of the weirdest, most scientifically interesting birds we know of today!)

so, we’ve all heard about ratites, right?

well, maybe you don’t know them by name, but you’ve most certainly either heard about them or seen them at some point.

some commonly known members of the ratite group are species like ostriches, emus, and cassowaries— as shown below:

ratites are all flightless birds within the infraclass palaeognathae— the infraclass that none other than the (now extinct) moa and elephant bird belong to!

now, these birds all share very similar characteristics; they’re large, long-necked, and long-legged with big clawed feet. all of these birds are also diurnal— which means they’re primarily active during the day time, just like us!

however, there is one species in this infraclass that is not quite like the others..

the kiwi.

not only are kiwi significantly smaller than their fellow ratites, but they also happen to be nocturnal.

and despite being small, their eggs are incredibly large, taking up to around 20% of the kiwi’s body weight, which has caused a lot of rigorous debate between scientists on exactly why.

one outdated theory suggested that perhaps the kiwi had shrunk over time from previously being very large like its ratite relatives, while its egg remained big…. but this has been debunked in recent years.

the current consensus, while still a theory, is that the egg size has to do more with precocity than anything else;

kiwis are born precocial, which makes them pretty much immediately independent upon hatching, with the ability to run and feed themselves without the help of their parents.

modern DNA analysis suggests that the size of kiwi eggs is not just a left-over trait from ‘incomplete’ evolution, but instead the exact opposite— an evolved adaptation to ensure better chances of survival.

due to their sheer size, kiwi eggs house more yolk than average, which ends up keeping newly hatched kiwis nice and fed until they learn to forage food for themselves.

when mammals began to spread in new zealand, kiwis had way more predators to worry about, and it’s theorized that they were previously unequipped to deal with this startling introduction of land-predators, such as stoats and rats, that started feeding on their eggs.

this could explain why kiwi eggs have developed to be so large over time— they give the chicks plentiful nutrients and thicker shells to ensure a better chance of survival against predation.

so… yeah. kiwis produce monster eggs and no one fully knows why just yet. neat, huh?

and that’s not even where the weirdness ends, my friends!

on top of all of this, it’s been a running joke in the bird world that kiwis are ‘honorary mammals,’ not only because of their weirdly mammalian appearance, but also because of some of their atypical biological traits.

for instance, kiwis have an average body temperature of around 38 degrees celsius .. aka, 100 degrees fahrenheit.

while this is not typical at all for birds, this is very typical for mammals, which has stumped a lot of researchers over the years.

similarly, kiwis are also the only bird in the world with exposed nostrils at the end of their beak, which can help them detect prey by using scent instead of their vision, which is very poor.

so… yeah. kiwis are the nocturnal, freakish little cousins of some of the biggest, most dangerous birds on the planet, and scientists are, quite frankly, still a little weirded out by them.