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Very cool!! You must look stunning in it! Nice job stashbusting too :D Does it have a band over the forehead?

Same thing, I don’t fuck around with milk or meat. Otherwise I try to use my best judgment. Saw someone say they threw out unopened baking powder that had expired and ngl I was a little bit horrified…

I want one SO BAD my balcony gets tons and tons of sunlight!!

No I see it something about how the porch is angled makes it seem like something really big

You might post this over on slrpnk.net/c/disasterresponse as well!!

that’s so cool!! I dream of being able to say something similar one day <3

Yessss it’s so good!! My favorite is light pink though because I love pink hehe, still reflects the light away c:

Surprised that no one’s talking about linen, which is one of the most solarpunk materials I can think of.

I am also extremely pale and burn very easily, and my family has a history of skin cancer so that’s fun too! Don’t worry about UPF ratings or special sun shirts or anything like that. Your goals are, 1, keep the sun from touching your skin, and 2, stay cool so you don’t overheat during the heatwave. Linen fabric will do both.

Get yourself a long sleeve linen button-up - mine are from the thrift store to avoid buying new, but if you have to buy new then you have to. You can wear it over your normal tank top or shirt. This will keep the sun off your arms and it’ll keep you cool. Forget polyester anything. Linen fibers are long and moisture wicking due to the properties of the plant its made from and you’ll literally feel a very light cooling effect just by touching it. Even better option is to moisten your shirt with water when you’re outside, if you can, because the water evaporating + the linen fibers will keep you so unbelievably cool it’ll be like upper body air-con.

Skip shorts, even though it’s tempting to expose more skin to keep cool. Go for long linen pants, something loose and flowy if possible. As the fabric moves around while you walk, it’ll cool you even further. Lightweight cotton is also a good option.

Linen blends are okay - I’d skip linen-polyester, personally, because there is nothing that traps heat like polyester fabric (it’s just plastic), but your mileage will vary. My favorite is linen-rayon because it moves and drapes very nicely, and linen-cotton is quite nice too c:

Lastly, get yourself a wide brimmed hat to protect your scalp and face from sun, or you can wrap a lightweight scarf over your head and drape it around your neck and then just wear a lot of sunscreen on your face. Remember to reapply every two hours if you’re out in the sun. Sunscreen on your hands too. Cotton socks and cotton underwear will prevent any fungal issues (if you’re going to be in hot weather, I recommend packing an extra pair of each to switch into partway through the day). And lastly… my best trick, taught to me by my partner: scrap of linen cloth or a linen scarf soaked in water and draped around your neck. Trust me. It feels HEAVENLY. A cotton rag will also work if that’s all you’ve got!

TL;DR: dress in long layers made of linen which will keep the sun from touching your skin and naturally cool you off c:

I didn’t think about that… thank you!! I can definitely get my hands on an old cellphone.

No, but it’s not the energy use I’m talking about (though I’ll do some research on video games now, there’s always more for me to learn!) - I’m referring to the water usage. The average ChatGPT session (with multiple queries) is the equivalent of destroying roughly a bottle of water. But if we are thinking about power, data centers also run diesel powered generators when there’s a high demand for queries which spew out pollution. And then its worth considering that each data center as a whole is pretty awful, and if there were less demand for them, i.e. people not using genAI, the CEOs would be motivated to make them less shitty… every query shows them that, yeah, this IS a great idea and they should build more data centers :/

I don’t mean to like make you feel bad for making a quick tl;dr using AI, it’s just that this is pretty important to me! We all have to pick and choose our battles, but of all the things we do in our day-to-day lives that impact the environment and the world around us, typing up our own summary instead of using AI seems like a really easy option to me.

thank you for being honest about it but please remember that each and every AI query is absolutely devastating to the environment!! It’s pretty easy to just type up a quick summary (or let someone else do it) rather than do that damage

oooh very useful, thank you! I am hella broke (like rationing my SNAP money broke) but I’d quite like to get into this hobby

thanks!! :D

Genius! No need for any glue at all. I’ll give it a try and report back :D thank you!!

This is pretty cool, thanks!

Neat!! Good job!