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VOTE TENNA HERE, FINALS UPDATE!

It harms your lungs and it’s especially bad for children (and pets!) or anyone with health problems. There are all kinds of chemicals in that smoke. It’s not only trees that are burning. The heat already makes it harder to breath. This makes it worse.

If any of you are experiencing it, feel free to tell about it in the comments. 💚

If you have painting/hazardous material respirators (elastomeric respirators) and are an at-risk group (asthmatics, people with COPD, small children, elderly, a pregnant person), wear those if you need to go outside for any reason. They'll block more than N95s. Just be sure they have a proper seal. If you don't have asthma or any lung issues that make smoke particularly dangerous to you, do NOT go panic-buying respirators. At-risk groups and anyone particularly susceptible to smoke shouldn't be outside AT ALL during bushfires, but we all know shit happens so let's leave the respirators for people who actually really need them. You're going to need at least P95 filters, and if shit's real fucked (AQI in the high 300s or over) you'll need extra filters on hand because you'll have to replace your filters in about two weeks. Covering your mouth and nose with your shirt is better than nothing IN AN EMERGENCY but shouldn't be relied on at all for longer than a few minutes, and probably never relied on if you're an at-risk group.

If you have to go outside for any reason, wear swimming goggles. Trust me on this. If you don't have swimming goggles, put eye drops in your eyes before you go out. Smoke dehydrates the fuck out of your eyes and particles will agitate your eyes like hell. Eye drops help you flush all that crap out.

If you have central aircon with a "recirculate" setting, set it to that. (Or close your damper if possible.) It'll keep your home cool by recycling air from the inside instead of pulling contaminated air from outside. Additionally make sure your filter in your aircon unit is clean (and maybe get a few extra cuz you might need to replace them depending on how long the haze lasts).

If you're a risk group mentioned above and can get your hands on a HEPA filter that's compatible with your aircon unit (ignore any bullshit saying "HEPA-style" or "[bullshit percentage] HEPA", it needs to say "H[number] HEPA" like "H13 HEPA" or something similar) then you should use those for your aircon. They'll filter out particulates much better than regular aircon filters.

Try not to use a gas stove or burn any candles. They'll add more particles to your air. It's fine when there isn't a fire, because the rest of the air is clean, but when everything outside is smoky and your inside is more saturated with particles than usual, you're just adding more pollutants to the air you breathe.

Obviously don't leave any windows open, but if they can't close for whatever reason, do your best to bundle up a bath towel and stuff it into the opening. Additionally take towels and stuff them into the cracks under ALL doors leading outside. Smoke rises into the atmosphere above fires and then settles and sinks further away as it cools off (or it can be pushed down by temperature inversion). This is how you get that lingering haze that accompanies wildfire smoke and the black sky + red sun. Once it's cooled off enough it acts more like a fluid and really wants to make its way under your doors.

If you have to be outside for any reason, shower AS SOON AS YOU GET HOME. The smokers amongst us already know this but for the rest of you, smoke particles will cling to EVERYTHING including your skin and hair and you WILL be breathing in those particulates as long as you're not wearing PPE. Clothes should be washed as soon as you get home (just chuck em in the washer and hit the showers). If that's not possible for you, then you should designate one or two sets of clothing as strictly outside clothes, only wear them when you're outside, and put them into a plastic tote with a lid when you're not wearing them so they don't leech particulates into your home. There's a likelihood you'll have to use a degreasing soap on your body (like Dawn) and it's gonna suck for a while. Condition the fuck outta your hair cuz the Dawn will remove the smoke particulates better than anything else, but it'll also strip all the oils out of your hair. If your hair is particularly sensitive to brittleness or breakage and you're able to cover your hair somehow (for people with short hair this could be a baseball cap, for people with longer hair this could be anything from a hair bonnet to having to use a rubbish bag) then do that.

Additionally get some torches and batteries cuz the daytime is gonna be darker than you think. Lozenges are also a good idea as the smoke is likely to give you a sore throat if you're exposed to it enough.

"People back then always married young it's natural!!!" Every single 1800s guide I've ever met casually mentions that, of course, you really shouldn't get married before you're at least 20, and waiting until 25 is usually better.

Or, like. Okay here's a long segment:

Just firmly going "it is crazy sexist to blame The Wife for overspending when thirty seconds of asking questions will immediately establish that her husband was outright lying to her about how much money they had. Talk to your wife like a normal person."

Or--okay, here. A section on being honest and not writing love letters in secret, because that's usually a good sign that there's something untoward going on....

....except that he then immediately acknowledges that sometimes, the reason you're hiding this from your parents is that your parents suck. That there are parents who frankly have not earned the right to approve or disapprove of your partner.

"Men and women being friends with each other is literally normal. Don't be a controlling freak."

"If you have to abuse a child to keep order in your classroom then you're a bad teacher."

I'd individually render the poses to get that early 3D shine ✨ Here's some of them at their original resolutions! I would work from text descriptions from Toby, and sometimes there'd be a Paint sketch to help out. Gigi drew the concept that I modeled from and some poses too!

I had a lot of fun pushing myself to match the dynamic poses Toby had in mind for Tenna - making him so crazy and expressive was something I couldn't have done without his prompts. He'd draw the faces on afterward too, which really brought Tenna to life!

(lots more after the Read More cut...!)

never let these two meet

It harms your lungs and it’s especially bad for children (and pets!) or anyone with health problems. There are all kinds of chemicals in that smoke. It’s not only trees that are burning. The heat already makes it harder to breath. This makes it worse.

If any of you are experiencing it, feel free to tell about it in the comments. 💚

further context: there is no indication that anyone at all was antagonizing the bison; the teenage boys mentioned just "scattered when the bison charged." in fact the photographer "said every visitor he observed in the park Friday, including McDaniel and his grandson, were keeping a “respectful distance” from the animal, and had done nothing to provoke it to charge." bison was probably agitated because of mating season. there is also no indication that the grandfather was playing hero - "The grandson was able to escape using some fancy footwork, but McDaniel was a sitting duck as the bison charged at him, hooking him with his left horn near his hip before flipping him some eight feet into the air."

Very important context to understand is that this time of year is rut for bison which leads to heightened aggression and agitation in bulls. The bison entered camp already pissed off, in my opinion the truck driving by is what triggered it to charge. Either way, everyone's take away should be that ultimately there is no "safe" distance when it comes to wild animals. Especially large ones. A bison can run 40 mph, being 100 yards away is not going to mean anything to it if it really wants to charge you.

Instead the best thing you can do in a place where may encounter large animals (or small ones) is learn how to avoid or prevent dangerous situations. This means learning seasonal or hormonal behavorial changes like rut or a mother with its baby. Learning body language, what the recommended safe distances are and when to really back off. Learn what to do if the animal becomes aggressive or territorial towards you. Learn what to do if it begins charging, approaching, stalking, chasing or attacking you. If you need something like bear spray, or to make yourself bigger, make noise etc.