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"Amid intense heat waves, the laborers remain exposed as climate policy is treated as a weather emergency rather than a persistent structural risk.”
- Anjal Prakash, the former research director at the Bharti Institute of Public Policy
I'd also like to elevate this linked study from the article:
South Asia and Southeast Asia contributed more than half of the global death number attributed to high temperature. In 2021, South Asia recorded 209,537 deaths and Southeast Asia recorded 32,230 deaths attributed to high temperatures. In South Asia and Southeast Asia, Pakistan bore the highest number and rate of deaths attributed to high temperature. The population above 55 and below 5 years in South Asia and Southeast Asia experienced higher disease burden attributed to high temperature... Deaths attributed to high temperatures in South and Southeast Asia are projected to rise until 2045, with South Asia exceeding 400,000 and Southeast Asia approaching 100,000 deaths in 2045.
@rjschoicesstuff here, after the reblog event in May, I asked @storyofmychoices if it was okay if I hosted a smaller version of the event each month because I and a lot of other people did really enjoy the event!
But before I do I do first wanna figure out How to do it and I'm open for feedback, I'm hoping I can start next August!
Under the cut I'll write down all the plans I have for now, but once again I'm open for feedback, especially because this is my first time doing something like this haha 😭.
At the end of each month I'll make a post where people can submit works for the event
Everyone can submit one fic and/or one misc. work (think of art, collages, playlists, edits, answers to ask games, info posts, literally anything). My reasoning for this is that for the last event most people submitted fics and I'd like to encourage other stuff too + I think this is also nice for people who don't have much time to read.
I'll make a masterlist each month and tag all the participants in it. I'm thinking of either organizing them by word count or by username, because I'd like to encourage people to also interact with people/books they usually don't.
Everyone who signs up has to reblog at least 40% of the entries. So for example if 10 people join and 15 works are submitted, everyone has to reblog at least 6 posts. I feel like this way people might feel less overwhelmed by the amount and might get burned out less quickly. I'm not sure if 40% is a good number though, so definitely let me know if you think it should be less or more.
I will be more strict about people not following through, if someone hasn't participated by week 2 I will send a dm to check in with them. If anything comes up that makes it so you can't really participate anymore and you haven't participated yet, you can also just let me know and I'll take you off the list.
If I had to check in with someone and they said they were still planning to participate, yet haven't done so by the end of the month, they won't be eligible for the next events. If someone wants to be able to join again, they'll have to participate one month by interacting with works but not submitting their own works. Does this make sense?
I also really like the idea of being able to submit other people's works, I'm unsure how I want to implement this though + how I'd do it (because I don't want the list to get too long). I'll make a poll but you can also just let me know what you think otherwise.
I'm also aware that due to the 40% rule, there might be people who are overlooked. I'm unsure if I should try and do something to still encourage people to interact with this persons work + how to do this.
Also do you guys think there should be a cap on how long submitted fics can be? I do worry that especially long works might be skipped.
what if you limit the entries to 30-40 per month? that way people could reblog 1 or 2 works per day (or whatever works for them). its might be less overwhelming for everyone and no ones work would be overlooked i think.
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In regard to allowing people to submit other people's art for the events
I really want to make this a thing too, however I'm unsure if
I should make it another category (this way I feel like people might be more inclined to do this, but I feel like this might up the amount of submissions and I really do wanna avoid ending up with a lot of entries, to avoid overwhelming people)
2. Or just have it count for the category they belong to, so if you submit a fic by someone else, you can't submit a fic of your own anymore (I feel like if I do this people are definitely less likely to submit other people's work)
3. Everyone can only submit one work by themselves and one work by someone else each month. I'd still keep the two categories, so for example the fic you submit is your own and you also submit a moodboard by someone else. (Idk if this is needlessly confusing but it does feel like it might take away the idea that the two categories are unfair towards people who create lots of different art?)
The difference between 2 and 3 is that in case of 2 you can submit only your own work each month. While for 3 you can only submit your own work for one category, if you don't submit someone else's work you can still only submit one thing for yourself.
As always I'm open to feedback on this
What do you prefer
Option 1
Option 2
Option 3
I don't think submitting other people's work should be an option at all
A/N: One of my fave chapters like it's rly exciting 2 me now tht her feelings for Cas r showing themselves + she knows abt Gabe
Plus 1 of my fave Cas n Ripley moments so far!
2016 October 11 - tuesday
Last night was hell. Like worse than that night it all started. Someone had left the mask one of the Venandi’s that attacked me had worn in my bed. Well surely that’s a message. There’s definitely more vampires that want me gone. I’m so shaken up, man! Like this is the second time someone breaks into my room, I don’t feel safe in my own fucking house..
Of course I couldn’t sleep at all after that. I ended up asking mom if I could sleep in her bed (and also apologized for blowing up on her) but still. It did feel better to at least be with her.
I got up at 5, probably slept two hours or something. Marian took me apart when I showed up at work. She said she sees no point in pretending like we didn’t see each other last night. And that she’s glad to see me in one piece. She thinks I’m just shaken up from the trial (I don’t think I should talk about the mask to anyone but Cas and Gab).
Cas had remembered my schedule this week and showed up 15 minutes before my shift was over. Weirdly sweet.. Marian didn’t seem very happy to have him in her shop though.. It made me feel
I told him about the mask, he seems just as alarmed as I am. Cas is convinced it can’t be another Venandi (despite everything that happened last night?).. well I’m not so sure about that but who knows. Obviously not all Clements are the human-lovers they portray themselves as either. Just look at Lewyn.
He did admit that the vampire that got her head crushed last night could be identified by her tattoo’s and turned out to be a Venandi too.
I asked Cas where we were going and he told me he wanted me to meet someone. And that yesterday had made him realise he shouldn’t hide anything from me anymore either. We ended up going to the area with the benches behind the school, now empty because of the break. The guy who’d also been with him at the party was there. The guy I’d assumed was the other killer that night. (Turns out I was right)
His name is Seth and he’s actually really shy, sweet and polite, nothing like Cas. He’s the youngest Venandi and he only started reintegrating back into society a few months ago, during the summer break. He lives with Cas and is his ‘foster brother’. He was turned in 1998, at age 16. That's crazy, he’s like both older and younger than me, in a way! After being a vampire for so long he should be safe for humans to be around. Emphasis on ‘should’, I guess, since he still ended up attacking Abigail.
Astoria assigned Cas as Seth’s mentor a few years ago in an attempt to teach him some responsibility and prepare him for his reintegration. And Cas really is very protective over him, to the point where he’s willing to take the blame when he fucks up.
Cas assured me he isn’t dangerous. Seth has a hard time with hunting, but his prey drive still made him end up with the Venandi’s. Seth says he doesn’t like hurting animals and flat out refuses to hunt humans. Generally Venandi’s hunt in packs every two weeks and share one big prey together, making it so he can let someone else do the actual killing. However sometimes everyone just catches a smaller prey for themselves, which was the case that night. Seth failed to catch anything and only came clean about this to Cas a week later, who had taken him hunting after the party to catch up. I guess he didn’t know how badly he needed the blood. Obviously things had gone completely wrong. Abigail already had a fresh cut on her leg when they stumbled upon her, triggering Seth’s bloodlust. All I could think about was how easily something like that could have happened to Gabriela..
Seth seems really fucked up over it all and said he’d learned his lesson. Well, I wonder how many more other vampires in this town are basically landmines waiting to explode.. But I do believe him. I’m not scared of him. And it’s a lot harder to be mad at him, considering he shows remorse.
Once the heavy stuff was out of the way we hung out for a bit, which was nice. I really like Seth, I understand why Cas would feel so protective over him. After a while they wanted to get going and asked if I wanted to tag along but I took a raincheck since I barely slept last night.
I napped til I was called down for dinner and watched tv with mom all night. Not a super eventful day in the end, I guess, but it was nice spending time together!
Because Seth was with us, me and Cas didn’t talk about last night at all, I’m not sure if I even want to (yet?) anyway. But things didn’t feel weird or awkward so there’s that.
2016 October 12 - wednesday
Woke up feeling like garbage because I got my period, but decided to tough it out and go to work anyway. When I walked in, Ben just immediately was like ‘absolutely not!’ but I insisted and once the painkillers kicked in it was doable anyway. Daniel is also pretty good at distracting me so that definitely helped. I was still very glad when my shift was over though, Daniel paid for some cookies and brownies for me to take home so that was really sweet of him!
I ran into Cas on my way home (or more like he was probably waiting for me since he knows my route home) and told him today I’d definitely not be able to go do anything adventurous or whatever cuz I didn’t feel well. He said he’d just come home with me then. I was secretly pretty grateful for that, I just really don’t like being alone right now.
While we were walking home, Cas told me he worries Seth would be executed if Astoria deems him out of control, even if it was a one time thing, because staying secret is so important to the vampires.. I can tell he cares a lot about Seth and knowing the full story does put things in a different light to SOME degree, maybe? It’s insane when Cas is all like ‘ooh we Venandi’s look out for each other, we’re a family’ when at the same time they’d execute their own people and torture them and stuff. Dude seems brainwashed as hell. But yeah, HE obviously cares a lot about his coven.
When we went into my room, I told Cas to take his clothes off if he wanted to sit on my bed. Immediately regretted it when he got this big smirk on his face. I think 3 weeks ago he would’ve done that too, though. But 3 weeks ago I couldn’t even imagine ever taking him into my room to hang out together. (I also just realised he left still wearing the shirt I’d given him. Well I still have his too though. Maybe I’ll just keep it, I like Mercyful Fate too. I wonder if it was on purpose, at this point we’re sharing closets haha).
He showed me some werewolf movie from the 70s called ‘Claws’. I seriously hadn’t ever heard about it! It sucked but he already told me beforehand that it wouldn’t be a good movie, we still had a lot of fun though. We both laughed a lot at the terrible special effects and acting, I think right now I’m more in the mood for something like that anyway. I’m already kinda living in a horror movie right now. And even realistic fictional gore just kinda hits differently now, especially after Monday. Man, I hope this bullshit isn’t for real gonna ruin horror for me.
Afterwards we just talked about movies and stuff like that, nothing special, really. I had a good time! It was nice to hang out like this, like just watching a movie together instead of climbing a building or jumping off a cliff. Just hanging out like two normal human teens would. Ever since Monday something has definitely shifted, like he’s been so sweet to me.. I’d been worrying a bit that he’d start moving faster after I kissed him Monday. But it hasn’t been like that. Sure, we sat really close together today, but nothing that went over my boundaries. Well I mean, it was only a kiss on his cheek anyway, maybe I’m making it into something bigger than it really is.
We already agreed to go into the forest tomorrow (if I’m feeling better at least, but most of the time I do) after I mentioned wanting to run again under the influence of vampire blood. So that’s what we’re doing tomorrow!
I called with Joy today, it fucking sucks that I can’t tell her the complete truth. So I keep having to come up with some other story, but it’s so hard! When I can’t sleep I just spend the night fabricating cover up stories in my head and getting used to them so I won’t slip up. I ended up telling her Gabriela had lied about something, but it was pretty private so I wouldn’t get into it more. Not really a lie! And told her I’ve been hanging out more with Cas ever since. I haven’t told her about the kiss because I honestly don’t WANT to talk to anyone about it. No, not even Joy. I’d rather just figure it out for myself first, I guess.
It’s been weird just not talking to Gabriela at all. I’m already getting withdrawal symptoms. I don’t think the time is right yet to face her. But man do I miss her. She’s been such a constant presence in my life these past weeks.. But because of that it only hurts even more that she lied to me and put me in danger. Like I thought she cared about me, but then why would she do that?
2016 October 13 - thursday
Libby stopped by the coffee shop today and asked if something had happened between me and Gabriela after the Autumn festival, because she hadn’t heard from either of us all week. And Gabriela apparently acted off during her shift yesterday, but pretended like nothing was wrong when asked about it, of course. I didn’t really have time to chat and told her yes but that it was between us. She asked if it had anything to do with Cas, ugh. Monday I already felt like she really didn’t like it when I left with him for a bit and I guess now she thinks I’m cheating or whatever!! I mean it isn’t even cheating anyway, it’s not like we’re in a fucking committed relationship or whatever? GOD!! And it sucks even more that that really wasn’t the reason, but it’s not like I can fucking tell anyone about that so!! I guess now I look like the asshole, great!
After that I had another two hours to go and I even messed up some orders because I honestly just felt so bad. I wish she hadn’t confronted me during my shift. But okay whatever, I get that she’s protective over her friend. And I’m still the new girl so of course everyone picks Gabriela’s side.
Cas came to pick me up again after my shift and we went straight into the forest after stopping by my place for a bit so I could eat and change.
He took me all the way to the edge of the ley lines. Now that I’m aware of them, it’s so obvious! It’s autumn now so the trees don’t look too different, except there really aren’t any green trees in Crimson Beech. The colours are different too, brighter, almost like they glow. And it’s also just way colder outside the leylines right now! Crazy! I don’t even have to wear a jacket in town right now.
He let me bite him again, it got less messy this time, I just broke the skin and licked off the first drops. I learned my lesson last time, maybe I can slowly work up though.. Once the blood had kicked in and his wound had closed up, we raced each other. We never got a winner though, because it was cut short when I ran into a tree. Which then fell down, somehow. I think we probably laughed for three minutes straight, it was so funny, I really wish I could tell Joy about these kinda moments!
After that I jokingly lifted up the tree and tried to hit him with it. Which somehow led to both of us playfighting. We both really got into it, no way I’m letting that annoying motherfucker win, so I gave him a hard time. But he didn't go easy on me either (And I don’t want him to). We went at it for so long, tackling each other and rolling over the ground. We were both covered in leaves and dirt but I didn’t care. At some point I had him pinned down by his wrists and I told him to surrender already. Instead he kissed my cheek and because of the total surprise he could overpower me again! And he won because I was just so like ‘okay what did he just do’. I had to keep myself I almost But worst of all, I almost kissed him back (on his lips). Like, I liked it. Okay. Yeah I guess I like Cas like that. Shit!
Okay I don’t even care if I’m bisexual after all, nothing wrong with that, even though it’s still like. I don’t know. I don’t understand, I guess? I’ve been digging through my memories if I’ve maybe ever had a crush on a guy and maybe just not realised? But no. But he’s also way prettier But this still feels like, okay damn why am I even thinking so much about this when me and my moms lives are LITERALLY on the line. Why do I care!!!
When we walked back home I thought of bringing up last Monday, but I couldn’t get myself to do it. I really really need to tell Gabriela about this before anything more happens. What if I just feel this way because I miss Gabriela? And I miss the intimacy from the past weeks or something? I don’t know. I mean he couldn’t replace her, they’re so different. And I don’t WANT to replace her! I hope she won’t be hurt or anything..
I don’t want to stay away from her anymore, it doesn’t feel good not resolving things. And I just miss her a lot, I still care so much about her. I know she feels horrible about it all. I don’t really feel angry anymore. Definitely hurt and betrayed, but not angry. I texted her tonight that I want to meet up tomorrow and after my shift I’ll go to her place.
it’s insane when Cas is all like ‘ooh we Venandi’s look out for each other, we’re a family’ when at the same time they’d execute their own people and torture them and stuff. Dude seems brainwashed as hell.
Exactly!!! EXACTLYYYYY!!!!
Ripley being confused about her sexuality after being so sure of it before is so relatable, I'm really glad you included that aspect.
You know what. There ARE less animals around than there used to be. Like. Less than five years ago there were dozens of herons in the rivers by the train tracks. There were wild hogs and deer in the nearby forest. When you were out late in summer you could see hares and owls. I have several fond memories of staying out at night in my late teens and seeing swarms of fireflies. There were frogs, salamanders, occasional lizards if you were lucky. There were so many fucking foxes. And like... I've gone on several evening/night walks in the woods this summer and I haven't seen a single firefly, or heard the call of an owl. There's no hares, no foxes. I haven't seen a fieldfare or a nightingale in years. Biodiversity is dying out completely.
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hi everybody i started HRT at 35 so like don't even despair
being in ur twenties makes u feel like 30 is a brick wall u either fly over or crash into but i promise u it's a door and it opens up into the rest of ur life like getting past the prologue of an open world game
if you ever see me post an AI generated image, please assume it is because I am fucking stupid and not because I support and use generative AI. the search results on many search engines and picture sharing websites are absolutely infested with AI and I do my very best to avoid AI generated images but there is always the possibility that I will not notice because, again, I am not terribly observant and I don’t have good eyesight. I know it is frustrating and I know it is my responsibility to look into the image source but things will slip through the cracks, please inform me instead of assuming I know
You know, there's this cliché that teenage boys always eat massive amounts, but teenage girls really aren't that different if they're not suppressed by diet culture and body shaming. Like, I was a teenage girl who frankly just stopped bothering to fit into mainstream beauty ideals at some point, and I would regularly make myself just one big massive pot of pasta and devour it completely. This wasn't even stress eating or anything, I just genuinely needed the energy because you know, I was a teenager and my body was developing. I feel like so many teenage girls think they need to eat as little as possible to be petite and pretty, but the truth is that your body is developing just as intensely as teenage boys' bodies. Eat more, please, your body needs it.
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He's told me before that it's like a knee-jerk for him. Something he doesn't consciously control. He sees two men behaving romantically, and his body reacts with mild discomfort.
In the 1960s, when he was in high school, most of the boys in his form thought he was gay on the simple fact that he wasn't homophobic. He wouldn't participate in insulting queer people, he didn't care if someone was gay, he wouldn't have a problem hanging out with gay people. So people thought he was gay. That's how prevalent homophobia was in his formative years.
When I was 10, my dad told me very seriously that Holmes and Watson were gay. That it was obvious from the literature and the time period that they were meant to be a gay couple. When I was 14 and I came out to my parents as bi, when my mum was upset my dad ripped into her for it. Told her that she was being stupid, that it was my life to live how I wanted to and that she needed to get over herself.
My dad formed my views on censorship: that being that it was completely ridiculous and thoroughly evil. He didn't believe in censorship of any kind. If I asked him a question about sex, he answered it honestly. When I was 12 and I asked him about homosexuality, still young and uncertain, he told me that there was nothing wrong with it. That it was just how some people were. That there was likely an evolutionary reason for it. And that for some people it was uncomfortable on an instinctual level.
He taught me that just because you're uncomfortable with something, doesn't make it wrong. He also taught me that most people don't understand this.
I see a lot of this on the internet as of the last few years. The anti shipping movement, the terf movement, the anti ace movement. It all stems from discomfort that people have crossed wires into believing means wrong. Really every -ism and -phobia out there stems from this same fundamental aspect of humanity.
The next time you see something and you automatically think it's disgusting, or wrong, or immoral, I invite you to ask yourself: is this actually wrong or does this just make me uncomfortable?
All three know how to swim. Devi and Gabe learned in their childhood, but Cas never got that chance. Denise taught him how to swim in high school, just before his turning.
10. Any pets? Or plants?
Devi: officially no, as Tara is a bit scared of animals. However Angel is kind of Devi's pet. Devi's a huge animal lover, so even though she doesn't really have pets, she ends up befriending a lot of random animals especially in book 2 when she spends more time in the woods.
Gabe: used to have a golden retriever when he was really young, but after he passed away he hasn't had any other pets.
Cas: some of his foster homes had pets, but he never really considered them his pets. Angel was considered the Venandi cat since she hung out around the Nexus, but once Devi comes along she started spending more time around them than the other vampires.
Since Devi is out here befriending bears and snakes and shit in the woods, they become Gas's friends too. Kind of.
nsfw under the cut
5. Favourite positions?
Devi/Gabe: missionary
Devi/Cas: cowgirl
Gabe/Cas: missionary
6. Dom/top? Sub/bottom? Any switches?
Honesty depends who they're with
Devi: switch
Gabe: mostly bottom but sometimes Cas really tests his patience so he tops on rare occassions
Cas: switch
When all three of them are together it really varies.
