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because we as a species were so lonely and we wanted friends so bad, we wanted to meet other species and we wanted to talk to them and we wanted to learn from them and to stop being the only people in the universe

and we started realizing that things were maybe not going so good for us– we got scared that we were going to blow each other up, we got scared that we were going to break our planet permanently, we got scared that in a hundred years we were all going to be dead and gone and even if there were other people out there, we’d never get to meet them

and then

we built robots?

and we gave them names and we gave them brains made out of silicon and we pretended they were people and we told them hey you wanna go exploring, and of course they did, because we had made them in our own image

and maybe in a hundred years we won’t be around any more, maybe yeah the planet will be a mess and we’ll all be dead, and if other people come from the stars we won’t be around to meet them and say hi! how are you! we’re people, too! you’re not alone any more!, maybe we’ll be gone

but we built robots, who have beat-up hulls and metal brains, and who have names; and if the other people come and say, who were these people? what were they like?

the robots can say, when they made us, they called us discovery; they called us curiosity; they called us explorer; they called us spirit. they must have thought that was important.

This is my favorite post on this website. 

I’ve seen this post in screenshots before, and the first time I read it, I cried. Just sat there with tears running down my face. 

Because this, right here, is the best of us, we humans. That we hope, and dream of the stars, and we don’t want to be alone. That this is the best of our technology, not Terminators and Skynet, but our friends, our companions, our legacy. Our message to the stars. 

We created the rovers to explore our red sister planet. We didn’t have to give them names, but we did. We didn’t have to wish them happy birthday when they made it through another year, but we did. We didn’t have to program them with the ability to make music on their birthday, but we did.

its at about 3:13:20

1.  Do not feed your reptile.  If your area is expected to lose power, you’ve got some advance notice.  Reptiles NEED heat to digest their food; without that heat, that food is just going to rot.

2. Continue to offer water.

3. Know your reptile’s requirements.  What’s life-threatening for one critter might only be a mild nuisance to another. 

4.  If you still have hot water, you can fill up some jugs with hot water and put these in your reptile tanks.  Cover your reptile tanks with tin foil to conserve heat.

5. You can make small space heaters with a tea light, a pot, and something to elevate the pot by a few centimeters.  Light the tea light and put the pot over it, making sure there’s a gap at the bottom so oxygen can still reach the candle.  This produces more heat than you’d expect.

6. You can pack up your reptiles in reptile shipping boxes.  These are insulated cardboard boxes.  You can also use styrofoam containers.  Line the bottom of the box with crumpled newspaper.  You take your reptile, put them in a small container—-like a deli cup with holes poked into it or a critter keeper or something similar—-and put them on top of the newspaper, and kinda nestle some extra paper around it loosely.  Insert a handwarmer between the box and paper layer, so it’s NEAR the deli cup but not in direct contact with it.  Finally, cover them with more loosely crumpled paper to help conserve the heat.

It’s VERY important that your reptile does NOT come into direct contact with the handwarmer.  These get VERY hot.  They also consume oxygen, so airflow is essential. 

You can also use reptile shipping packs.  These tend to last longer (40 hour packs are the most common, but they can last as long as 72 hours).

7.  Wood stoves are super helpful!  Bring all your reptiles into one room and close the door.  The goal is to keep one room cozy at this point.

You probably won’t be able to maintain the ideal temperatures for your animals, but don’t worry too much about that.  These animals are hardier than that.  Keep warm and keep safe!

1) As with any candle, these should be placed somewhere very stable and sturdy, where there’s no chance they’ll be jostled or knocked over. The surface it’s placed on should be non-flammable, as well.

2) The burning chamber inside will get quite hot. it can get hot enough to completely liqjify the paraffin inside, and even ignite it directly (not just the wick) this can lead to sudden flare-ups and bursts of flame, which of course would be extremely dangerous. For this reason, you shouldn’t burn more than one candle at a time in this style heater, because the more flames you have, the hotter it’ll get in the burning chamber, and thr more molten wax in the chamber, the farther a flare-up could potentially spread.

3) For this reason, you should take care that there is nothing over or around the heater that could catch fire in the case of a flare-up. You should also never burn this heater while you’re sleeping, or leave it unattended. If a flare-up happens, it can spread FAST. you should also have a fire extinguishing method within arm’s reach.

4) Wax fires are just like grease fires, from an extinguishing perspective. NEVER USE WATER ON A WAX OR GREASE FIRE. water will simply spread it. To put out a wax/grease fire, you can use a fire extinguisher rated for grease fires (check the side, it will say what types of fires it’s for), or if that’s unavailable, baking soda or salt. If you’re using a fire extinguisher, check to verify it isn’t expired, and that it’s rated for grease fires. if you’re using baking soda or salt, fill a container like a tupperware or box with an easily removed lid so you can quickly open it and pour it over the fire. Whatever you plan to use, put it somewhere you can grab it at a moment’s notice.

5) On the subject of water and molten wax, make sure there is NO water near this heater. I’ve seen people advising folks to perch a container of water on top of the heater to get some steam in the air, and this is a TERRIBLE idea. As mentioned above, the heat inside the burn chamber can be extreme, and the heat that’s transferred to the top of the pot can also be quite intense. This can be enough to crack or melt your water container, and if that happens (or even if the container is simply jostled), that water will slosh down into the burn chamber with the molten wax. You know how if you splash water into hot oil, it will immediately boil off and turn into steam and cause the oil to violently bubble and splatter? That’s exactly what it would do if water hits molten wax, except it will be wax and it will be on fire. DO NOT GET WATER NEAR MOLTEN WAX.

6) Fire burns oxygen. Normally this wouldn’t be an issue, but there’s so much advice about sealing off your rooms to keep the warm in and the cold out, so it’s worth mentioning: if you’re burning anything (even just a candle) you need to make sure you have some ventilation.