something you can never understand

I fear that when people hear "smoke from wildfires", they imagine that it's just smoke from burning trees. They compare it to things they're familiar with, like campfires or barbecues. Even then, you also know how irritating it can be to sit in front of a fire and have smoke blow right in your face.

Wildfires don't just burn trees and brush. Wildfires burn buildings and infrastructure too. Plastic and other chemicals burn and get suspended in the air, traveling hundreds of miles to enter into your lungs. These chemicals are small enough to be absorbed into your bloodstream when you breathe them in. Children and the elderly are at the highest risk, but there's really not a safe level of exposure.

it causes bodywide inflammation. it can lead to u developing autoimmune disorders like psoriasis (which contrary to popular belief, attacks a lot of the body and not just the skin and/or joints), and them flaring if u already have a autoimmune condition

it makes u feel so sick. makes u more mentally ill too from the inflammation. exhausted easily

im seeing people wearing unfiltered masks here which won't help with the fine particulate in ash at all. u need disposables or changeable filters on a mask, and to change them regularly.

get an air purifier if possible, ideally portable and HEPA rated. don't forget to change ur car filter regularly if u have one, and actually use it.

Sky Renfro

(Bay Area Reporter, January 1992, 40 years old)

LIVE WALLPAPER: wallpaper engine. only thing on here that costs any money (its like 5 bucks on steam). im sure theres free alternatives but this one has a lot of presets and stuff so its less hassle and its what i use. might be a bad idea for lower end pcs tho

CUSTOM TASKBAR: retrobar on github (lots of different options)

CUSTOM CURSOR: theres a lot of places to find these, but rw-designer open cursor library is a good place to start

DISCORD: betterdiscord, im using the clearvision v7 theme with a custom background

EXTENSIONS (these are for firefox, might or might not exist on other browsers):

tabliss for the new tab theme

stylus for tumblr -> specifically the 'tumblr - custom dashboard pallette' theme for colors + bg, and this for the pre-twitterifcation layout

enhancer for youtube for custom youtube colors

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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. 💚