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GET in line

We're having our turn in the heat wave and reports from the National Mall are brutal already this week. That screenshot is today's forecast (courtesy of the Capital Weather Gang) and tomorrow and Saturday are confidently going to be worse than this is.

The national Mall has no shade on the grass and you will be exposed to the sun constantly while also experiencing extremely high humidity. You will not be allowed a bag over a certain size to enter the mall and it has to be clear. You cannot have an insulated water bottle, it has to be clear. Reports are that there are two entrances to the area so you'll have to wait in line to even get in. I cannot find a number on how many cooling stations there are, except that it's "few" to "none" depending on what accounts I read online. Vendors are allegedly charging more than the posted prices and seem to be unprepared for actual crowds - these are the official vendors not the scam food trucks that park all around the edges of the mall. And that's the extent of the planning done because it was not a priority to make sure attendees don't pass out.

My local friends and I have reached a consensus that tourists are going to get extremely sick and none of us know what the EMT response or planning is on the mall this year. People are going to die.

There is historically an assumption that attendees will have access to planned amenities. It's not in place this year of all years. There is a very real risk here and I'm trying to warn people, because people simply don't know how awful this is about to be.

and dc is a swamp, literally. when we hit a heat wave like this, the heat just settles; it doesn't break at night and there's just zero relief, especially without shade in places like the mall. and without cooling stations or literally any other planning or precautions, people will get sick. they will get hurt. they will die.

if you know anyone planning on going, please tell them to stay home or find something else to do. watch the fireworks from somewhere else.

Love isn't earned, gained or even taught.

It's given.

Love is always given

And it's always your choice whether to accept it or not.

Not accepting Love is what killed Jax.

Trespasser was trying to not have a HUD, so the way you checked your health in-game was to look down at your character's breasts:

It's a super-ambitious action-adventure with a physics & AI system years ahead of what was coming out at the time. It's super influential, sold about 5 copies, was completely impossible to play at launch, and it was created by the guy who designed the Xbox and the writer of Deus Ex & Dishonored. It's been cited as inspiration for Half Life 2, Halo, Far Cry, Doom 3, Octodad, and Surgeon Simulator. It was widely considered The Worst Game Of 1998 when it came out.

It's also a Jurassic Park tie-in that doesn't bother mentioning that in the name!

fuck

yes

FUCK

that’s my job mother fucker

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