Rain When I Die

veggies still have nutrients if they're frozen and canned and those can just be microwaved in a bowl if you don't have time or energy for more cooking than that

brushing your teeth for 20 seconds is better than not brushing them at all

not every shower needs to be an everything shower, and even just standing still under the running water for a few minutes gets you cleaner than doing nothing

it is literally always okay to have a sip of water no matter what your boss says

eating something like a candy bar is better than not eating at all when you're hungry, that's your body telling you it needs calories and wherever you can get them when you need them is worth it

A recent study underlines the dangers of these worsening highs. It estimates that a single day of extreme heat causes approximately 3,400 excess deaths nationally in India. A five-day heatwave is linked to nearly 30,000 extra deaths, according to the paper published in the Frontiers in Environmental Health journal last month. These heatwaves are becoming more frequent, longer and more intense as climate change – driven by the burning of fossil fuels – pushes global temperatures higher. The past 11 years, from 2015 to 2025, were the hottest on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). [...]

There's worse to come, folks. Strap in and stay strapped.

And was like, uh, are you missing something there, buddy? Like all that red in northern Africa? Because that's a lot of red.

And I was going to give them the benefit of doubt, since I don't know much about the climate in Northern Africa, aside from Morroco and Egypt, which seem like really hot places, so you know, maybe it's normal there?

But nope, that's not the case:

Some selections from the article:

"The region has been experiencing some of the most intense heat waves in recent years, but in many cases they’ve been under-reported due to misconceptions about Africans’ ability to withstand them.

“Africa is seen as a sunny and hot continent,” said Amadou Thierno Gaye, a research scientist and professor at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. “People think we are used to heat, but we are having high temperatures for a longer duration. Nobody is used to this.”