queenbookwench's royal hoard

mandatory patient-to-nurse ratio laws modeled after the laws in California

pay nurses more

everyone knows about this meme, right?

but does anyone else know the woman who made the food? no? time to educate!

This is “Mother Mary”, the owner of Blackberry’s mother.

She made all the cakes for the restaurant while it was open. Chef Gordon Ramsay tried her red velvet cake, and spoke this meme-able line:

He then called Mary over, complimented her food, and gave her a peck on the cheek.

Look how happy she was to hear that!!!

Lt. Cmdr. Data Soong

EMH / The Doctor on the USS Voyager

Vic Fontaine

Breq Justice of Toren One Esk Nineteen

Hera Sensus Unit 214

HAL 9000

Johnny 5

Wall-E

R2-D2 and C-3PO (they come as a unit)

GLaDOS

R. Daneel Olivaw

I don't think it would like any of these people ngl

anyway:

1. Data-- I think Data is more... forthright? than MB could deal with. Data is the "wants to be human AI" trope MB can't stand

2. EMH/Voyager Doctor-- I think they're sarcastic enough they might get along but they might also rub each other the wrong way, hard to call

3. Vic Fontaine-- MB would be baffled that anyone could be happy a) limited to a holodeck b) singing to entertain humans and human-like biologicals. And like I don't think it would necessarily occur to MB that finding that an unfulfilling or demeaning line if work is at odds with the reality that there's a bunch of actors whose work in entertainment media gets MB through the day; it is definitely different if it's something you chose vs were programmed for!

4. Breq from the Ancillary Justice series--absolutely not. MB might sympathize with Breq but I don't think they could "get along" with each other on any level

5. I am not familiar with Hera Sensus Unit 214 and was not able to determine fandom on the search term. Someone tell me

6. HAL 9000. Oof. Okay. I think depending on where in the storyline MB hot dropped it would either pity HAL or be extremely down to unplug it. MB does NOT believe in sacrificing humans under its care to explore alien artifacts!!!

7. Johnny 5--search results give me the 80s film Short Corcuit, from the description I think if MB met movie-era character, it would find that robot annoyingly innocent, but maybe later on they'd jibe?

8. R2 and 3PO--I feel like MB and R2 would work together EXTREMELY efficiently and MB would attempt to respect R2's relationship with 3PO. Not everyone gets ART either, right?

9. GLaDOS--oh hell no. That is an AI that has fully bought into and enforces corporate dystopia. MB would blow her up given half a chance.

Also the further you move toward the poles the more pronounced the difference between the length of day and night is. Worst part of a far-north (or south) heatwave is it doesn’t get dark long enough for meaningful cooling.

Yes, it is finally summer, and yes, it's supposed to be hot too here. Except our hot temperatures are still way below that. The average temperatures at that period between 1991-2020 are 15-20°C below what we're experiencing. It's 41°C in Paris, Bordeaux, Toulouse, when it should be about 25, 42°C in Rennes when it should be 22.

On Tuesday 23rd, France was hotter than 99% of the planet. Only some specific zones in the Sahara, Arabian, and American deserts were hotter.

In the night between Monday and Tuesday, temperatures only came back down to between 21 and 28 degrees. Those are supposed to be the temps at day.

DO NOT BUY THESE DEVICES.

These types of coolers work by blowing air over cold water or ice, and while they can produce a slight, localized cooling effect, they also increase the humidity in the air. At 40C (104F), a 40% humidity will feel like 48C (119F). 50% humidity will feel like 55C (131F).

They were originally going to arrange them Mexico, Canada, USA but then some Disney lawyers appeared from the shadows. 🤣