the first condition of victory

Daredevil Born Again

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use overdrive, libby, hoopla, cloudlibrary, and kanopy instead of amazon and audible.

use firefox instead of chrome or opera (both are made with chromium, which blocks functionality for ad-blockers. firefox isn't based on chromium).

use mega or proton drive instead of google drive.

get rid of bloatware

use libreoffice instead of microsoft office suite

use vetted sites on r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH for free movies, books, games, etc.

use trakt or letterboxd instead of imdb.

use storygraph instead of goodreads.

use darkpatterns to find mobile game with no ads or microtransactions

use ground news to read unbiased news and find blind spots in news stories.

use mediahuman or cobalt to download music, or support your favorite artists directly through bandcamp

make youtube bearable by using mtube, newpipe, or the unhook extension on chrome, firefox, or microsoft edge

use search for a cause or ecosia to support the environment instead of google

use thriftbooks to buy new or used books (they also have manga, textbooks, home goods, CDs, DVDs, and blurays)

use flashpoint to play archived online flash games

find books, movies, games, etc. on the internet archive! for starters, here's a bunch of David Attenborough documentaries and all of the Animorphs books

burn your music onto cds

use pdf24 (available online or as a desktop app) instead of adobe

use unroll.me to clean your email inboxes

use thunderbird, mailfence, countermail, edison mail, tuta, or proton mail instead of gmail

remove bloatware on windows PC, macOS, and iOS X

remove bloatware on samsung X

use pixelfed instead of instagram or meta

use NCH suite for free software like a file converter, image editor, video editors, pdf editor, etc.

feel free to add more alternatives, resources or advice in the reblogs or replies, and i'll add them to the main post <3

you are so right so let's go over this shall we -

change in mental state: confusion, agitation, slurred speech, irritability, delirium, seizures

skin may feel deceptively cool or dry. you may also stop sweating entirely.

nausea and vomitting

extremely flushed skin - whole body!

rapid breathing/heart beat

headache

dry, swollen tongue

even if you’re used to heat, please understand that high humidity changes things drastically. your body’s ability to thermoregulate (cool itself down) is largely dependent on sweat evaporation. this is an interaction of physics; when a liquid evaporates, the surface it evaporates from is cooled down by that state change. when it’s very humid, sweat doesn’t evaporate as efficiently, so your body isn’t able to manage your internal temperature very well.

in occupational safety, we consider both the temperature and humidity together in a measurement called the heat index. basically, as the humidity rises, the “temperature” rises to reflect the added danger from the increased difficulty of thermoregulating. here is a chart from the national weather service:

the top axis is the measured temperature, and the left axis is the humidity. so if it’s 90° out and the humidity is 75%, the heat index is 109— or, put another way, if humidity weren’t a factor, it would effectively be 109°.

do not underestimate the heat. if you start feeling sick or light-headed, immediately get out of the sun, get somewhere air-conditioned (if possible), sit down, and sip cool water. if at all possible, do not get up again until you’ve been feeling better for 10 full minutes, and take it slow after that. if you don’t feel better, or if you start to feel worse, seek medical attention immediately.

When I took these, it was about 109 with 37% humidity (which is EXTREMELY humid for the desert) and I had been walking around for a couple hours when my friends noticed that I was bright red and not sweating. I felt fine, until I sat down in an air conditioned car and realized that I was dizzy and shaky and felt like I was going to throw up.

If you are going to be exposed to dangerously high temperatures, set a timer for yourself once an hour to check in. Look in a mirror, take your pulse, feel your forehead, MAKE SURE YOU'RE STILL SWEATING (if you're not sweating in temps like this you're potentially dangerously overheated or dangerously dehydrated) - basically pause for a few minutes to verify that you still actually feel okay because when the heat index is super high you *already* feel so miserable that you might miss the fact that you are showing symptoms of heat exhaustion.

Some things you can do to reduce your chances of experiencing heat exhaustion in a heat dome event are:

Stay hydrated

Keep electrolyte powders, chews, or capsules handy to supplement lost electrolytes. Make sure that whatever electrolyte supplement you're using includes sodium and does NOT include B or D vitamins (you're going to have to take multiple doses if you're outside for hours and you don't want to have to worry about limiting your sodium based on how much Vitamin D you've taken)

Plan downtime - give yourself a few minutes to recover and rest as best you can every hour you're in the heat

Wear lightweight, loose, breathable clothing

Spend time in the shade, carry an umbrella to make shade if there is no available shade where you're going to be

Avoid activity during the hottest parts of the day

Make use of a cooling towel; these work by soaking up water that cools by slowly evaporating, they are less effective in high humidity.

Use high SPF sunblock - this won't prevent heat exhaustion but a bad sunburn can make it harder to recover from heat exhaustion

Make it a point to check in on people around you as well as checking in on yourself.