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Welp. 😓 Parasol Lady Ansy & Sora here - we’re already back with another one (“Cas-cas…”)

Long story short, Canada is on fire, & smoke from those fires are making their way down the US northeast coast. We’ve also been seeing some thunderstorms blow through on a cold front, which is good news & bad news:

Good news: rain cleans the atmosphere & waters the dry earth & thirsty plants. 🌧️ Bad news: if the earth is too dry, it might make areas susceptible to flooding more at risk. 😥

If the air quality is poor due to the smoke, avoid going outside or opening your windows, & wear a mask (especially if you have something like asthma, allergies, or other respiratory sensitivities).

Keep following your local & federal weather reports to know what to do to stay safe. 😷

If you’re in Canada (or otherwise facing wildfire conditions), PLEASE be safe, & if you aren’t safe, get to safety! 🔥

Watch the forecasts, listen to the emergency broadcasts in case you need to evacuate, & don’t start any fires outside while under wildfire conditions.

In the meantime, while SOME people want to blame Canada, when if it were us on fire, they’d send firefighters to help >:T, here are some places I’ve found that you can send support if you can 🇨🇦

First Nations’ Emergency Services Society of BC

Canadian Red Cross - Wildfire Fund

Global Giving - Canada Wildfire Relief Fund

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. 💚

Smoking is a vice. Vices can be managed, cut back and replaced.

If anyone tells you go cold turkey on most drugs in a high stress period of your life if they are not causing insane self harm or harm to others, they are like a puritan and a cop who is going to inadvertently hospitalize you or give you a stress attack. Quitting cigarettes cold turkey while braving exterior stress can make your health worse should you relapse.

Consider counting cigarette intake down before quitting entirely. So you don't have intense panic attacks.

You often need to be stable to quit. It is okay when you aren't.

1. Have proof they're a teenager first. More than just a picture, have a video call with them.

2. If you want to meet up with them, have your parents or a trusted adult come with you. Even if they are a proven teenager, its still good to have supervision in case any issues happen.

3. If you are talking to an adult, and they start being sexual in any way, you run the fuck away. It doesn't matter if they're 40 or 20. An adult inherently has a power dynamic that teenagers do not. And its up to the adult to act responsible about it. There's exceptions of course, if you're 16 and dating an 18 year old, that's not a problem, we're not talking about that.

4. Being in a server with adults or ran by adults is not inherently bad. Talking to adults is not inherently a problem, and will likely happen in any number of Discord servers. It is only an issue when they are acting sexual and show predatory behavior.

5. Look out for grooming behavior. It can be difficult, because at first it seems like innocuous behavior, like complimenting or giving gifts. Especially if you feel lonely and have low self esteem. And groomers actively target people like that.

If they start trying to isolate you, talk sexual with you, state they depend on you for emotional needs, blame you for their own actions, try to be secretive about the relationship- Then you need to talk to people you trust, block the perpetrator, and call the police on them.