New California tool ranks extreme heat danger by neighborhood. Here's how it works | LAist

It’s going to be hot this summer. And a new tool can help you figure out the risk that the temperature can pose to your health.

The California Communities Extreme Heat Scoring System — which the state is calling CalHeatScore — can tell you the level of heat-related health risk you face and point you to cooling resources in your area.

This pilot program ranks risk from extreme heat into four categories, from mild to severe. A ranking of “severe,” for example, could correspond with a higher temperature inland, as opposed to at the beach.

http://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/07/22/new-california-tool-ranks-extreme-heat-danger-by-neighborhood-heres-how-it-works-via-laist-shared/

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5 Museums And Organizations With Free Art For Your Home via House Digest [Shared]

One way to save money while choosing art for your home is to download free images before printing them out yourself. All you need to do from there is potentially frame your new art and put it in the perfect room where it might become one of your favorite pieces. In order to find a wide range of possibilities, you can simply check out the various museums, universities, libraries, and other organizations that have made some of the pieces in their collections free to use. Take time to browse the online assortments and you can find paintings, photographs, illustrations, and much more. You can also opt for work by van Gogh, Renoir, Cassatt, Mondrian, Monet, and other notable artists.

If that's piqued your interest, then take a look at the following creative collections with free art you can use in your home.

https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/07/21/5-museums-and-organizations-with-free-art-for-your-home-shared/

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Blueprints: how mathematics shapes creativity - Marcus du Sautoy via Oxford mathematics on YouTube

Many of the artists that we encounter are completely unaware of the mathematics that bubble beneath their craft, while some consciously use it for inspiration. Our instincts might tell us that these two subjects are incompatible forces with nothing in common, mathematics being the realm of precise logic and art being the realm of emotion and aesthetics. But what if we’re wrong?

Marcus du Sautoy unpacks how we make art, why a creative mindset is vital for discovering mathematics, and how a fundamental connection to the natural world intrinsically links the two subjects.

Marcus du Sautoy is a mathematician, author and broadcaster. He is Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science in Oxford.

https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/07/18/blueprints-how-mathematics-shapes-creativity-marcus-du-sautoy-via-oxford-mathematics-on-youtube-shared/

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Art Recovery LA [Shared]v

Our Mission

Art Recovery LA is a collective of art conservation professionals in Los Angeles and throughout Southern California dedicated to assisting our communities to protect and restore their cherished belongings before, during, and after disasters. Through compassionate support, hands-on guidance, and shared knowledge, we are in service to community members and cultural organizations as they preserve their heritage and personal histories. Grounded in empathy, resilience, and community, we believe that healing begins when we come together to protect our stories, histories, and the objects that hold them.

https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/07/16/art-recovery-la-shared/

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Thrive in obscurity via Jeet Mehta [Shared]

Most things take forever to bear fruit.

Even the most successful creators have spent years (if not decades) putting content out in obscurity. Just a complete total void. Youtube videos with 4 views. Newsletters with 3 subscribers. Podcasts with 10 listeners. Blogs with 6 readers. Songs with 4 downloads. No one but their parents and their spouse consuming their work. And sometimes not even that.

If you’re in it purely for the promised land of love, praise, followers, and fame from millions of people - it’s impossible to sustain. In every field, it takes years of practice, repetition, and “failed performances” before the first hit. In the worst case, artists go their entire life without ever receiving the praise they deserved.

https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/07/15/thrive-in-obscurity-via-jeet-mehta-shared/

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Artist Transforms Pieces of Scrap Metal Into Animal Sculptures via My Modern Met [Shared]

Artist Leah Jeffrey, better known as Bruised Reed Studio, gives scrap metal a new life. She uses discarded materials to create exquisite modern sculptures of animals such as birds, frogs, rabbits, and more. These welded pieces lovingly depict different fauna while also maintaining some of the unique characteristics of the individual parts including gears and mesh wire.

https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/07/14/artist-transforms-pieces-of-scrap-metal-into-animal-sculptures-via-my-modern-met-shared/

#art #artork #artist #scrap #recycle #metalwork #metal #animal #shared

If you are useful, it doesn’t mean you are valued via Better Than Random [Shared]

As you progress in your career, understanding the difference between being useful and being valued is very important. At first glance, they might look similar because the signals you get are more or less the same: a promotion, a higher than expected bonus, a special stock award. This is why it’s important to dig deeper and try to detect subtler signals.

https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/07/12/if-you-are-useful-it-doesnt-mean-you-are-valued-via-better-than-random-shared/

#work #life #career #growth #useful #valued #education #learning #shared

12,000+ Vintage Dinner Ideas via The Internet Archive [Shared]

Need dinner ideas? Looking for something to bring to a holiday potluck? Want to explore the history of your favorite food? The Internet Archive’s Cookbook and Home Economics Collection holds more than 12,000 vintage recipe books–showcasing a fascinating slice of everyday life across decades of cooking. Here are a few of our favorites!

https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/07/11/12000-vintage-dinner-ideas-via-the-internet-archive-shared/

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The 30-minute noticing workout via Austin Kleon [Shared]

Here is a slide from my friend Bill Keaggy’s TEDx talk, “How to Find Attention, Mindfulness, and Creativity in the Ordinary.”

After going through some of his own creative work — I highly recommend his books 50 Sad Chairs and Milk, Eggs, Vodka — and the work of others, Bill suggests a very simple 30-minute workout for everyone:

Walk around. Pay attention. Take pictures.

https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/07/09/the-30-minute-noticing-workout-via-austin-kleon-shared/

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