AarniHi, #ListeningClub! Happy midsummer. Pictured, a traditional midsummer pole from Friday (just after the communal raising ceremony)
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woj@akx was just reading about some of the midsummer celebration customs. think i am going to out in the woods tuesday night to look for the flower of the fern... #ListeningClub
Simon Landmine@woj [looks at Tuesday's weather forecast]
Nope.
@SimonLandmine monday and tuesday look wet here but tuesday night might be dried out enough for a bonfire... #ListeningClub
Dan Kletter 🥑@woj @SimonLandmine #ListeningClub It would seem El Niño is here to stay over on the Best Coast. SIGH. At least the fog rolls in at night lately.
@woj @SimonLandmine #ListeningClub Tell me about it. This year feels a lot hotter than last year this time. Or maybe I just haven’t acclimated to summer yet? Hmmm.
@soundclamp @SimonLandmine meanwhile, out here, while there's been a couple days of hot hot heat but this summer has been relatively nice so far. i'm sure that will change once we're into july and august though... #ListeningClub
Eric K@woj @soundclamp @SimonLandmine likewise! sorry to hear about the London / Bristol temps, that's too much for even me, and I love the warms, as u know #listeningClub
@woj (I'd signed up to run a TTRPG one-shot at our local games cafe, long before this forecast. I'm not quite regretting it, but ...
At least they have A/C, but they don't open until mid-afternoon, so I can't head over in the morning and then shelter until they close.)
@SimonLandmine oh yeah, ugh. , one hopes you and everyone else in hot europe do not melt... #ListeningClub
ogili@woj @SimonLandmine I'm not looking forward to Tusday (35 degrees), and Wednesday (36 degrees) doing a 10 hour shift in a place with no air con, and windows that catch the afternoon sun.
I've got some little cartons of coconut water in the freezer to take to work which will hopefully help as they'll melt but still be cold through out the day.
@SimonLandmine @woj I have repurposed a laptop left by some builders a few years ago (technically donated to the staff, which I guess I am one of), by err using hiren's boot cd to hack the admin password, and then wiping the hard drive and sticking Kubuntu 26.4 on it. I hopefully can work in the basement and remote into the computer I normally work on which will be in a room on the top floor and be so hot even with a fan that my brain stops braining a bit.
@ogili @woj Yeah, my brain doesn't brain in hot weather. Fortunately half of my place is a semi-basement, so it stays a few degrees cooler than the upper half. Good luck with the remoting plan - I've recommended similar to a friend whose home office is in their attic - it hits the high thirties when the ambient temperature is in the twenties, so ...
spiny / TMT@ogili @woj @SimonLandmine same here, this is the next few days for south Bristol, my house is in the 30's inside already , so it's going to be a bit alarming to see sustained 35+ for a few days #listeningClub
@SimonLandmine @spiny @woj fuuuuuuuck, it's a good thing this climate change is just a liberal conspiracy /s
viNomadic@spiny @ogili @woj @SimonLandmine #ListeningClub Yesterday I watched some Amish videos (one was how to cool your house with $4 of muslin cotton) and I admit I was taken in by being admonished for being a dumb Englisher. Anyway, my recommendation is a cool, wet cloth around your neck. You’d be surprised how effective it is in addition to just staying hydrated.
@ogili @woj @SimonLandmine ...like I used to tell my NY friends, trying to lighten things up-- 'welcome to the tropics!' #listeningClub
@ogili @SimonLandmine oy! one of my brothers lived in japan for a couple years and one of the customs he brought back was keeping a small damp towel draped around the back of his neck to combat the warmth and humidity of their summers. not sure it will solve everything but it certainly can't hurt! #ListeningClub
@woj @ogili @SimonLandmine I will certainly help you test that out in the coming days. we're due a 40c day if my app is to be believed 😩
@woj @SimonLandmine yeah, wet towel in the fridge on the back of the kneck is a winner.
@soundclamp @ogili @SimonLandmine yeah, seems so obvious in retrospect but for some reason we didn't do that even though upstate ny has wicked humid summers. go figger. #ListeningClub
@soundclamp @ogili @SimonLandmine nah, we said wicked all the time back in the day...i can claim it as much as boston does. #ListeningClub
@soundclamp @woj @SimonLandmine indeed you did!