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Lake Lewisia #1297

“I’m telling you, this is how it works,” the little creature yowled at its companion, slapping their paws away from the mound of leaves beside it. The two had already been in a brawl over the subject, and it had bruises and bite marks on its own paws as it laid out another row of bright green leaves on a flat stretch of stone. “The humans love the green stuff, but they love the gold stuff even better, so come autumn, we can buy all the bottle caps and coffee grounds we want.”

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LL#1297

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The Meeting (part 1 of 1, complete)

The Meeting
By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 1 of 1, complete
Word count (story only): 1797
[End of March 179-]

:: The detour ends with an unexpected obstacle, but Lazlo faces an even bigger surprise. Part of the “Lost Son” story arc in the Frankenstein’s Family universe. ::

:: Pay Special Attention: Laszlo expresses some internalized ableism. It’s clearly things that he’s heard from strangers or remote acquaintances, not part of his family upbringing. I hope to show decisions that supported his needs to balance that out. ::

Back to part twenty-four
To the Lost Son Index
On to part twenty-six

The road carried them high in the hills, on a wide ridge still blurred with tall trees and undergrowth. They traveled southeast, until Trokhym patted Laszlo’s arm. “That crossroads goes back to Cluj-Napoca, but makes its way through the poorest edge of the city, near the rag- and bone-pickers and the handful of tanneries. Most people avoid the road for that reason, and take the better-tended, better-traveled route that you were on.

Laszlo nodded absently. “People warned me, especially when there was a storm building overhead. “Why pause here, though?”
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Indigenous Type

I got wind of this via the League of Movable Type newsletter this morning, so it seems a good idea to share this with all of you reading this account. Because Indigenous type resources are part of the Comeback process as outlined by - among others - John Ralston Saul...

https://www.typotheque.com/blog/cherokee-osage-and-the-indigenous-north-american-type-collection

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Climate Change

New tech makes it easier to cool communities sweltering in urban heat islands

Take two streets in Boston at 4:30 p.m. on a recent day, as an example. Standing in the sun on Lewis Place, the temperature was 94 degrees Fahrenheit (34.6 degrees Celsius). On Dudley Common, it was 103 F (39.2 C).

Both streets were hot, but the temperature on one was much more dangerous for people’s health and well-being.

The kicker is that those two streets are only a few blocks apart. The difference epitomizes the urban heat island effect, created as pavement and buildings absorb and trap heat, making some parts of the city hotter.

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1,452 ppm

I'm a member of an organization in Minnesota called MN350. It takes its name from the carbon dioxide parts-per-million that we wish we had. We passed 350 ppm long ago. We should aspire to having numbers that low again in our future. This year, I can't remember if I've seen any measurement in my house (even with windows open) below 500. The longer that humans burn fossil fuels, the higher that number will go.

I mention it now, because a few minutes ago I took additional measurements on 2 floors of my house. I was so tired again today, and I spent about 2 hours trying and failing to get some needed sleep just now. I thought maybe the sleep apnea was a lot worse (which might also be true), but I used the app on my smartphone to check the readings on the AirThings device (mentioned last year too), and the CO2 level was not great. I grabbed the even more portable Aranet and placed it next to the bed. It immediately switched over to the "red zone" alert level. That's not good.

ground floor: 1,250ppm CO2
upstairs bedroom: 1,452ppm CO2

Okay. So... I need to stop talking about how tired I always am and actually do something about the air quality indoors. I need to finally schedule that sleep test, so I can also get a new sleep apnea solution, since I didn't use the old machine when it gave my face a rash everywhere that it touched my face.

I'm tired of being tired. The potential causes are measurable. I just need to overcome inertia and rationally do something about these issues.

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Worldbuilding

swan_tower has a bit up about worldbuilding on-ramps.

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Massachusetts finalists

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