The fires are tied to intentional land-clearing (forest and peat land) for Palm oil plantations.

Skies have turned bright orange and deep red, with thick, toxic smoke swallowing towns, reducing visibility, and causing a spike in respiratory illnesses.

In Central Kalimantan, air quality has hit "dangerous" levels (with PM2.5 readings soaring past 3,300 in Palangkaraya). Schools in areas like Palangkaraya and Sampit have closed, and residents are urged to stay indoors.

The hazardous haze has drifted into neighboring Malaysia and Singapore, raising broader Southeast Asian environmental and health concerns.

Some context, our gates are pretty much broken, so the exit gate has been just left open. Not sure what happened, but was walking my dogs and came across this. Poor kid is definitely stressed, I feel for him.

he hit it pretty hard and bent up the gate quite significantly, everyone that lives here hates these gates anyways because they have never worked, have been inconsistent, and it was just a matter of time before they get either torn down entirely or replaced with something else, guess this is a good excuse for something to change.

considering there's scrapes on both sides, I assume the gate closed on him, but I really don't know. the gate has been left open for weeks now.

Building maintenance said they've never seen this happen, definitely some Final Destination stuff. Gouged a 4.25 inch deep slash in the wall

Havent tried fixing it yet, any suggestions?

Can I buy some kind of replacement piece or do I need to buy a whole new microwave now 😮‍💨

Thanks

Pretty awful week for my dad. First he broke his raybans, then the transmission started leaking, then finally the car getting lit up after brake cleaner was used for some reason while the car was still hot after it got fixed up.

Moisture damage spread through multiple framing members and into the support beam beneath this deck. These photos show different views of the same deck and how extensive the deterioration is.

This remote has now survived two encounters with the Mighty Thor. Why does he not chew on his toys?

Got back from vacation today, picked up the dogs from the kennel. They returned one dog’s extra food. I gave them exactly enough baggies for the amount of time they’d be there. So someone forgot to feed her.

Last time we boarded them I did the same thing and they ran out of her food two meals early.

So someone doesn’t understand one bag = one meal I guess.

Edit: I wasn’t gonna do this but I have received so many “why didn’t you ask” comments. I asked. The teenage employee didn’t know. Pushing for more information would have been a waste of time. The report cards said she was eating fine. So either they gave her another dogs food, or they accidentally skipped feeding her. I have to acknowledge that it’s possible she just didn’t eat (I know my dog, she never doesnt eat) or that I did indeed give an extra bag somehow in spite of being careful and writing the day and AM / PM on each bag.

It’s an irrelevant detail. But yes I asked and the employee didn’t know why. These places are staffed by teenagers.

I didn’t post this because I’m mad about it. I posted it because it sucks, and that’s the name of the sub.

Manassas, VA. Circa 12:15pm on my way to work. This was after about 15 minutes of clearing one side of the road. UPDATE!!! Rode my Motorcycle to work today and the smell was hilariously awful!

I’ve counted 52 separate flea bites. I’m fucking miserable. I guess my mother didn’t know her cat is crawling with fleas and they’re in the house? They don’t bite her, but I’m apparently delicious.

This is why I never visit.

I can not be bothered to make another burger so I’mma eat it raw (pause). I got a strong immune system, Salmonella be damned.

My told me we had gotten a delivery when we were gone to my brothers enjoying Thanksgiving. 🤷‍♂️

I’m an undergrad trying to get into grad school, and I’ve spent a lot of time building professional relationships with people I genuinely respect.

Two of the three people I’ve built strong connections with have unexpectedly passed away. Now, a professor I’m close with is reportedly critically ill with sepsis, and I’ve heard they might not make it.

I’m devastated, but I’m also scared about my future. These were people who knew my work and could have mentored me or written recommendation letters for grad school.