I've been hearing about intense heat waves in much of the world. Here it has been pretty cool for Summer, with highs only in the upper 70s and lower 80s most days now. There were a couple weeks in early July when we had temps in the 90s every day and I finally broke down and bought what's called a swamp cooler. Basically it is a fan system that evaporates water and has "ice blocks" that you freeze and put in the tank. It doesn't lower the temp nearly like AC, but it will drop things by maybe 10 degrees in an average size room, in my experience. They only cost about $100 and you can order them online from a number of stores.

On the STEEM front, I had no idea that was happening. That explains a post I read from one of the witnesses. Well I'm still invested in the ecosystem here, even if it does lose some support. There are so many people all around the world being supported by these platforms. Even if it went down to .25 per STEEM, I'd still write for the platform, since the money is a bonus to me, and I've never taken any earnings out at all anyway. But I can understand people seeing it as a business, and so evaluating it as an investment of time that may not be profitable.