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This Greek restaurant has no AC. It stays cool all summer on sea breezes alone, via fabric panels that scatter sunlight and move air around. Ancient Persians took the same principle so far they produced ice in 45°C (113°F) desert heat, without electricity. The Persian wind catcher, known as a badgir (literally "wind catcher" in Persian), is one of the oldest cooling systems on earth. Archaeologists found evidence at Tappeh Chackmaq, a site near Shahrood, Iran, dated to roughly 3,000 years ago. They work on simple physics: a tower rises above the roofline, catches prevailing winds through angled openings, and funnels cooled air down into rooms below. Yazd, Iran still has 700 of them. UNESCO added the city to its World Heritage list in 2017, calling it "a living testimony to intelligent use of limited available resources in the desert." The Egyptians had their own version, the malqaf, shown in 1300 BCE artwork near Luxor. Persians combined wind catchers with underground chambers to create the yakhchal, an ancient refrigerator. During cold desert nights, shallow pools of water froze solid. Badgirs then kept the chambers cold enough to store that ice through summer, in a desert regularly hitting 45°C. Inside, temperatures ran 15-20°C below the outdoor air, held there by thick insulating walls, steady airflow from the wind towers, and the cool ground beneath. This is how Persians made faloodeh, a frozen dessert, in a climate with no business producing frozen anything. Willis Carrier designed the first modern air conditioning system on July 17, 1902, at a printing plant in Brooklyn. AC spread fast. Passive cooling vanished from new construction. Air conditioning and fans now consume 20% of global building electricity. K-Studio, an Athens-based architecture firm, designed the Barbouni beach restaurant at Costa Navarino, Messinia. The fabric ceiling does two things at once: it breaks up direct sunlight before it heats the floor below, and its wave motion keeps air moving on top of basic convection (warm air rises, cooler outdoor air rushes in). K-Studio principal Dimitris Karampatakis: "We didn't want to have a static structure right in front of this dynamic landscape." Afternoon sea breezes at the Navarino coast arrive reliably each day, generated by land heating faster than the sea and drawing cooler air in from the water. The ceiling was designed around that daily rhythm. Wind towers drop indoor temperatures by up to 22°F (12°C) with zero electricity and no maintenance. Yazd's badgirs have been running continuously for 700+ years. A Greek restaurant just did a simpler version, and 324,000 people acted like it was a new idea.

@therobbieharvey Spoken like a true thug trying to justify for more trash behavior out of someone a ring just like you.

White fatigue.

@HeatherBearAMC LMAO it sucked and you're a liar.

Now I know the Wall Street rats put a hit piece on Disclosure Day. Paying people to bash the movie. It was great!! Go see it for yourself. That short position is hanging on by a thread! They are desperate! Save the Movies, Save the World!

Blacks, if you’re so proud of your heritage and truly love your people, why don’t you go to Africa and help your own? They are starving to death, and are drinking infected disease water. They are living in mudhuts with no electricity. Why not be with your people and lift them?

Just finished Disclosure Day and man, I'm gutted Spielberg has never let me down like this, ever A couple of stunning shots aside, the whole thing was a slog Lifeless, Flat Painful to sit through Never thought I'd watch one of his films and just feel nothing Heartbreaking

@RealJamesWoods What is wrong with these people? I can't even imagine acting like this. What's missing in them?

In the late seventies I crossed the Atlantic on the QE2. I went First Class, which I paid for with my first real paycheck. We had a mandatory dress code for dinner. Black Tie and commensurate formal wear for the ladies. It was one of my favorite memories.

@boaz_5309 I pray that the peace of God ministers to your aching hearts to know Paisley is with Jesus now. She will greet you when you arrive in a time and place where there is never another goodbye. God carry them through.

I lost my granddaughter yesterday. She passed away due to preeclampsia. Her mom had an emergency C-section and could really use your prayers, please. My son and our family are mourning such a deep loss. I know Paisley is in heaven with our Lord and Savior. That's my only peace.

@end3of6days9 Chipotle.

One thing in this 1984 photo shouldn't exist. Can you find it?

Post a picture YOU took. Just a pic. No description

@Gosleepriya 116 DUH

Tell me the number greater than 46 by moving just one stick. 0.0001% will win.

Spielberg is the most overrated director on earth. 10 good movies out of 43. I’m hearing Disclosure Day is ass, and stuck in the 2000s. Retire old man.

@greenamerican82 @washghost1 Agreed completely.

Right. I've had 5 experiences working with or just chatting with different black folks just in the last 4 days and they are not this. A nerd, proper language, talked to one about the Stanley Cup and he knew some things about the teams that I didn't know. One is the most jolly respectful business attired man I've ever met. That said, I'm good at detecting which black people are trouble, what areas to avoid and how they communicate, and am able to steer clear of all that nonsense.

Big girl was not happy about waiting for her food

@HistorianUSA1 YEP.

This dude is SPITTING FACTS 🔥 That Karmelo Anthony POS stabbed an innocent kid at a track meet and thought he was a gangster. Jury saw right through the BS self-defense lies and hit him with GUILTY + 35 years. Real gangsters in prison—white and black— are waiting on his ass. No more playing victim — justice served. Actions have consequences, especially when you bring a knife to a school event and end a young life. Libs and race hustlers crying ‘unfair’ because the system didn’t let a killer walk. Meanwhile, Austin Metcalf’s family gets lifelong pain. This is why we need LAW AND ORDER. No excuses. Protect the innocent. 🇺🇸

@greenamerican82 @fletcherreedeKC @washghost1 Agreed completely. Any upstanding person shouldn't be subjected to these low class outlaws.

@fletcherreedeKC @Flier77 @washghost1 Absolutely untrue. It can feel like that but plenty of blacks just trying to live life and don't do obnoxious or violent shit. All the same, whites shouldn't be forced to be around the blacks that can't pass an 8th grade literacy test, or wear hoodrat clothes, etc.

@benwehrman Of course we know, they look fake as hell.

Did you know that over 60% of Black women in America wear wigs to make themselves look more White? The self-esteem damage that's been done to tens of millions of Africans by inserting them into White countries to be surrounded by Europeans is nothing short of cruel, and evil.

@SaltyGoat17 I accept that Rev...snicker I never celebrated Juneteenth anyway.June is >

UH OH 😱 Karmelo Anthony parents in trouble‼️ There’s a lot of infighting going on in the Karmelo camp behind the scenes. Charleston White has now turned on the family revealing that they’re trying to get in bed with BLM and he’s also exposing their grift. BUT IT GETS EVEN CRAZIER. He claims they privately raised over 1 million dollars in one day. BUT THAT WASN’T ENOUGH. He say’s Karmelo’s parents still wanted to start more fundraisers and their main concern wasn’t the appeal their main concern was where the left over money would go. He says Karmelo’s dad is a weak man mainly focused on playing victim and he doesn’t want to associate with him anymore.

@KNY_BLLK_MHA @Sayitpop Says the weirdo deviant who chooses the name "Certified gay freak." Get some help psycho.

@Sayitpop She said “do that shit again bitch!” She clearly had a reason to attack her

Trans student pulls female classmate to the floor during brawl at Oregon middle school