Via Evan Smith:

I've seen enough. Right now #Texas politics — culture and collegiality, magnitude and intensity of dysfunction — is the worst it's been in decades. More broken than ever. Not impossible but v hard to see how it's put back together

Because I'm an editor, and because I'm curious...

Players: How does the writing in a videogame affect your overall enjoyment? Has anything ever made you quit a game - unclear wording, poor translation/localisation, inconsistencies, typos?

#gaming #gamedev

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The Biden Administration Must Use Civil Rights Enforcement to Push Back Against Texas's Racist Invocation of Invasion

#biden #texas

https://www.justsecurity.org/91700/the-biden-administration-must-use-civil-rights-enforcement-to-push-back-against-texass-racist-invocation-of-invasion/

Texas' standoff with the feds in Eagle Pass is igniting calls for secession and fears of violence

#texas

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/1/31/2220507/-Texas-standoff-with-the-feds-in-Eagle-Pass-is-igniting-calls-for-secession-and-fears-of-violence

Via Magdi Jacobs:

#Republicans are shifting their anti-immigrant rhetoric into wartime rhetoric. They are using more language indicating an "invasion" that is a threat to America itself. They are also increasingly calling immigrants "terrorists." This has all existed before, but it is getting worse

#Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick: "This is an invasion from third world countries. They're coming here with health issues, they're uneducated, unemployed, and all they do is commit crime on the streets"

‘Smoking gun proof’: fossil fuel industry knew of climate danger as early as 1954, documents show

Documents show industry-backed Air Pollution Foundation uncovered the severe harm climate change would wreak #ClimateCrisis
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/30/fossil-fuel-industry-air-pollution-fund-research-caltech-climate-change-denial?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

EU will force cosmetic companies to pay to reduce microplastic pollution

Draft rules follow the ‘polluter pays principle’ and will mean companies cover 80% of extra clean-up costs

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/29/eu-will-force-cosmetic-companies-to-pay-to-reduce-microplastic-pollution

#News #EuropeanNews #Europe #EU #EuropeanUnion

Texas, Iowa & New Hampshire Have the Most Narcissists in the U.S., Study Says

#texas

https://heavy.com/news/states-with-most-narcissists/