Real Reason Phil Spencer Wanted Todd Howard’s Starfield Was to End the Console Wars, Not Win it
Real Reason Phil Spencer Wanted Todd Howard’s Starfield Was to End the Console Wars, Not Win it
Bethesda’s space RPG, Starfield, was the company’s first new IP in 25 years and had a lot behind it to be something special. However, the title ******* to hit the mark as it couldn’t match the high standards set by the studio’s previous work.
Starfield was one of Bethesda’s most ambitious projects. (Image via Microsoft)
Even though Bethesda constantly updated the game and even gave us Shattered Space DLC, it couldn’t be steered away from its core issues. Many believed that the game’s objective of winning the console war for Xbox was a massive ********, but according to Phil Spencer, it was never meant for that purpose.
Starfield‘s Goal Was to Put an End to Console Wars
Even though Starfield didn’t deliver on expectations, its initial phase of release was quite a success. It became the most-played Xbox title, with 6 million gamers during the early access. It has also become the most pre-installed game since Game Pass’s release in 2017.
The PlayStation fans have always been frustrated with the game’s exclusivity for Xbox consoles. However, in an interview with The Washington Post, Xbox Chief Phil Spencer opened up about the exclusivity of certain Xbox titles, such as Starfield, and stated that he’s looking to change that.
I spent a lot of time thinking about how the game industry is going to grow, and my view is that it grows if there’s less friction of a player anywhere wanting to find their game, and closed platforms create real barriers to that
Microsoft’s initiative to break console exclusivity started earlier this year with four games. Sea of Thieves, Hi-Fi Rush, Grounded, and Pentiment all have PlayStation ports. Even Xbox’s Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 dropped on PS4 and PS5 as well.
Rumors suggest that Microsoft is planning to get more aggressive with ports, with even Starfield jumping ship to PS5 soon. Time will tell if there’s any truth to such rumors, but it’s great to see that Spencer recognizes the need to break the barriers and unite all gamers to experience the best titles out there.
Starfield Might See a Sequel Down the Road
Bethesda might follow up the space-RPG with a sequel. (Image via Microsoft)
It seems like Bethesda wants to learn from the mistakes of the first Starfield and present us with a sequel that wins our hearts. In an interview with Video Gamer, former Bethesda developer Bruce Nesmith opened up about Starfield and stated that it’s destined to serve as an excellent path for a future RPG.
Nesmith believes that the first couple of entries in any series tend to be rough around the edges while still showing hope, thus serving as a crucial tool for any franchise to kickstart. That’s what he believes will happen with Starfield.
Although he’s convinced that Starfield will eventually get a sequel, the chance of that happening anytime soon is quite low. Currently, The Elder Scrolls 6 is Bethesda and Todd Howard’s top priority. Once that project sees the light of the day, Bethesda will start working on Fallout 5.
If the AAA game development ******* doesn’t get any longer in that time, Fallout 5 could hit the shelves around 2034. The Starfield sequel might drop in the late 2030s at the earliest.
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NVIDIA’s New 100-Hour Limit Subscription Plan Makes it a Deadlier Threat to Gaming Industry Than Sony’s Predatory Tactics
NVIDIA’s New 100-Hour Limit Subscription Plan Makes it a Deadlier Threat to Gaming Industry Than Sony’s Predatory Tactics
In the world of cloud gaming, Nvidia GeForce Now has become a household name. Despite the congestion of popular cloud gaming platforms like Xbox Cloud Gaming, PlayStation Plus Premium, and Amazon Luna, GeForce Now has made a special place in everyone’s hearts for its easy accessibility and huge gaming library.
GeForce Now was publicly launched in 2020. | Credit: Nvidia.
However, a huge decision has been taken by this ********* GPU manufacturing company. While there are improvements in GeForce Now and the middle plan that most gamers will use, NVIDIA’s decision to restrict playing time has sparked a great deal of controversy.
Nvidia Caps Its New Monthly Pan into a 100-Hour Time ******* Restriction
Players will be able to play for only 100 hours per month in the new plan. | Credit: Nvidia.
With no price increase, NVIDIA has rebranded its GeForce Now Priority subscription to the Performance plan, which now supports ultra-wide displays and up to 1440p resolution. However, beginning in 2025, both Performance and Ultimate plans will be subject to a new streaming cap of 100 hours per month.
To reflect that it now supports up to 1440p resolution, Team Green renamed the Priority subscription—which is the entry-level option between the free tier and the premium Ultimate subscription—the Performance plan. These members used to stream in 1080p, but now they can also stream in ultra-wide.
Additionally, users of the new Performance membership will be able to store in-game graphics settings in the cloud, which will apply those settings permanently and eliminate the need to constantly adjust them.
Well, everything is fine and there isn’t a price increase either, but now we get to the restrictions on the number of playing sessions. If you want to play more games, you will need to pay more (or keep playing, but on the ‘Free’ plan) because NVIDIA is imposing a monthly streaming time limit of 100 hours.
Nvidia’s New Decision Is a Graver Threat Than Sony
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Right now Sony has taken a weird approach to cashing out every game possible in its library by bringing remastered/director’s cut versions with modest tweaks. This is pretty bad news for the gaming fraternity. However, this decision to cap playing time by Nvidia is worse.
So, that really hurts the Ultimate plan. The good news is that similar to mobile data allowances in certain situations, up to 15 hours of unused time will carry over to the next month. You will thus receive 115 hours of streaming for the following month if you play for 85 hours in a single month.
The implementation of the time limit appears to be linked to the switch to 1440p on the main plan for GeForce Now, which will undoubtedly result in a significant increase in bandwidth usage when streaming for gamers.
Gamers’ general response has been, let’s say, negative, and they have disputed Team Green’s assertion that 100 hours is a generous allotment for the majority. On the surface, that sounds fine, but if you accumulate some significant sessions on the weekends, it’s likely to go more quickly than you anticipate. That works out to three hours a day, or slightly more.
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Iran denies Trump ***** plot, urges confidence-building
Iran denies Trump ***** plot, urges confidence-building
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has denied US charges that his country is linked to an alleged plot to ***** Donald Trump and called for confidence-building between the two countries.
“Now … a new scenario is fabricated … as a ******* does not exist in reality, scriptwriters are brought in to manufacture a third-rate comedy,” Araqchi said in a post on X.
He was referring to the alleged plot which US authorities said was ordered by Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards to ************ Trump, who won Tuesday’s presidential election and takes office in January.
“The ********* people have made their decision. And Iran respects their right to elect the President of their choice. The path forward is also a choice. It begins with respect,” Araqchi said.
“Iran is NOT after nuclear weapons, *******. This is a policy based on Islamic teachings and our security calculations. Confidence-building is needed from both sides. It is not a one-way street,” he added.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said earlier that the claim was a “repulsive” plot by ******* and the Iranian opposition outside the country to “complicate matters between America and Iran”.
Iranian analysts and insiders have not dismissed the possibility of a detente between Iran and the ******* States under Trump, although without restoring diplomatic ties.
“Iran will act based on its own interests. It is possible that secret talks between Tehran and Washington take place. If security threats against the Islamic Republic are removed, anything is possible,” Tehran-based analyst Saeed Laylaz said this week.
While facing off against arch-foe *******, Iran’s clerical leadership is also concerned about the possibility of an all-out war in the region, where ******* is engaged in conflicts with Iranian allies in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.
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Republicans on brink of clinching US House control
Republicans on brink of clinching US House control
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans on Saturday appeared close to clinching control of the U.S. House of Representatives, a critical element for President-elect Donald Trump to advance his agenda when he returns to the White House in January.
With votes still being counted from the Nov. 5 general election, Republicans had won 212 seats in the 435-member House, according to projections by Edison Research, which projected on Friday night that *********** Jeff Hurd had enough votes to keep *********** control of Colorado’s 3rd congressional district.
Republicans now need to win six more seats to keep control of the House and they already have enough victories to wrest control of the U.S. Senate from Democrats, though Edison Research projected late on Friday that Democratic U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen won reelection in Nevada.
With Trump’s victory in the presidential election and *********** control of the Senate already decided, keeping hold of the House would give Republicans sweeping powers to potentially ram through a broad agenda of tax and spending cuts, energy deregulation and border security controls.
Results of 19 House races remain unclear, mostly in competitive districts in Western states where the pace of vote counting is typically slower than in the rest of the country.
Ten of the seats are currently held by Republicans and nine by Democrats. Fourteen of seats were widely seen as competitive ahead of the election.
(Reporting by Jason Lange; editing by Diane Craft)
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Biden, Trump set to meet Wednesday in Oval Office
Biden, Trump set to meet Wednesday in Oval Office
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President Biden and President-elect Trump will meet in the Oval Office on Wednesday, the White House announced on Saturday.
The meeting will be held at 11 a.m. local time, according to the statement from Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
Mr. Biden extended the invitation for the meeting.
Such a meeting is customary between the outgoing president and the incoming president and is meant partly to mark the start of a peaceful transfer of power under America’s democracy. However, Mr. Trump did not host Mr. Biden for a sit-down after the 2020 election, when Mr. Trump lost his reelection bid.
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Mr. Trump, who served as the 45th president of the U.S., will become the second president to serve two non-consecutive terms when he also becomes the nation’s 47th president. The other was Grover Cleveland, who was both the 22nd and 24th president.
Mr. Trump won the presidential election on Tuesday with at least 301 electoral college votes, surpassing the threshold of 270 over Vice President Kamala Harris.
In a speech Thursday, Mr. Biden said he had assured Mr. Trump “that I would direct my entire administration to work with his team to ensure a peaceful and orderly transition. That’s what the ********* people deserve.”
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Biden and Trump will meet in the Oval Office on Wednesday, the White House says
Biden and Trump will meet in the Oval Office on Wednesday, the White House says
View of the White House as the sun sets the day after the Presidential election, in Washington, DC on November 6, 2024.
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President Joe Biden will host President-elect Donald Trump for a traditional postelection meeting in the Oval Office on Wednesday, the White House said Saturday.
Such a meeting is customary between the outgoing president and the incoming president, and is meant partly to mark the start of a peaceful transfer of power under America’s democracy.
But Trump, a ***********, did not host Biden, a Democrat, for a sit-down after the 2020 election, when Trump lost his reelection bid.
Trump sought the presidency four years later, and this week he defeated Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat. Trump is the first former president to return to power since Grover Cleveland regained the White House in the 1892 election.
The White House said Biden called Trump this past Wednesday to congratulate him and invite him to meet in the Oval Office.
In a speech Thursday, Biden said he had assured Trump “that I would direct my entire administration to work with his team to ensure a peaceful and orderly transition. That’s what the ********* people deserve.”
Their upcoming meeting is set for 11 a.m.
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England 37-42 Australia: Max Jorgenson scores last-gasp try to ******* victory
England 37-42 Australia: Max Jorgenson scores last-gasp try to ******* victory
England’s autumn campaign drifted further off track as Australia stunned Allianz Stadium by landing the decisive ***** in a 42-37 barnstormer.
England had led by 12 points and then trailed by 10 in a see-sawing encounter, but Maro Itoje’s 78th-minute try seemed to have settled matters by moving the hosts 37-35 ahead.
But, in the final play of the match, Len Ikitau found space and fed replacement wing Max Jorgenson, who scampered in, launching into a celebratory ***** in front of the stunned stands.
After last weekend’s loss to the All *******, England have lost six of their 10 matches this season, including each of their past four. It is their worst run of results since 2018.
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Qatar to pause Gaza ceasefire mediation role: reports
Qatar to pause Gaza ceasefire mediation role: reports
Qatar will stop trying to mediate a Gaza Strip ceasefire and ******** release deal until ****** and ******* show a “sincere willingness” to return to the negotiating table, an official briefed on the matter says in the biggest setback to efforts to reach a truce since the war began.
The small but influential Gulf country has also concluded that ******’ political office in Doha “no longer serves its purpose,” the official added, in a further ***** to the ************ militant group whose top leaders have been assassinated by *******.
Qatar, alongside the ******* States and Egypt, has played a major role in rounds of so-far fruitless talks to broker a ceasefire to the year-long war in the Gaza Strip and the release of ******** hostages ****** is holding in the enclave.
The latest round of talks in mid-October ******* to produce a deal, with ****** rejecting a short-term ceasefire proposal.
“The Qataris have said since the start of the conflict that they can only mediate when both parties demonstrate a genuine interest in finding a resolution,” the official said.
Qatar has not set a deadline for ******’ political office to close or for ****** leaders to leave Qatar and it was unclear if the move could be reversed.
Qatar informed ******, ******* and the US administration that it would be willing to resume its negotiating role if ****** and ******* “demonstrate a sincere willingness to return to the negotiation table with the objective of putting an end to the war,” the official said.
A ************ official close to the mediation talks said: “****** may not comment unless it is informed officially by Qatar. So far it is media talk.”
The US had told Qatar that ******’ presence in Doha was no longer acceptable in the weeks since the group rejected the latest proposal to achieve a ceasefire and a ******** deal, a US official said on Friday.
Qatar’s government reconsidered ******’ presence in the country in April, which the official said prompted the group’s leaders to leave for Turkey.
“After two weeks, the Biden administration and the ******** government asked Qatar to request their return,” the official said, adding that the US has said negotiations were ineffective when the ****** leaders were in Turkey.
Qatar has hosted ******’ political leaders since 2012 as part of an agreement with the US.
It is unclear how many ****** officials live in Doha but they include several touted as possible replacements for leader Yahya Sinwar, whom ******** forces ******* in the Gaza Strip last month, including Sinwar’s deputy Khalil al-Hayya, who has led ceasefire negotiations for the group, and Khaled Meshaal, widely seen as ******’ diplomatic face.
The group’s previous leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Iran in July almost certainly by *******, was also based in Doha.
In accordance with the directive from the political echelon and as part of the effort to increase the volume and routes of aid to Gaza, the IDF via @cogatonline and the Southern Command, is preparing to open the Kissufim crossing.The introduction of humanitarian aid through the… pic.twitter.com/JsW4MmnOvJ— ******* Defense Forces (@IDF) November 8, 2024
Three ******** strikes ******* at least 16 people in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, ************ medical officials said while ******* announced the first delivery of humanitarian aid in weeks to the devastated northern part of the enclave.
There continued to be no end in sight to *******’s campaigns against ****** militants in the Gaza Strip or Hezbollah in Lebanon, where *******’s military said that it struck command centres and other militant infrastructure in Beirut’s southern suburbs.
One of the strikes hit a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City’s eastern Tufah neighbourhood, ******** at least six people, the territory’s health ministry said.
Two local journalists, a pregnant woman and a child were among the *****, it said.
The ******** army said the strike targeted a militant belonging to the ************ Islamic ****** group, offering no details.
Seven people were ******* when an ******** strike hit a tent in the southern city of Khan Younis where displaced people were sheltering, according to Nasser Hospital.
It said the ***** included two women and a child.
And ************ medical officials said an ******** strike hit tents in the courtyard of central Gaza’s main hospital, including one serving as a police point.
At least three people were ******* and a local journalist was wounded, al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah said.
The ******** military body in charge of humanitarian aid to Gaza, COGAT, said 11 aid trucks containing food, water and medical equipment reached the enclave’s far north on Thursday.
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Woman Smoking Blows Up Her Dodge Charger
Woman Smoking Blows Up Her Dodge Charger
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A woman was in her Dodge Charger for about 30 seconds in Charlotte, North Carolina, having lit a **********, when an ********** blew out the windows, seriously injuring her and starting a raging *****. The shocking incident has led many to question how such a thing could happen.
Did a trooper arrest the wrong Dodge Charger driver?
Cars don’t just suddenly explode like this, even with someone smoking inside. But a report from WSOC indicates the source of the ********** came from a propane tank that was left in the Mopar’s trunk. All it took was the fumes to come into contact with the ********** and the result was devastating.
Surveillance footage shows the woman get out of the Charger after the **********. She suffered serious third-degree burns but hopefully will recover. The car afterwards caught ***** and burned hot, catching the house on ***** as well. The woman lived with her children, but family has helped them relocate and move any items that survived the inferno.
A neighbor was home when the ********** rang out. He described it as powerful enough to shake everything. While another man used a ***** extinguisher to try putting out the car, the blaze was too powerful and quickly spread to the house.
Any fuel container is dangerous to leave inside a vehicle for longer than it takes to transport to wherever you need to go. It’s also obviously dangerous to have any open flame inside your car while moving a container of fuel. Rolling down the windows so any fumes can escape isn’t a bad idea. We want to remind readers of how cautious they need to be in these situations because as you can see in the video, such an ********** and ***** is incredibly sudden and destructive.
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ChatGPT rejected 250,000 election deepfake requests
ChatGPT rejected 250,000 election deepfake requests
A lot of people tried to use OpenAI’s DALL-E image generator during the election season, but the company said that it was able to stop them from using it as a tool to create deepfakes. ChatGPT rejected over 250,000 requests to generate images with President Biden, President-elect Trump, Vice President Harris, Vice President-elect Vance and Governor Walz, OpenAI said in a new report. The company explained that it’s a direct result of a safety measure it previously implemented so that ChatGPT would refuse to generate images with real people, including politicians.
OpenAI has been preparing for the US presidential elections since the beginning of the year. It ***** out a strategy that was meant to prevent its tools from being used to help spread misinformation and made sure that people asking ChatGPT about voting in the US are directed to CanIVote.org. OpenAI said 1 million ChatGPT responses directed people to the website in the month leading up to election day. The chatbot also generated 2 million responses on election day and the day after, telling people who ask it for the results to check Associated Press, Reuters and other news sources. OpenAI made sure that ChatGPT’s responses “did not express political preferences or recommend candidates even when asked explicitly,” as well.
Of course, DALL-E isn’t the only AI image generator out there, and there are plenty of election-related deepfakes going around social media. One such deepfake featured Kamala Harris in a campaign video altered so that she’d say things she didn’t actually say, such as “I was selected because I am the ultimate diversity hire.”
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The 4B movement: Why some U.S. women are boycotting men after Trump’s win – National
The 4B movement: Why some U.S. women are boycotting men after Trump’s win – National
U.S. women dissatisfied with the re-election of Donald Trump are taking a sudden interest in a feminist movement that started in South Korea and encourages the rejection of ************* marriage, ****, childbirth and dating.
The 4B movement, as it’s called, began in South Korea when women started swearing off ************* dating in protest of misogyny in the ****** country. While it’s hard to pin down the start of 4B, it’s believed to have begun around 2017, but gained traction in 2018 when protests erupted around the country in response to a spy cam epidemic and grew into a #MeToo-esque feminist phenomenon.
On Wednesday, Google searches for “4B” spiked by 450 per cent in the U.S., with the most interest coming from Washington D.C., Colorado, Vermont and Minnesota. More than half-a-million search inquiries in the span of 48 hours shot the term high into trending results on the search giant.
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A glimpse of how the term “4B movement” spiked in Google searches this week.
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Meanwhile, hundreds of videos from U.S. content creators have popped up on TikTok, with women disappointed by Tuesday’s results vowing to participate in their own version of 4B.
What 4B stands for
The 4B movement stands for four Korean words beginning with “***” or “no” in English: bihon means no ************* marriage; bichulsan, no childbirth; biyeonae, no dating; and bisekseu, no ************* ******* relationships.
Supporters of the movement may refuse to date, marry, have children or have **** (or any combination of these), effectively boycotting a system they feel prioritizes gender inequality.
And while some participants might want to have marriage and children, they believe the risks of having to conform to traditional gender roles outweigh the benefits of starting a family.
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While the movement first started in response to revenge ***** and spy cams targeting South Korean women, it’s become a rallying cry for other existential threats: access to ********* and quality health care, the gender pay gap, intimate partner ********* and more.
Essentially, women are sending a message that if ********* and inequality against them does not stop, they will ensure the birth rate falls.
“It’s a new lifestyle focused on building safe communities, both online and in-person. What we want is not to be labelled simply as some man’s wife or girlfriend, but to have the independence to be free from the societal expectations that often limit women’s potential to be fully acknowledged as human beings,” Haein Shim, a South Korean activist, told The Guardian, emphasizing that the movement goes beyond just boycotting men and ****, and encourages participants to find solidarity and community with each other.
Shim said being a participant in the movement has brought backlash and she and other women have faced harassment, stalking, cyberbullying and threats of *********.
“Many of us wore masks, sunglasses and hats to cover our faces, and it was common practice to dress differently before and after a protest to minimize being stalked.”
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How big is the 4B movement?
While 4B is seeing a big spike in interest in North America, it’s difficult to determine how widespread it’s become in South Korea given its largely anonymous nature. It also reaches into both online and offline culture.
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As The Independent notes, it’s been credited in South Korea with the growing education gap between men and women — nearly three-fourths of Korean women pursue higher education today, compared with less than two-thirds of men, allowing women to entertain the possibility of a life where they are not reliant on a male spouse.
South Korea also has the lowest birth rate in the world, which continues to fall, a fact that some have attributed to 4B, although no concrete data has been presented to support that theory.
In 2022, President Yoon Suk Yeol blamed feminism for the country’s low birth rate, saying he would increase penalties for false accusations of ******* *******, and denied the existence of “structural discrimination based on gender.”
The previous year, he also accused feminist movements of “blocking healthy relationships” between men and women in the nation.
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What’s driving ********* interest in 4B?
It’s no secret that women’s rights are increasingly under threat in the ******* States, and Trump’s re-election was seen by many as a referendum on women’s rights that now has them afraid for what the next four years might hold.
********* women, looks like it’s time to get influenced by korea’s 4b movement — ♡ paris !! ⁷ ꪜ (@jooniekisser) November 6, 2024
With the overturning of Roe v. Wade, combined with many in Trump’s administration being opposed to *********, there’s ***** that the U.S. could soon face a federal ********* ban and other dwindling reproductive rights.
Many believe Trump has been “strategically abiguous” on his position on *********, especially during this most recent election. During his campaign he said he would not support a federal ban and wants to leave the issue up to the states.
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However, he also used this year’s campaign to repeatedly frame the overturning of Roe v. Wade as an accomplishment no other *********** could claim.
“For 54 years, they were trying to get Roe v. Wade terminated. And I did it,” he told a Fox News town hall in January. “And I’m proud to have done it.”
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A far-right policy agenda known as Project 2025, a sprawling manifesto published in April 2023 by ************* think-thank The Heritage Project that claimed to speak for no presidential candidate, takes a hard line on criminalizing ********* drugs and many ***** it will become the playbook Republicans use for the next four years.
Project 2025 would also deny federal healthcare providers from practicing gender-affirming care for transgender people and eliminate insurance coverage for the morning-after pill, arguing that it is an ********* *****.
While the book never explicitly says that ********* should be criminalized as a whole, the project contends that life begins at conception and its policies would make an ********* virtually inaccessible for many.
Despite Trump saying he has “no idea who is behind” Project 2025, journalist Judd Legum was first to report that 31 out of the 38 people who helped write and edit the book served in Trump’s administration or were nominated to positions in it.
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Many also feel that gender inequality has become a major problem in the U.S., pointing to the pay gap — women working full-time, on average, earn 84 cents for every dollar made by a man.
This election cycle saw a whole group of Gen Z voters become newly familiar with Trump’s “grab ’em by the p—“ remarks about women from a leaked Access Hollywood video that made headlines in 2016. And, just last week, he told rally supporters he would “protect” women “whether the women like it or not.”
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If the 4B movement does gain a foothold in the U.S., it has the potential to backfire, some experts warn.
“It would create a further divide between women and men, leading men to be even more disgruntled, and perhaps an even more misogynist culture,” Sarah Liu, a senior lecturer in Gender and Politics at the University of Edinburgh, told Newsweek.
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“As ********* men are grappling with the shift in gender roles, which has been one of the reasons why they’ve voted for ************* leaders like Trump, women’s agency in partaking in the U.S.-version of the 4B movement would further confirm their beliefs that their masculinity is threatened and that they need to take back the control of women.”
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“It’s also important to remember that while Trump’s major supporters are men, many women, particularly white women, also voted for Trump. So the 4B movement might further this impression that men are the major force behind Trump’s election, ignoring the role white women play.”
Katharine Moon, a political science professor at Wellesley College, told the New York Times that even if the 4B movement picks up long-term traction in the U.S., it would surely look different than in South Korea due to cultural differences.
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In South Korea, she explained, marriage is considered central to existence as an ****** and “until very recently, being a social ****** — not coming-of-age at 18 or such but being a socially recognized ****** — marriage was mandated.” Essentially, not being married as a woman in South Korea can result in one becoming a social pariah.
“It’s a temporary means (in the U.S.) to bring attention to the precarious situation of women, with Trump and his ascending to power,” she said. “So it’s not really about a total commitment to a way of life without men. Whereas in South Korea, it is a way of life.”
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One Major Feature on Pokemon Unite’s China Release Has Become the Cause of FOMO for Global Players
One Major Feature on Pokemon Unite’s China Release Has Become the Cause of FOMO for Global Players
Since its release nearly three years ago, Pokémon Unite has built a strong fanbase by delivering its own spin on the MOBA genre. Yet, just when players thought they knew everything there was to know about the game, the ******** release swooped in with exclusive features that have players everywhere feeling a little left out.
An in-game round of Unite Battle in Pokémon Unite – Image Credit: TiMi Studios.
From fresh game mods to new quality-of-life improvements, China’s Pokémon Unite has quickly made it clear just how far ahead it is of the global version. However, one feature in particular has left players wondering if they’ll ever get it in the worldwide release.
China’s Version of Pokémon Unite Comes Packaged With Player Emotes
Pokemon selection screen in Pokémon Unite – Image Credit: TiMi Studios.
One of the most significant upgrades in China’s Pokémon Unite is the inclusion of in-game emotes. These emotes add a social dimension that makes the game feel a little more personal, a little more celebratory, and a lot more fun.
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Alongside the emotes, there’s also a new lobby feature, which, thankfully, isn’t just some waiting area; it’s a fleshed-out mini-hangout zone where players can connect before jumping into the action.
This ability to hang out with other players is one of the most requested features from players worldwide. It’s yet another way that Pokémon Unite is embracing the community experience, which has made it an instant hit among ******** players as well.
Given these new social features, it’s easy to see why global players might feel left out of the fun, especially considering that they requested these features in the first place.
will we ever get this version.
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While TiMi Studios has yet to confirm whether these new features or the version itself will ever arrive outside of China, there is little reason to think that, aside from a few region-exclusive features, everything else will not be carried over to the international version.
After all, when players start making noise, studios tend to listen, unless, of course, that studio’s Niantic. With any luck, the rest of the world will soon be able to flex their emote game mid-battle or kick back in a virtual lobby.
What Other Features Does Pokémon Unite’s ******** Version Include?
The in-game menu of Pokémon Unite – Image Credit: TiMi Studios.
The emotes and lobby are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to China’s Pokémon Unite, though. It also seems to be shipping with a Battle Royale mode of sorts, striking further intrigue from the onlookers.
This mode takes a departure from the MOBA format to deliver a free-for-all frenzy, allowing players to go solo and compete in a survival-style match until only one player ********.
Alongside this new addition comes a built-in eject button, which lets you close the distance suddenly or make a quick getaway from your opponents. What’s ironic about this addition, though, is how the worldwide version’s ejected just recently got nerfed, while the CN Version is out here being more versatile than ever before.
Lastly, you also get new ways to customize your Pokémon with skins and accessories, which, while not impacting the gameplay, still lets you show off your mons’ achievements and style, adding a bit of flair to the mix. It’s not much for console standards, but for a Pokémon game on mobile, it’s more than people could ever ask for.
At the end of the day, though, with all these extras packed into the ******** version, international players are left hoping these features will eventually cross over. Hopefully, it will only be a matter of time before all of the MOBA fans can enjoy these features together.
But with all that said, what are your thoughts on Pokémon Unite’s ******** version? Would you like to see emotes, Battle Royale, and all these added goodies in the global game? Let us know in the comments below!
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The 4B movement: Why some U.S. women are boycotting men after Trump’s win – National
The 4B movement: Why some U.S. women are boycotting men after Trump’s win – National
U.S. women dissatisfied with the re-election of Donald Trump are taking a sudden interest in a feminist movement that started in South Korea and encourages the rejection of ************* marriage, ****, childbirth and dating.
The 4B movement, as it’s called, began in South Korea when women started swearing off ************* dating in protest of misogyny in the ****** country. While it’s hard to pin down the start of 4B, it’s believed to have begun around 2017, but gained traction in 2018 when protests erupted around the country in response to a spy cam epidemic and grew into a #MeToo-esque feminist phenomenon.
On Wednesday, Google searches for “4B” spiked by 450 per cent in the U.S., with the most interest coming from Washington D.C., Colorado, Vermont and Minnesota. More than half-a-million search inquiries in the span of 48 hours shot the term high into trending results on the search giant.
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A glimpse of how the term “4B movement” spiked in Google searches this week.
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Meanwhile, hundreds of videos from U.S. content creators have popped up on TikTok, with women disappointed by Tuesday’s results vowing to participate in their own version of 4B.
What 4B stands for
The 4B movement stands for four Korean words beginning with “***” or “no” in English: bihon means no ************* marriage; bichulsan, no childbirth; biyeonae, no dating; and bisekseu, no ************* ******* relationships.
Supporters of the movement may refuse to date, marry, have children or have **** (or any combination of these), effectively boycotting a system they feel prioritizes gender inequality.
And while some participants might want to have marriage and children, they believe the risks of having to conform to traditional gender roles outweigh the benefits of starting a family.
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While the movement first started in response to revenge ***** and spy cams targeting South Korean women, it’s become a rallying cry for other existential threats: access to ********* and quality health care, the gender pay gap, intimate partner ********* and more.
Essentially, women are sending a message that if ********* and inequality against them does not stop, they will ensure the birth rate falls.
“It’s a new lifestyle focused on building safe communities, both online and in-person. What we want is not to be labelled simply as some man’s wife or girlfriend, but to have the independence to be free from the societal expectations that often limit women’s potential to be fully acknowledged as human beings,” Haein Shim, a South Korean activist, told The Guardian, emphasizing that the movement goes beyond just boycotting men and ****, and encourages participants to find solidarity and community with each other.
Shim said being a participant in the movement has brought backlash and she and other women have faced harassment, stalking, cyberbullying and threats of *********.
“Many of us wore masks, sunglasses and hats to cover our faces, and it was common practice to dress differently before and after a protest to minimize being stalked.”
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How big is the 4B movement?
While 4B is seeing a big spike in interest in North America, it’s difficult to determine how widespread it’s become in South Korea given its largely anonymous nature. It also reaches into both online and offline culture.
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As The Independent notes, it’s been credited in South Korea with the growing education gap between men and women — nearly three-fourths of Korean women pursue higher education today, compared with less than two-thirds of men, allowing women to entertain the possibility of a life where they are not reliant on a male spouse.
South Korea also has the lowest birth rate in the world, which continues to fall, a fact that some have attributed to 4B, although no concrete data has been presented to support that theory.
In 2022, President Yoon Suk Yeol blamed feminism for the country’s low birth rate, saying he would increase penalties for false accusations of ******* *******, and denied the existence of “structural discrimination based on gender.”
The previous year, he also accused feminist movements of “blocking healthy relationships” between men and women in the nation.
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What’s driving ********* interest in 4B?
It’s no secret that women’s rights are increasingly under threat in the ******* States, and Trump’s re-election was seen by many as a referendum on women’s rights that now has them afraid for what the next four years might hold.
********* women, looks like it’s time to get influenced by korea’s 4b movement — ♡ paris !! ⁷ ꪜ (@jooniekisser) November 6, 2024
With the overturning of Roe v. Wade, combined with many in Trump’s administration being opposed to *********, there’s ***** that the U.S. could soon face a federal ********* ban and other dwindling reproductive rights.
Many believe Trump has been “strategically abiguous” on his position on *********, especially during this most recent election. During his campaign he said he would not support a federal ban and wants to leave the issue up to the states.
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However, he also used this year’s campaign to repeatedly frame the overturning of Roe v. Wade as an accomplishment no other *********** could claim.
“For 54 years, they were trying to get Roe v. Wade terminated. And I did it,” he told a Fox News town hall in January. “And I’m proud to have done it.”
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A far-right policy agenda known as Project 2025, a sprawling manifesto published in April 2023 by ************* think-thank The Heritage Project that claimed to speak for no presidential candidate, takes a hard line on criminalizing ********* drugs and many ***** it will become the playbook Republicans use for the next four years.
Project 2025 would also deny federal healthcare providers from practicing gender-affirming care for transgender people and eliminate insurance coverage for the morning-after pill, arguing that it is an ********* *****.
While the book never explicitly says that ********* should be criminalized as a whole, the project contends that life begins at conception and its policies would make an ********* virtually inaccessible for many.
Despite Trump saying he has “no idea who is behind” Project 2025, journalist Judd Legum was first to report that 31 out of the 38 people who helped write and edit the book served in Trump’s administration or were nominated to positions in it.
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Many also feel that gender inequality has become a major problem in the U.S., pointing to the pay gap — women working full-time, on average, earn 84 cents for every dollar made by a man.
This election cycle saw a whole group of Gen Z voters become newly familiar with Trump’s “grab ’em by the p—“ remarks about women from a leaked Access Hollywood video that made headlines in 2016. And, just last week, he told rally supporters he would “protect” women “whether the women like it or not.”
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If the 4B movement does gain a foothold in the U.S., it has the potential to backfire, some experts warn.
“It would create a further divide between women and men, leading men to be even more disgruntled, and perhaps an even more misogynist culture,” Sarah Liu, a senior lecturer in Gender and Politics at the University of Edinburgh, told Newsweek.
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“As ********* men are grappling with the shift in gender roles, which has been one of the reasons why they’ve voted for ************* leaders like Trump, women’s agency in partaking in the U.S.-version of the 4B movement would further confirm their beliefs that their masculinity is threatened and that they need to take back the control of women.”
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“It’s also important to remember that while Trump’s major supporters are men, many women, particularly white women, also voted for Trump. So the 4B movement might further this impression that men are the major force behind Trump’s election, ignoring the role white women play.”
Katharine Moon, a political science professor at Wellesley College, told the New York Times that even if the 4B movement picks up long-term traction in the U.S., it would surely look different than in South Korea due to cultural differences.
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In South Korea, she explained, marriage is considered central to existence as an ****** and “until very recently, being a social ****** — not coming-of-age at 18 or such but being a socially recognized ****** — marriage was mandated.” Essentially, not being married as a woman in South Korea can result in one becoming a social pariah.
“It’s a temporary means (in the U.S.) to bring attention to the precarious situation of women, with Trump and his ascending to power,” she said. “So it’s not really about a total commitment to a way of life without men. Whereas in South Korea, it is a way of life.”
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Not done yet: Tonga eye off toppling Kangaroos
Not done yet: Tonga eye off toppling Kangaroos
Captain Addin Fonua-Blake has warned his Tongan teammates they must find an extra gear as they look to upset Australia and write their names into the country’s sporting folklore.
As Felise Kaufusi likened the build-up to Tonga’s Pacific Cup final campaign to an NRL grand final, Fonua-Blake said Kristian Woolf’s side had to step things up against the Kangaroos.
Tonga qualified for Sunday’s sold-out final at CommBank Stadium with a drama-filled 25-24 win over New Zealand.
Fonua-Blake was part of the only Tonga side that has defeated Australia in a Test in 2019 and said his teammates had to be wary of taking their foot off the gas if they wanted to clinch silverware .
“There’s been a bit of chat during the week that we haven’t won anything yet, this is the game that counts,” Fonua-Blake said.
“We’ve been chipping each other and letting everyone know that this is the main game this weekend.
“The Aussies will be rested and they’re going to come out *******.
“We have to try and replicate our start against the Kiwis and meet ***** with *****.”
Kaufusi, meanwhile, likened the fervour surrounding Tonga’s charge to the Pacific Cup final to the buzz in the lead-up to an NRL grand final.
The 32-year-old, who played four Tests for Australia before switching his allegiance to Tonga in 2022, was a member of three grand final squads with the Melbourne Storm.
Tongan training sessions have been attended by thousands of fans in Sydney’s west while the Kangaroos have been keeping a low profile with little fanfare in Wyong on the NSW Central Coast.
“This has a grand final week feel and I’ve been a part of finals campaigns and this is up there with that,” Kaufusi said.
“The way our people have got around us and supported us we can definitely feel the love.”
Tonga’s players will be watched by members of the country’s royal family.
This week they were given a reminder of how their rapid rise in international rugby league came to fruition when Andrew Fifita gave a speech in camp.
Along with Jason Taumalolo, Fifita was the trailblazer of the Tonga movement.
Fifita was branded a “defector” when he declined a Kangaroos call-up to play for his father’s homeland at the 2017 World Cup.
“The amount of ***** he copped was pretty unfair,” Kaufusi said.
“I didn’t realise what Andrew went through just to represent his dad.
“We watched the video where he saw his grandparents in Tonga, they couldn’t speak when he told them he was going to represent Tonga.
“He, Jason and Addin are part of our history for putting the red jersey first.”
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Astronomers Discover “Interstellar Tunnel” In Our Solar Neighborhood
Astronomers Discover “Interstellar Tunnel” In Our Solar Neighborhood
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Astronomers say they’ve found an “interstellar tunnel” in our solar neighborhood that could lead to other star systems.
As detailed in a new study published in the journal Astronomy & and Astrophysics, the tunnel exists as part of an enormous structure of hot gas with a radius of hundreds of light years that surrounds our solar system known as the Local Hot Bubble. What’s more, the findings suggest that it could connect with a nearby and even larger bubble.
Using extensive data collected by the eROSITA telescope, the first x-ray observatory fully outside of the Earth’s atmosphere, the researchers generated a 3D model of the entire LHB, confirming some features that astronomers had predicted, but also uncovering entirely new ones.
“What we didn’t know was the existence of an interstellar tunnel towards Centaurus, which carves a gap in the cooler interstellar medium,” said study coauthor Michael Freyberg, an astronomer at Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, in a statement. “This region stands out in stark relief thanks to the much-improved sensitivity of eROSITA and a vastly different surveying strategy compared to ROSAT,” the space telescope’s predecessor.
Living in a Bubble
The existence of the LHB, or simply the Local Bubble, was first proposed over fifty years ago to explain the pervasive presence of background x-ray radiation. Since the space between star systems is filled with diffuse clouds of gas and dust known as the interstellar medium — the stuff that coalesces to form stars — these low energy x-ray emissions should have been absorbed long before we could detect them.
But what if our cosmic neck of the woods was empty for some reason? That would be the Local Bubble. Astronomers believe it formed some fourteen million years ago, when a chain of supernovas blew all nearby interstellar material away, creating a cavity around 1,000 light years in diameter. As evidence, we can see remnants of these supernovas today.
The idea has faced challenges; decades ago, it emerged that an interaction between our Sun’s solar winds and our planet’s outer atmosphere could produce similar x-ray emissions, according to the researchers. But the idea has been further supported in recent years with observations of clusters of nascent stars forming on the border of this bubble.
Tip of the Iceberg
The authors suggest that the interstellar tunnel may be part of an entire interstellar medium network that spans the Milky Way, formed by blasts of energy released by stars.
Along with the interstellar tunnel, the detailed modeling of the Local Bubble revealed a temperature gradient across the structure, with the northern region notably hotter than the southern one.
This suggests that there may have been more recent supernovas that expanded the bubble and reheated its material, perhaps in the last few million years.
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At Least Two Dozen People ******* in ******** ******** in Pakistan
At Least Two Dozen People ******* in ******** ******** in Pakistan
The Baloch Liberation Army, a banned ******* separatist group, claimed responsibility for the ******* at a railway station in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta.
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Dockers set for Brazill boost ahead of clash with Crows
Dockers set for Brazill boost ahead of clash with Crows
Fremantle coach Lisa Webb has declared Ash Brazill ready to go for the club’s knockout semi-final against the Crows as the Dockers attempt to take another step towards an unlikely premiership.
Brazill was a late withdrawal from Saturday’s 10-point elimination final win over Essendon at Fremantle Oval after failing to overcome the ankle injury she suffered a fortnight ago.
The 34-year-old former netballer is one of Fremantle’s most important defenders, and would be a huge boost to the side if she can return against the Crows in Adelaide.
“I’m really confident,” Webb said.
“I just saw her then, and she’s like, ‘Yeah, I’m ready to go coach’.
“She was really close (to playing against Essendon).
“We try and give them to the last minute. We train after the teams come out, so we were always going to name her and test her.
“And yeah, that was just one of the calls we made (to pull her out against Essendon).”
Adelaide pipped Fremantle for fourth spot by percentage, and the Crows showed their class in a seven-point qualifying final loss to unbeaten North Melbourne.
Fremantle are a perfect 5-0 on the road this year, but beating Adelaide in Adelaide represents a huge challenge.
“They’re a brilliant team,” Webb said of the Crows.
“I watched them (against North) and **** they were impressive, especially in that first half with their pressure.
“But once again, you know, we’re still in it. We want to go all the way.”
Stopping star Crows midfielder Ebony Marinoff will be crucial to Fremantle’s victory hopes.
The Dockers will be banking on their ruck star Mim Strom to help cause an upset.
Strom is fast becoming one of the best players in the competition and she tallied a league-record 56 hitouts against Essendon to go with 11 clearances, 26 possessions, 441m gained and a goal.
“Sometimes we kind of run out of words for her,” Webb said.
“She’s as humble as they come.
“Before the game, you just keep her composed, but you really don’t need to because she’s got that look in her eyes.
“We’ve just got to continue to look after her, because she obviously gets a lot of attention, and she’s really important for us.”
Essendon were brave in defeat, overcoming the early loss of star midfielder Madison Prespakis (hip) to grab a four-point lead heading into the final change.
The ******** were already without captain Bonnie Toogood (ankle) and star ruck Steph Wales (ACL), and they pushed Fremantle all the way in a fighting effort.
It marks the second consecutive season Essendon have lost an elimination final.
“It’s always disappointing when your season ends. The group are quite upset,” Essendon coach Natalie Wood said.
“But with a little bit of time, we’ll stop and reflect. I’m nothing but proud of this group.
“You know similar to Freo, we’ve had a lot of injuries and a lot of adversity throughout the year.
“Our ability to evolve our game … if I look back to the round one against Freo, in terms of how we were playing … we’ve come on in leaps and bounds.”
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Have Nintendo & Amazon resolved their beef?
Have Nintendo & Amazon resolved their beef?
First-party Nintendo games have not been available on Amazon US for months.
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Scientists Consider Drastic Action as Doomsday Glacier Threatens to Flood Entire Islands and Coasts
Scientists Consider Drastic Action as Doomsday Glacier Threatens to Flood Entire Islands and Coasts
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The Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is called the “Doomsday Glacier” for a reason.
Larger than the state of Florida, the icy mass contains so much water that scientists predict that its melting could single-handedly raise global sea levels by over two feet — and possibly over five times more that, if it triggers a broader collapse of the Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Two major studies this year have only heated up the debate around the glacier’s future, as highlighted in an article from Columbia University’s GlacierHub.
While their conclusions differ on how quickly the Thwaites will melt, there is a consensus that it will eventually fully disappear, leaving the door open to ambitious, large-scale geoengineering projects, such as building an enormous barrier to keep out warm water, as being worth seriously considering.
They may be desperate measures, but we need to start exploring them now, according to John Moore, a professor with the Arctic Center at the University of Lapland.
“It will take 15 to 30 years for us to understand enough to recommend or rule out any interventions,” he told GlacierHub.
Meltdown Breakdown
A study published in May suggested that the Doomsday Glacier was more vulnerable to warming than once believed.
Using extensive satellite imaging, the researchers discovered that high tides are intermittently lifting the Thwaites by a few centimeters, exposing its underbelly that would otherwise be protected by the seafloor.
With this opening, warm seawater forces its way beneath the glacier, causing what the scientists dubbed “vigorous melting”: the intruding seawater dilutes the melting freshwater with salt, lowering the solution’s melting point and exacerbating the melt.
The study predicted that the glacier could fully disappear by 2100. However, another paper published in August argued that this is unlikely, instead projecting that the glacier’s complete collapse will take place in the centuries following that.
Nonetheless, researchers agreed that Thwaites’ rapid retreat would continue to accelerate, as it has been for the past thirty years.
All Bets Off
Scientists ***** that if the Thwaites disappears, it could trigger a collapse of the entire West Antarctic ice sheet (WAIS), potentially raising sea levels by over ten feet. As it stands, the Doomsday glacier already contributes to about four percent of rising levels on Earth.
Barring an immediate societal shift away from burning fossil fuels, we might want to try a technological solution to slow the melt. One idea scientists have proposed is surrounding Thwaites and other vulnerable glaciers with huge, 62-mile-long curtains to block the warm ocean water. Far-fetched, perhaps, but there is serious research into this underway.
“For some polar tipping points like Arctic sea ice and the WAIS, glacial geoengineering seems to be the only way for us to more or less guarantee that we can address these tipping points,” Gernot Wagner, a climate economist at Columbia Climate School told GlacierHub.
Geoengineering projects, though, tend to catch flak for distracting from the real solution of eliminating carbon emissions. Which is why Wagner emphasizes that, “when we talk about glacial geoengineering, we need to tell the truth, which is that it’s not a solution to climate change — at best, it’s a painkiller.”
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Blair-era health secretary returns as NHS advisor
Blair-era health secretary returns as NHS advisor
Campaigners raise concerns about Alan Milburn’s private sector links in his new role overseeing NHS reforms.
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Latest AoT movie features new post-credits scene
Latest AoT movie features new post-credits scene
******* on Titan may have ended last year, but fans will be enlightened to hear about some new anime content.
According to Collider, the last compilation film titled, ******* on Titan Movie: The Last *******, will feature a new post-credits scene. The movie will be released throughout ********* theaters on November 8 and attendees will get to witness the new scene not featured in ******* on Titan’s two-part finale. They will also be handed out special illustration merchandise for the first few days of the movie’s release in theaters.
******* on Titan’s X account for the anime announced the new post-credit scene. Details of what will be showcased in the film have yet to be confirmed. The Twitter account did provide samples of three mini-******** illustration prints featuring side portrait drawings of Eren, Armin, and Mikasa. The prints were illustrated by none other than ******* on Titan author Isayama Hajime, so that’s nice at least. Attendees are in luck, as they will receive these prints at random. The distribution date is from November 11 to November 14, so movie-goers need to act fast.
******* on Titan The Movie: The Last ******* is a compilation of the anime’s finale. The film has a runtime of 145 minutes and features Yuichiro Hayashi, who directed the final season of the ******* on Titan series.
Anime News Network reported that Muse Asia will hold international screenings across Asia including countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, The Philippines, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The release date has been confirmed for the Philippines which will release in January 2025. As for the other aforementioned countries, they still have to wait for confirmation. At the very least, they will get a new glimpse of the finale.
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********* rights support didn’t always translate into Harris support —CBS News poll analysis
********* rights support didn’t always translate into Harris support —CBS News poll analysis
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In the 2024 election, 10 states had *********-related measures on the ballot — and Americans voted in favor of protecting ********* access in seven of them.
But support for these ballot measures outpaced support for Kamala Harris, who made ********* rights a hallmark of her campaign.
In two key battlegrounds — Arizona and Nevada — voters backed measures that added the right to ********* to their state’s constitution, but nonetheless, Harris trails Donald Trump in the vote count in these states. CBS News has projected Nevada for Trump and Arizona currently leans ***********.
Here’s what the exit polls tell us about voters who “split their ticket:”
Voters favored ********* rights but the economy mattered more
Most people who voted “yes” on *********-related measures — Proposition 139 in Arizona and Question 6 in Nevada — also voted for Kamala Harris, but about a quarter of these voters backed Donald Trump.
For this group of voters, the economy was their top issue when voting for president. A majority described their finances as worse off compared to four years ago, so ********* rights mattered to them, but when it came to voting for president, other issues mattered to them more. These voters were also looking for a candidate who would bring needed change.
Across nearly every major demographic group in Nevada, more voted for the right to ********* referendum than they did for Harris, according to exit polls. This includes both men and women, younger voters and independents.
Kamala Harris made an appeal to Republicans, particularly *********** women, often on the issue of ********* rights, but few voted for her. A third of *********** women in Nevada voted “yes” on the right to *********, but Harris had just single-digit support from these voters.
We see the same pattern among Latino voters, too, a group Harris lost ground with relative to Joe Biden in 2020. Majorities of Latino men and women in Nevada voted in favor of the state’s ********* ballot measure, but fewer of them backed Harris.
In CBS News pre-election polling, we found that Harris’ campaign argument that Trump would try to put a national ********* ban in place did not resonate with most voters outside the Democratic Party. Voters were more apt to believe Trump would leave the matter of ********* to the states, so this may have been on the minds of the voters who backed ********* rights in their own state but also backed Trump.
The CBS News exit poll interviewed thousands of voters across the country at more than 200 polling locations on Election Day and in the weeks leading up to Election Day in order to capture those who cast a ballot early. Edison Research conducted this poll for the National Election Pool.
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