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Overwatch 2 is set to release very soon and more details are steadily being released including information about one of the original game’s heroes: Symmetra.

In Overwatch lore, Symmetra is a character with Autism, but it was rarely reflected in-game despite comics and other story pieces indicating that she is on the spectrum.

The sequel is hoping to remedy this by making it far more apparent and celebrating her Autism in-game through quite a few voice lines.

In a thread on Twitter, Narrative Designer Joshi Zhang delved into how they’re subtly representing Autism as she dukes it out with and against fellow members of the Overwatch roster.

OW2 is highlighting Symmetra’s Autism in combat

“I asked myself, how would her autism influence her experience on the battlefield?” Zhang explained in a series of posts.

In order to showcase this, Zhang revealed how Symmetra will comment on sensations that please or bother her such as being mesmerized by hard light – a key component of her gameplay.

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One clip the dev highlighted is when she gets a kill on the music-based hero Lucio, she will remark: “finally, I can hear myself think.”

According to the dev, there are plenty of other voice lines that indicate her perspective on things. Surely, there will be a lot to discover when the game is out, and everyone with a proper phone plan can check it out.

“At the end of the day, I hope that neurodivergent members of the OW community feel like they are seen. Autism is not a weakness; it’s a strength to be celebrated by all,” Zhang concluded.

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It’s not yet clear what Blizzard has planned for Symmetra once Overwatch 2’s PvE story content is added later on in 2023, but seeing how they’re doing so much to showcase her Autism in PvP, it’s likely that there is much more to come.

Overwatch 2 is set to release October 4 on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Switch consoles with a mobile port still rumored for the future.

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Swiss landlords fear lawsuits for turning down heating - SWI swissinfo.ch

The Swiss Real Estate Association, which represents landlords, warns that turning down the heating in rented accommodation could result in a legal backlash. The Swiss Tenants’ Association has written to government to say a 19 degree target is unreasonable for elderly or vulnerable people. Some 57% of Swiss households are rented by their occupants, which is one of the highest rental rates in Europe.

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Borders of Russian-annexed occupied territories are announced | Ukrainska Pravda

According to the agreements submitted to the State Duma of the Russian Federation, the borders of the so-called DPR and LPR and Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Oblasts, which the Russian Federation has supposedly taken over, will be defined as the borders that existed "on the day of their formation and admission as part of Russia".

Quote from the "document": "The borders of the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic shall be defined as the borders of the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic that existed on the day of its formation and the day of its admission to the Russian Federation and formation as a new subject within the Russian Federation.

Details: The agreements with the so-called LPR and Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts contain the same wording.

What is meant by such wording is currently not clear.

Volodymyr Rohov, the representative of the occupation administration of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, commenting on this definition in the "agreement", noted that "Zaporizhzhia Oblast as an administrative unit in the territory of the Ukrainian SSR was separated on 10 January 1939 from the southeastern part of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with the administrative centre in the city of Zaporizhzhia.

It remains to liberate the quarter of the oblast that is temporarily occupied by the Anglo-Saxons," he said.

Interfax reported that draft laws on the ratification of the agreements were submitted to the State Duma for ratification on Sunday.

At the same time, according to the "agreements", the borders of the so-called DPR, LPR, and Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts bordering the territory of a "foreign state" are the state borders of the Russian Federation.

The "agreements" specify that the state language in the captured and annexed territories shall be Russian. That said, the Russian Federation supposedly guarantees all peoples living on the territory of the "new subjects" the right to preserve their native language and create conditions for its study and development.

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‘Where did they disappear to?’: Russian MP says 1.5 mln military uniforms are missing

Russia’s MP for Zabaykalsky region lieutenant general Andrey Gurulev has said that 1.5 million sets of military uniform had gone missing, reports local outlet Tayga.info.

According to Gurulev, personnel reception points need to be «equipped now for the future», so they can «easily» accept people.

In the text of the decree, the mobilisation is called «partial», however, no specifications are established. «According to this text, anyone could be drafted, except for employees of defence enterprises that get an exemption for the period of their work,» political scientist Ekaterina Shulman noted at the time.

The US is willing to support Ukraine's finances with $1.5 billion a month in aid throughout the war against Russia and is pushing its European allies to commit to similar amounts, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Biden administration, which signed off last week on $4.5 billion in grants to cover the rest of the year, has held conversations with European Union officials --- including in recent days -- and has pressed Europe to do more, the people said, asking not to be identified because the discussions are private.

With the EU haggling internally over the delivery of previous pledges, allies have been discussing a more regular mechanism to help keep Ukraine's economy afloat as the war drags on, one of the people said. Officials have been warned that there would be growing demands in Congress, whose approval is required for longer-term support, for more burden sharing among allies, another person said.

The International Monetary Fund has previously said Ukraine needs about $5 billion every month to cover essential services and keep its economy going. The country received about $2 billion in aid last month, down from $4.7 billion in August, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said.

Bloomberg reported in July that a number of allies had privately criticized the bloc for not delivering on its commitments of nearly 9 billion euros ($8.8 billion) and called on it at the time to do so urgently.

EU Summit

EU leaders are expected to discuss Kyiv's financial requirements, which the draft budget for 2023 has placed at $38 billion, at a summit in the Czech Republic this week.

Diplomats preparing the leaders' meeting were told last week that expected funding levels from European nations would be on a similar scale to the monthly $1.5 billion the US was willing to provide, one of the people said. The funding was critical to covering essentials such as basic public expenditure, schools, hospitals and Ukraine's electrical network, the person said.

A number of senior EU officials have been extremely frustrated by the slow pace of the bloc's decision-making over financial support for Kyiv, as well as lack of urgency among some national governments toward the debate, especially as winter approaches.

Amid disagreement among member nations over the details of the 9 billion euro-package, the bloc paid out 1 billion euros last summer, while another 5 billion euros have been approved but not yet delivered to Kyiv. The outstanding 3 billion euros remain stuck over issues including whether the aid should be in the form of grants or loans, and how to structure guarantees.

The EU has also supported Ukraine with 1.2 billion euros in loans in the first half of the year, as well as billions more to pay for weapons deliveries and longer-term reforms. The block is also aiming to shepherd conversations around Ukraine's post-war reconstruction but officials admonish that Kyiv's immediate needs are far more pressing, two of the people said.

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National Archives says it is still missing some Trump administration records | The Hill

National Archives says it is still missing some Trump administration records

The National Archives and Records Administration said on Friday that it is still missing some records from the Trump administration. The National Archives does not have some messages that members of the Trump administration sent and received in unofficial accounts while conducting official business for the president, Wall said. While the Archives has been able to recover these types of records from some former Trump officials, Wall said they are still missing messages from others who have not yet handed them over.

United Airlines cutting 12 routes from several major air hubs

Wall did not provide an update in Friday’s letter about the records held by former President Trump himself, instead referring the committee to the Justice Department’s investigation. The National Archives, with the help of the Justice Department and FBI, has recovered hundreds of presidential records from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence over the last year, including dozens of classified documents.

Dramatic election, dramatic results. Whoever wins, rdrama wins!

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So according to Putin this would be Russian troops abandoning Russian territory to a foreign power. https://t.co/nkhKCAVT3d

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Trump Says Mitch McConnell Has a ‘Death Wish’ During Racist Meltdown

Time to kick back, watch a little TV, and casually threaten the Senate Minority Leader on your website. ""He has a DEATH WISH,” Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social of Republican Sen. “Is McConnell approving all of these trillions of dollars worth of Democrat-sponsored bills, without even the slightest bit of negotiation, because he hates Donald J. .

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The screed came after President Joe Biden signed into law a bill to fund the US government until Dec.

He Has a 7-Point Plan for a Christian Takeover -- and Wants Doug Mastriano to Lead the Charge

In 2017 Trump lambasted McConnell after the senate failed to secure passage of a bill that would partially repeal the Affordable Care Act, and the relationship between the two giants of the Republican Party has remained tenuous. "In recent weeks, Trump has vented to some confidants that if Republicans fail to take back both the House and Senate in the 2022 midterms, the ex-president expects "all these fricking RINOs” to blame him for any GOP high-profile losses, according to a person with direct knowledge of this grievance. ""Blame Mitch,” Trump has recently said, if Republicans fail to retake the Senate this cycle, this source relayed.

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In its heaviest barrage in weeks, Russia’s military on Friday pounded Ukrainian cities with missiles, rockets and suicide drones, with one strike in the Zaporizhzhia region’s capital killing 30 people and wounding 88.In a daily briefing Saturday, the British Defense Ministry said the Russians “almost certainly” struck a humanitarian convoy there with S-300 anti-aircraft missiles. Russia withdraws its troops from key city as Ukrainian forces close inRussia said Saturday it has withdrawn its troops from the once-occupied city of Lyman, as Ukraine’s eastern counteroffensive recaptures more territory.

Nicaraguan President Ortega said his government does not want relations with an "interventionist government" Nicaragua severed all diplomatic ties with the Netherlands on Friday, according to a statement released by the government. The Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the country faced "repeated meddling" and the "interventionist and neocolonialist" position of the Netherlands and decided to "immediately discontinue diplomatic relations.  He also said he would support "all economic and diplomatic tools to bring about a change in direction in Nicaragua" including excluding the country from the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement. "The tensions between the countries escalated after the Dutch ambassador for Central America, Christine Pirenne, informed the government that the European nation would not be funding a hospital promised long ago. The government said it withdrew its approval of the new ambassador after he made "disrespectful" comments in a hearing before the Senate.  Ortega had accused the church of backing the 2018 protests which started against planned welfare cuts by his government but spiraled into a wider protest against him.

Tensions escalated after the Netherlands informed Nicaragua that it would not be funding a hospital promised long ago. Hugo had called Nicaragua a "pariah state," labeling Ortega's government a "dictatorship." On Wednesday, the Central American country declared the European Union ambassador, Bettina Muscheidt, "persona non grata" without specifying a reason. This development came hours after the Central American country refused entry to the new US ambassador. President Daniel Ortega lashed out at this news and said, "The ambassador came to speak to Nicaraguans as if Nicaragua is a Dutch colony. " It said the European country "offended and keeps offending Nicaraguan families. Earlier on Friday, Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo, Ortega's wife, said that US envoy Hugo Rodriguez would not be allowed to enter the country.

Other Russia friendly countries that rejected the annexation: Serbia, Hungary, Kazakhstan

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