WOW WOW WOWWWWWWWWWWWW.

I have never seen anything age this poorly, this quickly. By NYT's @stuartathompson

Also, could adults stop using the Democrat propaganda term "election denial" to describe people with legitimate challenges to election administration? It's so puerile. pic.twitter.com/YEcevYjhdI

— Mollie (@MZHemingway) October 5, 2022

He was featured here a few days ago https://rdrama.net/post/107442/russia-is-now-a-proxy-for

He's known to drunkenly shitpost on twitter.

Muhoozi is known to enjoy alcoholic beverages and as such, he has been criticized about tweeting while drunk and posting often controversial tweets. It is also stated in the UPDF Act 7 of 2005, under Disgraceful conduct, section 139, that, "A person in the Defence Forces who is drunk, whether or not on duty, commits an offence and is on conviction, liable to imprisonment not exceeding seven years.". No case has been brought to the UPDF Court martial's attention about Muhoozi's behavior as a drunk serving officer.

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He also seems to be smitten with Pizza Mommy https://x.com/mkainerugaba/status/1576597185864830976

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has asked Kenyans for "forgiveness" after his son - a senior military officer - tweeted about invading their country.

His apology came a day after he sacked Muhoozi Kainerugaba as commander of the army's land forces.

But Mr Museveni softened the blow by promoting him to the rank of general, and retaining him as his adviser.

Mr Museveni has long been suspected of grooming the 48 year old to succeed him when he eventually steps down.

Gen Kainerugaba has increasingly been entering the political arena, with his critics saying this was in breach of the military's code of discipline.

His latest intervention came on Monday when he sent out a series of tweets - some serious, some in jest - about Kenya.

He said he had spoken to Kenya's former President Uhuru Kenyatta, and expressed regret that he had stepped down at the end of his two terms in August.

"My only problem with my beloved big brother is that he didn't stand for a third term. We would have won easily!" Gen Kainerugaba said.

In a later tweet to his more than 600,000 followers, he said: "It wouldn't take us, my army and me, 2 weeks to capture [Kenya's capital] Nairobi."

This led to an uproar on Twitter, with people accusing Gen Kainerugaba of being "reckless" and jeopardising relations between the neighbouring states.

It led to him urging Kenyans to "relax".

"I would never beat up the Kenyan army because my father told me never to attempt it! So our people in Kenya should relax!" Gen Kainerugaba tweeted.

Although the Kenyan government did not comment, Uganda's foreign ministry issued a statement saying Uganda treasured its "strong bilateral relations" with it "brotherly neighbour".

In the latest attempt at damage-control, Mr Museveni said he had spoken to Kenya's President William Ruto, and he was "very sorry" about his son's tweets.

"I ask our Kenyan brothers and sisters to forgive us for tweets sent by General Muhoozi, former Commander of Land Forces here, regarding the election matters in that great country.

"It is not correct for Public officers, be they civilian or military, to comment or interfere in any way, in the internal affairs of brother countries," Mr Museveni said.

He added that despite his son's "mistake", he had promoted him to the rank of full general because he could still make "many positive contributions".

"I know for a fact that General Muhoozi is a passionate Pan-Africanist," Mr Museveni said.

His son is known for his controversial tweets, including expressing support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and Tigrayan rebels fighting the Ethiopian government.

He also tweeted that he would give 100 cattle - apparently as a bride price - to Italy's incoming far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni for being "fearless and true".

"I know Europeans give girls they like flowers? I have never understood it. In our culture you give a girl you like a cow," he added.

"As a privileged, white, cis female, seeing this was devastating," Washington County epidemiologist Kimberly Repp said in an interview of her and other county epidemiologists' research results.

Portland area health officials are calling for change after finding that death certificates misgendered more than half of transgender or nonbinary people who died in the decade ending last year.

A combined research effort by Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas county epidemiologists, published Aug. 31 in the Journal of Public Health Management & Practice and made available to the public free of charge for two weeks starting Wednesday, found that nearly 30 Portlanders' gender identities were erased after death because there is no system to ensure those identities are recorded when people die.

The accuracy of death records is important not only for individuals and families but because they are used for research and can affect how federal money is directed. While previous studies have shown transgender people are more likely to die by suicide and homicide, for example, the data is limited because neither Oregon nor the federal government have systems to track gender identity upon death.

"As a privileged, white, cis female, seeing this was devastating," Washington County epidemiologist Kimberly Repp said in an interview of her and other county epidemiologists' research results.

The researchers found that at multiple bureaucratic steps in the death process, there is no consistent way to identify if someone is transgender or nonbinary. And they found that for 47 Portland area people identified as transgender or nonbinary in the detailed reports produced after a death investigation from 2011-2021, 29 were misgendered in the official record.

"If you extrapolate that to the national level, we are significantly and very seriously undercounting deaths in our transgender persons," Repp said, with the likely consequence that health officials don't know the scale of fatal violence transgender people are subjected to.

Most case management software doesn't have a field for gender identity, the researchers said, which is a problem if someone's s*x at birth doesn't match their gender. They also found that next-of-kin dictate the s*x listed on a person's death certificate, which is a problem if they aren't aware of or disagree with the person's identity.

To address the problem, the researchers made several recommendations. They suggested that gender identity be trackable in the software officials use to track deaths and be a federally mandated field in death certificates. They also suggested that death investigators be trained in how and why to track gender identity.

"From the data standpoint, this is a simple problem to fix," Clackamas County epidemiologist Molly Mew said in a statement. "The systems just need more inclusive boxes."

One thot got 3 years in prison for encouraging her teenage followers to become camgirls. But they're going after moids now too:

Malik was known for going live on TikTok with girls and women from Egypt and other Arab countries asking them to do various challenges. The report claimed Malik would disrespect and insult these women and their followers, for which many TikTok users criticized and ridiculed him.

Wow, this guy sounds like the kind of r-slur that zoomers here love too.

Malik committed many acts that violate the law in Egypt, as he shared several videos that contain indecent words, as well as disrespecting women and insulting farmers in Egypt, not to mention that he previously described some critics as "dogs".

Don't frick with the felaheen if you know what's good for you.

Unfortunately these zoomers are a pale imitation of the high-quality Egyptian thots that used to get policed not so long ago, like Egyptian Shakira:

Idio3

Orange Site:

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US believes elements within Ukraine's government authorized assassination near Moscow, sources say

The US intelligence community believes that the car bombing that killed Darya Dugina, the daughter of prominent Russian political figure Alexander Dugin, was authorized by elements within the Ukrainian government, sources briefed on the intelligence told CNN. The US was not aware of the plan beforehand, according to the sources, and it is still unclear who exactly the US believes signed off on the assassination. It is also not clear whether the US intelligence community believes that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was aware of the plot or authorized it. To date, Ukrainian strikes inside Russia have largely been limited to attacks on fuel depots and military bases in cities along the Russia-Ukraine border, like Belgorod.

Vatniks stay losing.

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Kremlin says annexation and retreat are not a contradiction amid Ukrainian successes

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a concert marking the declared annexation of the Russian-controlled territories of four Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, after holding what Russian authorities called referendums in the occupied areas of Ukraine that were condemned by Kyiv and governments worldwide, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, September 30, 2022.

They will be with Russia forever and they will be returned."

The contrast between a set of defeats on the battlefield and lofty language from the Kremlin about Russia's might have raised concerns within the Russian elite about the conduct of the war.

Together with Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014, Putin's total claim amounts to more than 22% of Ukrainian territory, though the exact borders of the four regions he is annexing are still yet to be finally clarified.

Moscow, which recognised Ukraine's post-Soviet borders in the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, will never give the regions back, Putin said on Friday at a grand Kremlin treaty-signing ceremony which brought the partially controlled regions into Russia.

Kyiv denies Russian speakers were persecuted.

Just in time for the midterms and return of the stickers

Reddit pissing and shidding rn https://www.reddit.com/search/?q=opec&sort=comments&restrict_sr=on&t=day&feature=legacy_search

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The OPEC+ alliance announced Wednesday that it will cut oil production by 2 million barrels a day, a move that's likely to send gas prices higher again after a year of tumult at the pump.

In its statement announcing the cuts, the OPEC+ alliance cited the "uncertainty that surrounds the global economic and oil market outlooks.”

It represents the largest cut in production since the start of the pandemic.

In a statement, the Biden administration said it was disappointed in the decision, calling it “shortsighted” in light of global energy prices already lifted higher by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

“At a time when maintaining global supply of energy is of paramount importance, this development will have the most negative impact on lower- and middle-income countries that are already reeling from elevated energy prices,” it said.

The decision by the oil cartel and its allies, announced in Vienna, comes after the price of oil and gas spiked this summer amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Prices trended downward from July to mid-September, as President Joe Biden sought to reduce gas prices, and stress on Americans’ wallets, ahead of the midterm elections.

Capital Economics research group now expects global oil prices to rise from about $93 to $100 per barrel, with U.S. benchmark prices rising from $88 to $92. At the outset of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, global oil prices had climbed to as much as $128.

"We had always expected supply growth to slow later this year and into 2023, but this latest OPEC+ action has re-enforced our view that prices will end the year a little higher," Caroline Bain, chief commodities analyst for Capital Economics, said in a note following the Wednesday announcement.

U.S. gas prices had already been trending higher in recent weeks amid increased demand and refinery issues in the U.S. The average price of a gallon of gas on Wednesday was $3.83, the highest since late August.

“The regional differences in gas prices are stark at the moment, with prices on the West Coast hitting $6 a gallon and higher, while Texas and Gulf Coast states have prices dipping below $3 in some areas,” Andrew Gross, an AAA spokesperson, said in a statement Monday.

At least six California refineries are undergoing maintenance, Gross said, and there is limited pipeline supply to the West Coast from locations east of the Rockies.

Political analysts have observed a strong correlation between gas prices and Biden's approval rating, as voters home in on gas prices as a proxy for inflation and thus the state of the economy.

Wall Street analysts say the Biden administration could counter OPEC's move by releasing stocks from the U.S.'s strategic petroleum reserve, and even boosting the so-called NOPEC bill that would penalize other oil producing states by opening them up to antitrust suits.

OPEC+, whose de facto leader is Saudi Arabia, is comprised of 13 oil-exporting countries and 11 nonmember allied countries, including Russia.

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Orange Site:

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America's national debt has now surpassed $31 trillion | CNN Business

Following a two day meeting, Federal Reserve officials are set to release their January monetary policy decision which economists predict could be an increase in interest rates.

Recession jitters and the trickling impact on Americans

CNN’s Vanessa Yurkevich speaks with Florida business owners as the US struggles to fill open jobs.

Lisa Altman

Today, he says Powell would admit the Fed underestimated inflation and that more unemployment would help combat inflation.

John General/CNN

Over 20 million Americans are behind on utility bills, and as energy inflation continues, many risk losing power and facing extreme weather. University of Michigan economics professor Justin Wolfers explains what Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell meant in his comments about the state of inflation and the US economy. At the Federal Reserve’s annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, chairman Jerome Powell addressed the central bank’s commitment to controlling inflation.

Middle class Black Americans react to economy under Biden

San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly addresses recession concerns and tells CNN’s Julia Chatterley that the Fed is committed to bringing the “economy back to a sustainable path. CNN’s Allison Morrow tells “Nightcap’s” Jon Sarlin there are signs prices are moderating, but consumers are still feeling the pain of inflation.

Inflation is cooling but prices are still painfully high

President Joe Biden signed the $750 billion health care, tax and climate bill into law. CNN Chief Business Correspondent Christine Romans breaks down what’s in the Inflation Reduction Act.

CNN Business

America’s national debt has climbed north of $31 trillion for the first time, a milestone that comes at a time of historically high inflation, rising interest rates and growing economic uncertainty. The nation’s total public debt outstanding closed at $31.1 trillion on Monday, according to Treasury Department data published Tuesday. Outstanding debt has climbed nearly $8 trillion since the beginning of 2020. And it has jumped by $1 trillion in just eight months.

Now, during a period of historically high inflation and a series of steep interest rates hikes by the Federal Reserve in its battle to tame rising prices, borrowing costs are far higher. The Committee for a Responsible Fiscal Budget last month estimated that President Joe Biden’s policies could add $4.8 trillion to deficits between 2021 and 2031. “Excessive borrowing will lead to continued inflationary pressures, drive the national debt to a new record as soon as 2030 and triple federal interest payments over the next decade – or even sooner if interest rates go up faster or by more than expected,” the CRFB wrote. “Any type of debt issue is really a potential issue – I wouldn’t even say a certain issue – but a potential issue for five to 10 years down the road,” he said.

“One of the benefits of being the world’s reserve currency is everyone wants to buy your debt for cheap.

A trustee of the transgender charity Mermaids resigned last night after it emerged that he had spoken at a conference hosted by an organisation that promotes services to paedophiles https://t.co/K24k4Do0LK

— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) October 4, 2022

>A trustee of the transgender charity Mermaids resigned last night after it emerged that he had spoken at a conference hosted by an organisation that promotes services to paedophiles.

>Dr Jacob Breslow was a graduate student in gender research at the London School of Economics when he gave a presentation at an event for the US-based B4U-ACT in 2011.

>According to its website, B4U-ACT promotes services and resources “for self-identified individuals . . . who are sexually attracted to children and desire such assistance”.

>Breslow’s presentation appeared to be a critique of how paedophiles were understood.

>Records show that the academic, who is now assistant professor of gender and sexuality at LSE, became a trustee of Mermaids, a transgender youth support charity, in July this year

He'd also written for gay news site 'pink news' the CEO of which is now coping big time

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Herschel Walker denies abortion claim in Georgia Senate race

Dustin Chambers | Reuters

Walker adamantly denied the claim detailed in a Daily Beast article, calling it a "flat-out lie," and vowed to sue the news outlet. "I know my mom and I would really appreciate if my father Herschel Walker stopped lying and making a mockery of us," Christian Walker tweeted. In another tweet Monday night, Christian wrote, "Every family member of Herschel Walker asked him not to run for office, because we all knew his past. The woman requested anonymity because of privacy concerns, according to the outlet, which said it corroborated details of her account with a friend whom she said accompanied her to the procedure.

Last month, Walker said he supported proposed legislation by Sen. , that would ban abortion nationally after 15 weeks of pregnancy. I am a proud pro-life Christian, and I will always stand up for our unborn children," Walker said in a statement at the time. He accused Daily Beast reporter Roger Sollenberger of being a "democrat activist disguised as a reporter who has obsessively attacked my family and tried to tear me down since this race started.

CNBC Politics

Sollenberger in June broke the news that Walker had three other children with different women besides Christian, who up to that point was his only publicly known son. One of the children was a 10-year-old boy that Walker has not played an active role in raising, the Daily Beast reported in June. Walker, who is Black, has been critical of African-American absentee fathers. Walker appeared Monday night on Fox News for an interview with Sean Hannity, who asked him about the reported $700 payment to the woman who spoke to the Daily Beast.

"I send money to a lot of people," Walker answered. Herschel Walker then tweeted, "I LOVE my son no matter what."

Professor Jeffrey Sachs [Columbia] on Bloomberg causing chaos saying US was most likely involved in Nordstream leaks according to data & other experts 😂😂😂 “even reporters tell me …. privately of course …” and that we are on a pretty dangerous path to a nuclear conflict pic.twitter.com/U6FsC2tdp6

— detty (@0ddette) October 3, 2022

@pizzashill thoughts? Who do you think did it?

They’re the Green Goblin Gang — and the furious mom of one of their victims says the fiends were “complete animals,” randomly attacking her daughter on her birthday.

Newly released video captured the bizarre group of female robbers wearing full-body, neon green leotards as they punched and tossed around two 19-year-old women on a Times Square subway train about 2 a.m. Sunday. The victims were robbed of a cellphone and handbag, cops said.

“She said she was attacked by aliens, and I didn’t know what she was talking about,” the mother of one of the victims told The Post on Monday.

“Yesterday was her birthday,” said the distraught mom, who asked that she and the victims remain anonymous out of fear of retaliation. “This is how she spent her 19th birthday. I hope they get what they deserve and then some because it’s disgusting.”

The video posted on social media shows about six females dressed in green tossing around one of the teenagers and punching the other repeatedly in the face. Some of the attackers are also wearing hoods with face masks. They are still in the wind.

The mother said her daughter and a friend at first “were on the platform going home.

“They were just literally standing to get on the train. These wretched grown women came down the stairs being all loud. They went to get into the train, and one of them bumped [the friend],” the mom said.

“My daughter was like, ‘Come on’ [to her friend], and they got on the other car. Then the women came on their car through the door between the cars. They attacked my daughter.

“There was a woman with red curly hair, and she was helping [the teen]. And there was a man who took his sweatshirt off and helped the girls. He got hit. My daughter, she had like five of the girls on her at one time. [She and her friend] were both punched in the face.”

The mom raged that there were other riders who just stood by watching — and recording — the attack.

“All these men sitting there taking videos and watching, and none of them helped while a group of 10 women were beating two young girls,” she said.

The mom suggested that the state’s lax bail-reform laws, which have been blasted for creating a revolving-door justice system, jeopardize law-abiding citizens’ safety. She said the family is full of cops, including the mom’s parents, who are both former police officers in New Jersey. The mom’s brother is an active Jersey cop, as is her brother-in-law, too, she said.

“I think it’s absolutely disgusting — I think people need to be held accountable for their actions and there should be no such thing as this bail-reform nonsense,” the woman said.

The mom said her daughter is a business and international business major at a college in Florida and was back home visiting the family in Queens over the weekend when she was attacked.

“She was home from college. Now she’s getting chest X-rays and CAT scans,” the mother said. “She was supposed to be back in school this morning, but [not now] because of her injuries from being stomped in the head by 10 grown butt women.”

“She’s in excruciating pain,” the mom said.

“When she breathes, it hurts. In one video, you can see the one girl kicked her and got her foot caught in my daughter’s purse strap. My daughter is tiny. She’s 5-foot-4. That one beast.

“My daughter, thank goodness, has no marks on her face. One of them had a knife strapped to their leg. Thank got nothing else happened. [The daughter] has bruises on both of her arms and legs. One of them bit her shoulder. She has a bite mark through her clothes.”

The other teenage victim’s mom added to The Post that her daughter “was vomiting last night from the concussion, and we’re waiting to get a CAT scan of her head.

“There was a group of grown women who brutally attacked and robbed two young girls,” said the woman, who also spoke on condition of anonymity. “There were zero words exchanged. They literally attacked them and then kept coming over and over and over again.”

Gazprom issued a statement today saying that Nord Stream 2 may still be operable. The Nord Stream 2 pipeline is actually comprised of two parallel lines, one of which the Russian state gas company says appeared to be untouched.

Really makes you . Why would the US commit such blatant aggression against their allies but choose to spare Nord Stream 2? It's almost as if someone is trying to create a dispute between the US and Germany about removing sanctions on Nord Stream 2. I wonder who would want that? Is there a country where one of their primary goals in foreign policy for the last 75 years is to drive a wedge between America and its European allies?

Russia continues taking Ls.

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Half of mobilised men in Russian region sent home, commissar fired, governor says | Reuters

About half of them we returned home as they did not meet the selection criteria for entering the military service». Degtyarev said the removal of the commissar, Yuri Laiko, would not affect the mobilisation plan set by Putin. The chaotic mobilisation of men to fight in Ukraine has also prompted thousands of fighting-age men to flee from the country to avoid a draft that was billed as enlisting those with military experience and specialities but has often appeared oblivious to service records, health, student status and even age.

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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Protests over the death of a woman in police custody were plotted by America and the Zionist regime, rather than by "ordinary Iranians," in his first comments on unrest that has swept the country since September 17

He expressed strong backing for the security forces, saying they had faced injustice during the protests

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The British government has dropped plans to cut income tax for top earners, part of a package of unfunded cuts that sparked turmoil on financial markets and sent the pound to record lows.

Treasury chief Kwasi Kwarteng said Monday that he would abandon plans to scrap the top 45% rate of income tax paid on earnings above 150,000 pounds ($167,000) a year.

He said "it is clear that the abolition of the 45p tax rate has become a distraction from our overriding mission to tackle the challenges facing our country."

Denmark says Nord Stream 1 pipelines stop leaking

Reducing taxes for top earners and scrapping a cap on bankers' bonuses while millions face a cost-of-living crisis driven by soaring energy bills was widely seen as politically toxic.

Truss and Kwarteng insist that their plan will deliver a growing economy and eventually bring in more tax revenue, offsetting the cost of borrowing to fund the current cuts.

Can MTG get even more insane? Yes

A majority of Latinx voters are dissatisfied with how President Joe Biden is handling the economy and issues of border security, according to a new Sunday poll.

While generally approving of the president overall, more than 50 percent of Latinx voters surveyed by NBC News/Telemundo gave Biden failing marks on the economy, 'border security and immigration,' and 'the cost of living.'

The poll also found that Democrats' lead over Republicans among Latinx and Latinx communities has shrunk to the smallest its ever been - with less than six weeks until the November midterm elections.

Voters across the country will head to the ballot box on November 8 to decide which party has control of Congress for the latter half of Biden's term.

Fifty-four percent of US voters polled by NBC News/Telemundo back Democrats, while 33 percent back the GOP - a 21 point lead.

That's five points down from the left's lead in 2020 - and has shrunk by half since 2012, when Democrats enjoyed a 42-point gap.

It's worth noting that the Latinx and Latinx voting bloc is by no means a monolith and is among the most politically diverse in the country.

The figures are part of an overall bleaker picture for Biden's party, which currently holds slim majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

In Sunday's poll, Republicans also come out slightly ahead on issues that appear to top most voters' minds going into the midterms.

They're more trusted by Latinx voters to handle the economy, border security and crime - though neither party cracked a 40 percent threshold of support.

Democrats, on the other hand, are favored by large margins when it comes to abortion, 'addressing the concerns of the Latinx community,' and 'protecting democracy.'

The president's perceived weaknesses are similar to those of his party - 54 percent of Latinx voters surveyed said they disapprove of how he's handling the economy, and 60 percent disapprove of the cost of living under Biden.

Fifty-one percent gave him negative feedback on immigration and the border.

Last month there were more than two million migrant encounters on the southwestern border for the fiscal year, a record high.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) commissioner Chris Magnus explained at the time, 'Failing communist regimes in Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba are driving a new wave of migration across the Western Hemisphere, including the recent increase in encounters at the southwest U.S. border.'

Meanwhile officials in border states like Texas and Arizona have been demanding that the Biden administration play a bigger role in easing the burden on state and local communities that are ill-equipped to deal with the population surge themselves.

It prompted even one of Biden's fellow Democrats to call him out.

Rep. Henry Cuellar, who represents part of the Texas border with Mexico, suggested on Fox News last week that Biden was ignoring his calls to do more about the border.

'I have tried and I have tried and I have tried,' Cuellar said in late September when asked if he warned the president.

'For many years I've said that we need to make sure we do the right thing at the border.'

Asked if the Biden administration was heeding his calls, Cuellar said: 'No, they're not.'

Sunday's poll was conducted September 17 through 26 and sampled 1,000 registered voters.

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.

https://x.com/ZhangJoshi/status/1575933461352808463?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1575933479371833344%7Ctwgr%5E7019b0ee1a8a583e3c997f0025ab0bc7a8c710e4%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dexerto.com%2Foverwatch%2Foverwatch-2-dev-reveals-how-symmetras-autism-is-showcased-on-the-battlefield-1947087%2F

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.

https://x.com/ZhangJoshi/status/1575933501123067904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1575933501123067904%7Ctwgr%5E7019b0ee1a8a583e3c997f0025ab0bc7a8c710e4%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dexerto.com%2Foverwatch%2Foverwatch-2-dev-reveals-how-symmetras-autism-is-showcased-on-the-battlefield-1947087%2F

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.

Dramacoin payment to whoever posts this to /r/loveforlandlords (you need at least a 10 day old account).

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.