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Cuomo and boyfriend being in the same discussion obligate me to post this

https://twitter.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1252012223435886593
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Cotton_Eye_Joe posted...

Having some nice graphical enhancements to your current library is definitely appealing.

I'm most excited for the loading times, lol
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Oh no. My man fucking loves these old political cartoon ass things.

https://www.recordonline.com/story/news/2020/01/10/andrew-cuomo-commissioned-this-poster-to-depict-new-york-in-2020/111705870/
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I'd just rather have an internet with fewer rape and death threats, myself.
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Slayer_22 posted...

No, I'm saying it for your own personal safety. If you can't take death or rape threats on the internet, let alone insults or critique, it is within your own best interest to get off the internet

This produces an internet run by the threatmakers.
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I think the VP slot is pretty clearly gonna be seen as the 2024 frontrunner, and those ambitions will be in mind for all involved parties.
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Slayer_22 posted...

I got death and rape threats for badmouthing video games before.

Now, is that good?
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Lately I've had games I was focused on beating on Switch, and just played bits and pieces of other more open-ended games (Like Forza Horizon 4) on Xbox. But in general I'm bouncing around more.
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https://twitter.com/BobbyBigWheel/status/1282635909867941888

Lol
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Kentucky Route Zero, to the extent an episodic game that only had its last episode this year counts.
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I gave myself a trim yesterday
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Conspiracy by the frisbee manufacturers of America to get you to buy their products.
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trappedunderice posted...

It takes me out of a movie, it's like I'm on the set of the movie or something. Can't explain it.

How many movies are in 120 FPS? Isn't it just Gemini Man?
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https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/1282430987272691713
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Payzmaykr posted...

The other guy says mean stuff and people cant accept that he won, so hes somehow worse?

This is not the problem people have with Donald Trump
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Tag. I have a TV that can do it, but I haven't encountered any content in it so far
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You do not ever have to give attention to Tomi Lahren, but I will chime in to note that deaths are up in the states with the largest outbreaks right now.
https://twitter.com/mbeckett/status/1281316835309178880
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I loved AC Odyssey, but Valhalla has me skeptical right now. I'm really excited for Legion, on the other hand.
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Ubisoft watched an HBO show and played Tropico.
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Man I'm not gonna be able to wait til late October for Watch Dogs
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Not crazy about this tone, but the gameplay seems so fucking cool?
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Using this poem about Nazi Germany for Watch Dogs Legion is not a good start!
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sktgamer_13dude posted...

When does the Valhalla stuff go on

No clue what order their stuff will be in
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Here's the YouTube stream, main event starts in about 13 minutes
https://youtu.be/SDivSk_bSdU

Expect:
AC Valhalla
Watch Dogs Legion
Far Cry 6
Some other current and upcoming titles
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/11/coronavirus-los-angeles-mask-making?CMP=share_btn_tw

Francisco Tzul has worked in the Los Angeles garment industry for eight years, sewing clothing on cramped factory floors and struggling to get by on low wages. An undocumented immigrant from Guatemala, Tzul found himself out of work when the pandemic hit in March. So when he heard in May that LA Apparel, a brand run by the former CEO of American Apparel, was hiring workers to make masks, he jumped at the chance.

Heres an opportunity, a golden opportunity, I told myself, he told the Guardian in Spanish. From one day to the next I became an essential worker, with more dignified wages.

But this golden opportunity nearly cost him his life. Just two and a half weeks into the job he began experiencing symptoms of Covid-19, which he says he contracted at work. He wound up hospitalized and intubateed, unsure if he would survive. Tzul emerged after more than a week in the hospital to find himself homeless, kicked out by his roommates on account of his illness.

Tzul is one of the many garment workers across Los Angeles recruited to meet a booming demand for face masks. LA Protects, a scheme implemented by the city to fast-track mask production, has partnered with numerous local companies to produce protective gear for frontline workers.

The program, announced on 27 March by the LA mayor, Eric Garcetti, has resulted in more than 7 million non-medical masks for grocery store workers, non-medical hospital staff, and others. Over 400 companies initially signed up for the LA Protects scheme, including LA Apparel, although not all are currently participating.

The city program, combined with increasing demand from consumers and businesses, has spurred many LA garment companies to pivot to mask-making, hiring new workers and refocusing existing production facilities. But garment workers and advocates say it has come at the expense of the health of the people who make them.

Outbreaks at factories now making masks speak to the scale of the problem. LA Apparel has been forced to close its three factories, where county health officials report at least 300 confirmed cases and four deaths. Keep It Here Apparel Manufacturing, which makes clothing for a number of other companies, has had 19 confirmed cases, according to the department of public health. And at F&G Sewing, a manufacturer that works on behalf of companies including Fashion Nova, workers have reported more than a dozen people sickened. (The mayors office emphasizes that LA Apparel, F&G and Keep It Here are not current participants in the LA Protects program.)

Daisy Gonzalez, an organizer with the workers rights group the Garment Worker Center (GWC), says the Covid-19 outbreaks in LA are 100% industry-wide. While the exact number is unknown, organizers like Gonzalez have for months been hearing reports of workers who returned to factories and got sick.

Marissa Nuncio, the director of GWC, says the coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating longstanding industry issues such as low pay, poor working conditions and the lack of a safety net. It was already a very dangerous and unhealthy space for workers, says Nuncio. And now its just intensified and the stakes are higher.

According to city guidelines, all factories in the LA Protects scheme should provide health screening for staff members who may have been exposed to or are displaying symptoms of the virus. There should be 6ft of distance between workstations and between workers when eating or when entering or exiting the building.

Garcetti said in July that operating guidelines for businesses were not optional, not a menu; they are mandatory. The mayors office told the Guardian that city representatives have performed hundreds of site visits to companies participating in LA Protects to ensure compliance.

Nuncios organization has been reaching out to the countys public health department to make sure these inspections happen, but the large and often disorganized nature of the industry, which exploits a largely immigrant workforce, makes the problem hard to control.

When you have wall-to-wall violations, both wage and hour, and health and safety, its going to be tough to get a handle on that just through enforcement, she says.

Not great!
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I think there's a case to be made for one of the Forza Horizon maps, though it's a different genre.
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There are people wearing seat belts and still dying, too.
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rodu_jr posted...

How did the US ever survive the Spanish Flu? People must have been smarter a hundred years ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Mask_League_of_San_Francisco?wprov=sfla1
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I'm afraid I'm not following. Florida has seen increases in both the positive rate of tests and hospitalizations, trends that suggest the current spike is the product of more than just testing.

And still not sure where November/December tie in to all this.
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Patty_Fleur posted...

Around flu season in November, December. And so on people I know got really sick but COVID wasn't on the radar even though it was in chins at the time.

And what does Florida's recent spike have to do with that?
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Patty_Fleur posted...

I think the numbers in Florida are starting to prove the virus was here way earlier than anyone thought.

Explain the logic here.
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NY locked down too late.
https://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/2020/05/22/earlier-lockdown-columbia-could-have-saved-17-000-lives-ny-metro-area-study/5242479002/

Other states should avoid repeating Andrew Cuomo's fatal error, imo.
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I saw wrong numbers earlier; the positive rate is closer to 12% on the day. While bad, that is a decrease from recent days.
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You can blame them for being idiots, but easing up the lockdown seems like the bigger issue. People take their cues from government action on this.
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New Yorker here: Andrew Cuomo's handling of the virus was a disaster. His delay in shutting the state down and his decisions regarding nursing home patients resulted in thousands of people dying unnecessarily.

Also in the current moment, the problem is concentrated in states and areas that opened up indoor dining and bars.
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Not sure lynch mob is the metaphor I would use for this situation, personally.
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Patty_Fleur posted...

Cause they literally offer no solution other than lock everything down which we already did.

And what happened when that stopped?
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Patty_Fleur posted...

Its a fucking virus. It does what it does.

You see how this is at odds with the idea that'll go away on election day?
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Patty_Fleur posted...

The pandemic will stop November 3rd. Just watch.

What's your theory on the case numbers in states whose leadership has no particular opposition to Trump?
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https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/police-arrest-12-year-old-22343792

Lof going on here
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Also a record number of tests, but the positive rate is >15%, which is real bad!
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Ivynn posted...

That's not really interesting to talk about tho

The various considerations of how this bubble is taking shape and which players will actually be there is worth reporting on
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SodomInsane posted...

Its not like sports is even going on in the US right now.

NBA teams are currently practicing for their return to play
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https://twitter.com/PostSports/status/1282332510878302209
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In Canada? Yeah, probably
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Falcon punch and the Sniper Elite answers are good. Also the baseball bat in Smash. Smash really does a good job of making a heavy attack feel so satisfy.
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Very Hitman-like watching the clockwork nature of a speed run like that.
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Weird to make this about Tencent when these allegations stem from long before their involvement.
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Currently, Netflix, Switch Online and some Patreons. Just let Game Pass Ultimate lapse, I'll probably end up getting it again at some point, but not feeling compelled at the moment
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