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REPORT: Future Star Wars Games Will Include Trans Representation

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Future Star Wars games will allow players to create trans characters, it’s been reported, bringing much needed representation to a galaxy far, far away. Sources close to We Got This Covered claim that character creators in future Star Wars games will be more inclusive and allow for trans representation. At present, this remains a rumour and it’s not clear which games this refers to. Of course, trans representation should be standard across the board. Plenty of indie games, like Boyfriend Dungeon and the forthcoming A Long Journey to an Uncertain End, include diverse pronoun options and don’t gender lock visual … Read more

CLIMATE CHANGE: Human Disruption of Earth’s Oceans and Ice is ‘Unprecedented,’ Says Chilling New Report

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Marine life overheats as it gasps for oxygen in warming oceans. Rising seas swallow islands and coastal areas. A growing number of storms generate historic flooding. Landslides and avalanches wreak havoc as stabilizing ice melts away. These are just a few of the impacts that scientists are already documenting across the planet after decades of human-driven climate disruption. And there’s far worse to come if climate-damaging activities continue unchecked, according to a report released today (Sept. 25) by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations body tasked with evaluating climate change (also referred to as global warming) … Read more

REPORT: Earth Dangerously Close to the Tipping Point for a ‘Hothouse Earth’

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It’s the year 2300. Extreme weather events such as building-flattening hurricanes, years-long droughts and wildfires are so common that they no longer make headlines. The last groups of humans left near the sizzling equator pack their bags and move toward the now densely populated poles. This so-called “hothouse Earth,” where global temperatures will be 7 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit (4 to 5 degrees Celsius) higher than preindustrial temperatures and sea levels will be 33 to 200 feet (10 to 60 meters) higher than today, is hard to imagine — but easy to fall into, said a new perspective article published … Read more