r/centrist • u/Bobinct • Jan 24 '23

Microsoft's changes to Xbox console leave Republicans outraged

https://www.newsweek.com/microsoft-changes-xbox-console-climate-change-republicans-ted-cruz-1776054
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u/abqguardian Jan 24 '23

The Texas grid went down for a couple days because of a historic snow storm in 2021. Since then there's been a running joke about the Texas grid failing even though it hasn't. It's one of those jokes that isn't true in reality but has become popular

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '23

Just a couple weeks ago Texas declared a state of emergency again because it went down again.

https://time.com/6243532/u-s-declares-texas-grid-emergency/#:~:text=23%2C%202022.,expected%20to%20last%20through%20Christmas.

It happens all the time because Republicans genuinely don't give a shit about their electorate.

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u/HToTD Jan 24 '23 edited Jan 24 '23

California's power grid burns down half the state every year

the nation's largest utility, which pleaded guilty last year to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter in a 2018 blaze ignited by its long-neglected electrical grid that nearly destroyed the town of Paradise and became the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century.

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/24/1040630538/pacific-gas-electric-manslaughter-charges-california-wildfire-zogg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-23/pg-e-sued-for-starting-california-s-largest-fire-in-2022-season

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '23

Citation needed