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The on-trend concept of ‘zero waste’ seems meaningful, but it is consumerist to the core – we’re selling each other more in order to use less. For a long time, my level of understanding about how to be an environmentally conscious consumer could be summed up by an episode of the Tina Fey sitcom 30 Rock. In 2007’s “Greenzo”, David Schwimmer stars as an obnoxious C-list actor, hired to play a “nonjudgmental business-friendly” eco-mascot on a TV network’s week of green-themed programming. It’s a great parody of the way that corporations started trying to green-wash their operations in the mid-aughts, and a cameo from Al Gore does enable 30 Rock to deliver a sincere message about the need for action on emissions. Mostly, though, viewing the episode left me with a vague notion of why recycling is important and the knowledge that the former vice president has half-decent comic timing. The same year that this episode first aired, dozens of local authorities in the UK abandoned weekly waste collection in favour of an alternating-week schedule, as part of an effort to promote recycling and force people to be more aware of what they threw away. The move was controversial in some quarters, but it didn’t take long for recycling to become a widely accepted part of life. I did a lot of house-sitting around that time, and I really noticed how quickly it became as normal for a departing host to walk me through the area’s waste-separation policies as it was for the homeowner to show me where the pet food was kept. I was only recently jolted out of my cozy belief in the efficacy of this kind of centralised, processed recycling when I saw news coverage last year of China’s policy change on plastic waste. Rubbish began to pile up in UK recycling plants because China implemented a ban on the import of many lower-grade plastics and of all mixed paper. Previously, waste from around the world had been shipped to China for processing, creating a lucrative market that allowed countries like the UK to enjoy the appearance of environmental progress while outsourcing the dirty, often polluting consequences of the sorting and recycling process. Once China decided to focus on domestic environmental practices, this system began to collapse, meaning that the price of recycling in the west rose drastically. Groups like the UK Recycling Association urged people to respond to this news by trying harder to reduce their use of non-biodegradable materials like plastic, rather than just mindlessly consuming them on the presumption that they can be recycled. I was really struck by how easily and ignorantly I’d been tossing things in the recycling bin, assuming that I was doing the virtuous thing, and so I decided to (finally) become better informed on the issue. My research into strategies for reducing rather than recycling was quickly sidetracked when I discovered the existence of viral YouTube videos about the “zero waste movement”. Rather than doing what I had originally intended and improving my own habits, I found myself watching openmouthed as white, attractive young vloggers cheerfully displayed the single glass Mason jar in which they were able to store all the waste that they had generated over the past several years. As an ideology, zero waste has existed for decades, and it really boils down to the idea that we should avoid any non-reusable or non-compostable products in order to have as little impact on the environment as possible. It’s a laudable goal that can apply as well to individuals as it does to corporations or governments. But as the YouTube algorithm showed me more and more results on the subject, I started to realise that, in the most po[CENSORED]r videos, the specific lifestyle of the so-called “zero waster” was being presented as something aspirational, rather than as the general goal of living without generating trash. I saw YouTubers with millions of followers recommending ways that their viewers could live like them by buying specific products like bamboo cutlery or fancy insulated water bottles. Some of the strategies that these creators show as part of their zero waste lives are useful—such as tips for shopping in bulk at stores that allow you to bring your own containers for food—but I saw almost no recognition of the privilege that makes this kind of existence possible. Leading a life that allows you to always cook completely from scratch and never come into contact with any plastic is extremely time-consuming and expensive. This might work if you make videos about your life for a living, and are thus compensated by YouTube ads or affiliate links for all the time you spend meal prepping or sourcing individual items. For most people, though, that’s just not realistic. As I researched, I would very occasionally find an article or video by someone offering more achievable advice, such as “If you have to buy a plastic water bottle, keep reusing it until it breaks, so that you don’t just throw it away after a single use.” But this kind of realism—the acceptance that most of us aren’t perfect and don’t exist in a perfectly filtered Instagram-worthy world—wasn’t what was getting all the views. Even with the best of intentions, a lot of the zero waste practitioners I was able to find online seemed to have managed to make the movement seem like an all-or-nothing option, as if it weren’t worth bothering with minor, incremental changes. Inevitably, too, an awful lot of what I found was just a thinly-veiled attempt to sell me things. I had to check myself to keep from falling into these traps: yes, I do want to be more conscious of my plastic usage, but do I really need to spend hundreds of pounds on fancy branded reusable containers? Of course not. Washed-out jam jars and the motley collection of old ice cream tubs already sitting in the cupboard will do just as well. If you needed a reminder of just how enmeshed late-stage capitalism is with these kinds of concerns, it’s this: we are trying to sell each other more in order to use less. That’s definitely an idea that we need to get rid of, for good. This piece was originally published by How We Get To Next. It was reprinted under Creative Commons licence CC BY-SA 4.0.

John Kelly answers questions during a press conference related to President Donald Trump's recent executive order concerning travel and refugees, January 31, 2017 in Washington, DC. (CNN)Former White House chief of staff John Kelly got lots and lots of national media attention this week for expressing his support for Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman's action in regards the Ukraine probe, actions that led to his removal from the White House by President Donald Trump a week ago. But, something else Kelly said in that speech at Drew University in New Jersey was even more cutting. His subject? Fox News Channel. "The media, in my view, and I feel very strongly about this, is not the enemy of the people," Kelly said. "We need a free media. That said, you have to be careful about what you are watching and reading, because the media has taken sides. So if you only watch Fox News, because it's reinforcing what you believe, you are not an informed citizen." And boom goes the dynamite. Kelly knows of what he speaks. He spent almost two years as chief of staff in a White House that main-lines Fox News -- and a President who treats anchors on the network as personal friends and quote-tweets passages from Fox guests who echo his sentiments on the issues of the day. And it's not just Trump or his White House who rely on Fox News to get their news. Asked in a recent Pew Research Center poll to name media companies in which they have trust, 65% of Republicans named Fox News. One in three named ABC. Not a single other news source was trusted by even 33% of self-identified Republicans in the Pew poll. Then there's this: A majority of Republicans (and Republican-leaning independents) don't trust ANY media company even close to as much as they trust Fox News. The next three most-trusted media sourced among Republicans? CBS, NBC and -- wait for it -- the Sean Hannity radio show, all of which are trusted by 3 in 10 people. Eighteen of the 30 media sources that Pew asked about were trusted by less than 1 in 5 Republicans and Republican-leaners. Combine those numbers with Fox News's overwhelming viewership numbers among Republicans (60% get their election news from Fox; no other outlet gets above 30%), and the marked difference between its content and that of all the other mainstream media outlets, and you see a major reason for why we are where we are, politically speaking. While the disconnect between Fox and the rest of the news business is pretty obvious, it's still a powerful moment when someone like Kelly, a man who spent nearly two years as Trump's most senior adviser, says it. Because what Kelly is saying, when you think about it, is that the conservative message machine at Fox, which Trump used to get elected and then to conduct a full takeover of the Republican Party, isn't telling the truth -- or at least isn't telling all of the truth. That's a marked contrast from the nearly-unstinting praise Trump himself lavishes on his favorite Fox News personalities. Here's one riff from a Trump campaign rally in Louisiana last fall: "How about these fraudulent writers at The New York Times? They get Pulitzer Prize and they got it all wrong. They have to give back their Pulitzer Prize. But that's a fix also, isn't it? I've just won the Pulitzer Prize for talking about Trump and Russia, but they were all wrong now. Now, the people that were right, like Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham and Tucker Carlson, Judge Jeanine and Watters, my Watters. "And frankly, the best show by far in the morning is Fox and Friends. Also got the best rater. And Lou Dobbs, how about Lou Dobbs? And Varney, he's great. You know, Varney's great and Maria Bartiromo. And you know what? And -- and then many others, many others, many others. But they get it right." So, yeah. Will Kelly's warning fall om deaf ears in this White House? Oh, you bet. "When I terminated John Kelly, which I couldn't do fast enough, he knew full well that he was way over his head," tweeted Trump on Thursday night. "Being Chief of Staff just wasn't for him. He came in with a bang, went out with a whimper, but like so many X's, he misses the action & just can't keep his mouth shut."

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Initial release date: August 23, 2018 Developer: Serenity Forge Publisher: Graffiti Games Engine: Unity Genre: Platform game Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh operating systems There are moments of unfettered joy in A King’s Bird. As you glide through tight corridors or shinny up a long passageway to the heavens, the freedom of no longer being shackled by gravity takes hold. It’s during these stretches where the minimalist art and serene score combine beautifully with your graceful movements that A King’s Bird reaches its potential. But those feelings are fleeting. Instead of bottling the rush of flight, A King’s Bird instead conjures frustration and tedium as you struggle to replicate that brief happiness that vanishes before you could even appreciate it. Although there is almost no story to speak of in A King’s Bird, it’s told in a lovely manner that meshes wonderfully with the abstract world. An argument between (presumably) a king and his daughter (though it’s never spelled out who any person is) breaks out, but instead of their harsh voices crashing against the pristine aesthetic, dreamy instrumental music floats from their mouths. The feelings are captured without a single word being uttered: a begging question, a firm no, a rush toward rebellion. The story sets an intriguing mood that the rest of the game fails to live up to. A King’s Bird is a platformer that hinges on maintaining your momentum to overcome the many hurdles that stand between you and the exit. The environments are po[CENSORED]ted by pillars, horizontal walkways, and slanted surfaces and your only tools are the ability to climb up walls and glide for short distances. Bounce quickly between two pillars and then leap off the very top to build your kinetic energy. Once airborne, zip through the air like a frantic hummingbird, extending your limited flight capabilities by brushing against surfaces as you zero in on your destination. During the early stages, there’s a great sense of freedom as you glide gracefully around the myriad landscapes. Jumping off a high point to gain as much speed as possible before pulling up to reach new heights gives you that happy queasiness normally found while riding roller coasters. Zipping through the introductory levels is joyous because there are so few restraints. Figuring out how to climb walls to boost the distance you can glide is fun because the world works as a playground waiting to be explored. Even just running across a smooth plateau is pleasant because the surreal architecture is so pleasing to look at. It’s after you’ve learned the basics that the game stumbles back to earth. There are, of course, obstacles more dangerous than mere pillars. Poison ivy covers parts of the surfaces and death awaits as soon as you make contact with this dangerous substance. A steep challenge is a welcome addition to any platformer if the mechanics and level design can hold up to such stress, but the controls in A King’s Bird aren’t nearly precise enough to complement this level of difficulty. That nasty poison ivy is situated in the most devious positions and it takes near-perfect execution to float by unscathed. A King’s Bird is undone by the very exuberance that made it so exciting early on. Gliding at top speeds through holes in pillars and across bottomless pits is fun if there is plenty of space between you and death, but as the walls close tighter around you, that fun begins to dissipate. It’s just too hard to consistently pull off the fine movement necessary to wind your way through these traps. So death comes early and often as you bang your head against the wall in the hopes of lucking your way past a truly aggravating part. The fast speed of your hero clashes with the pinpoint precision needed to excel. A King’s Bird has a zoomed out view that makes your character appear small even on large screens, and this is great in the early going because it lets you see the obstacles that lay before you. But as the difficulty ramps up, and there are only a few pixels between life and death, that far-away view makes it mighty hard to see exactly what you’re trying to pull off. Furthermore, the game often stutters during the moments when you’re flying the fastest, and those slight hiccups usually mean an unceremonious death. The game isn’t helped by the collectible little birds that hover around each level waiting to be nabbed. These white beings can be difficult to see against the light backgrounds, adding another layer of frustration to an experience that’s already overflowing with it. That free-flowing momentum that makes the early going so appealing is absent as you get deeper into the game. Instead of gliding gracefully through a level you instead spend a dozen lives to struggle to the next checkpoint before you calm your nerves, dry your hands, and try as hard as you can to get to the next checkpoint without throwing your controller. A King’s Bird also suffers from a lack of real variety. The levels are basically indistinguishable from one another (aside from the color palette) so the game becomes a homogenous marathon to the end. There are a few levels where your gliding powers are stripped away, though the change isn’t as drastic as it sounds because you’re still using your momentum to clear gaps and clamber up pillars. And the lone boss fight is so chaotic at times that it’s hard to know which particle is you and which is a meteor trying to end your life. It’s a shame A King’s Bird falters because the concept is so enticing. After braving my way through the dozens of increasingly maddening levels, I revisited the early stages and was once again transported to a dreamlike world where beauty and serenity shine through. Difficulty has its place in platformers, but there are games where too much challenge can distract from the core conceit. A King’s Bird locks you in a hopeless cage when all you want to do is fly. Processor: 1.7 GHz Dual Core CPU. Memory: 2 GB RAM. Graphics: Intel HD Graphics. Storage: 6 GB available space

Pokemon Sword and Shield developer Game Freak has been offering a regular stream of freebies for the Nintendo Switch games since their release, and now another one is up for grabs. For a limited time, you can claim a free Bottle Cap via Mystery Gift. Bottle Caps are rare and valuable items in Sword and Shield, particularly if you intend on battling competitively. You can exchange a Bottle Cap at the Battle Tower in Wyndon to Hyper Train a Pokemon, maxing out one of its base stats. To claim the free Bottle Cap, first select Mystery Gift from Sword and Shield’s menu, then choose the option to receive your gift with a code/password. Input the code C0MPET1T10N when prompted and the Bottle Cap will be added to your inventory. You’ll have until March 30 to redeem this code. This isn’t the only freebie available right now in Sword and Shield. Game Freak is also giving away 10 Heal Balls and 20 Battle Points via Mystery Gift. You can claim the former using the code G1GAGRANF1NALE and the latter with the code SUPEREFF1CACE. You can see all the other free Pokemon Sword and Shield gifts available right now in our roundup. In other Pokemon Sword and Shield news, a new Max Raid event is underway in the games. Until February 16, you’ll have a greater chance to encounter Milcery with the Gigantamax factor in Max Raids, and defeating one may net you two new kinds of Sweets as a reward. Gigantamax Toxtricity will also make its debut in Max Raids starting February 6. Two big expansions for Sword and Shield–Isle of Armor and The Crown Tundra–are on the way this year. Before then, the new Pokemon Home cloud storage service will launch for Nintendo Switch and smartphones later this month. The service will be available in free and paid tiers and allows players to store and move Pokemon between various games. You can learn more about it in our Pokemon Home FAQ. Source Author: GameSpot

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