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And was like, uh, are you missing something there, buddy? Like all that red in northern Africa? Because that's a lot of red.

And I was going to give them the benefit of doubt, since I don't know much about the climate in Northern Africa, aside from Morroco and Egypt, which seem like really hot places, so you know, maybe it's normal there?

But nope, that's not the case:

Some selections from the article:

"The region has been experiencing some of the most intense heat waves in recent years, but in many cases they’ve been under-reported due to misconceptions about Africans’ ability to withstand them.

“Africa is seen as a sunny and hot continent,” said Amadou Thierno Gaye, a research scientist and professor at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. “People think we are used to heat, but we are having high temperatures for a longer duration. Nobody is used to this.”

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A third red state BLOCKS anti-trans legislation from becoming law.

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I's going to be real right now. I'm so confused about what "woke" is supposed to mean. It feels like an umbrella term for how many contexts it is used in which makes the phrase "woke culture" make a least a bit a sense.

However, I struggle to understand why people don't like it. I get how people don't like "cancel culture" because it begs for accountability when in the end, if accountability is not given, it never actually effects people that need the wake up call the most.

But I'm not posting to talk about "cancel culture." I want to know why every person talks about something that is "woke" or "woke ideology" or "woke culture" they are always talking about pretty normal things. Here's a brief list of what I understand to be "woke," as defined by the local weirdos of the internet.

People of color in media (video games, movies, tv shows, commercials, etc)

People of color in acting, writing, or science

Women in science

The patriarchy acknowledged in any way, shape, or form (barbie movie; commercials, specifically Gillette razors even though they participate in the Pink Tax, etc)

Religions other than Christianity acknowledged in any way shape or form in media (commercials, especially Christmas time/adjacent commercials, etc)

Women with body hair (celebrities not shaving or forgetting to shave, women having hair on their face, etc)

Teaching black history at all

Teaching LGBGQ+ history

Teaching about discrimination and accurate history

Science (Statistics, Vaccines, Climate Change, etc)

Trans people existing (on any material plane)

Feminism (As in the belief that men and women are equal: Equal worth, equal consequences, and deserve equal rights, etc)

Men paying for the bill

Women paying for the bill

Men and Women splitting the bill in any way

Body positivity (Weight, disabilities, etc)

Different body types (men or women, on any plane of existence)

People with disabilities existing in media (any type)

ANY political ideology other than capitalism (socialism, communism, etc)