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"Keep an eye out": Rattlesnake bites Bastrop man doing yardwork As the temperatures warm up people aren't the only ones out and about. Snakes are too and it's a lesson David Gramling learned the hard way. BASTROP, Texas - "Keep an eye out" is the message from a Bastrop man recently bitten by a rattlesnake. Now he's warning people to be extra cautious when outdoors. As the temperatures warm up people aren't the only ones out and about. Snakes are too and it's a lesson David Gramling learned the hard way. "I pulled my hand out right away, the snake was still on me, it's about a 4-foot rat...
China's authoritarian language is taking over Hong Kong Quartz 12/16/2020 When authoritarians speak, pay close attention. Words, beyond their basic function of communication, signal intent and outline ways of thinking. But in an age of “alternative facts,” we know too well that words can obscure as much as they clarify. Words can also be weapons. As the sociologist Celine-Marie Pascale puts it, “Authoritarian governments weaponize language to amplify resentments, target scapegoats, and to legitimize injustice.” In Hong Kong, as large-scale protests erupted in 2019, followed by this...