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BigFig@lemmy.worldM to Texas@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

[KXAN NBC] Texas inmates ‘being cooked alive’ in heatwave with no air conditioning

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[KXAN NBC] Texas inmates ‘being cooked alive’ in heatwave with no air conditioning

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BigFig@lemmy.worldM to Texas@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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Texas inmates ‘being cooked alive’ in heatwave with no air conditioning
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Current and former inmates describe dangerous conditions inside Texas prisons as they bear an intense heatwave with no air conditioning.
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  • SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world
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    Does Texas do anything right when it comes to anything that uses electricity

    • BigFig@lemmy.worldOPM
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      Does Texas do anything right when it comes to anything that uses electricity

      • 丂イ乇尺レノ刀ム@lemmy.world
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        Unfortunately no.

        Source: am Texan 😔

      • SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world
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        Does Texas do anything

        • cowmouse@lemmy.world
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          trans genocide

        • MichaelScarn@lemmy.world
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          Does Texas?

        • BigFig@lemmy.worldOPM
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          Well yes, we are a huge agricultural producer, huge oil industry, tech industry, national defense industry, part of the space industry, 3rd most populous state, etc etc. But we have a lot of backwards shit here too

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      Weve been generating more electricity from wind and solar power than from coal power through the heatwave

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        And they are trying to kill that too.

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    Texas doesn’t care about working people, cute of you think they will care about inmates.

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