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An influencer who traveled to Rwanda to work with gorillas says she was locked up for 4 days after a false positive COVID test Twinfluencer

An influencer who traveled to Rwanda to work with gorillas says she was locked up for 4 days after a false positive COVID test

The influencer Charly Jordan posted a tearful TikTok on Sunday in which she said she'd tested positive for COVID-19 when she arrived in Rwanda.The travel influencer said that people in hazmat suits had "dragged" her away from her friends when the test came back after a few days and that…
bubmag
September 8, 2020
The End of the University Meritocracy

The End of the University

Since coming down south to be closer to family, I’ve taken many walks around the University of North Carolina’s Greensboro campus, where my father works as a professor of chemistry. I arrived not long before spring classes were moved online and the vast majority of students decamped for home. The…
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September 8, 2020
‘Powerful political actor’: TikTok censoring content, report finds TikTok

‘Powerful political actor’: TikTok censoring content, report finds

Sep 8, 2020 – 5.30pmAn influential Australian think tank has labelled social media platform TikTok a "powerful political actor", with wider influence than other Chinese-owned platforms due to its large user base of non-Chinese users.In a new report, TikTok and WeChat: Curating and controlling global information flows, the Australian Strategic…
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September 8, 2020
Bringing war criminals to justice and auto labour talks: In The News for Sept. 8 Tories and Labour

Bringing war criminals to justice and auto labour talks: In The News for Sept. 8

Alex Neve, Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada, holds up some of the 31,000 letters as they call on Saudi Arabia to free Raif Badawi as protesters take part in a rally outside the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Ottawa on Monday, November 2, 2015. A prominent human rights organization…
bubmag
September 8, 2020
Virtual meet-ups, gradual starts, school bubbles: What university life looks like during COVID-19 Bubble

Virtual meet-ups, gradual starts, school bubbles: What university life looks like during COVID-19

As thousands of young Canadians embark on their post-secondary education this fall, the coronavirus pandemic is shaping each step of their journey. Three students share how university life is unfolding in these unusual times.As thousands of young Canadians embark on their journey with post-secondary education this fall, the coronavirus pandemic…
bubmag
September 8, 2020