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Skateboard

Skater girls get ready to shred at new skatepark in Randburg

Girls Skate South Africa founder and executive director Sharne Jacobs is overseeing the construction of a new skatepark in Randburg.Jacobs founded the community organisation to create safe skating environments where women can enjoy accessible and fearless skateboarding experiences. Girls Skate South Africa also teaches women to skate.Ride over your fear“Our…

bubmagAugust 28, 2020

SpaceX

SpaceX satellites’ effect on night sky can’t be eliminated, astronomers say

Enlarge / Artist's impression of low-Earth orbit satellites like those launched by SpaceX and OneWeb.Broadband satellites being launched by SpaceX and other companies will inevitably have a negative impact on astronomers' ability to observe the night sky, according to a new report by astronomers. There are no mitigation strategies that…

bubmagAugust 28, 2020

Plastic Pollution

First two Hawai’i Seabins Successfully Cleaning Ala Wai Harbor

Smart tech is being trialled at Ala Wai Harbor in Honolulu, Hawai’i in the hopes of cleaning up plastic pollution.Hawai’i Volcanic Water, a beverage and active lifestyle brand from the island state has sponsored two Seabin units that were recently installed in Honolulu’s Ala Wai Harbor.The Seabin, invented by Pete…

bubmagAugust 28, 2020

NSA

Laura’s remnants leave Arkansas church in ruins

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bubmagAugust 28, 2020

Feudalism

Athletes striking for Black lives: the new role models

I see the athletes' anti-racist revolt in the U.S. as a remarkable democratic moment, like the Potemkin rebellion of Russian sailors in 1905, or the night of August 4, 1789, when French nobles voted to abolish feudalism. Why? You can see a political process unfolding in the players' minds as they work through this.…

bubmagAugust 28, 2020

Impeachment

The Violent Delights of the Trumpian Right

Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old gunman who shot and killed two Black Lives Matter protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday night, is now a folk hero for some conservatives even as he awaits trial for murder. “I want him as my president,” Ann Coulter, referring to Rittenhouse, wrote on Twitter. “Kyle…

bubmagAugust 28, 2020

Pandemic

Landlords offer stores pandemic-related escape clauses

New pandemic escape clauses are making their way into retail leases as the coronavirus, and long-term economic trends, continue to batter the industry, according to retail brokers, attorneys and retail analysts.Recently commercial retailers and landlords have started adjusting lease terms to include rent payments that correlate with a retailer's open…

bubmagAugust 28, 2020

NATO

‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star Sara Ramirez comes out as nonbinary

Sara Ramirez, best known for playing Dr. Callie Torres on "Grey's Anatomy," came out this week as gender nonbinary.In a post shared on Instagram Thursday, Ramirez said, "In me is the capacity to be" everything from a "girlish boy" to a "boyish girl."Ramirez included the hashtag #nonbinary in the caption…

bubmagAugust 28, 2020

Korean War

The search for missing soldiers 70 years on from the Korean War

/ Shows / Revisited Issued on: 28/08/2020 - 18:53 REVISITED © FRANCE 24 By: Vikram SINGH | Ye-rinne PARK | Aruna POPURI | Justin McCURRY | Florian NÉMARD 19 min Seven decades after the end of the Korean War, Seoul embarked on a painstaking task to search for and identify…

bubmagAugust 28, 2020

Beyond Meat

Beyond Meat Is Now Offering Direct Sales Online

Photo: Angela Weiss, Getty Images If you’ve been putting off trying Beyond Meat’s latest advances in plant-based meat or haven’t been able to find it at a nearby store, you’re in luck. On Thursday, the company launched an online portal for buying its products directly and it plans to use…

bubmagAugust 28, 2020

Skater girls get ready to shred at new skatepark in Randburg

SpaceX satellites’ effect on night sky can’t be eliminated, astronomers say

First two Hawai’i Seabins Successfully Cleaning Ala Wai Harbor

Laura’s remnants leave Arkansas church in ruins

Athletes striking for Black lives: the new role models

The Violent Delights of the Trumpian Right

Landlords offer stores pandemic-related escape clauses

‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star Sara Ramirez comes out as nonbinary

The search for missing soldiers 70 years on from the Korean War

Beyond Meat Is Now Offering Direct Sales Online

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