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Bees

Honeybee lives shortened after exposure to two widely used pesticides

One cage from each of the three experimental groups in an Oregon State University honeybee study. The control cage on the far left has more live bees than the cages in which the bees were exposed to Sivanto (middle) and Transform (far right). Credit: Priyadarshini Chakrabarti Basu, Oregon State University.…

bubmagJune 16, 2020

AR-15

Worthy Replacement? ‘Warlord’ Seen Handing Out AR-15 Rifles to Strangers in Police-Free Seattle CHAZ

https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107963/35/1079633551_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_7d1e7bffb0ff05ec6c0f8caed068d8a1.jpgSputnik Internationalhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pngTim Korso. Sputnik Internationalhttps://sputniknews.com/us/202006161079633607-worthy-replacement-warlord-seen-handing-out-ar-15-rifles-to-strangers-in-police-free-seattle-chaz/Following Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan’s decision to completely withdraw the police from the East Precinct, several blocks of the city's downtown have wound up in a state of lawlessness, with BLM protesters de-facto running the district.A video showing US hip-hop artist Raz Simone handing out rifles…

bubmagJune 16, 2020

Refugees

Hackaday Prize: Cal-Earth is Digging Deep to Shelter Those in Need

For the average person, a government order to shelter in place or stay at home comes with some adjustments. Many changes are cerebral: we navigate vast expanses of togetherness with our families while figuring out how to balance work, life, and newfound teaching roles. Other changes are physical, like giving…

bubmagJune 16, 2020

Blockchain

Penny Stocks Have a Bad Rap but Some of Them May Hold the Future of Technology

Contributed Post Penny stocks have a bad rap among traditional Wall Street investors and traders, and with good reason. They trade on Pink Sheets or the OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB) exchanges that don’t require them to make statutory filings with the SEC. Hence, you’ll most likely be making your trading/investment…

bubmagJune 16, 2020

eSports

PAX Online to replace PAX West and Australia this year

Source: PAXWhat you need to knowPAX West and PAX Australia 2020 have been canceled. PAX Online will serve as a replacement for both, spanning nine days. PAX Online aims to over a 24/7 stream of content, events, and gameplay. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take its toll on the…

bubmagJune 16, 2020

Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama will co-host The Roots Picnic this year

(CNN)The Roots Picnic is going virtual with a special co-chair.Former first lady Michelle Obama has joined forces with the hip hop band for their annual get down, which will also serve as a voter registration drive this year.Obama tweeted Tuesday about her nonpartisan organization, When We All Vote, partnering with…

bubmagJune 16, 2020

Food Industry

The George Floyd protests have become 5 different movements

A version of this post appeared in "Insider Today," a daily email written by Henry Blodget and David Plotz. To receive it in your inbox, please sign up here.The US coronavirus response is a national disgrace Most developed countries have throttled the coronavirus and are gradually resuming life as usual.…

bubmagJune 16, 2020

Syria

U.S. to impose sanctions aimed at blocking Syria military victory

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft speaks during a Security Council meeting about the situation in Syria at United Nations Headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File PhotoNEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States will impose…

bubmagJune 16, 2020

Syria

U.S. to impose sanctions aimed at blocking Syria military victory

By Michelle NicholsNEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States will impose sanctions on Wednesday aimed at cutting off revenue for Syrian President Bashar al Assad's government in a bid to push it back into United Nations-led negotiations and broker an end to the country's nearly decade-long war.U.S. Ambassador to the…

bubmagJune 16, 2020

Genocide

The outcry over ‘both sides’ journalism

I have never believed much in the notion of journalistic “objectivity.” We all bring our individual sensibilities to bear on what we write. Great journalism involves the head and the heart, the lucidity to think and the passion to feel, the two in balance. If you have lived a privileged…

bubmagJune 16, 2020

Honeybee lives shortened after exposure to two widely used pesticides

Worthy Replacement? ‘Warlord’ Seen Handing Out AR-15 Rifles to Strangers in Police-Free Seattle CHAZ

Hackaday Prize: Cal-Earth is Digging Deep to Shelter Those in Need

Penny Stocks Have a Bad Rap but Some of Them May Hold the Future of Technology

PAX Online to replace PAX West and Australia this year

Michelle Obama will co-host The Roots Picnic this year

The George Floyd protests have become 5 different movements

U.S. to impose sanctions aimed at blocking Syria military victory

U.S. to impose sanctions aimed at blocking Syria military victory

The outcry over ‘both sides’ journalism

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