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Microsoft shows off new Xbox Series X games, including a terrifying H.R. Giger-style nightmare Beyond Meat

Microsoft shows off new Xbox Series X games, including a terrifying H.R. Giger-style nightmare

If you’ve followed video game news for, oh, six months, you should pretty much know what to expect when a console-maker (non-Nintendo) announces that it’s going to show off a handful of the first new games for its new system. It’s going to be the meat and potatoes stuff, like…
bubmag
May 7, 2020
The story behind the Pentagon’s failed effort to build a real-life ‘Iron Man’ suit for special operators Exoskeleton

The story behind the Pentagon’s failed effort to build a real-life ‘Iron Man’ suit for special operators

On Dec. 8, 2012, members of the U.S. Navy’s vaunted Naval Special Warfare Development Group, better known as SEAL Team 6, were deployed on an high-stakes nighttime raid with a simple goal: rescue a civilian doctor from the clutches of the Taliban.As the rescue force, led by 28-year-old Chief Petty…
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May 7, 2020
Refugee policy EU’s ‘biggest inadequacy,’ says Germany’s Heiko Maas Turkish Refugee Camp

Refugee policy EU’s ‘biggest inadequacy,’ says Germany’s Heiko Maas

Germany's foreign minister took aim at the EU's approach to refugees, saying nothing has been solved since the 2015 migrant crisis. He also called again for a scheme to distribute asylum-seekers across the EU. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has accused European Union member states of not doing enough to…
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May 7, 2020
rhubarb cordial Paris

rhubarb cordial

My friend David Lebovitz, OG food blogger and nine-time author, wrote a book on the iconic cocktails, aperitifs, and cafe traditions of France, including 160 recipes, that came out in March. It’s the kind of book that makes you feel like you’ve hopped on a plane to fly to Paris…
bubmag
May 7, 2020