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Pandemic-ing While White Gulag

Pandemic-ing While White

I get it. No one enjoys having their freedom constrained. No one likes being told where they can go and what they can do. Ya know why? Because humans are fundamentally social creatures. We are not, contrary to popular American belief, merely rugged individuals. If we were, we wouldn’t mind…
bubmag
May 4, 2020
Vote Leave’s AI Firm Sweeps Seven UK Gov’t Contracts Amid Conflict of Interest Scandal Palantir

Vote Leave’s AI Firm Sweeps Seven UK Gov’t Contracts Amid Conflict of Interest Scandal

Faculty Science Ltd, a London-based technology company, has worked extensively on digital solutions for improving communication with the public on over 200 artificial intelligence projects since its inception in 2014, and is currently working at the heart of the UK government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The AI startup Faculty,…
bubmag
May 4, 2020
How the coronavirus is hampering enforcement of California’s air pollution rules Air Pollution

How the coronavirus is hampering enforcement of California’s air pollution rules

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The coronavirus is having another unintended effect on California's environment, hindering the enforcement of clean-air rules that could help protect people's lungs during the pandemic. Field inspections have been halted since mid-March at the California Air Resources Board, which enforces rules on trucks, ships and other…
bubmag
May 4, 2020
China faces rising anger; COVID’s deadliest day yet; Russian arms production slows; Former Green Beret: I led failed Venezuelan invasion; And a bit more. Korean Peace Talks

China faces rising anger; COVID’s deadliest day yet; Russian arms production slows; Former Green Beret: I led failed Venezuelan invasion; And a bit more.

Chinese officials are bracing for “a rising wave of hostility…that could tip relations with the United States into confrontation,” Reuters reports this morning off an internal report from a Chinese think tank (the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations) affiliated with the Ministry of State Security.  About the rising wave of…
bubmag
May 4, 2020
Nike positions itself as a ‘woke’ apparel maker that champions progressive values. But the company’s history exposes a darker reality. Colin Kaepernick

Nike positions itself as a ‘woke’ apparel maker that champions progressive values. But the company’s history exposes a darker reality.

Nike has long positioned itself as a "woke" apparel company, a champion of progressive values that backed social-justice heroes like Colin Kaepernick. But the company's history exposes a darker reality.  To spur a new generation of long-distance running in the U.S., Nike hired marathon champion Alberto Salazar to run the…
bubmag
May 4, 2020