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Bungie Hopes To Make Destiny 2’s Seasons And Bounties Feel Less Punishing In Upcoming Seasons Beyond Meat

Bungie Hopes To Make Destiny 2’s Seasons And Bounties Feel Less Punishing In Upcoming Seasons

Screenshot: BungieIn its latest weekly blog post Bungie laid out plans to address some of players’ biggest complaints about the current state of Destiny 2, including how content disappears once a season ends and the game’s recent emphasis on grinding bounties.Destiny 2 operates on a seasonal basis with new activities,…
bubmag
May 1, 2020
3 coal companies with ties to the Trump administration got $28 million in coronavirus bailout intended for ‘small businesses’ Barack Obama

3 coal companies with ties to the Trump administration got $28 million in coronavirus bailout intended for ‘small businesses’

Three coal companies received millions in bailout cash largely intended for small businesses.Former head of the Environmental Protection Agency Scott Pruitt is now a lobbyist at Hallador Energy, which received $10 million in bailout cash.Rhino Resources also received $10 million. The former head of Rhino is David Zatezalo, assistant secretary…
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May 1, 2020
Reminder: Deadline To File Claims In The Purdue Pharma L.P. Bankruptcy Is June 30, 2020 Oxycodone

Reminder: Deadline To File Claims In The Purdue Pharma L.P. Bankruptcy Is June 30, 2020

NEW YORK, May 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by Prime Clerk, the court-appointed claims and noticing agent.This is a reminder that Tuesday, June 30, 2020, at 5:00 p.m. (Prevailing Eastern Time) is the deadline or bar date for filing claims in the bankruptcy of Purdue Pharma…
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May 1, 2020
Friday assorted links Black Hole

Friday assorted links

101 Comments Facebook Twitter RSS Feed print Comments Larry Niven would be pleased May 1, 2020 at 1:17 pm   Hide Replies 1 Considering that he wrote about the idea more than once a half century ago. I'm more impressed by Mike Brown's reasoning, see his TED talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UZKME9WP9M #…
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May 1, 2020
We Asked 30,000 Black Americans What They Need to Survive. Here’s What They Said Pope Francis

We Asked 30,000 Black Americans What They Need to Survive. Here’s What They Said

The coronavirus has laid bare the disparities that have been ravaging Black communities for decades. Sure, we’re all in this together, but we’re not all being affected in the same way—nor have we ever been. We’ve seen this movie before. Time and time again, diseases, economic downturns, and the combination…
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May 1, 2020
Film study: The Denver Post sports department’s favorite sports movies to ride out the coronavirus Paul Newman

Film study: The Denver Post sports department’s favorite sports movies to ride out the coronavirus

Need a palate cleanser after seven depraved episodes of “Tiger King”? Well, we have just the collection for you: Our favorite sports movies — a list that runs the gamut from the dramatic (“Rocky”) to the comedic (“Slap Shot”) to the absurd (“Talladega Nights”), and even leaves room for a…
bubmag
May 1, 2020
Victims of Communism Day 2020 Gulag

Victims of Communism Day 2020

Bones of tortured prisoners. Kolyma Gulag, USSR.NOTE: This post largely reprints last year's Victims of Communism Day post, with relatively minor modifications, including the link between the repressive nature of the Chinese Communist Party regime, and its attempts to cover up coronavirus crisis, which may have resulted in its spread…
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May 1, 2020