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Robert Mugabe

In Zimbabwe, ‘you win coronavirus or you win starvation’

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bubmagMarch 30, 2020

Nukes

Another Submarine Quarantined: Nowhere Is Out Of Reach Of Coronavirus

Submarines do social distancing really well. On patrol, a nuclear submarine can go without physical contact with the outside world for months on end. Yet the entire crew of a Russian submarine has reportedly been quarantined after indirect contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19. And today a Dutch submarine…

bubmagMarch 30, 2020

Berlin Wall

Microsoft Rewards

"What's On Top" Answers for 3/30/2020 Mount Everest vs RabbitAnswer: Mount Everest Swimming vs ChessAnswer: Swimming Garden of the Gods vs LovebirdsAnswer: Garden of the Gods Avocado vs Derwent ReservoirAnswer: Avocado Santa Catalina Island vs WildebeestAnswer: Wildebeest Berlin Wall vs ArganiaAnswer: Berlin Wall Bhumibol Bridge vs KrakatoaAnswer: Krakatoa Toco Toucan…

bubmagMarch 30, 2020

New York City

Everything you need to know about the USNS Comfort, the giant hospital ship in NYC

At 10AM ET on March 30th, the US Navy’s gigantic floating hospital ship, the USNS Comfort, arrived in New York City where it has been sent to help relieve the pressure on the city’s hospitals that are overwhelmed with coronavirus patients. The Comfort’s 1,000 beds and 12 operating rooms will…

bubmagMarch 30, 2020

Paul Newman

The Bumpy Road to ‘Cars’, Possibly Pixar’s Most Contentious Movie

(Infinity and Beyond is a regular bi-weekly column documenting the 25-year filmography of Pixar Animation Studios, film by film. In today’s column, writer Josh Spiegel highlights Cars.) In the early days of 2006, the Walt Disney Company made a dramatic change whose impacts are still being felt today. Michael Eisner…

bubmagMarch 30, 2020

Self-driving Vehicles

Fearing coronavirus, states rolls out the unwelcome mat for out-of-state drivers

Drivers with out-of-state license plates are being pulled over as they enter Rhode Island, and if they plan to stay they're told to self-quarantine for 14 days. They're also told give their address in the Ocean State, so that law enforcement can check up on t… Read More

bubmagMarch 30, 2020

Robert Mugabe

Lockdown: In Zimbabwe, ‘you win coronavirus or you win starvation’

People queue for cooking gas in Harare, Zimbabwe, Sunday, March 29, 2020. PHOTO: AP“We are already ruined. What more harm can coronavirus do?” Irene Kampira asked as she sorted secondhand clothes at a bustling market in a poor suburb of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare. People in one of the world’s most…

bubmagMarch 30, 2020

Checkpoint

David Bowie: 25 Deep Cuts (Playlist)

Like everyone else, I listened to nothing but David Bowie in the days after hearing the news. The night Bowie died, I had felt a disturbance in the Force at 3:00 am, saw the news via text, got out of bed, bereft, and put on Station to Station, knowing that…

bubmagMarch 30, 2020

Android

38 temporarily free and 90 on-sale apps and games for Monday

Welcome to Monday, everyone. It had looked like things were finally calming down last week, and then I was greeted with a wall of Android app sales this morning. Most notably, the open-world RPG Cat Quest is currently available free of charge, so make sure to snatch this title before the giveaway ends…

bubmagMarch 30, 2020

Filter Bubble

Today’s cache | The spread of misinformation and more

The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed our day-to-day lives. It has shut more than a billion people in their homes and sickened over three-quarter million globally. While we access news and information on various online and social media platforms, it helps in de-cluttering mis- and dis-information.We are tracking misinformation in…

bubmagMarch 30, 2020

In Zimbabwe, ‘you win coronavirus or you win starvation’

Another Submarine Quarantined: Nowhere Is Out Of Reach Of Coronavirus

Microsoft Rewards

Everything you need to know about the USNS Comfort, the giant hospital ship in NYC

The Bumpy Road to ‘Cars’, Possibly Pixar’s Most Contentious Movie

Fearing coronavirus, states rolls out the unwelcome mat for out-of-state drivers

Lockdown: In Zimbabwe, ‘you win coronavirus or you win starvation’

David Bowie: 25 Deep Cuts (Playlist)

38 temporarily free and 90 on-sale apps and games for Monday

Today’s cache | The spread of misinformation and more

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