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Pikachu

Priceless Play — 29 February 2020

I love a stylish game. Style, as so many fashion icons like to remind us, is an enduring sense of individuality and seemingly effortless flair. Of course, it is not so easy to discover one’s own style. It requires a clear conviction in one direction or another, and the consistent…

bubmagFebruary 29, 2020

Self-driving Vehicles

The Feds Ban a Self-Driving Shuttle Fleet From Carrying People

Late Tuesday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration—the federal agency in charge of road safety in the US—took the unusual step of ordering a fleet of self-driving shuttles to stop carrying passengers. The shuttles, from the French company EasyMile, were transporting or preparing to transport riders in 16 US cities.…

bubmagFebruary 29, 2020

Volodymyr Zelensky

Where Does Donald Trump’s Strange (And Dangerous) ‘Absolute Rights’ Idea Come From?

This is a profound misunderstanding of the American constitutional system. February 29, 2020 Former law clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Brendan Smialowski / AFP via GettyPresident Donald Trump’s theory of executive power starts and ends with his “absolute rights.”Trump invoked that catchphrase earlier this…

bubmagFebruary 29, 2020

Beyond Meat

Disney Adds Impossible Foods’ Faux Meat to Its Menus

It's a big win for the plant-based meat substitute that could lead to future deals. Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) has chosen Impossible Foods as its preferred provider for plant-based meat alternatives. That designation that could see Impossible Burgers appear on menus at restaurants all across Disney World and Disneyland, and on…

bubmagFebruary 29, 2020

Orangutan

Inside China’s ‘Greenwashing’ Of The Belt And Road

An aerial view of the Lower Sesan II Dam in Cambodia under construction. Sion Ang/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Three decades of rampant development and urbanization in China has taken a heavy toll on the environment. The air quality became some of the worst in the world, much of the…

bubmagFebruary 29, 2020

Julian Assange

On trial: Julian Assange and journalism

On The Listening Post this week: To extradite or not to extradite: Julian Assange's trial and its consequences for journalism. Plus, prison journalism in the US. On trial: Julian Assange and journalism We begin with the legal fate of Julian Assange. This past week saw the commencement of a court case…

bubmagFebruary 29, 2020

Nuclear Disarmament

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Oversees ‘Joint Strike’ Military Exercise Amid Coronavirus Fears

Asia Defense | Security | East Asia Kim Jong Un oversaw a “joint strike” military exercise amid concerns about the novel coronavirus. Credit: Rodong SinmunEarly on Saturday, North Korea’s state media reported that leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a military drill on Friday, coinciding with the one-year anniversary of the collapse of the Hanoi…

bubmagFebruary 29, 2020

NATO

Trump pushing for three-way arms control with Russia, China

The Trump administration says it told Moscow this week that the U.S. is open to holding a summit with other permanent members of the United Nations Security Council in hopes of pushing for a three-way arms control pact with Russia and ChinaBy DEB RIECHMANN Associated PressFebruary 28, 2020, 10:44 PM3…

bubmagFebruary 29, 2020

Nuclear Weapons

A Disquieting Look at the History of Nuclear-War Gaming

A Titan II ICBM site, decommissioned in 1982, at the Titan Missile Museum in Sahuarita, Ariz. (Nicole Neri/Reuters) Fred Kaplan in The Bomb unravels the history of bureaucratic infighting over nuclear weapons.Though Fred Kaplan’s new book The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War is, for the…

bubmagFebruary 29, 2020

Body Shaming

Queer Azaadi Mumbai 2020: For whose pride?

Is a queer pride march a protest or a celebration? I have lost track of the number of times I have seen this question being hotly debated online, especially after February 1, when the solidarity gathering that happened in lieu of a pride march widened the ideological rifts within the…

bubmagFebruary 29, 2020

Priceless Play — 29 February 2020

The Feds Ban a Self-Driving Shuttle Fleet From Carrying People

Where Does Donald Trump’s Strange (And Dangerous) ‘Absolute Rights’ Idea Come From?

Disney Adds Impossible Foods’ Faux Meat to Its Menus

Inside China’s ‘Greenwashing’ Of The Belt And Road

On trial: Julian Assange and journalism

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Oversees ‘Joint Strike’ Military Exercise Amid Coronavirus Fears

Trump pushing for three-way arms control with Russia, China

A Disquieting Look at the History of Nuclear-War Gaming

Queer Azaadi Mumbai 2020: For whose pride?

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