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‘Good men and women don’t last long’: Former top Navy SEAL who oversaw the Osama bin Laden raid criticizes Trump, defends ousted intelligence chief’s service Putin

‘Good men and women don’t last long’: Former top Navy SEAL who oversaw the Osama bin Laden raid criticizes Trump, defends ousted intelligence chief’s service

Former US Navy Adm. William McRaven, the Navy SEAL who oversaw the raid that took out al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in 2011, wrote an opinion column criticizing the Trump administration and defending former acting Director of National Intelligence Joe Maguire."I have known Joe for more than 40 years. There…
bubmag
February 22, 2020
Twitter is real life Filter Bubble

Twitter is real life

The phrase gained traction last spring, aided in part by a New York Times analysis of polling that suggested a silent (on Twitter) and moderate majority of Democrats. “The outspoken group of Democratic-leaning voters on social media is outnumbered, roughly 2 to 1, by the more moderate, more diverse and…
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February 22, 2020
Bloomberg Says His Company Would Now Approve Requests From 3 Women to Be Released From NDAs. Here’s How That Could Happen New York City

Bloomberg Says His Company Would Now Approve Requests From 3 Women to Be Released From NDAs. Here’s How That Could Happen

On Friday, former New York City Mayor and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg announced his company, Bloomberg LP, would work with three women to release them from nondisclosure agreements that they signed after filing complaints against the billionaire. He said his company had identified three NDAs “that we signed…
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February 22, 2020
A look at current innovations in higher ed, including ongoing subscriptions instead of tuition, AI tutors, and transcripts that can help students find work (Jon Marcus/New York Times) Virtual Reality

A look at current innovations in higher ed, including ongoing subscriptions instead of tuition, AI tutors, and transcripts that can help students find work (Jon Marcus/New York Times)

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February 22, 2020
Supporters of Bolivia’s Morales, MAS ‘Not Being Cowed’ by Attacks from Coup Government Lithium

Supporters of Bolivia’s Morales, MAS ‘Not Being Cowed’ by Attacks from Coup Government

Despite the fact that the Bolivian Supreme Electoral Tribunal stated Thursday that ousted Bolivian President Evo Morales is ineligible to register as a senatorial candidate for a snap election, Morales will remain a “towering figure” in Bolivia, Adrienne Pine, an associate professor of anthropology at American University, told Sputnik. Morales…
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February 22, 2020
Crash Landing on You: The defector who brought North-South Korean romance to life Homeless

Crash Landing on You: The defector who brought North-South Korean romance to life

Image copyright CJ ENM Image caption The drama centres around the unlikely love between a South Korean heiress and a North Korean officer An implausible love story in which a (literally) high-flying South Korean heiress accidentally paraglides into North Korea, lands on a soldier and falls in love with him…
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February 22, 2020