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Alasdair Gray, the Man and the Work

Alasdair Gray (courtesy Rodge Glass) One night in summer 2015, under a vast night sky mural in the Òran Mór Arts Centre auditorium in Glasgow, there was a film showing. In fact, two. The subject of both, Alasdair Gray, once an intense, asthmatic working-class boy from northeast Glasgow and now…

bubmagJanuary 22, 2020

Fortnite

For Stadia to become a force in gaming it needs cross-play

The way editor Russell Holly (above) is playing Stadia is the way I think most people are likely to play. The streaming service is perfect for playing in areas where connecting to a console isn't possible. I like to grind strikes in Destiny 2 while I'm travel…

bubmagJanuary 22, 2020

Palantir

Mozilla Wants Young People to Consider ‘Ethical Issues’ Before Taking Jobs in Tech

As tech companies like Google, GitHub, and Amazon clash with workers on a range of ethical issues, Mozilla has taken an unusual, if not unprecedented, stance on labor organizing for a major tech company. The Mozilla Foundation, the non-profit arm of the co…

bubmagJanuary 22, 2020

Refugees Welcome

This morning, Lisa Nandy skewered Piers Morgan with seven short words

Most serious people who make the fundamental strategic error of appearing on ITVs Good Morning Britain do so standing in the street outside the Langham Hotel in central London. This is the closest they can get to the BBCs Broadcasting House without the actual…

bubmagJanuary 22, 2020

Nukes

See This Nuke? Meet the Most Destructive Nuclear Bomb Ever Made By Man

Key Point: The bomb was referred to through many names, but all were just as deadly. Maj. Andrei Durnovtsev, a Soviet air force pilot and commander of a Tu-95 Bear bomber, holds a dubious honor in the history of the Cold War. Durnovtsev flew the aircraft th…

bubmagJanuary 22, 2020

Donald Trump

George Conway: Trump is virtually incapable of telling the truth

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bubmagJanuary 22, 2020

Anti-Putin Protests

Autumn of the oligarch

It has been said that all roads lead to Vladimir Putin, but what road did Putin take to get there? It was paved in part by men like Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the title subject of Alex Gibneys thoughtful, thorough, and disturbing documentary Citizen K, which opens…

bubmagJanuary 22, 2020

Hrant Dink

Armenia’s Cosmic-Ray Catchers

This is the Cosmic Ray Research Station on Armenia's Mount Aragats. The station sits at an altitude of 3,200 meters -- more than one-third the height of Mount Everest. The site was constructed in 1943 as a place for top-secret research into atomic reactions …

bubmagJanuary 22, 2020

Plastic Pollution

A simple burst of bubbles is keeping this canal clear of plastic

If you walk along the Westerdok canal in Amsterdam, you might not notice a line of bubbles moving across the surface. But underwater, a tube stretches along the bottom of the canal, pushing air upward. It’s a pilot test of new technology, called the Great Bub…

bubmagJanuary 22, 2020

Jamal Khashoggi

U.N. experts back suggestion Saudi prince helped hack Bezos

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. | Osman Orsal/Getty Images Two U.N. human rights experts said today that there's evidence to suggest the "possible involvement" of the Saudi crown prince in the hacking of Amazon owner Jeff Bezos, and urged a U.S. investigation. The U…

bubmagJanuary 22, 2020

Alasdair Gray, the Man and the Work

For Stadia to become a force in gaming it needs cross-play

Mozilla Wants Young People to Consider ‘Ethical Issues’ Before Taking Jobs in Tech

This morning, Lisa Nandy skewered Piers Morgan with seven short words

See This Nuke? Meet the Most Destructive Nuclear Bomb Ever Made By Man

George Conway: Trump is virtually incapable of telling the truth

Autumn of the oligarch

Armenia’s Cosmic-Ray Catchers

A simple burst of bubbles is keeping this canal clear of plastic

U.N. experts back suggestion Saudi prince helped hack Bezos

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