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Super Heroes

My Hero Academia: 10 Facts You Didn’t Know About Fumikage Tokoyami

My Hero Academia is one of the biggest Shonen anime titles out there right now, and it features a world of superheroes and villains, not unlike Marvel Comics and DC Comics. But this time, we trade in Batman and the X-Men for All Might, Endeavor, Best Jeanist,…

bubmagDecember 25, 2019

Super Heroes

Marvel: 10 Things Fans Need To Know About Squirrel Girl | CBR

There are many great heroes that have graced the pages of Marvel Comics. From the legends like Captain America, Iron Man and Thor to Captain Marvel, Wolverine and Spider-Man, there are several heroes that have become synonymous with the Marvel name. Yet there…

bubmagDecember 25, 2019

Paris

Paris Opera’s Ballerinas Dance In Protest Against Pension Reform In France

Ballerinas with the Paris Opera performed outdoors on Tuesday in an act of protest against French President Emmanuel Macron’s planned pension reform. The dancers, who joined nationwide strikes that have been ongoing since early this month, performed part of…

bubmagDecember 25, 2019

Barack Obama

In Praise of Barack Obama, Music Critic

Regardless of any feelings about the recent leader of the free world transitioning into a Nick Hornby protagonist, Mr. Obama makes a knockout music critic. Putting together these year-end lists is no picnic. When staff positions compelled me to assemble them,…

bubmagDecember 25, 2019

AR-15

Is Springfield’s SAINT AR-15 Rifle the Best AR-15 Rifle?

Key point: With the SAINT, Springfield plunged headfirst into a particularly crowded segment of the AR-15 market. The AR-15 has long been the dominant semi-automatic rifle platform in the U.S., prized for its unparalleled modability and component diversity. …

bubmagDecember 25, 2019

Biological Warfare

Keep your DNA Off The Grid: Pentagon Warns Military, Home DNA Kits Present operational risks

This Christmas, millions of people around the world will receive home DNA kits from companies like Ancestry.com, 23andMe, MyHeritage and FamilyTreeDNA. Millions have already submitted samples of their saliva for testing, in hopes of learning about their he…

bubmagDecember 25, 2019

Privacy Concerns

When We Fail To Understand Privacy As A Set Of Trade-Offs, Everyone’s ‘Solutions’ Are Unhelpful

from the not-going-to-fix-anything dept Last week, Karl wrote up a fascinating post about a NY Times effort to use a dataset that a whistleblower at a data broker firm gave them to track the whereabouts of President Trump, by spotting the location data of wh…

bubmagDecember 25, 2019

Blockchain

IBM-backed distributed ledger startup Hedera Hashgraph asks investors to opt into waiting longer for purchased tokens, to help stabilize their cratering price (Paddy Baker/CoinDesk)

bubmagDecember 24, 2019

Astroturfing

When Rankin met Carole Cadwalladr – The Drum

This interview first appeared in The Drum's print edition in October 2019. You can still pick up a copy of that issue here, and you can subscribe to The Drum magazine here. Rankin: One of the weirdest things about the last three years is that your story wasn…

bubmagDecember 24, 2019

Hrant Dink

Trump administration trying to protect Erdogan from U.S. sanctions bill

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is trying to protect Turkey from new U.S. sanctions and is seeking to get the full Senate to reject a bill that would punish Turkey for its purchase of Russian military equipment and for its attack on the Kurds in Syria. …

bubmagDecember 24, 2019

My Hero Academia: 10 Facts You Didn’t Know About Fumikage Tokoyami

Marvel: 10 Things Fans Need To Know About Squirrel Girl | CBR

Paris Opera’s Ballerinas Dance In Protest Against Pension Reform In France

In Praise of Barack Obama, Music Critic

Is Springfield’s SAINT AR-15 Rifle the Best AR-15 Rifle?

Keep your DNA Off The Grid: Pentagon Warns Military, Home DNA Kits Present operational risks

When We Fail To Understand Privacy As A Set Of Trade-Offs, Everyone’s ‘Solutions’ Are Unhelpful

IBM-backed distributed ledger startup Hedera Hashgraph asks investors to opt into waiting longer for purchased tokens, to help stabilize their cratering price (Paddy Baker/CoinDesk)

When Rankin met Carole Cadwalladr – The Drum

Trump administration trying to protect Erdogan from U.S. sanctions bill

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