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Boeing 737max

Sunday News Roundup 12/22/19: Kosher Antarctica Cruise, The Residence, AA Shutdowns, TWA Hotel, Amazon Israel, NY Small Claims Change, United Cape Town, And More!

Featured trip reports of the day: Denverite’s Panama Trip Report single-handedly put Panama on the map for kosher travelers across the globe. I’ve avoided Central America travel for the past few years due to ZIKA concerns, but Panama has been on my b…

bubmagDecember 22, 2019

Seleção

Sheroes: Marta’s speech inspires generations

Our #Sheroes series celebrates inspiring women in footballBrazil legend Marta features in the latest instalmentHer plea at France 2019 immediately became iconicThe biggest FIFA Women's World Cup yet. The all-time leading go…

bubmagDecember 22, 2019

SpaceX

Boeing’s Starliner didn’t reach the ISS, but it made a historic safe landing

Boeing's ST-100 Starliner was supposed to make it to the International Space Station as the company's first test launch prepping for human space travel. Instead it became the first U.S. space capsule made for human use to land on continental U.S. soil instead…

bubmagDecember 22, 2019

Star Wars

Here’s What JJ Abrams Thinks of Fans Who Hate ‘Rise of Skywalker’ – Showbiz Cheat Sheet

Its always odd to see an artist respond to their critics directly. The reaction to the latest Star Wars film, The Rise of Skywalker, was apparently heated enough that J.J. Abrams felt the need to respond to the fans who hated it. Heres the surprising thing he…

bubmagDecember 22, 2019

AR-15

New Zealand’s ban on semiautomatic weapons is in effect. Where is the US’s?

Just nine months after a lone gunman in Christchurch, New Zealand walked into one mosque and then another and opened fire, murdering 51 people, a countrywide ban on semiautomatic weapons took effect this weekend. The new law was first passed in April, less t…

bubmagDecember 22, 2019

Jerusalem Controversy

Netanyahu accuses ICC of anti-Semitism in pursuit of war crimes probe

By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the International Criminal Court of anti-Semitism on Sunday over its chief prosecutor's plan to pursue a war crimes probe in the Palestinian Territories. The right-win…

bubmagDecember 22, 2019

Computers in School

Another Report on How Classroom Technology Isn’t Helping Kids Even Though Educators Still Endorse It

By B.N. Frank Its dumb. Public school administrators and educators are still pushing for high tech curriculums when experts continue to warn against them and kids arent benefiting from them (see 1, 2, 3, 4). Health warnings about exposure to Blue Light from…

bubmagDecember 22, 2019

Filter Bubble

8 life lessons from tech everyone learned the hard way in the past decade – CNET

Anything you do online can come back to bite you. Angela Lang/CNET This story is part of The 2010s: A Decade in Review, a series on the memes, people, products, movies and so much more that have influenced the 2010s. It's been a decade full of tough lesson…

bubmagDecember 22, 2019

Holocaust

A Nazi Spy Thriller About Eichmann’s Capture

In the final days of World War II, as the Red Army advanced on Berlin and the Third Reich teetered on the edge of total military collapse, Adolph Hitler famously shot himself in his bunker. A wave of suicides would follow—high-ranking Nazi officials such as J…

bubmagDecember 22, 2019

Virtual Reality

Facebook’s New Data Source: Virtual Reality

Business success in the 21st century hinges on access to valuable data and making smart use of it. Few companies have been better positioned on that front than Facebook(NASDAQ:FB). Massive adoption and engagement for platforms like Instagram and its namesake…

bubmagDecember 22, 2019

Sunday News Roundup 12/22/19: Kosher Antarctica Cruise, The Residence, AA Shutdowns, TWA Hotel, Amazon Israel, NY Small Claims Change, United Cape Town, And More!

Sheroes: Marta’s speech inspires generations

Boeing’s Starliner didn’t reach the ISS, but it made a historic safe landing

Here’s What JJ Abrams Thinks of Fans Who Hate ‘Rise of Skywalker’ – Showbiz Cheat Sheet

New Zealand’s ban on semiautomatic weapons is in effect. Where is the US’s?

Netanyahu accuses ICC of anti-Semitism in pursuit of war crimes probe

Another Report on How Classroom Technology Isn’t Helping Kids Even Though Educators Still Endorse It

8 life lessons from tech everyone learned the hard way in the past decade – CNET

A Nazi Spy Thriller About Eichmann’s Capture

Facebook’s New Data Source: Virtual Reality

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