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Brexit

A Post-Election Reckoning for British Politics

Leaving the European Union on January 31, 2020, will be UK Prime Minister Boris Johnsons repayment of the debt he owes to the many Labour supporters who "lent" his Conservatives their votes. But "getting Brexit done" won't be enough for the Tories to hold on …

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

Plastic Pollution

Electric SUV Racing Series Extreme E Commits To 2021 Calendar, Sounds Cooler Than Ever

The creator of the soon-to-be FIA Formula E World Championship has another electric racing project in the works: an SUV series thatll travel the world and potentially make environmental documentaries about each location. That series, Extreme E, now has an off…

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

Skateboard

How This Shop Is Driving Miami’s Skate Culture Forward

What has been the most rewarding experience since starting the brand? Nick: Owning a skate shop is every skaters dream its cool to represent Miami and provide a whole new view of Miami from a skateboarding perspective. Its been amazing to …

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

Monsanto

Cancer Linked Monsanto Chemical Discovered In ALL Tested Children’s Foods Made From Oats

The Facts:A recent study published in the journal Environmental Research examined four families who eat conventional diets. Pesticide levels were measured via urine before switching to an organic diet for 6 days. A dramatic drop in pesticide levels wa…

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

Google

Google has fired another worker-activist

Google has fired another worker-activist, Kathryn Spiers. Spier, who worked on the platform security team, was generally tasked with writing code for browser notifications to automatically notify employees or guidelines and company policies while surfing the …

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

Fortnite

Why Fortnite is my game of the year… again

Image: Epic Games There were a lot of great games this year. Pokémon Sword and Shield, Death Stranding, Control, Untitled Goose Game, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, and Baba is You all hit in 2019. But when I had time to play a game, I usually opted for another d…

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

Google

Google employee says she was fired for sending internal pop-ups about labor rights

The latest termination at the company Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google has fired another employee following a showing of internal activism, marking the latest in a series of controversial terminations at the search giant. Kathryn Spiers, a se…

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

Google

Google Is Going to War Against Its Own Workers

At 19, Kathryn Spiers was hired on as one of the youngest Google security engineers in the company. Less than two years later, shes been abruptly terminated for what she believes is her involvement in internal activism. Googles firing of Spiers is the latest…

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

Korean War

The Moment China Saved North Korea From Extinction

Key Point: Without China's intervention, Douglas MacArthur would have conquered the Korean peninsula and saved the United States from two years of war. On June 25, 1950, the North Korean Peoples Army (NKPA) under Marshal Kim Il-sung launched a no-notice inva…

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

Old-Age Poverty

Billie Eilish praised Greta Thunberg for ‘paving the way’ on climate change, and called for more action ‘so we don’t all die’

In a strong show of support for Great Thunberg, Billie Eilish said the 16-year-old climate activist is "paving the way" for the future, and called for more action against climate change "so we don't all die." Eilish made the comments in an interview with NM…

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

A Post-Election Reckoning for British Politics

Electric SUV Racing Series Extreme E Commits To 2021 Calendar, Sounds Cooler Than Ever

How This Shop Is Driving Miami’s Skate Culture Forward

Cancer Linked Monsanto Chemical Discovered In ALL Tested Children’s Foods Made From Oats

Google has fired another worker-activist

Why Fortnite is my game of the year… again

Google employee says she was fired for sending internal pop-ups about labor rights

Google Is Going to War Against Its Own Workers

The Moment China Saved North Korea From Extinction

Billie Eilish praised Greta Thunberg for ‘paving the way’ on climate change, and called for more action ‘so we don’t all die’

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