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Unwelcome Refugees

Greece: Turkey needs to end ‘blackmail’ for migrant aid

Washington (AFP) - Greece's migration minister said that Turkey needs to stop "blackmail" if it wants more EU aid, saying its loaded language had prompted a spike in movement toward Greek shores. Speaking to AFP on a visit to Washington, Giorgos Koumoutsakos…

bubmagNovember 21, 2019

VR

The Road to Half-Life: Alyx VR

For twelve years, the Half-Life highway has been paved with long stretches of patience, small glimmers of hope, and inevitable disappointment. Series fans have traversed that desolate road ever since Half-Life 2: Episode 2 was released all the way back in 200…

bubmagNovember 21, 2019

Biological Warfare

Not Just Me and My Bible: What ‘Sola Scriptura’ Doesn’t Mean

In August of 1981, a young Swedish doctor named Hans Rosling faced a puzzling dilemma. Numerous people in the village of Nampula, Mozambique, were suffering from inexplicable cases of paralysis. At first, he suspected an outbreak of polio, but after he conduc…

bubmagNovember 21, 2019

Trade War

U.S. Bill Supporting Hong Kong Rights Heads to Trump’s Desk

A bill compelling the United States to support pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong could arrive on President Trumps desk as soon as Thursday morning, potentially complicating the administrations talks with China to end the trade war. The bill, passed by th…

bubmagNovember 21, 2019

Filter Bubble

Thinking of tool AIs

Preliminary note: the ideas in the post emerged during the Learning-by-doing AI safety workshop at EA Hotel; special thanks to Linda Linsefors, Davide Zagami and Morgan Sinclaire for giving suggestions and feedback. As the title anticipates, long-term safety…

bubmagNovember 21, 2019

Google

Google bans political ad targeting by affiliation and voter records

These practices are in line with what you already see in conventional TV, radio and print ads, Google said. The search firm is also taking a tougher stance on truth in advertising than Facebook, if only slightly. It's clearing up its ad policies to explicitl…

bubmagNovember 21, 2019

Holocaust

Centuries of Christian anti-Semitism led to Holocaust, landmark Church of England report concludes

A Holocaust survivor displays the numerical tattoo stamped on his arm, a physical remnant of his imprisonment in a World War II Nazi concentration camp, during ceremonies commemorating the 50th annivesary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943. - Ira Nowinski …

bubmagNovember 21, 2019

Christianity

Centuries of Christian anti-Semitism led to Holocaust, landmark Church of England report concludes

The fact that antisemitism has infected the body of the Church is something of which we as Christians must be deeply repentant, he added. In an afterword published by the Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis - which the Church of England describes as honest and chal…

bubmagNovember 21, 2019

Refugees

Refugees make great entrepreneurs and workers

MOHAMMED RAHIMEH left Damascus in December 2015, rather than be conscripted into the Syrian army. His journey to London took him through Lebanon and Greece and included 11 months in the notorious Jungle camp in Calais. Despite leaving Syria with no cooking qu…

bubmagNovember 21, 2019

Solar Storm

Look up: Aurora borealis could be visible from Washington Wednesday, plus a meteor shower Thursday

Aurora Borealis as seen over Seattle earlier this year. Aurora Borealis as seen over Seattle earlier this year. Photo: Courtesy NWS Aurora Borealis as seen over Seattle earlier this year. Aurora Borealis as seen over Seattle earlier t…

bubmagNovember 21, 2019

Greece: Turkey needs to end ‘blackmail’ for migrant aid

The Road to Half-Life: Alyx VR

Not Just Me and My Bible: What ‘Sola Scriptura’ Doesn’t Mean

U.S. Bill Supporting Hong Kong Rights Heads to Trump’s Desk

Thinking of tool AIs

Google bans political ad targeting by affiliation and voter records

Centuries of Christian anti-Semitism led to Holocaust, landmark Church of England report concludes

Centuries of Christian anti-Semitism led to Holocaust, landmark Church of England report concludes

Refugees make great entrepreneurs and workers

Look up: Aurora borealis could be visible from Washington Wednesday, plus a meteor shower Thursday

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