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Greta Thunberg

Mural of teen climate activist Greta Thunberg is being painted in San Francisco – USA TODAY

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg told a rally in Denver that young people must be prepared to keep striking to call for action on climate change - but she's encouraged by those joining the movement. (Oct 11) AP, AP SAN FRANCISCO Teen climate activis…

bubmagNovember 10, 2019

Checkpoint

John Simpson on the two words that brought down the Berlin Wall

The fall of the Berlin Wall changed the world. It brought an end to Communist regimes right across Europe, and finished Russia as a superpower. And yet it happened entirely by accident, as a result of two badly chosen words at a press conference. That Thursd…

bubmagNovember 10, 2019

Hiroshima

The Little-Known History of the Deadly AK-47

What is the deadliest weapon of the 20th century? Perhaps you think first of the atomic bomb, estimated to have killed as many as 200,000 people when the United States dropped two on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. But another weapon …

bubmagNovember 10, 2019

Old-Age Poverty

The poverty of “you’re old so you just don’t get it” (in: Everything Else (Mus…)

It's timeless, but the most powerful current incarnation seems to derive from Steve McQueen's character in the Blob, as well as from popular portrayals of conservative reactions to Elvis and the Beatles. But excuse my vagueness. What I am talking about is the…

bubmagNovember 10, 2019

Food Industry

Farmers despair over chemical ban

Nakhon Ratchasima province is the country's hub for cassava harvesting as at least 25% of all cassava yields come from this province alone. Many consumers might not be familiar with this root vegetable, but the starchy crop is a crucial raw material for the f…

bubmagNovember 10, 2019

Hiroshima

In the 1950s, America Almost Built Huge Nuclear Bunkers for Ever City

Key point: The costs, half of GDP and a regimented live for those who would live, were deemed too high to proceed with the project. The special terror in nuclear deterrence reveals itself during natural rather than human-made disasters. Despite early warning…

bubmagNovember 10, 2019

Julian Assange

Donald Trump Jr. and ‘The View’ host Sunny Hostin have moved their fight to Twitter after battling on camera

Donald Trump Jr. faced a barrage of criticism on Thursday when he appeared on ABC's "The View" alongside his girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle. Host Meghan McCain told him he had "put lot of people through a lot of pain" and host Whoopi Goldberg engaged in a bri…

bubmagNovember 9, 2019

Fortnite

‘Let people play responsibly’: How this instructor is pushing back on addictive video game design – CBC.ca

As a computer science instructor at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont., Aaron Langille lectures students on the ins and outs of game design and the tactics that can make games addictive. "One is to keep nagging you," he told Cross Country Checkup, pointi…

bubmagNovember 9, 2019

Putin

Biden shocked by reporter’s question: Are you joking?

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bubmagNovember 9, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Top antitrust enforcer warns Big Tech over data collection – Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (AP) The Justice Department’s top antitrust official warned Big Tech companies Friday that the government could pursue them for anticompetitive behavior related to their troves of user data, including for cutting off data access to co…

bubmagNovember 9, 2019

Mural of teen climate activist Greta Thunberg is being painted in San Francisco – USA TODAY

John Simpson on the two words that brought down the Berlin Wall

The Little-Known History of the Deadly AK-47

The poverty of “you’re old so you just don’t get it” (in: Everything Else (Mus…)

Farmers despair over chemical ban

In the 1950s, America Almost Built Huge Nuclear Bunkers for Ever City

Donald Trump Jr. and ‘The View’ host Sunny Hostin have moved their fight to Twitter after battling on camera

‘Let people play responsibly’: How this instructor is pushing back on addictive video game design – CBC.ca

Biden shocked by reporter’s question: Are you joking?

Top antitrust enforcer warns Big Tech over data collection – Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News

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