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Belt and Road

The love triangle

Chinese President Xi Jinping with Nepal PM K P Sharma Oli in Kathmandu on October 12. (Reuters) For some thinking Indians, President Xi Jinping flying straight from Chennai to Kathmandu was provocative, even an affront to India. This is incomprehensible. Nep…

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

Animal Protection

Senate Spending Bill Includes Major Animal Wellness Action Victories

Senate Spending Bill Includes Major Animal Wellness Victories, but $35 Million in Funding for Mass Removals of Wild Horses and Burros Approved This week, the U.S. Senate passed a multi-agency spending bill, including funding for the Agriculture, Interior, Ju…

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

Bubble

Fans of The Office Can Now Build Their Own Dunder Mifflin

Have a few friends who are always looking up at the sky? Here are some gift ideas that celebrate the celestial bodies they know and love. 1. Moon Light Ball; $12 The whole moon can be lassoed out of space and brought near you. Give this 4-inch lunar light t…

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

SpaceX

Elon Musk questions good of Twitter, then says he’s going offline – CNET

Elon Musk isn't feeling Twitter right now. James Martin/CNET Elon Musk seems to be having an existential social media crisis. The usually Twitter-happy founder of Tesla and SpaceX announced Friday he is "going offline" after first tweeting "Not sure about g…

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

Drones

How did Blade Runner’s tech predictions stack up?

The BBC's Szu Ping Chan takes a look at the futuristic technology depicted in 1982's Blade Runner, which was set in November 2019. It now being November 2019, how did it do? We're doing great on telecommunications and despoiling the planet, but not well on th…

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

Black Hole

How to Insult Your Enemies More Effectively

A good insult is a demonstration of power. A bad insult is a demonstration of powerlessness. This is true whether youre punching up or down. (I recommend you punch up.) If you want your insults to damage your enemy and not yourself, you need to insult strateg…

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

Filter Bubble

TikTok could be the next social platform plagued with disinformation

TikTok is all fun and memes, until it isnt. On Friday (Nov. 1), Reuters reported that the US government opened a probe into the merger that effectively landed the Chinese-owned app in the United States, the $1 billion acquisition of the American app Musical.l…

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

Brexit

Scottish independence in spotlight as UK election kicks off

Glasgow, United Kingdom - General election fever gripped Scotland this week after the House of Commons voted on Tuesday to trigger a United Kingdom-wide poll. Mired in a political crisis which has seen Parliament repeatedly prove itself either unwilling or …

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

Water Pollution

Is There Room in Business to Be Political?

The thing that stuck with me from my very first job was a piece of advice my boss gave me during my first shift: Dont let customers discuss politics or religion. That would mean you could not be political in your business. There are several reasons why the o…

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

Feudalism

The danger of personalised power in the EU

As Mario Draghi makes way for Christine Lagarde as president of the European Central Bank, power passes from one famed crisis manager to another. Lauded by the Financial Times in 2012 as person of the year and the man who saved the eurozone, Draghi has recent…

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

The love triangle

Senate Spending Bill Includes Major Animal Wellness Action Victories

Fans of The Office Can Now Build Their Own Dunder Mifflin

Elon Musk questions good of Twitter, then says he’s going offline – CNET

How did Blade Runner’s tech predictions stack up?

How to Insult Your Enemies More Effectively

TikTok could be the next social platform plagued with disinformation

Scottish independence in spotlight as UK election kicks off

Is There Room in Business to Be Political?

The danger of personalised power in the EU

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