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Slavery Abolition

Cynthia Erivo: We “need more Harriet Tubmans” on screen

British actress Cynthia Erivo, who stars in the new film "Harriet," hopes she won't be the last to play the famous Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman on a big screen. Responding to criticism about being cast over an American actress, Erivo said she…

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

Orangutan

5 problems with ‘sustainable’ palm oil

Chances are youve heard of palm oil, and you know it has a pretty bad rep. But what is palm oil and why are people so up in arms? 1. Palm oil is cheap and were using way too much of it Palm oil is a vegetable oil like sunflower…

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg seeks lift back across Atlantic to climate meet

Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg had made it half-way from Sweden to Chile by boat, train and electric car when next month's UN climate summit was unexpectedly scrapped. But as a new venue was announced Friday for the gathering called COP25 -- this time…

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

Holocaust

Adolf Hitler mask: Czech police probe shop in Prague

Image copyrightChristoph Israng on Twitter (@velvyslanec_SRN)Image caption German ambassador Christoph Israng tweeted a picture of the mask Police are investigating the sale of Adolf Hitler masks at a shop in the capital of the Czech Republic, local media …

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

Brexit

Outgoing Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker: ‘I Kissed Putin… It Certainly Didn’t Hurt Europe’

November 01, 2019 06:00 PM DER SPIEGEL: Mr. Juncker, the farewell speech you gave to the European Parliament a few days ago ended with the exclamation: "Vive l'Europe." There is no doubt about your enthusiasm for Europe. At the same time, however, a counte…

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

AR-15

Daniel Defense GRIP-N-RIP Ambidextrous Charging Handle

Daniel Defense has announced that the GRIP-N-RIP charging handle that was previously seen in new DD5 rifle models, is now available separately. The new ambidextrous charging handle has two versions – for AR-15 and AR-10 pattern weapons. This accessory is pack…

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

Black Hole

Scientists have spotted a tiny black hole that may be just 12 miles across

A black hole only 3.3 times the mass of the sun may have been spotted, according to results published in Science. What is it? The black hole is located about 10,000 light-years away, in the outer edge of the Milky Ways main disk. If it is confirmed, this wou…

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

Chinese Economy

AUD/USD Weekly Price Forecast – Australian Dollar Tests Resistance

The Australian dollar has rallied during the week, testing the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level. We have pullback quite a bit and what you dont see on the weekly chart is that the Thursday and Friday candlesticks were both very exhaustive looking. At this po…

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Editorial: Google’s acquisition of FitBit looks like two turkeys trying to make an eagle

Google is acquiring American wearable maker FitBit in a $2.1 billion dollar move that looks a lot like the ad-search giant's previous attempts to buy its way into a hardware business. Google announced it would pay $2.1 billion for FitBit, with its hardware ex…

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

Elon Musk

Elon Musk is Going Offline

Bye Elon. Have a nice weekend, everybody.

bubmagNovember 1, 2019

Cynthia Erivo: We “need more Harriet Tubmans” on screen

5 problems with ‘sustainable’ palm oil

Greta Thunberg seeks lift back across Atlantic to climate meet

Adolf Hitler mask: Czech police probe shop in Prague

Outgoing Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker: ‘I Kissed Putin… It Certainly Didn’t Hurt Europe’

Daniel Defense GRIP-N-RIP Ambidextrous Charging Handle

Scientists have spotted a tiny black hole that may be just 12 miles across

AUD/USD Weekly Price Forecast – Australian Dollar Tests Resistance

Editorial: Google’s acquisition of FitBit looks like two turkeys trying to make an eagle

Elon Musk is Going Offline

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