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Holocaust

Demi Lovato ‘sorry’ and ‘extremely frustrated’ after backlash following Israel visit

Demi Lovato shared an untouched photo to Instagram, celebrating her curves and cellulite. Lovato called the photo her "biggest fear." USA TODAY Demi Lovato is apologizing to anyone who was offended by her recent trip to Israel, which she previously posted …

bubmagOctober 3, 2019

Nukes

Is Your Kid’s School Planning These Terrifying Active Shooter Drills?

As a kid, I remember filing out of my school in an orderly fashion once or twice a year for a fire drill. I remember kneeling in the hallway and covering my neck with my hands, which was supposed to protect me in the event of a tornado. The baby…

bubmagOctober 3, 2019

Water Pollution

Mining powers modern life, but can leave scarred lands and polluted waters behind

Modern society relies on metals like copper, gold and nickel for uses ranging from medicine to electronics. Most of these elements are rare in Earth's crust, so mining them requires displacing vast volumes of dirt and rock. Hard rock miningso called because i…

bubmagOctober 3, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Banking, Tech Communities Are ‘Breathless’ About Fintech, But Is It All Hype? – InsideSources

Bankers and tech experts keep speculating that Big Tech and financial technology (fintech) companies will dramatically disrupt the traditional banking industry, but some economists say such talk is overhyped. Deutsche Bank just released a report describing h…

bubmagOctober 3, 2019

Global Warming

My Community Is Warming Three Times Faster Than the Rest of the World

Indigenous peoples and people of colour are disproportionately affected by our global climate crisis. But in the mainstream green movement and in the media, they are often forgotten or excluded. This is Tipping Point, a new VICE series that covers environment…

bubmagOctober 3, 2019

Climate Change

Climate change protestors spray 1.8K litres of fake blood at government building

A crimson stream of fake blood was fired through by activists at the UK's Treasury building in Westminster, London, on Thursday morning, all in the name of action on climate change. Protesters representing activist group Extinction Rebellion's UK chapter use…

bubmagOctober 3, 2019

Air Pollution

Exposure to air pollution increases violent crime rates, study finds

Breathing dirty air can make you sick. But according to new research, it can also make you more aggressive. That's the conclusion from a set of studies recently authored by Colorado State University researchers in economics, atmospheric science and statistic…

bubmagOctober 3, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

North Korea tests submarine-launched missile a day after saying it will resume nuclear talks with US

North Korea said Thursday that it had successfully test-fired a new submarine-launched ballistic missile off its east coast, the Korean Central News Agency reported. The launch North Korea's 11th such weapons test this year came one day after North Korea an…

bubmagOctober 3, 2019

Bubble

A SpaceX fan who visited Texas to see Elon Musk’s Starship event spent the night in jail after taking photos of a rocket prototype built by the company

spacex fan starship mark mk 1 mk1 rocket jb wagoner twitter JB Wagoner/Twitter Elon Musk on Saturday shared SpaceX's updated plan for a towering launch system called Starship. Musk journeyed to the rocket company's launch site in Boca Chic…

bubmagOctober 3, 2019

Blockchain

MakerDAO bug could’ve let hackers steal all the Ethereum powering its DAI stablecoin — leading to immediate collapse

MakerDAO, the decentralized organization that runs on Ethereum, ETH has disclosed an enormously dangerous security flaw that couldve allowed an attacker to steal all of the collateral powering its Dai stablecoin with a single transaction. The bug, if exploit…

bubmagOctober 3, 2019

Demi Lovato ‘sorry’ and ‘extremely frustrated’ after backlash following Israel visit

Is Your Kid’s School Planning These Terrifying Active Shooter Drills?

Mining powers modern life, but can leave scarred lands and polluted waters behind

Banking, Tech Communities Are ‘Breathless’ About Fintech, But Is It All Hype? – InsideSources

My Community Is Warming Three Times Faster Than the Rest of the World

Climate change protestors spray 1.8K litres of fake blood at government building

Exposure to air pollution increases violent crime rates, study finds

North Korea tests submarine-launched missile a day after saying it will resume nuclear talks with US

A SpaceX fan who visited Texas to see Elon Musk’s Starship event spent the night in jail after taking photos of a rocket prototype built by the company

MakerDAO bug could’ve let hackers steal all the Ethereum powering its DAI stablecoin — leading to immediate collapse

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