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Police shoot protester in Hong Kong day of rage – CTV News

HONG KONG -- In a fearsome escalation of violence, Hong Kong police shot a protester in the chest at close range Tuesday, leaving the teenager bleeding and howling on the ground. Tens of thousands joined anti-government demonstrations that spread across the s…

bubmagOctober 1, 2019

Food Industry

Why you should shop at your local farmers market | Mohammad Modarres

bubmagOctober 1, 2019

Air Pollution

Global shipping companies comply with anti-air-pollution rules by dumping pollution into the sea, instead

As of Jan 1, a new International Maritime Organisation standard will seriously restrict the kind of air pollution that shipping vessels can emit; in response, the industry has invested more than $12b in "open-loop scrubbers," which capture the sulphur from he…

bubmagOctober 1, 2019

Skateboard

Five Skate & Fashion Moments That Defined Blondey McCoy’s Career

This story expands on some of the themes from Blondey McCoy’s cover story in Issue 19 of Highsnobiety Magazine. You can buy the new issue here. In the late ’90s, former Thrasher editor Jake Phelps (RIP) started calling heavy tricks hammers, a term Baker/Deat…

bubmagOctober 1, 2019

Palestine

Southern Africa: Anglican Church of Southern Africa Votes to Support Israeli Boycotts

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has welcomed a decision by the Anglican Church of Southern Africa (ACSA) to support a boycott of Israel. In a statement released on Sunday, the BDS said more than 4.5 million southern African provincial sy…

bubmagOctober 1, 2019

Drones

In pictures: China shows off military might at 70th anniversary parade

Image copyrightEPAImage caption About 15,000 Chinese military personnel featured in the parade Deep-sea drones and an intercontinental ballistic missile were among the advanced weapons on public display for the first time at a parade marking 70 years of co…

bubmagOctober 1, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Comcast Corp. joins the regulatory pile-on against big tech companies like Google

ReutersOct 01, 2019 19:54:07 IST Comcast Corp, one of Americas largest media and communications companies, is wading into the epic regulatory pile-on against big tech companies such as Google, according to people familiar with the matter. Major tech compani…

bubmagOctober 1, 2019

Drones

UPS just beat out Amazon and Google to become America’s first nationwide drone airline (UPS)

The US Department of Transportation said Tuesday it granted its first full Part 135 certification for a drone airline to UPS. Since March, UPS has made revenue-generating drone deliveries at the WakeMed hospital campus in Raleigh, North Carolina, in collabo…

bubmagOctober 1, 2019

Holocaust

GWAR announce holiday / New Year’s shows

GWAR at Riot Fest last month (more by James Richards IV) GWAR are in the midst of their “Use Your Collusion” tour with Sacred Reich and Toxic Holocaust — which hits NJ’s Starland Ballroom on Wednesday (10/2) (tickets) and Clifton Park, NY’s Upstate Concert H…

bubmagOctober 1, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

MIT scientists build bomb test to ensure nuclear disarmament compliance

Engineers at MIT have developed a new nuclear warhead verification test using neutron beams. The new technology could help weapons inspectors do their job. Currently, parties to nuclear disarmament treaties don't actually destroy warheads. Nations don't want…

bubmagOctober 1, 2019

Police shoot protester in Hong Kong day of rage – CTV News

Why you should shop at your local farmers market | Mohammad Modarres

Global shipping companies comply with anti-air-pollution rules by dumping pollution into the sea, instead

Five Skate & Fashion Moments That Defined Blondey McCoy’s Career

Southern Africa: Anglican Church of Southern Africa Votes to Support Israeli Boycotts

In pictures: China shows off military might at 70th anniversary parade

Comcast Corp. joins the regulatory pile-on against big tech companies like Google

UPS just beat out Amazon and Google to become America’s first nationwide drone airline (UPS)

GWAR announce holiday / New Year’s shows

MIT scientists build bomb test to ensure nuclear disarmament compliance

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