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Anti-Putin Protests

Dirty Tricks: Navalny Aide’s Bid For Moscow Duma Seat Brings Out The Worst

On the face of it, the task ahead of 31-year-old lawyer Lyubov Sobol seems simple enough. To qualify as a candidate for the September 8 Moscow City Duma elections, Sobol just needs to submit 4,500 verifiable signatures of support by July 6. But Sobol is not …

bubmagJune 26, 2019

New York City

Hey, Tourists! Here’s Where to Dance and Drink in New York City for Pride

The Stonewall Inn is probably the worlds most famous gay bar. It opened in 1967, a year after laws forbidding night life establishments from knowingly serving alcohol to homosexuals were overturned. Although it was Mafia-owned, the constant police raids were…

bubmagJune 26, 2019

Holocaust

Holocaust: Dutch rail firm NS confirms compensation

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption NS has contributed to the restoration of the museum at Westerbork camp The Netherlands' state-run rail company NS has said it will pay tens of millions of euros in compensation to Holocaust victims and their familie…

bubmagJune 26, 2019

Seleção

Sense and Sensibility at the World Cup

There is perhaps no more luminous incarnation of Marx's concept of commodity fetishism the notion that under capitalism, the social relations that underpin production are disguised behind seemingly objective measures of commodities' economic value than footba…

bubmagJune 26, 2019

Recycling

Plastic Pollution: Why Manufacturers Need to Take Responsibility

Article by SA Rogers, filed under Products & Packaging in the Design category Recycling isn’t going to solve our waste problems. Between the contamination that happens when we don’t recycle correctly and the degradation of plastic over time, it’s a ban…

bubmagJune 26, 2019

Air Pollution

We’re fracking the hell out of the U.S.A. Can a president slam on the brakes?

U.S. Route 285, cutting through the Texas-New Mexico border, is perilous. Lines of speeding trucks lugging oil and fracking tanks gouge big cracks in the narrow two-way highway. Come night, in the blackened, high desert, it can be challenging to even stay on…

bubmagJune 26, 2019

The Queen

Queen Elizabeth Shares This Key Belief with Meghan Markle — and It Involves Tea!

Queen Elizabeth shares a key belief with Meghan Markle: A meal can bring people together. While hosting a party at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday evening, the 93-year-old monarch said that “a bit of toast and tea goes a long way.” The Queen was celebrating th…

bubmagJune 26, 2019

Android

SmartThings 1.7.34-26 by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

With SmartThings, you can connect and control multiple devices quicker and easier. No matter where you are, you can monitor and control smart devices, home appliances (refrigerator, wine cellar, washer, dryer, oven range, dishwasher, cooktop, robot vacuum, ai…

bubmagJune 26, 2019

Korean War

The First Fighter Jet Fight Took Place During the Korean War (North Korea Lost)

Although serving pre-war as the USAFs first successful jet fighter interceptor, the F-80 actually made a name for itself in combat as a fighter-bomber in the Korean War. Indeed, during the first four months of the conflict, F-80Cs bore the brunt of the fighti…

bubmagJune 26, 2019

Donald Trump

Analysis: Trump’s casual talk of a hypothetical war underestimates dangers

Analysis: Trump's casual talk of a hypothetical war underestimates dangers

bubmagJune 26, 2019

Dirty Tricks: Navalny Aide’s Bid For Moscow Duma Seat Brings Out The Worst

Hey, Tourists! Here’s Where to Dance and Drink in New York City for Pride

Holocaust: Dutch rail firm NS confirms compensation

Sense and Sensibility at the World Cup

Plastic Pollution: Why Manufacturers Need to Take Responsibility

We’re fracking the hell out of the U.S.A. Can a president slam on the brakes?

Queen Elizabeth Shares This Key Belief with Meghan Markle — and It Involves Tea!

SmartThings 1.7.34-26 by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

The First Fighter Jet Fight Took Place During the Korean War (North Korea Lost)

Analysis: Trump’s casual talk of a hypothetical war underestimates dangers

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