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Getting down to bare brass stacks

Anyone out there read 1984, George Orwell’s chillingly dystopian novel about a world in which our thoughts and behavior are controlled by a Big Brother figure? It was published in 1949 but, to the ordinary bloke on the street, did not appear to be at all re…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Barack Obama

A top election analyst outlined a very plausible nightmare scenario for Democrats in 2020

President Donald Trump won the electoral college despite losing the popular vote in 2016, and there are multiple possible scenarios by which he could so again in 2020. In on plausible scenario based on recent trends and outlined by The Cook Political Repor…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

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How Cinematographer Gavin Finney Brought Heaven and Hell to Life in ‘Good Omens’

The premise of Good Omens is deceptively simple: An angel named Aziraphale and a demon known as Crowley team up to stop the apocalypse. The way the story plays out is anything buta millennia-spanning, globe-trotting romp involving a psychic witch, a misplaced…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Used Nest Cams risked exposing their new owners, but Google has since rolled out a fix

Smart home gadgets can get pretty expensive, and some might be tempted to pick up their hardware in used condition to save a bit of dough. Unfortunately for them, Wirecutter recently discovered that used Nest cams could provide the original owner with limited…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Blockchain

The 3D-Printed Gun Threat Is Getting Weird and Scary

A London student was just convicted for using a 3D printer to make a gunbut not just something that looks like a gun. On Wednesday, Tendai Muswere pleaded guilty to manufacturing a lethal firearm with a 3D printer. The weapon in question resembles a pepper-bo…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Christianity

The religious right is getting played by the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court handed down two very surprising opinions on Thursday — and they are surprising for diametrically opposite reasons. The first was Gundy v. United States, a case involving a wholesale attack on the constitutional order that’s prevailed in the…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Scotland

Catalina Wreck in Outer Hebrides, Scotland

On a sunny day, Vatersay, the westernmost inhabited island of the Outer Hebrides, looks like an idyllic island paradise with its white sand beaches and sparkling aquamarine waters. But just below the islands main road lies a sobering reminder of the navigatio…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

Johnson faces Hunt in battle to be British PM

LONDON: Boris Johnson will face Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt in a run-off to become Britain's next leader after a final ballot of MPs on Thursday (Jun 20), with the winner tasked with guiding the country through Brexit. In the fifth round of voting, former …

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Putin

Russian Discontent Surfaces in Putin’s Annual Call-in Show

The feeling that no one was safe became especially acute after a former economy minister, Aleksei V. Ulyukayev, was jailed in 2017 for eight years on bribery charges that many suspected were manufactured. That sentiment helps explain why the Golunov case eru…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Super Heroes

J.J. Abrams and His Son Make Their Marvel Debut With ‘Spider-Man’ #1

Following a string of speculative tweets from Marvel Entertainment, it has been announced that J.J. Abrams and his son Henry will write a brand new story for Marvel Comics with Spider-Man #1. The father-son duo will introduce a new villain to Spidey’s alread…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Getting down to bare brass stacks

A top election analyst outlined a very plausible nightmare scenario for Democrats in 2020

How Cinematographer Gavin Finney Brought Heaven and Hell to Life in ‘Good Omens’

Used Nest Cams risked exposing their new owners, but Google has since rolled out a fix

The 3D-Printed Gun Threat Is Getting Weird and Scary

The religious right is getting played by the Supreme Court

Catalina Wreck in Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Johnson faces Hunt in battle to be British PM

Russian Discontent Surfaces in Putin’s Annual Call-in Show

J.J. Abrams and His Son Make Their Marvel Debut With ‘Spider-Man’ #1

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