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Astroturfing

Linux is Not Free/Libre If DRM is Adopted and Open Source is Meaningless in the Age of Openwashing

Posted in Deception, DRM, Free/Libre Software, GNU/Linux, Google, Kernel, Microsoft, Red Hat, Vista, Windows at 7:33 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Welcome to ‘Linux Vista’ and Open-for-business Source (for some parts, for the openwashing factor) Summary: Free/O…

bubmagAugust 31, 2019

Paris

Knife Attack in Lyon, France Leaves 1 Dead, 9 Injured

(PARIS) — An assailant in France fatally stabbed one person and injured nine others Saturday outside a subway station near the city of Lyon before police detained him. Authorities said the reason for the attack was unclear. The detained man claimed to be Afg…

bubmagAugust 31, 2019

AR-15

SILENCER SATURDAY #88: Best Adjustable Gas Blocks For The AR-15

Good afternoon everyone and thanks for coming back for yet another edition of TFBs Silencer Saturday, where eye-stinging hot gas can be a way of life – much like working at Taco Bell. Which brings us to todays topic: non-flatulence related gas regulation. Wev…

bubmagAugust 31, 2019

Refugees

Second rescue boat heading to Lampedusa in potential new stand-off with Rome

MILAN (Reuters) - A second migrant rescue boat is heading towards the south Italian island of Lampedusa, potentially creating another stand-off with Italian authorities who are banning non-governmental organizations from bringing migrants ashore. Italy's out…

bubmagAugust 31, 2019

Virtual Reality

You’re still you when you’re drunk, science says

Many of us know that feeling of waking up, headache in tow, struggling to remember what we said and did after that extra drink the night before. And then suddenly, the memories vividly resurface. Alcohol disinhibits us, making us say and do things that wed o…

bubmagAugust 31, 2019

Matteo Salvini

Why The EU Should Still Be Worried About Italy

The European Union has spent the summer battling with Brexit and grappling over economic growth. But one worry may be crossed off the concern list for now: Italy. A pact between the center-left Democratic Party (PD) and the populist Five Star Movement (M5S)…

bubmagAugust 31, 2019

Global Warming

Brazil’s Bolsonaro Vows To Stop Using Bic Pens Amid Spat With France’s Macron

As raging fires rip through the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is keeping focus on a diplomatic tit-for-tat with French President Emmanuel Macron, now vowing to stop using Bic pens. Bolsonaro said Friday he was dumping the French brand in favor o…

bubmagAugust 31, 2019

New York City

Bella Thorne, the Ex-Disney Star, Chillaxes With Yarn

My mind is a little mentally distorted right now, she said in voice as creaky as a haunted-house staircase. And she had already cried twice that day, she said: once on Howard Sterns radio show and again in the car after. She wrested a palette from her makeup…

bubmagAugust 31, 2019

Solar Storm

Northern Lights May Be Visible in the US This Weekend Thanks to Solar Storm

The National Weather Service Space Prediction Center has issued a warning of a G2 solar event for this weekend. This means that it could be possible to see the aurora borealis farther south than normal on Saturday and Sunday. While viewing the northern lights…

bubmagAugust 31, 2019

Recycling

I Switched To A Zero-Waste Makeup Routine For A Week And Here’s What Happened

* The global cosmetics industry products 120 billion units of packaging every year, and a good portion of it is NOT recyclable. * Last year alone, 142 billion units of packaging were created by the beauty industry. * Many cosmetics come in packaging that'…

bubmagAugust 31, 2019

Linux is Not Free/Libre If DRM is Adopted and Open Source is Meaningless in the Age of Openwashing

Knife Attack in Lyon, France Leaves 1 Dead, 9 Injured

SILENCER SATURDAY #88: Best Adjustable Gas Blocks For The AR-15

Second rescue boat heading to Lampedusa in potential new stand-off with Rome

You’re still you when you’re drunk, science says

Why The EU Should Still Be Worried About Italy

Brazil’s Bolsonaro Vows To Stop Using Bic Pens Amid Spat With France’s Macron

Bella Thorne, the Ex-Disney Star, Chillaxes With Yarn

Northern Lights May Be Visible in the US This Weekend Thanks to Solar Storm

I Switched To A Zero-Waste Makeup Routine For A Week And Here’s What Happened

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