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Star Wars

Beto O’Rourke tells Stephen Colbert it’s perfectly acceptable to share Netflix passwords

A vote for Beto O'Rourke is a vote for shared streaming accounts. When the Democratic presidential candidate visited TheLate Show with Stephen Colbert on Wednesday night, he revealed that like so many of us, he shares the password to his own Netflix account.…

bubmagJune 13, 2019

Protectionism

PM Modi meets Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of SCO summit in Bishkek

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Bishkek. Mr. Modi arrived in the Kyrgyz capital on June 13 for the SCO su…

bubmagJune 13, 2019

Riots

Riots break out following police shooting of Brandon Webber – Daily Mail

Riots break out following police shooting of Brandon Webber - Daily Mail

bubmagJune 13, 2019

Feudalism

The American Dream Is Alive and Well—in China

Home ownership has been called the quintessential American dream. Yet today less than 65% of American homes are owner occupied, and more than 50% of the equity in those homes is owned by the banks. Compare China, where, despite facing one of the most expensiv…

bubmagJune 13, 2019

Times Square

Terrorist Plotted Attack on Times Square Before Arrest

Authorities arrested Ashiqual Alam last week for planning a terrorist attack against Times Square in New York City. This is the 111th Islamist terror plot or attack against the U.S. homeland since 9/11, and the 98th to be a homegrown plot. Alam is a 22-y…

bubmagJune 13, 2019

Skateboard

What Good Parents Do, According to Reddit

Reddit user moonunknown writes, I did not grow up in a happy home, and Ive seen a lot of people that had similar experiences. I thought that there must be parents that do a good job though. I want to be a good parent. And so the redditor put out the…

bubmagJune 13, 2019

Plastic Pollution

How fish skins and algae could help solve the plastic pollution crisis

A University of Sussex student has taken inspiration from the seas to find a solution to the man-made plastic pollution contaminating the world's oceans. Product design student Lucy Hughes has invented a bioplastic created from fish skin and scales and red a…

bubmagJune 13, 2019

Putin

Deepfakes: Imagine All the People

Here is a video of Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama, Kim Jong Un, and other world leaders lip-syncing along to John Lennon’s Imagine: Of course this isn’t real. The video was done by a company called Canny AI, which offers services like “replace the…

bubmagJune 13, 2019

Gundam

These Smaller Titles From E3 2019 Deserve Your Attention

Like past Electronic Entertainment Expos, E3 2019 is all about megaton game reveals and announcements. Titles like Final Fantasy VII Remake, Cyberpunk 2077, Doom Eternal, Marvels Avengers, and Watch Dogs Legion, dominated headlines. While these games certainl…

bubmagJune 13, 2019

Animal Protection

Man Runs Into Massive Debt After Adopting 300 Dogs in Two Years

A Chinese animal lover who took in hundreds of stray dogs over the last two years is struggling to make ends meet despite having a stable job and his own business. He has accumulated a debt of 600,000 yuan ($87,000), but he refuses to give up on his four-legg…

bubmagJune 13, 2019

Beto O’Rourke tells Stephen Colbert it’s perfectly acceptable to share Netflix passwords

PM Modi meets Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of SCO summit in Bishkek

Riots break out following police shooting of Brandon Webber – Daily Mail

The American Dream Is Alive and Well—in China

Terrorist Plotted Attack on Times Square Before Arrest

What Good Parents Do, According to Reddit

How fish skins and algae could help solve the plastic pollution crisis

Deepfakes: Imagine All the People

These Smaller Titles From E3 2019 Deserve Your Attention

Man Runs Into Massive Debt After Adopting 300 Dogs in Two Years

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