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Times Square

Netflix Can Kill The OA, But It Can’t Kill a Movement

There's something ironic about #SaveTheOA. For those who need a primer, the hashtagand the movement around itsprung up a few weeks ago when Netflix announced it was canceling the beloved but little-watched sci-fi drama The OA. It's not strange that fans would…

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

Trump Says He’ll Pardon Aides if They Break Laws to Get His Wall Built By Election Day

Donald Trump's proposed border wall has been a literal rallying cry since he started his campaignthese days, it's sometimes morphed from "build the wall" to "finish the wall." Now, his goal is to have 500 miles of it built before Election Day 2020. But the Ar…

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

New York City

Climate Activist Greta Thunberg, 16, Arrives in New York After Sailing Across the Atlantic

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived in New York City on Wednesday after sailing across the Atlantic Ocean to call attention to the need for quick action to save the planet. Thunberg, a 16-year-old from Sweden, embarked in the racing sailboat Mali…

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Apple apologizes for Siri privacy fail, makes audio recording for quality control opt-in

Apple's apologizing...again. This time, the company is sorry not because a highly anticipated product is canceled (RIP AirPower), but because it failed to properly disclose to customers that it used contractors to listen to a small portion of their Siri audi…

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

Riots

New Hampshire Recalls Mom’s License Plate After It Took 15 Years To Figure Out Joke About Urine

First, let me address the New Hampshire Department of Motor Vehicles directly: you people suck. Deeply. Let this mom just have her sweetly silly mom-joke license plate. Keep in mind that the mom, Wendy Auger of Rochester, NH, has had her PB4WEGO license plate…

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

Christianity

‘The Bible stays’: Pence hypes false conspiracy theory that Obama ordered Christianity out of VA hospitals

Vice President Mike Pence suggested on Wednesday that President Barack Obama is to blame for removing Bibles and other religious symbols from Veterans Affairs hospitals. While speaking to the American Legion National Convention, Pence vowed to “make room for…

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

Brexit

What Did Boris Johnson Just Do to Parliament?

John Bercow, the speaker of the House of Commons, has also responded fiercely, issuing a statement that denounced Mr. Johnsons decision as a constitutional outrage that would undermine his democratic credentials. Others say Mr. Johnson is acting well within …

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

Gundam

Hunter x Hunter Announces New Mobile Game

Anime franchises have found a lot of success by creating video games on the mobile market. From Dragon Ball to Naruto to Gundam to Pokemon, these titanic franchises have all managed to find a niche, and more importantly a fanbase, with new games released that…

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

Holocaust

Trump to visit Poland for World War II anniversary

US President Donald Trump will on Sunday attend sombre commemorations in Warsaw of the outbreak of World War II, 80 years ago. Trump will be the first US head of state to visit Poland to mark the anniversary of the start of the war, which claimed 50 million …

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

Silk Road

2:00PM Water Cooler 8/28/2019

By Lambert Strether of Corrente Trade “The freight railway route from China to Europe is not generating business volume” . “The much popularized Chinese one belt one road (OBOR) strategy seems to have hiccups on its path, as evidenced from th…

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

Netflix Can Kill The OA, But It Can’t Kill a Movement

Trump Says He’ll Pardon Aides if They Break Laws to Get His Wall Built By Election Day

Climate Activist Greta Thunberg, 16, Arrives in New York After Sailing Across the Atlantic

Apple apologizes for Siri privacy fail, makes audio recording for quality control opt-in

New Hampshire Recalls Mom’s License Plate After It Took 15 Years To Figure Out Joke About Urine

‘The Bible stays’: Pence hypes false conspiracy theory that Obama ordered Christianity out of VA hospitals

What Did Boris Johnson Just Do to Parliament?

Hunter x Hunter Announces New Mobile Game

Trump to visit Poland for World War II anniversary

2:00PM Water Cooler 8/28/2019

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