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Electric Scooter

Skip introduces tough electric scooter with swappable (and water submersible) batteries

The electric scooter arms race continues to heat up as Skip unveils its newest scooter model. The ruggedized S3 electric scooter features a number of tough features designed to withstand the brutal life of shared electric scooters. It’s no secret that shared…

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

Android

Fortnite season 10: Retail Row returns and Brute barely gets nerfed – CNET

Fortnite season 10 is a go. Epic Games Fortnite season 10, aka season X, is live. The new season doesn't yet have any of the big sweeping changes found in previous seasons, but it looks as though the island will be in a state of flux throughout the next 12…

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

NATO

Paul Brandus: Trump’s made many foreign policy mistakes — but there have been presidents who have been much worse

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to hold a news conference after participating in the NATO Summit in Brussels, Belgium July 12, 2018. When it comes to foreign policy, some presidents made very big mistakes for which they will forever be pilloried. In the…

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

Food Industry

Arnold Schwarzenegger Blasts Marketing ‘Selling the Idea That Real Men Eat Meat’ in New Movie

Arnold Schwarzenegger knows a thing or two about the pressure men face to be seen as “manly.” The seven-time Mr. Olympia and former bodybuilder appears inThe Game Changers, a documentary from Oscar-winners Louie Psihoyos and James Cameron about the rise of t…

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

Protectionism

As Global Order Crumbles, Risks of Recession Grow – The Wall Street Journal

When assumptions about how the world works are shattered, a global downturn is often the result. The world learned in the early 1970s that the era of cheap oil was over, in the early 1980s that countries could default, and a decade ago that American mortgages…

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

The Queen

10 Mind-Boggling Saved By the Bell Fan Theories

It has been more than 20 months since The Crown season 2 dropped on Netflix (a.k.a. 613 days to those of us who have been marking the days off on the calendar). And while theres been plenty of actual royal family news in that timethe birth of Prince Louis, Pr…

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

Chinese Economy

It Was More Like a Couple of Asian Decades Than a Century

Yves here. I was a true believer in the idea that Japan would take the leadership mantle from the US. American business executives (perversely) were more intimidated by Japan in the 1980s than they are by China now, perhaps because they were blindsided by the…

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

Monsanto

When It Comes to Sustainability, Hemp Is The Fabric of Fashion’s Future

Picture hemp-based clothes, and you’ll likely imagine a rough textile akin to a burlap sack — but that may soon change. In 20 years will be the fabric of the future, states Isabel Siracusa, Fabric Developer for denim brand Orta Anadolu. With the ratifi…

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

Silk Road

Donald Trump’s Response to Hong Kong Protests Leaves Much To Be Desired

After the second day of violent clashes between police and protestors in Hong Kong, and with China moving tanks near the city in a show of force, the supposed "leader of the free world" offered a few remarks on the authoritarian crackdown: "The Hong Kong thin…

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

Skateboard

A Closer Look at the Michael Lau x Nike SB Blazer Low “Salvator Michael”

After getting a first look at Nike‘s forthcoming Nike SB Blazer Low Salvator Michael done in conjunction with Hong Kong artist Michael Lau, we now have a closer look at the highly-anticipated model. The duo revisit their longstanding collaborative efforts, …

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

Skip introduces tough electric scooter with swappable (and water submersible) batteries

Fortnite season 10: Retail Row returns and Brute barely gets nerfed – CNET

Paul Brandus: Trump’s made many foreign policy mistakes — but there have been presidents who have been much worse

Arnold Schwarzenegger Blasts Marketing ‘Selling the Idea That Real Men Eat Meat’ in New Movie

As Global Order Crumbles, Risks of Recession Grow – The Wall Street Journal

10 Mind-Boggling Saved By the Bell Fan Theories

It Was More Like a Couple of Asian Decades Than a Century

When It Comes to Sustainability, Hemp Is The Fabric of Fashion’s Future

Donald Trump’s Response to Hong Kong Protests Leaves Much To Be Desired

A Closer Look at the Michael Lau x Nike SB Blazer Low “Salvator Michael”

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