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Recycling

Man ordered to collect fridge he threw off Spanish cliff

Media captionPolice referred to the incident as "environmental crime" Police have forced a man to retrieve a fridge he threw down a ravine near the southern Spanish city of Almeria. A tweet posted by the Guardia Civil shows the unidentified man hauling the…

bubmagAugust 6, 2019

Protectionism

Quotation of the Day…

Tweet … is from page 89 of Pierre Lemieuxs superb 2018 monograph, Whats Wrong With Protectionism?: It should be fairly obvious by now that the common objections to free trade are without economic foundations. They ultimately rest on a nationalist and interv…

bubmagAugust 6, 2019

Electric Scooter

Woot – Xiaomi M-365 Mi Electric Scooter $329.99

Similar Stores Email Alerts 555 people have signed up for our Woot deal alerts. Want to join them? Deal Stats This Woot deal was added 2019-08-06T07:19:51. It has been clicked 4 times and, according to the feedback of users such as yourself, has a 100% …

bubmagAugust 6, 2019

Biological Warfare

Research into deadly viruses and biological weapons at US army lab shut down over fears they could escape

Americas main biological warfare lab has been ordered to stop all research into the deadliest viruses and pathogens over fears contaminated waste could leak out of the facility. Fort Detrick, in Maryland, has been the epicentre of the US Armys bioweapons res…

bubmagAugust 6, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

Italy to fine migrant rescue boats up to €1 million as tough Salvini law passes

Opponents of Mr Salvini say the new law undermines human rights and persecutes people with a legitimate right to flee violence and poverty. The security decrees have been criticised by the Council of Europe and the UN, as well as humanitarian NGOs who deploy…

bubmagAugust 6, 2019

Super Komachi

Man who changed surname to Fu-Kennard denied UK passport

A man who changed his name by deed poll to Kenny Fu-Kennard has been denied a passport because his name is considered too rude. The former soldier from Cornwall, applied for a new passport earlier this year, but had his application rejected on the basis that…

bubmagAugust 6, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

Analysis: North Korea’s missile tests point to end of nuclear talks

People watch a TV showing a file image of a North Korea's missile launch at the Seoul Railway Station on August 06 - Getty Images AsiaPac North Koreas fourth weapons test in just under two weeks has not killed off the chance to reignite talks with the US ove…

bubmagAugust 6, 2019

Matteo Salvini

Italy’s League aims for 1 billion euro property tax cut: Deputy PM Salvini

ROME (Reuters) - One of the partners in Italy’s ruling coalition is working on scrapping a property levy in a measure that would be worth 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) to taxpayers, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Tuesday. Salvini, whose Leagu…

bubmagAugust 6, 2019

Gundam

Microbiology Inspired SciArt #ArtTuesday

Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode program…

bubmagAugust 6, 2019

Venezuela

Links 8/6/19

Give A Dam About This Beaver Spotted Swimming In The Hudson River Gothamist Cashless Stores Alienate Customers in the Name of Efficiency WIRED The Fed is getting into the real-time payments business CNN Robots Are Solving Banks’ Very Expensive Research Pro…

bubmagAugust 6, 2019

Man ordered to collect fridge he threw off Spanish cliff

Quotation of the Day…

Woot – Xiaomi M-365 Mi Electric Scooter $329.99

Research into deadly viruses and biological weapons at US army lab shut down over fears they could escape

Italy to fine migrant rescue boats up to €1 million as tough Salvini law passes

Man who changed surname to Fu-Kennard denied UK passport

Analysis: North Korea’s missile tests point to end of nuclear talks

Italy’s League aims for 1 billion euro property tax cut: Deputy PM Salvini

Microbiology Inspired SciArt #ArtTuesday

Links 8/6/19

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