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Drones

This 30 minute video is a soothing montage of electronics soldering

I got to work early today just to record this, says IMGURian ZeusWaffle. Andreas Wannerstedt, a motion graphics designer and animator from Sweden, has an Instagram account of delightful endlessly looping virtual kinetic machines. I instantly followed his acc…

bubmagJuly 31, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

US politicians warn UK they will block trade deal if Brexit threatens Irish border

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is touting a US trade deal as a way to offset the negative economic cost of leaving the European Union, and while US President Donald Trump has said they will make a “substantial” trade agreement, the Democratic-majority House …

bubmagJuly 31, 2019

Putin

What the Protests in Russia Mean for President Putin

Over last weekend, the decision by Russian electoral authorities to bar independent and opposition candidates from running in Moscow City Council elections prompted protests that turned violent as Moscow police cracked down hard on those that turned out, lead…

bubmagJuly 31, 2019

Exoskeleton

I Didn’t Think The Surge Was For Me Until I Saw It In A Netflix Show

I had no intention of ever playing The Surge. It looked boring, overly familiar, and mostly desolate, like a dozen other third-person action games by studios Id never really heard of in which some dude, always some dude, is on a mission to wreck shit up becau…

bubmagJuly 31, 2019

Star Wars

Kanye Is Building ‘Star Wars’-Inspired Domes to Stop Classism

After his musical success, the Yeezy zeitgeist, the Kardashian partnership, and his very own church, Kanye West has taken his enormous ego into real estate. Since this is Kanye we're talking about, of course it isn't just the buying and selling of mansions li…

bubmagJuly 31, 2019

Riots

Brazil inmates ‘suffocated’ during transfer after jail riot…

Four inmates involved in one of Brazil's deadliest prison riots suffocated while being transferred to another jail, officials said Wednesday, taking to 62 the number killed over two days. The men were among 46 prisoners removed from the Altamira Regional Rec…

bubmagJuly 31, 2019

Panda

‘I Get to Hug Them All the Time.’ What It’s Like to Take Care of a Pair of History-Making Panda Cubs

Huang Shunjie might just have the best job in the world. The 24-year-old spends each day caring for 18 panda cubs at the Giant Panda Protection and Research Center outside China’s central city of Chengdu. He prepares their meals of bamboo and milk formula, ch…

bubmagJuly 31, 2019

Matteo Salvini

Matteo Salvini in hot water after arranging ride on a police jet ski for teenage son

Notwithstanding the criticism, the strategy appears to have worked Italians have applauded his crackdown on migrant arrivals and his promise to recruit more police. Since last years general election, Mr Salvini has doubled the Leagues support from 17% to 34%…

bubmagJuly 31, 2019

Super Heroes

Everything we know about Marvel’s ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is one of the new franchises arriving in Marvels Phase 4, starring Kims Convenience actor Simu Liu in the title role. Its the first Marvel movie to feature an Asian lead, and is expected to be a martial arts movie, ec…

bubmagJuly 31, 2019

Panda

Watch: Panda pair celebrate birthdays at Moscow Zoo

Two giant pandas at Moscow Zoo celebrated their birthdays this week: Ru Yi turned three on Wednesday and his female companion Ding Ding turned two the day before. The pair emigrated from Sichuan to Moscow in April 2019 as part of a research collaboration bet…

bubmagJuly 31, 2019

This 30 minute video is a soothing montage of electronics soldering

US politicians warn UK they will block trade deal if Brexit threatens Irish border

What the Protests in Russia Mean for President Putin

I Didn’t Think The Surge Was For Me Until I Saw It In A Netflix Show

Kanye Is Building ‘Star Wars’-Inspired Domes to Stop Classism

Brazil inmates ‘suffocated’ during transfer after jail riot…

‘I Get to Hug Them All the Time.’ What It’s Like to Take Care of a Pair of History-Making Panda Cubs

Matteo Salvini in hot water after arranging ride on a police jet ski for teenage son

Everything we know about Marvel’s ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’

Watch: Panda pair celebrate birthdays at Moscow Zoo

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