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Feudalism

Did Opus Dei teach Bill Barr to ‘put away his scruples’?

As with many other Americans, I was dismayed in watching Attorney General William Barrs performance two days ago before the U.S. Senate Judicial Committee. When questioned about his famous four page memo and repeated mischaracterization the Mueller Report, t…

bubmagMay 4, 2019

Star Wars

‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ trailer gets classic 16-bit treatment for May the 4th

The Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker trailer might give you chills in any form. A new 16-bit version from John Stratman echoes the style of the classic Super Star Wars SNES game, with pixellated animation capturing the movie scenes and chiptune takes on John …

bubmagMay 4, 2019

Venezuela

Venezuela’s Juan Guaido asks supporters to rally military

Opposition leader Juan Guaido will make a fresh bid on Saturday to rally Venezuela's armed forces behind him calling on his supporters to march to military bases and barracks. The protest call by the head of the National Assembly legislature - who is recogni…

bubmagMay 4, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

‘Anything is possible’: Trump talks North Korea peace after phone call with Putin

“Anything in this very interesting world is possible,” Trump tweeted on Saturday. “But I believe that Kim Jong Un fully realizes the great economic potential of North Korea, & will do nothing to interfere or end it. He also knows that I am with him & …

bubmagMay 4, 2019

Scotland

Sri Lanka terror attack: Funeral service is held for Asos billionaire’s three children

An emotional funeral service is being held for the three children of a billionaire Asos tycoon who were killed in the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka. Anders Holch Povlsen lost his son Alfred and daughters Alma and Agnes in the attacks targeting Christia…

bubmagMay 4, 2019

Hiroshima

Killer asteroid flattens New York in simulation exercise…

College Park (United States) (AFP) - After devastating the French Riviera in 2013, destroying Dhaka in 2015 and saving Tokyo in 2017, an international asteroid impact simulation ended Friday with its latest disaster -- New York in ruins. Despite a simulated …

bubmagMay 4, 2019

Bees

Virtual Reality Eases The Reality Of Natural Destruction (Somewhat) In ‘Alienation’

Inés Estrada's new graphic novel is sci-fi, but a special kind of sci-fi. It's sci-fi that doesn't imagine the future so much as remind you just how strange the present is. Though it's set in 2054, Alienation sketches a world that, in most aspects, feels just…

bubmagMay 4, 2019

SpaceX

SpaceX just blasted a critical NASA instrument into space

NASA's carbon-detecting sleuth has left Earth. SpaceX launched the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3 (OCO-3) to the International Space Station (ISS) at 2:48 a.m. ET on Saturday morning aboard the company's dependable Falcon 9 rocket. After NASA's cargo load arr…

bubmagMay 4, 2019

Refugees

To do in NYC next Sat, May 11: “The Bigot in the Machine,” a panel on algorithmic bias from PEN and McSweeney’s

This Saturday, May 4, at 7:30PM, I'll be presenting at the Ottawa Writers Festival, talking about my novel Radicalized and how it ties into surveillance, monopoly, refugees, climate change, racism and oligarchy -- all the good stuff! I'm coming to Halifax to…

bubmagMay 4, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

South Korea set to respond to North’s launch of short-range ‘projectiles’

South Korea is poised to respond to additional missile launches after North Korea fired several short-range projectiles into the sea off its eastern coast. The South Korean military issued a statement that the projectiles launched Saturday flew up to 125 mil…

bubmagMay 4, 2019

Did Opus Dei teach Bill Barr to ‘put away his scruples’?

‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ trailer gets classic 16-bit treatment for May the 4th

Venezuela’s Juan Guaido asks supporters to rally military

‘Anything is possible’: Trump talks North Korea peace after phone call with Putin

Sri Lanka terror attack: Funeral service is held for Asos billionaire’s three children

Killer asteroid flattens New York in simulation exercise…

Virtual Reality Eases The Reality Of Natural Destruction (Somewhat) In ‘Alienation’

SpaceX just blasted a critical NASA instrument into space

To do in NYC next Sat, May 11: “The Bigot in the Machine,” a panel on algorithmic bias from PEN and McSweeney’s

South Korea set to respond to North’s launch of short-range ‘projectiles’

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