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Bees

How a bicycle-based beekeeper maintains more than 50 South Side hives

All summer Jana Kinsman hauls equipment and gallons of honey with her bike As the sun sets, urban beekeeper Jana Kinsman looks over her hives in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. With bees buzzing and the sky turning pink and purple, Kinsman looks up and sa…

bubmagJuly 5, 2019

Feudalism

“Critical and Informed Thinking Is Dangerous to the Powerful”. Workers Cooperatives and Revolution

Mohsen Abdelmoumen: You wrote Worker Cooperatives and Revolution where you talk about workers’ cooperatives. In this fascinating book, we note your optimism about the coming of a new era where the human is at the center. You give the example of the cooperativ…

bubmagJuly 5, 2019

Alibaba

Jack Ma, Alipay in $145 mn donation to Chinese women’s football

Shanghai (AFP) – Alibaba’s founder Jack Ma and the e-commerce giant’s digital payments arm Alipay will contribute to a $145 million donation for Chinese women’s football, it was announced Friday, who despite underfunding routinely outperform the men’s nationa…

bubmagJuly 5, 2019

Little Red Riding Hood

Beethoven – Made in the Rhineland, part four

The son of a singer. The grandson of an orchestra director. Vice organist. Pianist befriended by nobility. Violist in the theater orchestra. Could there be any better conditions for a promising music career? Ludwig van Beethoven was indeed "made in the Rhinel…

bubmagJuly 5, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

DMZ Summitry and the Fall of the Korean Wall

The dramatic summitry that took place on June 30 in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas is the latest sign that North Koreas transition to a normal country is on track. Coming in the 30th anniversary year of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the…

bubmagJuly 5, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

Tory leadership contenders are offering false promises on No Deal

Both Tory leadership contenders are pandering to the idea that a No Deal Brexit will not hurt Britain’s future. But when the victor reaches No 10, he will get a shock, writes Dinesh Dhamija. Dinesh Dhamija is a businessman and a Liberal Democrat MEP for Lond…

bubmagJuly 5, 2019

Skateboard

Friday Five with Michael Volk of Gensler

Los Angeles native, Michael Volk, was recently appointed Principal for Gensler’s Los Angeles office. Over 27 years of experience in design, leading, and executing architecture and urbanism projects in the U.S. and abroad have brought him to this point. An acc…

bubmagJuly 5, 2019

Alibaba

Chinese workers rebel against grueling “9-9-6” workplace culture

Many Americans are enjoying a long holiday weekend, taking a break from their typical eight-hour work days. In China, the government officially caps workers days at eight hours as well, or a maximum of 44 hours a week – but a so-called "9-9-6" schedule is pr…

bubmagJuly 5, 2019

Exoskeleton

WAF highlights best new architecture from around the globe

The World Architecture Festival (WAF) has announced its annual shortlist of the best new architecture from around the world. Featuring a whopping 534 buildings hailing from 70 countries, it's a truly global event that includes projects from some of the best f…

bubmagJuly 5, 2019

The Queen

The Queen’s aides are snippy about the Sussexes’ christening date, apparently?

The Queen will not be attending Archie Mountbatten Windsors christening tomorrow at Windsor Castle. We knew that weeks ago. I thought that the Queen had already set it up so that she wouldnt be expected at every great-grandchilds christening, especially since…

bubmagJuly 5, 2019

How a bicycle-based beekeeper maintains more than 50 South Side hives

“Critical and Informed Thinking Is Dangerous to the Powerful”. Workers Cooperatives and Revolution

Jack Ma, Alipay in $145 mn donation to Chinese women’s football

Beethoven – Made in the Rhineland, part four

DMZ Summitry and the Fall of the Korean Wall

Tory leadership contenders are offering false promises on No Deal

Friday Five with Michael Volk of Gensler

Chinese workers rebel against grueling “9-9-6” workplace culture

WAF highlights best new architecture from around the globe

The Queen’s aides are snippy about the Sussexes’ christening date, apparently?

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