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Palestine

Kushner, architect of Trump’s Middle East peace plan, says he’s not courting Palestinian trust

When asked if he could see why Palestinians don’t trust him, President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, replied, “Um, uh look, I’m not here to be trusted.” Axios’ Jonathan Swan pushed back that, in fact, Kushner’s role should be one of a trusted…

bubmagJune 3, 2019

Julian Assange

Swedish court declines to detain Belmarsh prison resident Julian Assange

A Swedish court has ruled against detaining WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange or seeking his extradition over an allegation of rape. The Swedish prosecutor said she would still seek a European Investigation Order so that she could question Assange. The count…

bubmagJune 3, 2019

Filter Bubble

Misinformation and Biases Affect Social Media, Intentionally and Accidentally

Social media are among the primary sources of news in the U.S. and across the world. Yet users are exposed to content of questionable accuracy, including conspiracy theories, clickbait, hyperpartisan content, pseudo science and even fabricated fake news repor…

bubmagJune 3, 2019

Iran Liberalism

Hannah Darabi Interview: Engehelab Street, A Revolution Through Books

“…What is also interesting is that the book allows us to comprehend the ideological point of view of its author, something that is not detectable in the image itself”. Hannah Darabis work is something of a salvage attempt in archival terms. Her work consider…

bubmagJune 3, 2019

Iran Liberalism

‘Maximum Pressure’ Always Provokes Resistance

The Iranian government isn’t buyingPompeo’s empty rhetoric: Rouhani was quoted by the governments official website as saying: The other side that left the negotiating table and breached a treaty should return to normal state. Until then, we do not have a cho…

bubmagJune 3, 2019

Machine Learning

Chrome, the perfect antitrust villain?

Note: I wrote this post on Thursday, and then Friday night, news dropped that the US DOJ is preparing an antitrust investigation against Google. Wow-ee. So, this post may either look better and/or go out of date in real time over the next coming days!Happy re…

bubmagJune 3, 2019

Exoskeleton

Ocean Acidity is 30% Higher and On Track to 150% Higher by 2100

Ocean acidification is the ongoing decrease in the pH of the Earth’s oceans, caused by the uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. Seawater is slightly basic (meaning pH is over 7), and ocean acidification involves a shift towards pH-neutral condi…

bubmagJune 3, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

31 October must be ‘final’ deadline for Brexit – Macron

French President Emmanuel Macron has said that 31 October should be the "final" deadline for Britain's much-delayed withdrawal from the European Union. Mr Macron was among those EU leaders opposed to granting Britain a long extension of its date for divorce …

bubmagJune 3, 2019

Palestine

LEFTIES ARE TRASH, EXAMPLE #45,277: British Jews in fear after pro-Palestine group supported by Cor…

bubmagJune 3, 2019

Xi Jinping

Top Trump economic advisor hopeful on US-Mexico tariff talks

Washington (AFP) - A top economics advisor to President Donald Trump said Monday he is hopeful on the outcome of talks with Mexico on immigration and the threat of US trade sanctions. "Talks have the potential to be extremely fruitful," Kevin Hassett, chairm…

bubmagJune 3, 2019

Kushner, architect of Trump’s Middle East peace plan, says he’s not courting Palestinian trust

Swedish court declines to detain Belmarsh prison resident Julian Assange

Misinformation and Biases Affect Social Media, Intentionally and Accidentally

Hannah Darabi Interview: Engehelab Street, A Revolution Through Books

‘Maximum Pressure’ Always Provokes Resistance

Chrome, the perfect antitrust villain?

Ocean Acidity is 30% Higher and On Track to 150% Higher by 2100

31 October must be ‘final’ deadline for Brexit – Macron

LEFTIES ARE TRASH, EXAMPLE #45,277: British Jews in fear after pro-Palestine group supported by Cor…

Top Trump economic advisor hopeful on US-Mexico tariff talks

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