All Posts By

bubmag

What Should a Democratic Socialist Wear? Enter Mayor Zohran Mamdani and First Lady Rama Duwaji New York City

What Should a Democratic Socialist Wear? Enter Mayor Zohran Mamdani and First Lady Rama Duwaji

This afternoon, Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as New York City’s youngest mayor “in generations,” to quote Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s opening remarks at the ceremony. The 34-year-old is also the first South Asian and Muslim to take on the role, which he underscored by taking his oath with two family…
bubmag
January 2, 2026
No Bathrooms/Food for Supporters at Socialist Zohran Mamdani ‘Block Party’ New York City

No Bathrooms/Food for Supporters at Socialist Zohran Mamdani ‘Block Party’

Fans of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani were corralled into barricaded pens with no bathrooms or food at the “block party” for his inauguration on Thursday as New York City mayor. “It’s definitely not a block party,” 30-year-old Astoria resident Danny Mahabir told the New York Post, explaining that he expected food…
bubmag
January 2, 2026
On the Ground at New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Inaugural Block Party New York City

On the Ground at New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Inaugural Block Party

On Thursday afternoon in lower Manhattan, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani rang in the new year—and his new administration—with a sprawling block party near City Hall. Braving the crackling midwinter cold, tens of thousands of New Yorkers showed up to celebrate—and photographer Poupay Jutharat was right there with them,…
bubmag
January 2, 2026
OpenSpace Acquires Disperse, as PCL Partners With Syntax Space Debris

OpenSpace Acquires Disperse, as PCL Partners With Syntax

OpenSpace recently acquired Disperse, a construction progress tracking platform that was previously the partner behind the software platform buyer's own progress tracking tool that the two firms launched in June to help construction teams identify productivity issues earlier in projects.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition brings together…
bubmag
January 2, 2026
Ex-Brazilian Prez Jair Bolsonaro leaves hospital after surgeries for Hernia and hiccups, returns to prison Bolsonaro

Ex-Brazilian Prez Jair Bolsonaro leaves hospital after surgeries for Hernia and hiccups, returns to prison

Jair Bolsonaro, former Brazilian President, was discharged from the hospital and moved to prison after medical treatment.  The motorcade of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro arrives at the Federal Police building, after Bolsonaro left the hospital, where he underwent surgeries for bilateral inguinal hernia repair and to treat persistent hiccups,…
bubmag
January 2, 2026
Quran used to swear in New York City’s mayor for the first time in history as Zohran Mamdani takes office New York City

Quran used to swear in New York City’s mayor for the first time in history as Zohran Mamdani takes office

Incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani took his midnight oath of office on a centuries-old Quran, marking the first time a mayor of New York City uses Islam’s holy text to be sworn in and underscoring a series of historic firsts for the city. The 34-year-old Democrat became mayor in a long-closed subway station beneath City Hall, the…
bubmag
January 2, 2026
Kennedy Center Defends Trump-Hosted Telecast After All-Time Low Nielsen Viewership, Points To $23 Million Raised Big Data

Kennedy Center Defends Trump-Hosted Telecast After All-Time Low Nielsen Viewership, Points To $23 Million Raised

The Kennedy Center is defending this year’s Kennedy Center Honors after the Donald Trump hosted telecast delivered all-time low viewership for CBS. The Dec. 23 telecast averaged 3.01 million viewers on CBS, according to Nielsen Live + Same Day Panel + Big Data. That is an all-time low audience for the…
bubmag
January 2, 2026
Brazil’s Bolsonaro leaves hospital and returns to jail in capital Brasilia Brasilia

Brazil’s Bolsonaro leaves hospital and returns to jail in capital Brasilia

Home World News Brazil's Bolsonaro leaves hospital and returns to jail in capital Brasilia In December, Bolsonaro shook Brazilian politics again by appointing his eldest son, Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, to become his political party’s presidential candidate in next year’s election, challenging incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. By AP  January…
bubmag
January 2, 2026