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Scotland

Spend Part of the $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan on Robots

This week, the Democrats and President Trump are talking about a $2 trillion infrastructure plan, a number in line with American Society of Civil Engineers' estimates for infrastructure needs, but it isn't clear where the money will come from or if a bipartis…

bubmagMay 5, 2019

Google

UK government starts accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay

Officials expect to spread payments among other, more "central" government services as well as local government, health care and the police. It's not a radical addition, but could make life easier if the thought of paying for government services normally tur…

bubmagMay 5, 2019

Climate Change

At The Baltimore Aquarium, Climate Change Presents Challenges Both Inside And Out

A dolphin swims by at an exhibit at the National Aquarium. The aquarium hopes to relocate its dolphins to a sanctuary off the coast of Florida or in the Caribbean. Claire Harbage/NPR Three years ago, the National Aquarium in Baltimore made a big announcemen…

bubmagMay 5, 2019

Scotland

Sinister Tales of Deadly Monsters of the Deep

The most important aspect of the famous saga of St. Columba and the Loch Ness Monster is that which suggests an unfortunate soul was violently slaughtered by one of the creatures of the loch. As for why its so important, the answer is as intriguing as it is d…

bubmagMay 5, 2019

Food Industry

Seafood Without The Sea: Will Lab-Grown Fish Hook Consumers?

Above, fresh mahi mahi harvested from the sea. A handful of cell-based seafood companies are attempting to create fresh fish species, including mahi mahi, in a lab where they will be grown without a head, tail, skin or bones. Boston Globe/Boston Globe via Ge…

bubmagMay 5, 2019

eSports

FaZe defeated at Call Of Duty World League by apparent glitch

Fan favourite Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 esports team FaZe Clans World League run was halted last night as they took a 2-3 loss to Luminosity Gaming. But there’s rumblings that they wuz robbed, after both teams completed their win-conditions near simultaneousl…

bubmagMay 5, 2019

Slavery Abolition

O Billionaires!

by Howard Schultz, with Joanne Gordon Random House, 352 pp., $28.00 Howard Schultz; drawing by Mark Alan Stamaty Donald Trump, Michael Bloomberg, Howard Schultz: all three of these billionaire-politicians began their careers in that semicivilized field of …

bubmagMay 5, 2019

Silk Road

Links 5/5/19

‘His Legacy Lives On’: Pete Seeger Remembered on What Would Have Been 100th Birthday Common Dreams May 4, 1970: 49 years later at Kent State (The Rev Kev). Cleveland 19 News White Sands, New Mexico: Mesmerizing Landscape Photography by Navid Baraty Protogri…

bubmagMay 5, 2019

Slavery Abolition

‘Heartbeat Bills’ Are Wholesome Provocations in the Abortion Debate

While constitutional lawyers, ethicists, and theologians in descending order of importance in the abortion debate have been arguing in the 46 years since the Supreme Court attempted to settle the debate, some technologists have been making a consequential con…

bubmagMay 5, 2019

Slavery Abolition

‘Heartbeat Bills’ Are Wholesome Provocations in the Abortion Debate

A pro-life marcher holds a sign outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., March 2, 2016. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) One of their aims is to provoke thinking about the moral dimension of extinguishing a being with a visibly beating heart.While constitution…

bubmagMay 5, 2019

Spend Part of the $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan on Robots

UK government starts accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay

At The Baltimore Aquarium, Climate Change Presents Challenges Both Inside And Out

Sinister Tales of Deadly Monsters of the Deep

Seafood Without The Sea: Will Lab-Grown Fish Hook Consumers?

FaZe defeated at Call Of Duty World League by apparent glitch

O Billionaires!

Links 5/5/19

‘Heartbeat Bills’ Are Wholesome Provocations in the Abortion Debate

‘Heartbeat Bills’ Are Wholesome Provocations in the Abortion Debate

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