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Astroturfing

Unless Twitter and Facebook take action, online propaganda efforts are about to get much, much worse

bubmagApril 27, 2019

CCTV

Osmeña to Garma: Submit names of police involved in mauling incident

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña has requested the Cebu City Police Office to reveal the identities of the police personnel, who allegedly mauled suspect, Eddie Basillote, in a drug operation in Barangay Talamban on April 18.The policemen…

bubmagApril 27, 2019

Hiroshima

Scientists War Game Fictional Asteroid Impact to Prepare for Worst – Interesting Engineering

Next week, scientists and emergency managers from around the world are coming to Washington, DC to war game a possible asteroid impact scenario to assess humanity's preparedness for such an event. Role Playing a Doomsday Asteroid Impact Scientists and emerg…

bubmagApril 27, 2019

Nukes

Trump’s North Korea Fiasco

Also, the gap between Trumps fantasies and the facts. Pyongyang is growing bolder in its sanctions evasion in part because many countries and their banks, insurers and commodities traders have long failed to properly enforce the measures, The Washington Post…

bubmagApril 27, 2019

Yellow Vests

Vox Sentences: Macron’s mea culpa

Vox Sentences is your daily digest for whats happening in the world. Sign up for the Vox Sentences newsletter, delivered straight to your inbox Monday through Friday, or view the Vox Sentences archive for past editions. The Kansas Supreme Court hands abortio…

bubmagApril 27, 2019

Barack Obama

Trump pulls out of arms control treaty opposed by NRA

President Trump chose the backdrop of the National Rifle Associations leadership forum to announce his latest blow to multilateral institutions. In a speech to the pro-gun group in Indianapolis, President Trump announced he would pull the United States out of…

bubmagApril 27, 2019

Gundam

SD Gundam: Gachapon Senshi 3 Gets A Full-Sized English Fan Translation

By Alistair Wong . April 26, 2019 . 4:11pm SD Gundam: Gachapon Senshi 3: Hero Warrior has been translated into English, thanks to MrRichard999 and TheMajinZenki and their team of mecha game translators. The game is part of a spinoff series off the SD Gundam…

bubmagApril 27, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

Elon Musk is annoying the hell out of people who work with self-driving cars

Elon Musk really went for it this week at Tesla's Autonomy Day, ripping into widely used self-driving technology like laser sensors and (over)promising to put 1 million self-driving Tesla taxis on the streets next year. These bold claims certainly stirred up …

bubmagApril 27, 2019

Water Pollution

Exxon agrees to $1 million penalty for Montana oil spill

Exxon Mobil Corp. agreed to pay a $1.05 million penalty to settle alleged federal water pollution violations from an oil pipeline break into Montana's Yellowstone River, according to court documents filed Friday. Approval of the agreement by U.S. District Ju…

bubmagApril 27, 2019

Water Pollution

Exxon agrees to $1 million penalty for Montana oil spill

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) Exxon Mobil Corp. agreed to pay a $1.05 million penalty to settle alleged federal water pollution violations from an oil pipeline break into Montana’s Yellowstone River, according to court documents filed Friday. Approval of the agreemen…

bubmagApril 27, 2019

Unless Twitter and Facebook take action, online propaganda efforts are about to get much, much worse

Osmeña to Garma: Submit names of police involved in mauling incident

Scientists War Game Fictional Asteroid Impact to Prepare for Worst – Interesting Engineering

Trump’s North Korea Fiasco

Vox Sentences: Macron’s mea culpa

Trump pulls out of arms control treaty opposed by NRA

SD Gundam: Gachapon Senshi 3 Gets A Full-Sized English Fan Translation

Elon Musk is annoying the hell out of people who work with self-driving cars

Exxon agrees to $1 million penalty for Montana oil spill

Exxon agrees to $1 million penalty for Montana oil spill

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