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Elon Musk

Tesla’s new video shows a Model 3 driving itself like it’s no big deal

Tesla is betting big on autonomous driving, and to support its claims which include launching an army of robo-taxis as early as next year the company released a new video, demonstrating Tesla Model 3's self-driving capabilities. The video shows a Model 3 d…

bubmagApril 23, 2019

Cold War

The Conversation: The President in Plain Sight Is Bad Enough

There are many Democrats Id gladly vote for just to get rid of Trump, even if I disagree with many or even most of their policies. But I find Bernie not much better, morally speaking, than Trump, and thats to say nothing about his extreme domestic and foreign…

bubmagApril 23, 2019

Protectionism

How Much of Global GDP Faces Trade Risks?

A wave of disruptions is rocking the world trading system. Britains divorce from the European Union has turned messy, while the U.S. trade war with China has investors on edge. The cost of such risks is substantial: About 2.3 percent of global GDP is tied to …

bubmagApril 23, 2019

Greta Thunberg

XR Business: Green business leaders rally in support of Extinction Rebellion – www.businessgreen.com

As wave of protests enter their second week and Greta Thunberg backs calls for a climate 'general strike', leading green business figures welcome launch of XR Business The Extinction Rebellion (XR) protests have entered their second week with campaigners poi…

bubmagApril 23, 2019

Solar Storm

NASA Captures Fatally Beautiful Aurora That Could Hurt Earth Despite Appearances

Image by Juan Carlos Casado (TWAN, StarryEarth) via NASASome things are just too beautiful for your own good. NASA has photographed a breathtaking phenomenon and delivered a chilling message of what it means. While auroras are usually harmless solar storms t…

bubmagApril 23, 2019

Feudalism

The Biggest Exhibitions In London Right Now – Reviewed

Welcome to our pick of the best London exhibitions to see right now get your Spring dose of culture. We've roughly split the list by London regions to make it easier to navigate. Exhibitions in South London The artist in front of his installation. Copyright…

bubmagApril 23, 2019

Solar Storm

Astronomer warns that solar storms could one day DEVASTATE every electrical device on Earth

Auroras may be one of nature's beauties but the solar storms that create them are beasts that could overload every electronic device on the Earth, an expert warns. Juan Carlos Casado snapped a beautiful aurora that lit up the night sky of Iceland in a swirl …

bubmagApril 23, 2019

Protectionism

Nonfiction: Dismantling the Myth of ‘The Heartland’

In the end, Hoganson is not overturning the heartland myth to demonstrate that Midwesterners are cultivated citizens of the world, but rather to prove that they are, and always have been, agents of empire. Her book follows in the footsteps of the historian Wi…

bubmagApril 23, 2019

Refugees Welcome

United Airlines worker charged with calling black passenger ‘a shining monkey’

A United Airlines employee has been charged after she allegedly used racially abusive language, repeatedly calling a black customer a monkey and a shining monkey". Carmella Davano was charged with a misdemeanour for disorderly conduct after verbally abusing …

bubmagApril 23, 2019

Slavery Abolition

A Few Comments on the recent PBS Series: Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

The Civil War which ended in 1865, demolished slavery and emancipated four million human beings. What happened next in the South remains largely unknown to most Americans. In a recent poll of high school graduates, only 20 percent had even heard of Reconstruc…

bubmagApril 23, 2019

Tesla’s new video shows a Model 3 driving itself like it’s no big deal

The Conversation: The President in Plain Sight Is Bad Enough

How Much of Global GDP Faces Trade Risks?

XR Business: Green business leaders rally in support of Extinction Rebellion – www.businessgreen.com

NASA Captures Fatally Beautiful Aurora That Could Hurt Earth Despite Appearances

The Biggest Exhibitions In London Right Now – Reviewed

Astronomer warns that solar storms could one day DEVASTATE every electrical device on Earth

Nonfiction: Dismantling the Myth of ‘The Heartland’

United Airlines worker charged with calling black passenger ‘a shining monkey’

A Few Comments on the recent PBS Series: Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

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