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Greta Thunberg

How teen climate activists get—and make—climate news

High-school students in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, gather on the city hall steps as part of the March 15 climate action strikes. Photo by Abby Rabinowitz.From 16-year-old Swedish climate activistGreta Thunberg to the21 young people suing the US federal governm…

bubmagMay 1, 2019

Free Internet

Putin’s Provocations Are Met With Ridicule In Ukraine

Dictators fear being ridiculed with humor. Jokes about Stalin were punished by prison or death. In China, a TV anchor was threatened for jokes mocking Mao Zedong. In Venezuela, the Maduro government counts anti-Chavismo satire as punishable by censorship, can…

bubmagMay 1, 2019

Venezuela

Venezuela awaits more protests…

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) He called it the moment for Venezuelans to reclaim their democracy once and for all. But as the hours dragged on, opposition leader Juan Guaidó stood alone on a highway overpass with the same small cadre of soldiers with whom he launch…

bubmagMay 1, 2019

Elon Musk

Tesla’s Model 3 finally goes on sale in the UK

At this point, some customers have had their Model 3 reserved for three years, with demand remaining strong throughout that time. Since its announcement, the saloon car's offering has changed several times, most significantly removing the very lowest models t…

bubmagMay 1, 2019

Orangutan

Indonesia’s endangered Sumatran orangutans under threat from deforestation

The Leuser rainforest in Indonesia is home to some of the world's most endangered species. It's the third largest area of rainforest in the world, and home to the endangereds; Sumatran tiger, Javan Rhinoceros, Sumatran elephant and Sumatran orangutan. But…

bubmagMay 1, 2019

NSA

At Long Last, NSA Finally Recommends Its Bulk Phone Collection Program Be Put Out Of Its Misery

from the DNR-please dept Early last month, it appeared the NSA was ready to shut down its bulk phone records collection. The subject of the first Snowden leak was argued to be an essential part of the national security process, but as it underwent significan…

bubmagMay 1, 2019

Julian Assange

Julian Assange appears in London court for sentencing over breaking bail

LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in a London court on Wednesday to be sentenced for breaking bail after almost seven years holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy. Assange, who was dragged out of the embassy last month and charged by …

bubmagMay 1, 2019

Venezuela

MSNBC reporter says if Venezuelan military ‘have the guns they have the power’ – Fox News

A journalist reporting on the crisis in Venezuela Tuesday said the efforts to oust President Nicolas Maduro are taking longer than expected in part because not everyone in the country is allowed to own guns. “So if the military have the guns, they have the p…

bubmagMay 1, 2019

Climate Change

If Politicians Can’t Face Climate Change, Extinction Rebellion Will

How did this happen? The last 30 years or so have seen a kind of war on the very idea of visionary politics. Where 60s rebels called for all power to the imagination, the consensus of the opinion makers who took over as those social movements sputtered has b…

bubmagMay 1, 2019

Venezuela

Venezuela Braces For More Protests After a Day of Turmoil

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — He called it the moment for Venezuelans to reclaim their democracy once and for all. But as the hours dragged on, opposition leader Juan Guaidó stood alone on a highway overpass with the same small cadre of soldiers with whom he laun…

bubmagMay 1, 2019

How teen climate activists get—and make—climate news

Putin’s Provocations Are Met With Ridicule In Ukraine

Venezuela awaits more protests…

Tesla’s Model 3 finally goes on sale in the UK

Indonesia’s endangered Sumatran orangutans under threat from deforestation

At Long Last, NSA Finally Recommends Its Bulk Phone Collection Program Be Put Out Of Its Misery

Julian Assange appears in London court for sentencing over breaking bail

MSNBC reporter says if Venezuelan military ‘have the guns they have the power’ – Fox News

If Politicians Can’t Face Climate Change, Extinction Rebellion Will

Venezuela Braces For More Protests After a Day of Turmoil

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