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Pandemic

U.S. Asking Rents Rise Most Since 2022 As Apartment Construction Slows

Asking rents climbed 3% in August as slowing supply and robust demand gave landlords more bargaining power; the number of new apartments hitting the market has dropped 45% since the pandemic building boom. Chicago saw the biggest jump in asking rents (+11%), while only three metros saw declines, led by…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2025

Space Debris

This 6-Season Sci-Fi Show on Streaming Is a Masterpiece From Beginning to End

If you think you’ve seen everything sci-fi has to offer, you probably haven’t stumbled upon something that actually makes you feel the weight of space, politics, and human choices all at once. In this genre, we’ve obviously seen a lot of different things, especially shows that dared to evolve beyond…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2025

Space Debris

SpaceX bulks up Starlink Direct to Cell with $17B EchoStar spectrum deal

EchoStar has agreed to sell the company's AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses to SpaceX in a transaction worth $17 billion. The deal, which consists of $8.5 billion in cash and $8.5 billion in SpaceX stock, will grant SpaceX 50 MHz of exclusive S-band spectrum in the US, as well as…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2025

eSports

Scottish government backs ban on Greyhound Racing

Image Credit: Mao Won After months of discussion and advocacy by animal welfare organisations, the Scottish government has formally endorsed a proposed ban on greyhound racing in Scotland. With cross-party support, the bill — pushed by Scottish Green MSP Mark Ruskell — looks to make Scotland the latest country to…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2025

eSports

The MongolZ, NAVI and FURIA among Thunderpick World Championship 2025 invites

Image credit: Thunderpick Esports betting platform Thunderpick has announced the first wave of invited teams competing at the Thunderpick World Championship 2025 Counter-Strike 2 event. The eight-team LAN event takes place from September 15th to 19th, 2025 and features a $340,000 (~£250,244) prize pool. Invites to the event were based…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2025

Pandemic

12th Grade Reading Skills Hit a New Low

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bubmagSeptember 9, 2025

Climate Change

Geoengineering is not going to save the poles from climate change

Can we slow the melting of the ice caps? Ulrik Pedersen/NurPhoto/Shutterstock With carbon dioxide emissions still increasing, can geoengineering halt the melting of the Greenland and Antarctic ice caps and prevent massive sea level rises? No, according to a review of the five main ideas for polar geoengineering proposed so…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2025

Ukraine

Contributor: Russia wants what it cannot have

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and China’s President Xi Jinping in Tianjin, China, on Sept. 1. (Suo Takekuma / Getty Images) By Alexandra Vacroux Guest contributor Sept. 9, 2025 3 AM PT Vladimir Putin is on a roll the past few weeks. First…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2025

Old-Age Poverty

Democratic Milwaukee County Leader David Crowley Joins the Race for Wisconsin Governor

Andy Manis FILE - Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley addresses a crowd on a campaign stop for Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford Saturday, March 29, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Andy Manis, file) MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The top-elected official in Milwaukee County, who rose out of poverty in one…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2025

Ukraine

At Least 20 People Killed in Russian Glide Bomb Attack on Village in Eastern Ukraine

Officials say a Russian glide bomb has struck a village in eastern Ukraine as people stood in line in the open air to collect their monthly pension Alex Babenko Myrola Puzyk, 70, who lost his wife Tetiana Puzyk, 68, who was killed while she was receiving her pension in the…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2025

U.S. Asking Rents Rise Most Since 2022 As Apartment Construction Slows

This 6-Season Sci-Fi Show on Streaming Is a Masterpiece From Beginning to End

SpaceX bulks up Starlink Direct to Cell with $17B EchoStar spectrum deal

Scottish government backs ban on Greyhound Racing

The MongolZ, NAVI and FURIA among Thunderpick World Championship 2025 invites

12th Grade Reading Skills Hit a New Low

Geoengineering is not going to save the poles from climate change

Contributor: Russia wants what it cannot have

Democratic Milwaukee County Leader David Crowley Joins the Race for Wisconsin Governor

At Least 20 People Killed in Russian Glide Bomb Attack on Village in Eastern Ukraine

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