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Giannis Antetokounmpo gave the perfect answer for how he keeps his ego in check Bubble

Giannis Antetokounmpo gave the perfect answer for how he keeps his ego in check

Giannis Antetokounmpo is one of the most unlikely superstars in NBA history. The son of Nigerian immigrants who settled in Greece, Antetokounmpo and his brothers famously sold watches and sunglasses in the streets to help their parents make ends meet. Antetokounmpo started playing basketball around 13 years old and turned…
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July 17, 2021
‘Not bad for part-time player’: Kyrgios gives Wimbledon crowd ‘what they want’ Bubble

‘Not bad for part-time player’: Kyrgios gives Wimbledon crowd ‘what they want’

LONDON: Nick Kyrgios (pix) won his first match since the Australian Open on Wednesday, defeating French 21st seed Ugo Humbert in five sets at Wimbledon before declaring: "Not bad for a part-time player". The 60th-ranked Kyrgios triumphed 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 9-7 in a match held over from Tuesday evening…
bubmag
July 1, 2021
The Rise of the Very Online Novel Bubble

The Rise of the Very Online Novel

If an experience occurs online, how much of an experience is it really? The sociologist Nathan Jurgenson has used the phrase “digital dualism” to critique the fallacy that what happens online is less real than what happens in the analog world. A looming sense of unreality informs the notion that…
bubmag
June 30, 2021
Centrist Pundits’ Supposedly Savvy, Terribly Wrong Takes About the New York Mayoral Race Bubble

Centrist Pundits’ Supposedly Savvy, Terribly Wrong Takes About the New York Mayoral Race

Savvy guys like Matt Yglesias, the newsletter writer and former Vox and Slate blogger, sometimes critique bad political punditry by pointing out that it often boils down to saying things like, If politician wants to win, they should adopt all of my preferred policies. It’s a fair point: A lot…
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June 23, 2021