You are here

Year: 2019

Odds and Ends 

YouTube Released Its 2019 Rewind Video & People Are Really Not Liking It

NewsEditor

YouTube These Tweets About YouTube Rewind 2019 Are Totally Hating On The New Video By Lara Walsh Dec 7, 2019 With the start of 2020 just around the corner, it’s time to take a look at the past year and the videos that defined the past 12 months. YouTube jumped on the bandwagon with a video summarizing the “creators, music, and moments” that mattered most to its users — and people are roasting the 2019 rewind. These tweets about YouTube Rewind 2019 are going on the video and the compilation…

Read More
Headlines 

This Chunky Cat Named Manggo Will Steal Your Heart With Her Hilarious Expressions

NewsEditor, , , , , , ,

We are all aware how obsessed everyone on the internet is with cats. Dancing cats, grumpy cats, derpy cats, all have thousands (if not millions) of adoring fans from all over the world. Manggo is no exception to this rule. Part of a Japanese trio, Manggo is a chubby cat that currently has 302k followers on their Instagram page. Even though the account also features Manggo’s friends and family Boss and Coco, Manggo is definitely the one in the spotlight. Why, you might ask? Well, probably because this chonky kitty…

Read More
Odds and Ends 

How Sane and Normal Democrats Are Saving America

NewsEditor

Something funny happened on the way to the revolution: Democratic voters decided not to have one, opting, instead, for trying to win an election. In a sense, this was its own revolt against what had become conventional wisdom. And if it turns out that Democrats are able to recapture the White House in 2020, the credit will belong to a silent majority of Democrats who put the brakes on a political party that was careening leftward. No one has been more pleasantly surprised than I have. Citing Beto apologizing for…

Read More
Odds and Ends 

Carbons new CEO discusses local manufacturing, funding and a potential IPO

NewsEditor,

Last month, Carbon For six years, Kullman headed up DuPont, the culmination of a nearly 30-year career at the chemical giant. After leaving the role in 2016, she joined a number of different boards, including Goldman Sachs and Dell. It was, however, a three-year-old Bay Area-based 3D printing company that ultimately drew her interest. After six years at the helm of the company, co-founder Joe DeSimone stepped aside in November and became Executive Chairman of the Board. His background as a chemist helped birth the startup, while Kullman’s experience leading…

Read More
Odds and Ends 

Amazon Fires Increase Glacial Melting Hundreds Of Kilometers Away

NewsEditor

The fires in the Amazon rainforest this year – the highest prevalence of fires here since 2010 – gripped the attention of the planet and brought much-needed awareness to this annual problem. The dust has settled for now, but researchers have just revealed another unexpected consequence of the devastation caused by the fires over the past decades. A new study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, has found that plumes of smoke from fires in the Amazon can reach the Andes mountains and worsen glacial melting. In turn, this has the potential to…

Read More
Headlines 

Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson to step down

NewsEditor,

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionJo Swinson: “Nationalism is sweeping both sides of the border” Jo Swinson will step down as Liberal Democrat leader after losing her seat to the SNP by 149 votes. Ms Swinson, who started the campaign saying she could become the next prime minister, gained 19,523 votes compared to 19,672 for the SNP’s Amy Callaghan in Dunbartonshire East. Sir Ed Davey and Baroness Sal Brinton will be acting leaders for the party, now she is no longer an MP. Ms Swinson said the…

Read More
Odds and Ends 

Bidens Plan to Take Down Warren: Have Mayor Pete Do It

NewsEditor, , , ,

Since white college-educated reporters question about whether he unintentionally set the mayor up for success by providing a blueprint for a moderate health-care plan, which features similar contours to his own, Biden key areas comes with Warrens decline. It would seem odd for the [former] vice president to be attacking Pete Buttigieg right now, Yang said. The South Bend mayors ascent in Iowa is more alarming for Team Biden when contrasted with Warrens numbers in the state, where she has been considered a frontrunner for months after investing vast resources…

Read More
Headlines 

Get To Know Inayah, The Body-Positive Singer Who’s Going Viral | Betches

NewsEditor

Body positivity is having a moment this year. With the rise of actors like Jameela Jamil who waste no time calling out harmful diet products and toxic beauty ideals to musicians like Lizzo who unabashedly flaunt a body that does not conform to conventional standards, and preach self-acceptance, body acceptance is at the forefront of cultural conversation in a way it hasn’t been before. And hopefully, it lasts longer than a passing fad. Because if there’s one 2019 trend I can get behind—since clear plastic shoes and the comeback of…

Read More
Odds and Ends 

Tuesday Company acquires VoteWithMe as tech for politics looks to consolidate ahead of 2020

NewsEditor, ,

Tuesday Company, the organizational toolkit for political advocacy groups and candidates, has taken another step to consolidate its position in the growing market for tech-enabled political outreach with the acquisition of the voting mobilization service VoteWithMe. Launched in the wake of the 2016 election by three former staffers from Hillary Clinton’s campaign for the presidency, Tuesday is one of the higher-profile alumni from the progressive-focused technology accelerator, Higher Ground Labs.

Read More
Headlines 

Kentucky’s new Democratic governor allows 140,000 ex-felons to vote

NewsEditor,

Andy Beshear signs executive order allowing those with non-violent felony convictions to vote after completing their sentences Governor Andy Beshear of Kentucky signed an executive order on Thursday that will allow people with non-violent felony convictions to vote once they complete their criminal sentences, a major voting rights victory that could allow up to 140,000 people to cast a ballot in the state. Since 1891, the state has banned anyone with a felony from voting for life, unless their voting rights are restored by the governor, making Kentucky among the…

Read More