“What Extinction Rebellion, the school strikes, Greta Thunberg and David Attenborough have all done is push climate up the agenda in a way that we haven’t seen previously and that is to be welcomed,” the guest defended. “I might not agree with all the tactics [of Extinction Rebellion protests], but overall it’s a good thing.” […]
Tag: Extinction
Lorraine Kelly loses it over Extinction Rebellion chaos: ‘Somebody is going to get killed’
Lorraine Kelly, 59, joined Good Morning Britain hosts Susanna Reid, 48, and Ben Shephard, 44, to inform them what was coming up on her chat show once the news programme had finished. However, following the breaking news there had been severe chaos on the Jubilee line and DLR this morning as Extinction Rebellion protesters took […]
Piers Morgan rages at Extinction Rebellion founder ‘Practice what you preach!
Good Morning Britain wasn’t on television screens for long this morning because of the Rugby World Cup coverage, but during the two hours it did air, presenter Piers Morgan caused a storm when he got into an extremely heated debate with the Extinction Rebellion founder over the climate change protests which are currently dominating the […]
The Next Great (Digital) Extinction
How today’s internet is rapidly and indifferently killing off many systems while allowing new types of organizations to emerge. https://media.wired.com/photos/5bb7e5829bfb5e2cd2cb3af4/master/pass/Ideas_Art_W25_116362058_DigitalExtinction.jpg
Like Manual Transmissions, Handbrakes Are Also Hurtling Towards Extinction
We’ve long bemoaned the death of the manual transmission. But with few practical advantages other than being more enjoyable to a limited subset of the population, it’s quickly (and understandably) slipping into obscurity. It’s not alone. Based on research conducted by online automotive marketplace CarGurus, the good ol’ handbrake is also rapidly losing relevance as […]
Japanese ‘facing extinction’ as humans turn to silicon sex dolls (VIDEO)
As Japan’s birth rates fell below the 1 million mark last year, experts have pointed the finger at the rising popularity of sex dolls for singletons. The issue is the focus of the RT documentary ‘Substitutes,’ in which experts warn that sex dolls are fueling a national mood of loneliness and alienation, making people less […]
Extinction review: Shadow of the colossal disappointment
Enlarge / The towering Ravenii are impressive to look at, less so to fight. (credit: Iron Galaxy Studios) At my most reductive, I’d call Extinction one long string of escort missions. The game struggles and claws to add more variety, in small ways, but it never shakes up or fleshes out its core rhythm enough […]
‘Extinction’ Headed to Netflix After Being Pulled From Theaters
In what seems to be a continuing trend, Extinction has become the latest film once intended for theatrical release to find itself sold to Netflix. The film, starring Michael Pena and Lizzy Caplan, was pulled by Universal from its theatrical release two months ago. Now, it will skip theaters entirely and end up on everyone’s favorite streaming […]
IPOs could be headed for extinction
GUEST: This year may have seen an increase in IPOs from 2016 (123 so far in 2017 vs. 105 all of last year), but the number of companies going public today is well below the average of 222 IPOs per year we saw in the U.S. between 2013 and 2015. Will 2018 be just another […]
Autonomous cars could drive auto insurance to extinction
GUEST: In a 2015 interview, Elon Musk pointed out that recent advances in auto technology could lead to human-operated vehicles becoming illegal someday. While this may seem ludicrous to some, it could play out sooner than you think. By 2025 — just a few short years away — the auto industry’s autonomous segment is projected […]