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Russia’s Got A Giant New Glide-Bomb - Forbes   

The Russians' new glide-bomb is big. Really big. And not for no reason: a bigger bomb doesn't need to be so accurate.

The FAB-1500M-54 bomb, fitted with a Universal Gliding and Correction Module—basically, satellite guidance and pop-out wings—weighs 1,500 kilograms. 3,300 pounds.

That's big. For comparison, Ukraine's own glide-bombs—American-made Joint Direct Attack Munitions-Extended Range—weigh just 500 pounds.

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BMW Drops Controversial Heated Seats Subscription, To Refocus On Software Services - Forbes   

BMW has made a U-turn on a controversial subscription service that saw drivers pay a fee to activate the heated seats already fitted to their car.First announced in 2020, the subscription was intended to be one of many ways to offer flexibility to customers, who could opt in to pay for vehicle functions when it suited them, then stop paying when they were no longer wanted.But instead of options like increased electric car performance – as was later offered by Mercedes – or other technology-driven functions like autonomous parking or a 5G data connection, BMW drew criticism for charging a subscription for heated seats already installed at the factory.Continued here



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How Monopoly Became America’s Cruellest Board Game - The New Yorker   

In a recent memoir, the actor Matthew Perry, of "Friends," reveals that his parents spent the hours before his birth playing the board game Monopoly. It was an unhappy marriage, Perry writes, and they divorced when he was a baby. Monopoly probably wasn't responsible, but it can't have helped. Most aficionados agree that Monopoly, if not a bad game, is at the very least designed to embitter its players.

The rules are straightforward. Players take turns moving their respective token around a square board. Each tile represents a major street or district in a real-world city. The first player to land on a property tile has the option to buy the land, on which he can then build houses and hotels, and charge visitors rent. Move by move, territory is lost to competing landlords, who work to bankrupt their rivals, acquire their assets, and establish a monopoly. By the end of the game, all but one player sit, frowning, indebted to the friend or family member who has negotiated, through an infuriating combination of luck and avarice, domination of the board.

Most games invite players to best their opponents; few require such total humiliation as Monopoly. But in "Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History," a new PBS documentary, we learn that this wasn't always the case. The game was originally designed in 1903, by Lizzie Magie, a charismatic feminist, actor, and poet. At the time, most board games, like most novels for children, were viewed as vessels for moral instruction. Magie called her creation the Landlord's Game, basing it on the theories of Henry George, an influential economist who argued that the value of land should be shared by the people rather than extracted by property owners. The game, which was meant to depict the evil of such owners, spread like a folktale, adopted by communities who tweaked the rules to suit their tastes and circumstances.

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