Link Post - The Landowner Parable

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August 16, 2018

Pixel Envy - This is one of the aptest ways I have seen for describing the state of Twitter and its third-party clients.

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Link Post - A Manifesto For Skepticism

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August 15, 2018

CSICOP - This is a very good and thorough look at modern Skeptics from historical origins to the current battles that define the movement.

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Link Post - Verifiable Problems Ignored By Election Commission

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August 11, 2018

Ars Technica - In the continuing decline of confidence for the US election system, this might be one of those places where gaming the system crosses over into out and out hostility. At this point, the best hope is that this is incompetence.

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As Seen On TV

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August 10, 2018

If you really want to break down the problems in the current political era, you have to start with the idea that no one knows what's going on. We're all getting plenty of news, but almost all of it filtered through the miasma of bullshit the professionals call analysis. This term is used to launder opinion in a . . .

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Link Post - It's The Labels

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August 08, 2018

Consequence Of Sound - In what shouldn't surprise anyone streaming music's explosion hasn't translated well for the artists. While they have increased their share to 12% of the revenue from 7% during the CD era, the number of people between listeners and the artists are still keeping most of the money. While digital music has . . .

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Link Post - Guerrilla Drone Warfare

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August 08, 2018

Motherboard - So you have to take this whole story with a grain of salt considering internal authorities have contradicted the original story, stating the explosion was a gas tank exploding nearby. However, the idea of drones moving from a weapon that only a large first world nation has to something that will be a part of every conflict . . .

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Link Post - Bike Share Crash In China

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August 07, 2018

The Atlantic - Be sure to click through on this one. Lots of visuals of just the sheer vo of discarded bikes.

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