Cultural insanity – Page 26

Tuesday links

Published November 14, 2017 7:28 am by Claire

Ten-year-old unlocks his mom’s iPhoneX by facial recognition — without even trying. Hahaha. From Reason: Detroit cops posing as drug dealers get into a brawl with Detroit cops posing as drug buyers. It’s here as we predicted: the first drug with ingestion tracking. Also from Reason, J.D. Tuccille asks whether it’s occurred to anyone that tighter gun laws with stricter enforcement are likely to leave libertarians as the best armed people around. (But wait; aren’t we already?) Locating lost cities of the ancient world by analyzing records of their commerce. South African TV refuses to air an “authentic” miracle. (NSFW)…

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Friday links

Published November 10, 2017 7:32 am by Claire

In news-of-the-creepy: the recently dead can now unlock smartphones with their fingers or eyes.

Speaking of creepy, Sean Parker accuses Mark Z and FB of exploiting vulnerabilities in human psychology. (No sh*t, Sherlock. That’s what FB exists to do.)

Electric cars: major polluters. (Yet another truth obvious to anyone who ever looked honestly at the question without being dazzled by the claims of clean urban air.)

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Midweek links

Published November 7, 2017 11:43 am by Claire

The The disappearing American grad student — engineering grad student, that is.

Massachusetts has a puzzling legal problem with its cannabis legalization: islands. Whose waters are governed by feds. Hm. Washington state seems to have solved that. There are plenty of pot shoppes in the San Juans.

In case you haven’t heard already, two civilians stopped the Texas church murderer — a fact most of the media is trying to downplay.

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Weekend links

Published November 4, 2017 1:49 am by Claire

If you want to know how Hillary was able to take over the DNC before she even won the primaries, ask Obama.

Wrapping teenagers in bubble wrap and a chastity belt.

Sorry F*c*b**k, blasphemy is not apolitical.

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Friday links

Published November 3, 2017 1:44 am by Claire

Donna Brazile confirms what we all knew: that Debbie and the DNC allowed Clinton to control the party apparatus and budgets long before she even won the primaries.

For those concerned that Amazon wants to take over the world, here’s more ammo: their legal department just registered three domain names for cryptocurrencies.

Last week employees at two online NYC-based news ops cheered at winning the right to union representation. This week they all lost their jobs and the publications died.

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Tuesday links

Published October 31, 2017 7:35 am by Claire

Former Baltimore gun squad member justifies himself by saying he and his pals committed crimes only while on duty. That’s so noble of them.

And here’s what it’s like to be a convicted gun criminal who did nothing wrong. The story of Brian Aitkin in his own words.

Inevitable: the liquor industry is getting in on cannabis.

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Monday links

Published October 30, 2017 2:10 am by Claire

I think it’s tongue-in-cheek, but how do you tell? It’s time to ban men from the workplace.

Dan Adams of the late, great Earthineer is now creating Steader: video courses in “skills for abundant living.”

Meet Sophie — who socially engineers herself into high-security buildings.

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Weekend links

Published October 28, 2017 2:11 am by Claire

Two women and their dogs are rescued after five months adrift at sea. They were smart about at least one thing.

Be of good cheer. Even the “obvious” bump stock ban is having trouble making it through Congress.

Congratulations to Jim Bovard. He’s finally made the grade of having one of his posts censored by F*c*b**k for casting the fedgov in too negative a light.

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Thursday links

Published October 26, 2017 10:17 am by Claire

The DoJ is trying to get personal data on five Twitter users (one or two of whom you may know) because they received a smiley from a security researcher the feds have it in for.

Black preacher claims he was banned from a health club for giving an interview supporting Donald Trump.

Via Wendy McElroy: Big data meets Big Brother. In China. But I’ve seen hundreds of people on credit forums who’d think this horror was a fabulous idea.

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Midweek links

Published October 25, 2017 6:36 am by Claire

Bovard: let us not forget the FBI’s own long criminal record.

Well, Jeff Flake (who went from libertarian-ish rep to RINOish senator) was right about one thing: “Resentment is not a governing philosophy”. More mainstreamers should be asking what causes so much resentment and why it’s become a driving force in both “right” and “left-wing” poly-ticks.

Five years from now, will we will we be wearing headbands to stimulate our brains and make us smarter? (H/T JB)

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