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Tuesday links

Published June 5, 2018 1:54 am by Claire

Supremes decide in favor of Masterpiece Cake Shop — but on very narrow grounds. A mixed bag.

The company formerly known as Monsanto will be no less destructive by any other name. (H/T PT)

Rewarding failure: an American epidemic.

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Weekend links

Published June 2, 2018 6:17 pm by Claire

You should really not attempt to obey the new gun laws in California.

Should we just scrap the whole U.S. “education” system? Hell yes!

Governments cause revolutions. Maggie McNeill gives the sex workers’ point of view.

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Friday links

Published June 1, 2018 12:18 pm by Claire

This is what we’ve come to. Two employees, who did nothing wrong, got fired from their jobs for refusing to serve a woman who entered their business after it had already closed for the night. They refused service to several people, but only the one belonged to the Offended Class. (H/T jc2k in comments)

Stockton will become the first city in the U.S. to give out free cash in hopes of ending poverty and inequality. (At least it’s donated cash.)

Those new tariffs will harm everyone. Except perhaps a few cronies.

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Midweek links

Published May 30, 2018 2:18 am by Claire

Will the arrest of Tommy Robinson and the attempt to silence news of him be Britain’s tipping point? Or has their spinelessness reached amoebic proportions?

ZenScreen. Because we need devices to control our use of devices.

On the same subject, I don’t buy the analogies or the analysis, but I agree we’ve got a problem.

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Monday-Tuesday links

Published May 28, 2018 11:37 am by Claire

Can anybody be surprised? Senators are agitating to turn the (allegedly) disappearing NICS database into a permanent firearm registry so law enforcement can investigate us all.

Stopping Big Ag from taking over the cannabis industry. With science. And the blockchain.

Brian Krebs: Why is our location data no longer private?

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Weekend links

Published May 26, 2018 12:15 pm by Claire

Return her stolen land to Susette Kelo.

Is the UK the most dangerous nation on the planet? (I think it’s tongue-in-cheek, but you can never be quite sure in these strange days.)

Newark police make it easy for everybody to spy on everybody else.

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Friday links

Published May 18, 2018 1:55 am by Claire

The entire economy is MoviePass. Enjoy it while you can.

Whether you like the way it’s done or not, Europe’s new privacy law will bring you a bit more online security.

The next gun battleground may be taxes, notes the “lesser educated” (ya gotta read it) Herschel Smith.

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News from the neighborhood

Published May 13, 2018 11:42 am by Claire

Nothing heavy today … I live in a park. And today is perfect park weather. I live in a park. Not the country. I can walk to the library, post office, grocery store, and city hall, though I’m in the wayback. And it looks more like city park than a farm or a wilderness. I was ouside on a lounge chair reading when the trees drew my eye over the top of the book. I looked up, suddenly felt the joy of being in some lush, though undeveloped spot. And I asked myself, “What are you doing sitting here today…

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Thursday-Friday links

Published May 10, 2018 7:21 pm by Claire

She was reported, pulled out of class, and searched merely for mentioning her concealed carry permit.

When the concept of “consent” becomes insanity.

Why are Republicans planning to boost the cost of the SNAP program?

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Mossberg dumps Dick’s

Published May 9, 2018 7:11 pm by Claire

As ye sow, Dick’s Sporting Goods, so shall ye reap. Mossberg becomes the second major firearms manufacturer (after Springfield) to refuse to sell to the overtly anti-gun “sporting goods” chain.

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