Linkage

• Charles Mingus Cat Toilet Training Program (CHARLES MINGUS) I am vaguely aware of the technique, but I did not know that jazz great Charlie Mingus was one of people who developed this technique.
• I’m a software engineer at Uber and I’m voting against Prop 22 (TechCrunch) This software engineer has worked as a Lyft and Uber driver, and he believes that the service that works for treats them abysmally. 
• A Skeptical Farmer’s Monster Message on Profitability (AgWeb) This account is interesting.  It shows how the normal modes of commercial farming seem to have been developed to separate a farmer from his money.
• Blockchain, the amazing solution for almost nothing (The Correspondent) A solution looking for a problem.
• Priest recorded having group sex on altar of Pearl River church, police say; 3 arrested (nola.com) The women were dominatrices, they are adults, and they are consenting, and likely well paid, so that's a step up for the New Orleans Diocese
• Silent Rooftop Wind Turbines Could Generate Half of a Household's Energy Needs (Treehugger) A horizontal axis wind-mill with spiral blades.  It may be adaptable to small home use.
• Thinning forests no defence against fires (Phys.org) When they talk about, "thinning forests," they mean sucking up to lumber companies, who only want the bigger trees.  They do not do what natrural fire does to an ecosystem/
  

Normally, I have no interest in watching anything with Mel Gibson, he's a racist and anti-Semite, but this Movie looks intriguing: