Linkage

• How Austerity Destroyed the Public Good (The New Republic) A 40 year program of austerity has destroyed the capabilities of government.
  
• Trucks Get Parked Over Air Force Nuclear Missile Silos During Tests... Just In Case (The Drive)  In case a simulated launch results in an actual launch.
  
• Googler demolishes one of Apple's monopoly defenses – that web apps are just as good as native iOS software (The Register) Apple got its nose under the door by insisting that it would run web apps, and once it set up the web store, it removed web app capabilities.
  
• Only 14% Of Americans Think Communities Shouldn't Be Allowed To Build Their Own Broadband Networks (Techdirt) Banning community broadband is about as popular as having one's daughter dating Matt Gaetz.
  
• CVS and Walgreens Have Wasted More Vaccine Doses Than Most States Combined (Kaiser Health News) One of the consequence of the US public health apparatus being hollowed out by austerity.
  
• Antarctic ‘doomsday glacier’ may be melting faster than was thought (The Guardian) The Thwaites Glacier. Over 3 meters of sea level rise with follow-on effects.  We are screwed.
  

I did not realize that The Who released a protest song 2 years ago. It's a wonderful bluesy piece: