- Nobel Peace Prize for Venezuela’s MarÃa Corina Machado Draws Criticism (New York Times) What? A war-mongering CIA asset is being a war-mongering CIA asset? Hoocoodanode?
- The dispersal of domestic cats from North Africa to Europe around 2000 years ago (Science) Interesting genetic study showing that domestic cats made it to Europe later than thought.
- Did Racial Capitalism Set the Bronx on Fire? (The New Yorker) Remember how there was a spate of arson fires in the early 1970s which allowed people like Daniel Patrick Moynihan to suggest, "Benoigh Neglect," for minorities in slums? It turns out that it was the landlords paying the arsonists for the purpose of insurance fraud.
- How dating apps Tinder, Hinge and their corporate owner keep rape under wraps (19th News) The corporate parent is Match Group. Stay away from them.
- Why Silicon Valley is bringing eugenics back (Disconnect) Short version: These guys are racists who want to preserve their privilege and that of their descendants.
- Silicon Valley’s Fake Christianity Enables Tech Genocide (Nerd Reich) It's the narcissism.
- Apple loses its appeal of a scathing contempt ruling in iOS payments case (Ars Technica) The judge wants the motherf%$#ing malicious compliance out of his motherf%$#ing courtroom.
- Russian Central Bank Sues Euroclear Over Frozen Assets; Will the EU Be Hoist on the Investor-State Settlement Disputes (ISDS) Petard? (naked capitalism) Cue Alanis Morissette. The irony here is magnificent.
There's no place like Hoth for the Holidays: (On the bright side, this is not the Star Wars Christmas Special)
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