Link. Our world is so weird some of this is probably true.
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Alaska, pilots, drones, globalization: oh my.
Link. Very 2017. Even a connection to iPhone story same issue.
No, Josh, fake news really matters.
Link. Rare Marshall is so wrong…
Climate deniers satisfied Tillerson carbon tax was smokescreen.
Link. “A deeper examination of Tillerson reveals a man who is not going to be a friend of the climate-change movement.”
NYT major investigation into Foxconn-China iPhone partnership.
Link. This is Cook’s real job.
Demand failure in academia: the fake conference industry.
Link. Too much talent, too little need. Everywhere in 21st century America.
K takes a deserved shot at Larry Kudlow.
Link. Fish in barrel.
Russia sort-of admits to massive sports doping.
Link. But nobody must be named.
Douthat has best “what will D do” column.
Link. NYT’s conservative voice doing well.
H2O Wireless Prepaid Cell Phone Plans.
Link. We pay $40/yr for my son’s phone. Lousy web site though.
Fine wall art for $26.
Link. Until Flickr burns.
Amazon international gift card purchase is odd.
Link. Weird it worked that way.
Sierra 10.12.2. fixes more Aperture 3.6 bugs
Link. Including some El Capitan bugs.
“PreCheck tells us that, basically, there are no terrorists”
Link. Certainly fewer than most believe.
How to Find Clinical Trials.
Link. Focus on cancer, but generally applicable.
“dying is something that is going to happen in some distant future, at some other point in time, to some other person”
Link. Happily I have thought about my dying since I was a small child.
Superb NYT bariatric surgery review.
Link. So well done.
Advertisers unhappy about funding fake news sites.
Link. Fake news rates are really cheap.
Minnesota shame: Ramsey county charges people who are arrested.
Link. So wrong.
Russia show power of destroying fact-based media.
Link. GOP following.
Conservatives: redefining “fake news” as “news I dislike”
Link. Denial of fact is core of fascism.
17 lesser known Google services.
Link. “Google has a catalog of animal noises”. 3 new to me.
Clever use of Mac to screen share iOS.
Link. Remote support.
Hypernova+: Galactic core black hole eats star.
Link.
The speed of light: why c?
Link. Basic stuff but I still marvel at it. 18th century estimate of c was pretty good.
Russia’s expansion of EU far right: NYT survey.
Link. Brilliant scattershot strategy. Fantastically successful in US. Subscribe NYT!
The consolation of physics: Trump shall pass.
Link. MWI – infinite trump-free worlds.
2016 MacBook: instead of 2nd USB-C and Touch ID we got rose gold.
Link. Sob.
Pakistan Defense Minister duped by fake news.
Link. Trump-class dumb.
Dr. James Barry: pioneering physician and gender bender.
Link. Passed as male for 56y.
Racism – from Spain to new world.
Link. Jefferson quote ironic.
Victorian Christmas was not for the faint of heart.
Link. Resembles reality TV
The Medieval Origins of Xmas.
Link. The X is not modern.
Scalzi’s 2016 best of.
Link. His Oct Trump rant is horrifying to reread.
Lying eyes: audio and video fakery goes mainstream.
Link. Humans are easily fooled by crude phishing attacks.
Maciej Ceglowski shreds strawman version of strong AI.
Link. Fun read, good rhetoric, disappointing work.
Yes, Trump can launch nukes on his own authority
Link. Trumpistas offended, but they always are.
SPF, DKIM & DMARC: email sender and content authentication
Link. iCloud forwarding breaks DKIM. Because Apple.
Premature declaration that unpleasant news is fake
Link. Anti-semitic Trumpista really did harass a Jewish family because of an invented threat to Christmas.
How Amazon gets away with its counterfeit operations.
Link. Outdated laws. Reputation hit is starting to smart.
Inuit carry Denisovan genes for brown fat.
Link. Possibly cold adaptation
“North Carolina ranked the state alongside Cuba, Indonesia and Sierra Leone.”
Link. Dystopian future for America.
Trajectories: WTF is Apple going?
Link. Cook needs help.
Voyager Probes explore still.
Link. They will outlive me.
Ebola vaccine perfection.
Link. Exception to 2016 rule.
Election 2006: definitely white non-college switch to Trump.
Link. Black turnout down, no boost from women.
Chicago gang life explained.
Link. Extreme journalism. Drug demand collapse?
NYT attempts to parse Trump nuclear policy madness.
Link. Playing it straight is smart.
“false but weaponized ‘War on Christmas’ stories from Fox and the Breitbart hate network”
Link. “Breitbart hate network” is good.
Chrome can’t access Microsoft XBOX store.
Link. On macOS chrome fails for me. Have to use Safari.