Link Post - The Landowner Parable
Pixel Envy - This is one of the aptest ways I have seen for describing the state of Twitter and its third-party clients.
Link Post - A Manifesto For Skepticism
Link Post - Verifiable Problems Ignored By Election Commission
Ars Technica - In the continuing decline of confidence for the US election system, this might be one of those places where gaming the system crosses over into out and out hostility. At this point, the best hope is that this is incompetence.
As Seen On TV
If you really want to break down the problems in the current political era, you have to start with the idea that no one knows what's going on. We're all getting plenty of news, but almost all of it filtered through the miasma of bullshit the professionals call analysis. This term is used to launder opinion in a . . .
Link Post - It's The Labels
Consequence Of Sound - In what shouldn't surprise anyone streaming music's explosion hasn't translated well for the artists. While they have increased their share to 12% of the revenue from 7% during the CD era, the number of people between listeners and the artists are still keeping most of the money. While digital music has . . .
Link Post - Guerrilla Drone Warfare
Motherboard - So you have to take this whole story with a grain of salt considering internal authorities have contradicted the original story, stating the explosion was a gas tank exploding nearby. However, the idea of drones moving from a weapon that only a large first world nation has to something that will be a part of every conflict . . .
Link Post - Bike Share Crash In China
The Atlantic - Be sure to click through on this one. Lots of visuals of just the sheer vo of discarded bikes.