- What happened? What happened?! You blew it, Hillary. (The Week) Comment on Hillary's upcoming book. Money quote, "Because Hillary Clinton was a deeply flawed candidate who ran an atrocious campaign and should never have been anointed as the presumptive nominee by the Democratic National Committee in the first place."
- Grenfell Tower: Sixty blocks 'fail new fire test' (BBC) I think that there are over 80 blocks of flats so identified now.
- Grenfell Tower: Council could be charged with corporate manslaughter (POLITICO) That could never happen in the US, because ……… markets!
- New Google algorithm restricts access to left-wing, progressive web sites (World Socialist Web Site) What a surprise. The fight on fake news has a corporatist agenda.
- Elizabeth Warren Tears Apart Another Trump Nominee (Vanity Fair) Major Pwn463. Why she is on my list of People I Do Not Want to Piss Off.
- Roombas have been mapping your homes for years, and that data’s about to be sold to the highest bidder (BGR) Great, now your f%$#ing vacuum cleaner is spying on you.
- P&G Slashed Digital Ad Spending. This is What Happened Next (Wolf Street) Cutting online advertising raised net profits. Online ads are headed for a reckoning.
- How economists rode maths to become our era’s astrologers (Aeon) Kind of obvious that economics has become increasingly detached from reality.
A virtual reality homage to the classic Ah-Ha video Take On Me:
You know, World Socialist Web Site is probably not a poster child for real news.
ReplyDeleteI know that, but the linked story's numbers are accurate, and have been replicated at other sites. (NC has mentioned it in passing)
ReplyDeleteSeeing as how we aren't hearing hissy fits from the right wing outrage machine, it is not unreasonable to see that the effects have had more impact on the left.
Also, WSWS is not a fake news source: They are Trotskyites who believe what they write, so they are a delusional news site.