• Chrome 56 quietly added Bluetooth snitch API (The Register) Google not only has abandoned its “Don’t be evil” moto, it’s officially a Bond villain.
• A New Documentary Looks at the Alley Cats of Istanbul (The Paris Review) Pootie Tats!
• What cats can teach us about how to live (The New Statesman) More pooties!
• The “Motley Crew” of Heterodox Economists Freaking Out France’s Theoclassical Economists (New Economic Perspectives) By their own standards classic macroeconomics is as scientific as phrenology.
• The Myth of Apple’s Great Design (The Atlantic) Not an Apple fan, so I was amused. I want to hear from Apple fans about this.
• Seven Decades Of Ejection Seat Development (Aviation Week) Neat history.
• Retailers disappearing across the US (Business Insider)
• Book Review: The Econocracy (naked capitalism) In the same vein as the “Motley Crew” item, but a bit more specific.

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