{"id":178039,"date":"2019-03-25T03:49:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T08:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2019\/03\/25\/linkage-83\/"},"modified":"2019-03-25T03:49:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T08:49:00","slug":"linkage-83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2019\/03\/25\/linkage-83\/","title":{"rendered":"Linkage"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2019\/03\/myspace-apparently-lost-12-years-worth-of-music-and-almost-no-one-noticed\/\">Myspace apparently lost 12 years\u2019 worth of music, and almost no one noticed<\/a> (<i>Ars Technica<\/i>) It&#8217;s such a good idea to put your crown jewels in the cloud, huh?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2019\/03\/this-medieval-astrolabe-is-officially-worlds-oldest-known-such-instrument\/\">This medieval astrolabe is officially world\u2019s oldest known such instrument<\/a> (<i>Ars Technica<\/i>) Kewl.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2019\/03\/18\/cookie_government_tracking_report\/\">Public disgrace: 82% of EU govt websites stalked by Google adtech cookies \u2013 report<\/a> (<i>The Register<\/i>) They are in the libraries used by the web sites.&nbsp; I imagine that there are similar numbers for US sites.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2019\/03\/new-zealand-prime-minister-jacinda-arden-love-muslims-trump-gun-laws\/\">New Zealand\u2019s Prime Minister Is Showing the World What Real Leadership Looks Like<\/a> (<i>Mother Jones<\/i>) F%$# the NRA.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitpress.mit.edu\/books\/mergers-merger-control-and-remedies\">Mergers, Merger Control, and Remedies<\/a> (<i>MIT Press<\/i>) Money quote, &#8220;Mergers  resulted in competitive harm, usually in the form of higher product  prices but also with respect to various non-price outcomes.&#8221; <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/articles\/2019\/03\/beto-orourke-is-the-candidate-for-vapid-morons.html\">Beto O&#8217;Rourke Is the Candidate For Vapid Morons<\/a> (<i>Paste<\/i>) Pretty much.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/splinternews.com\/look-at-these-absolutely-ordinary-americans-who-hate-me-1833380461\">Medicare for All Attacks by Industry Group Seem Awfully Fishy<\/a> (<i>Splinter News<\/i>) A good example of Astroturfing.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/italy-vaccination-chickenpox-anti-vax-massimiliano-fedriga-salvini-a8829926.html\">Politician who opposes mandatory chickenpox vaccinations contracts chickenpox<\/a> (<i>The Independent<\/i>) At least, there is symmetry.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarbell.org\/2019\/03\/democrats-on-the-take-new-dccc-chair-is-a-best-friend-of-health-insurers\/\">Democrats on the take: New DCCC Chair is a best friend of health insurers<\/a> (<i>Tarbell<\/i>) Cheri Bustos, your latest corporate pimp in the Democratic Party establishment. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Perhaps the best analysis I&#8217;ve seen of Brexit, and it is (nominally) comedy.<\/p>\n<p>Spoiler: it is a natural consequence of government not serving the public.<br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-IL2XwSkFJQ\" width=\"496\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Myspace apparently lost 12 years\u2019 worth of music, and almost no one noticed (Ars Technica) It&#8217;s such a good idea to put your crown jewels in the cloud, huh? This medieval astrolabe is officially world\u2019s oldest known such instrument (Ars Technica) Kewl. 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