Google co-founder Sergey Brin is reportedly building a $100 million ‘air yacht’ to help the poor
Valley douchebag charity poseur syndrome
Love it – tiny $27k prefab from Muji
•‘Theresa May Has Totally F*cked It Up’ Tory Candidate Lets Rip At Dire Election Campaign
Delightful
Rebecca Solnit: The Loneliness of Donald Trump
Trump ‘gaining weight’ and ‘emotionally withdrawing’ as Russia probe swamps White House: report
Poor snowflake.
Commenting on the White House’s less-than-strategic handling of all matters Russia, another ally remarked, “These guys don’t play chess. They play checkers.”
We Bought a Crack House
Everyone’s favourite hate read this week, in which a yuppie couple evict a bunch of poor people so they can renovate their third property and blow $1-million through a series of poor decisions
India Cancels Mega Plans To Build Coal Power Stations Due To Falling Solar Energy Prices
For the first time solar is cheaper than coal in India and the implications this has for transforming global energy markets is profound.
Sources: Russians discussed ‘derogatory’ information about Trump and associates during campaign
“according to two former intelligence officials and a congressional source”. Does sound like the NSA is up to something here, as this is from signals intelligence.
Tainted buffet at Jacksonville strip club blamed after severe diarrhea incident on stage
Onion made real
UPDATE: too good to be true. Fake news.
Linguists identify 15,000-year-old ‘ultraconserved words’
Aleppo After the Fall
Incredible look at the state of Syria today
Bryan Fuller Has Pitched ‘Hannibal’ Season 4 to Mads Mikkelsen
11 Years Old, a Mom, and Pushed to Marry Her Rapist in Florida
You can marry a child in 38 US states. WTF
The Physics of Forbidden Love
Winning “Modern Love” student essay
Russian ambassador told Moscow that Kushner wanted secret communications channel with Kremlin
That’s nuts. See Josh Marshall’s post as well.
Exclusive: NSA Chief Admits Donald Trump Colluded With Russia
the NSA apparently has the dirt, as mentioned in a town hall with NSA agents worldwide:
a series of SIGINT reports from 2016 based on intercepts of communications between known Russian intelligence officials and key members of Trump’s campaign, in which they discussed methods of damaging Hillary Clinton.
My daily commute by bike turned me into a witness of a truly tragic event
We will look back on how our roads are structured in decades to come and consider it barbaric.
Get ready for the ‘impeachment election’
The real collision point ahead is the 2018 midterm election. This will be the “impeachment election,” and it may be as bitterly contested as any in decades. Trump seems unlikely to take Nixon’s course of resigning before the House votes on impeachment. He’ll fight all the way — a combative president trying to save his mandate from what he has described as a “witch hunt.” This appeal would resonate with a populist base that already feels disenfranchised by jurists and journalists.
This rings true and it is a scary thought. As the article concludes, “if recent history teaches anything, it’s unfortunately this harsh fact: In the battle for America’s soul, Trump could win.” Especially with some help from abroad.
Canadian TV in the Netflix Age: In Defence of the CRTC Television Licensing Decision – Michael Geist
The decision, which set a uniform spending requirement of 5 percent on programs of national interest (PNI, which includes dramas, documentaries, some children’s programming, and some award shows), means a reduction in spending requirements for some broadcasters.
Terrifying Lada Transformer with apparently real guns? Yikes.
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