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Mueller Tells Guy Who Legally Can’t Be a Target That He’s Not a Target, Perhaps in a Bid to Make Him Legally Targetable

Marcy Wheeler:

All of which is to say we may be looking at a public report saying that Trump should be impeached just as Republicans attempt to keep Congress… Effectively, I think Mueller is giving the GOP Congress a choice. They impeach Trump on the less inflammatory stuff,which will remove all threat of firing and/or pardons to threaten the investigation, not to mention make Trump eligible to be a target for the actual election conspiracy he tried to cover up. Or after they fail to hold the House while explaining why they’re covering up for Trump’s cover up, they will face a more serious inquiry relating to Trump’s involvement in the election conspiracy.

Nasim Aghdam’s Massacre Is Part of the Crisis of Big Tech

For the Compton Cowboys, Horseback Riding Is a Legacy, and Protection

Really good short doc series profiling a collection of indie developers. Episode 2 is all Montreal devs. It seems this series is funded by Microsoft and I’m guessing all the games are available on PC, but by no means exclusively. If this is advertising this is the best possible version of it.

Bike lanes help, not hurt, suburbs, Keesmaat says

She makes a good point.

This is really about the kind of city we’re creating. It’s about much, much more than bike lanes… It’s also about the revitalization of our suburbs. Are we going to reinforce this idea that they are just places that you get through on your way to somewhere else, or are we going to start creating a critical mass of activity and animation and economic activity, so you don’t need to go downtown to be in a great environment?

Mobile gaming is having a moment

There is a Canadian hip-hop history exhibit going down at the McMichael; pictured: Michie Mee. (Thanks Ed)

How bike lanes could get Toronto’s suburbs moving

Interesting stuff about cargo trikes.

How A Player In The Trump-Russia Scandal Led A Double Life As An American Spy

Trump-Russia enthusiasts will recognize Felix Sater, and he’s talking!

Wilbur Ross Shakes Self Awake After Briefly Dying During Cabinet Meeting

The Expanded Universe Story That Led to Lucasfilm Re-Writing Star Wars Canon

Chewy had a moon dropped on him

Meet the campaign connecting affluent techies with progressive candidates around the country

The Great Slate, from Pinboard’s Maciej Ceglowski

Do Trees Talk to Each Other?

This is really something:

“Some are calling it the ‘wood-wide web,’” says Wohlleben in German-accented English. “All the trees here, and in every forest that is not too damaged, are connected to each other through underground fungal networks. Trees share water and nutrients through the networks, and also use them to communicate. They send distress signals about drought and disease, for example, or insect attacks, and other trees alter their behavior when they receive these messages.”

Pizza Hut’s Pie Tops II sneakers can order a pizza and pause your TV

Mayor John Tory blasted for saying it’s ‘unusual’ for Toronto parents to live without a car

To save you a click: it’s not.

Online Publisher Dependent Upon Facebook Shuts Down, Blaming Algorithm Change

Manafort, The Cinematic Arc of History And The Wildest Coincidence

The Best Sci-Fi Movies that Most People Haven’t Seen

Could this article be any more up my alley

Putin ally said to be in touch with Kremlin, Assad before his mercenaries attacked U.S. troops

The attack in Syria is a real head-scratcher.

Amazon is developing a series based on Iain M. Banks’ sci-fi novel Consider Phlebas

One of my favourite authors

How the White House’s Tolerance for Wife-Beaters Exposed That It Was Harboring Counterintelligence Threats – emptywheel

Disney’s reported streaming service plans show the company is sticking with what already works

Trump’s Hair Illusion Came Undone and We All Missed It