links, etc Crooked Cops, Stolen Laptops & the Ghost of UGNazi – Krebs on Security this is a wild romp. The Right-Wing Plan to Make Everyone an Informant - The Atlantic texas has reinvigorated the red scare. the lessons of the cultural revolution were clearly not lost on the GOP. Wargame simulated a conflict between Israel and Iran: It quickly went nuclear - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists nothing about this report is comforting....

links, etc The Tech Baron Seeking to Purge San Francisco of “Blues” this disgorged from my reading backlog while on a roadtrip. i honestly don’t know what to make of this. people have vastly overestimated the intelligence of tech entrepreneurs. if this dude didn’t have a grip of followers on social media we wouldn’t have to be subjected to this. The Uncertainty this is one of the best “things” i’ve read recently on science messaging, though it’s not necessarily about science messaging per se....

links, etc (1) Election Countdown, 38 Days to Go: What Is Wrong With Our Leading Paper? so much to love in this piece. fallows sticks the landing.

links, etc Ta-Nehisi Coates’s New ‘Message’ on Israel and Palestine well, coates’s back and this promises to be a polarizing banger. this gets a pre-order.

links, etc The End of Judicial Independence long, but worth the read. i learned quite a bit about the judicial branch here and while i’m resistant to the notion of far reaching right-wing conspiracies, it’s clear that right-wing scholars realized the importance of controlling the judiciary far earlier than the political left/center has. the left/center assumes too much good faith and honesty on the part of the judicial branch.