links, etc Opinion | Fed Up With Democratic Emails? You’re Not the Only One. - The New York Times so. much. this. Our crony-capitalism index offers a window into Russia’s billionaire wealth | The Economist it looks like the economist dusted up their crony capitalism index. don’t worry ‘murica we’re catchin’ up. also there’s disappointingly small references within wikipedia for crony capitalism and corporate welfare.
links, etc Why Americans Hate the Media - The Atlantic 26 years ago, fallows stuck the landing on this one. things haven’t improved since. politics as sportsball and not giving us the what hasn’t helped our situation any and it makes reading anything remotely political 10x harder to grok reasonably. The Thinking Path - by Steven Johnson - Adjacent Possible when all else fails, take a walk. falls into the “duh” realm but i never regret taking a walk to clear the mind and/or rethink a position....
links, etc The Best Single-Serve Coffee Makers of 2022 well this prompted an immediate add to the amazon cart. State: Prosecutors not handing over key material to defense attorneys - Minnesota Reformer unsurprising. yet still shitty. NSO was about to sell hacking tools to France. Now the Israeli spyware company is in crisis. | MIT Technology Review i cannot look away from articles about these folks.
links, etc Many young Democrats are furious at Democrats. But they’re pushing through. - The Washington Post yeah, this is me. except for the young part.