Big Brother is Watching You Watch

Good news for human life spans — at age 105, death rates suddenly stop going up WaPo. Chuck L: The way things are going I don’t want to live anywhere near 105

At this Chinese school, Big Brother was watching students — and charting every smile or frown LA Times

Google Is Building a City of the Future in Toronto. Would Anyone Want to Live There? Politico

 

Happy financial new year: here's what's changing
A new financial year has dawned, and with it several new federal government initiatives have begun.

APSC leading by example: the interpretative dance of FOI battles
How could John Lloyd's advice to the minister be personal private information, asks a senator trying to find out why large swathes of documents have been greyed out

Amazon buying online pharmacy with nationwide reach; drug store stocks dive Ars Technica

 Chemists beware: Amazon’s attack on pharmacies has just begun Sydney Morning Herald 

Taxcast: How Accountants Broke Capitalism 

No matter what the scandal is, when it comes to financial secrecy and tax dodging, the so-called big four accountancy firms are key players. The latestJune 2018 Taxcast discusses how accountants broke capitalism.

UK’s pressure on US over leaked drops to Julian AssangeThe Australian (furzy). Google the headline…

Democratic Senators who demanded today that@JulianAssange's asylum be revoked in violation of international law. Remember them.pic.twitter.com/L63Hy9L1wo

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) June 28, 2018

Here is the full letter. Bill B:

Note the language: “WikiLeaks continues its efforts to undermine democratic processes globally.”

 The working-class struggles that propelled Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to victory WaPo UserFriendly: “​It’s like WaPo just remembered that people outside of DC matter.​“

As Interest in Democratic Socialism Surges, Ocasio-Cortez Explains to Colbert What a “Moral” Economy Would Look Like Truthout

The best books on GDP Five Books. FT correspondent David Pilling.

U.S. Inflation Rate Hit 6-Year High in May WSJ (The Rev Kev)

Amazon buying online pharmacy with nationwide reach; drug store stocks dive Ars Technica

Tesla keeps changing how it builds the Model 3 The Verge (The Rev Kev)

The Rise of Bullshit Jobs Jacobin

Federal Lawsuit Filed In Chattanooga “To Prevent VW From Swapping Older Workers For Younger Ones In U.S.” The Chattanoogan (The Rev Kev)

Vermont’s $10,000 Gamble American Conservative

Allow me to offer a translation in layman’s terms: “We resent having been exposed as a cabal of money grubbing toadies who could care less about unions and growing inequality. We will not tolerate being exposed as such.”

DECEIVED BY DESIGN: How tech companies use dark patterns to discourage us from exercising our rights to privacy Norwegian Consumer Council (hat tip Bruce Schneier)

Edward Snowden describes Russian government as corrupt Guardian.

Inside the White House’s Quiet Campaign to Create a Supreme Court Opening New York Times (furzy)

A bit too linear re the connecting the dots, but as Lambert said, “Wow…”

Justice Kennedy resigned because…

wait for it…

he is compromised because his son has been@realDonaldTrump's personal banker at Deutsche Bank for 12 years. The same Deutsche Bank that was fined $630 million for a $10 Billion scheme to launder Russian mob money.https://t.co/Hhnlpm0ivM

— Cowboy from Hell (@pjbruno79) June 28, 2018

Talk About ‘The Appearance of Corruption’ Charles Pierce, Esquire (furzy)

Trump to announce Supreme Court pick July 9 The Hill