Linkage

• Attorney General Jeff Sessions hires private lawyer (CNBC) Pass the popcorn.
• The human sacrifice diet (Ars Technica) "Scientists explore the lives of ancient human sacrifice victims by analyzing what they ate." More historical geekwery.
• How to install Linux on a Chromebook (and why you should) (Ars Technica) One way to get a cheap Linux box.
• Engineered algae puts half of its carbon into fats for biofuels (Ars Technica) I was wondering when someone would look into this.  Of particular note, this uses a salt water algae, which mitigates water demand issues.
• Israeli Woman Who Sued El Al for Sexism Wins Landmark Ruling (New York Times) This is notable because this was in an Israeli court.
• Tax Cuts Don't Lead to Economic Growth, a New 65-Year Study Finds (The Atlantic) Unfortunately, the facts won't matter to the Republicans
• Medicare Advantage Associated With More Racial Disparity Than Traditional Medicare For Hospital Readmissions (Health Affairs) The reason that private insurers discriminate more than public insurers is because they CAN.
• Prominent Democratic Fundraisers Realign to Lobby for Trump’s Agenda (The Intercept) These are not dedicated people working for the good of the party or society, they are snake oil salesmen.
• 3.6 Billion Mobile Ad Clicks Are Fraudulent (24/7 Wall St.) A fraud rate of about 1 in 6.  The question is whether online ads are more fraudulent, or if older ads had the same amount of fraud, but metrics were unavailable.
• Uber sanctioned for ignoring search warrant in Moraga sexual battery case, judge calls company's record "horrific" (San Jose Mercury) They are ignoring a subpoena, because even after the month from hell, Uber is still pond scum.

I cam across an interesting video talking about the political context of the John Carpenter movie They Live. The movie's message is even more apropos today:


We Sleep: On the Enduring Propheticism of John Carpenter's THEY LIVE from Daniel Clarkson Fisher on Vimeo.