Below are links to some of the more interesting and important reads I came across today, but will not be publishing on in detail.
With Gridlock in Washington, Lobbyists Turn to Statehouses (Beware of parasites at the local level, Wall Street Journal)
Amid Election-Season Criticism Of Big Business, US CEOs Worried About Declining Trust In Business (International Business Times)
The US Military Wants a Chip to Translate Your Brain Activity Into Binary Code (Gizmodo)
Bay Area Biologist’s Gene-editing Kit Lets Do-it-Yourselfers Play God at the Kitchen Table (Introducing Biohacking, San Jose Mercury News)
Did the European Court of Human Rights Just Outlaw “Massive Monitoring of Communications” in Europe? (Center for Democracy & Technology)
Hillary Clinton: ‘We Now Have Driven Costs Down to the Lowest They’ve Been in 50 Years (Not true, Politifact)
R.I.P., Bitcoin. It’s Time to Move On (Another idiotic “Bitcoin is dead” article, Washington Post)
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