- Guy who says God sends natural disasters to punish gays has his home destroyed in a natural disaster (DeadState) Family Research Council President, and professional bigot, Tony Perkins gets just desserts.
- How Donald Trump Shifted Kids-Cancer Charity Money Into His Business (Forbes) I would note that this is not as uncommon as you would think in the charity world.
- Did T. Rex Have Feathers or Tough, Scaly Skin? (Seeker) They have found fossilized skin imprints, and there are no feathers. This is not a surprise. Because of the square cube law, large animals need less insulation.
- Dems want Hillary Clinton to leave spotlight (The Hill) Hillary R. Clinton, will you please go now!
- Boffins find evidence of strange uranium-producing bacteria lurking underground (The Register) Nature is weird.
- Decertifying the worst voting machine in the US (Freedom to Tinker) Someone with a Pringles can antenna could have hacked a whole precinct from miles away in a matter of minutes.
- The European Union Needs a Radical Reinvention(Medium) George Soros sees the EU as doomed unless it reforms its undemocratic and dysfunctional status quo.
- Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Get to Co-Opt Racism and Misogyny Anymore (Real Progressives) Finally, someone tells Hillary to check her privilege.
- Cheap DNA Testing Is Giving Some Insurers Even More Ways To Deny Coverage (Techdirt) Insurance companies suck.
- No, a Labour leader different to Jeremy Corbyn would not have won (New Statesman) Demolishing the argument that the Blairite dead-enders are making.
- Israeli Court Rules Banks Can Deny Service to Bitcoin Firms (Finance Magnates) Short version: Banks have to obey money laundering regulations, and Bitcoin makes that impossible, so they can refuse to do business with Bitcoin firms. As one wag noted, Bitcoin is prosecution futures.
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