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A thing I often think now when I'm listening to political interviews: "This person is a Burr on this issue and we need a Hamilton."

— Paul Bausch (@pbausch) June 22, 2016

• My First 5 Minutes On A Server
  Or, Essential Security for Linux Servers. Nice quick checklist.

• Douglas Rushkoff: "Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus"
  Rushkoff's talk at WebVisions last month. His premise: our underlying economic system is never disrupted and it's bad business.
• The end of ThinkUp
  Anil talks about the tightening APIs that are forcing ThinkUp to shut down. I've been a ThinkUp user since the days you installed it on your own server. ThinkUp tried to help you understand how you use services like Twitter and Facebook. Big thanks to Anil and Gina for helping us do that for so long.

• 9 Things Microsoft Could Do With LinkedIn
  Paul Ford on the $26.2 billion buy: "[Microsoft is] the 9–5 software vendor. LinkedIn is the social network of 9–5, too." [via kottke]