01/22/18 Overnight links

Japan Times: Today’s newspapers wouldn’t publish the Pentagon Papers.  Too true, although more specifically today’s establishment newspapers wouldn’t publish them.  They would most likely surface at Wikileaks, with mainstream papers denouncing their release.

Mashable: Pentagon’s proposed nuclear strategy elevates cyberattacks to a terrifying new realm. So a nuclear response to a cyberattack sounds reasonable to the people in charge at the Pentagon.

Washington Times: Report finds ‘chaos’ in Trump’s first travel ban

The Times: Spying fears over Portal, Facebook’s new home camera

Zero Hedge: FBI “loses” five months of text messages between anti-Trump agents

Activist Post: Kentucky House passes bill to put limits on drones, help thwart federal surveillance program

Reason: Tennessee’s haircut cops bust barbers who lack high school diplomas

CNET: What it’s like inside Amazon’s new, futuristic store

Bitcoinist: Judgment Day! Conspiracy group claims bitcoin created by rogue AI

Fascinating–British Psychological Society: Psilocybin plus meditation and spiritual training leads to lasting changes in positive traits

And more: Magic mushrooms: Treating depression without dulling feelings 

 

Author: S. Smith