Linkdump 09-03-2016

• Staggered by a stag - the story behind THAT photo | Benvironment 
  This is why I love photography. Moments like this.
  (tags: socialmedia photography photos art )
• 97% of top officials at 'northern powerhouse' department work in London | Graun 
  Hands up anyone who's surprised.
  (tags: graun politics fuckwits bloodytories northofwatford )
• The $300 Million Button | UIE 
  This is not just about UX. This is about customer relationships and brand engagement. This is about companies being able to see past the end of their own nose. There are certain people I know who need this blogpost tattooed onto the inside of their eyelids.
  (tags: tech internet )
• These are all the MPs who voted to force through the ESA disability benefit cut | Indy 
  Ian Duncan Smith murders people for money.
  (tags: bloodytories fuckwits disability hardesthit dwp )
• Robbers tracked casino patron to his home by putting GPS on his car, police say - The Washington Post 
  I can't decide if this is straight out of William Gibson or straight out of Goldfinger.
  (tags: news tech usa livinginthefuture WilliamGibson )
• What did people think about Donald Trump in 1999? - CNNPolitics.com 
  "Ludicrous". I miss the nineties.
  (tags: omgSo90s politics fuckwits usa )
• Cannabis legalisation in UK 'would raise £1bn a year in taxes' | Indy 
  "[...]a rational policy must pragmatically manage the reality of use as it currently exists, rather than attempt to eradicate it using punitive enforcement".
  (tags: drugs prohibition law politics news uk )
• Call Me Captain | Hamilton was not content to write... 
  M'esteemed predecessor invented sockpuppetry.
  (tags: history internet socialmedia society anthropology )
• Call Me Captain | "Your generation would probably ‘livetweet’ the apocalypse..." 
  This is true, and wise, and beautiful, and it resonates strongly with me. If you're reading this far down, whomever and wherever you are, I love you. You are my tribe.
  (tags: poetry socialmedia internet I_would_have_got_away_with_it_too_if_it_weren't_for_you_meddling_millennials #makeuthink writing history )
• In the Name of Humanity | Limn 
  Fascinating. "nothing in history has been able to destroy the idea of the universal library, open for all [...] For the better part of that history, the idea was simply impossible. Today it is simply illegal [...] the total archive is already here. Distributed among millions of hard drives, it already is a de facto common heritage. We are as gods, and might as well get good at it".
  (tags: opendata archaeology information livinginthefuture books piracy history zeitgeisty I_would_have_got_away_with_it_too_if_it_weren't_for_you_meddling_millennials copyfight )