Linkdump 04-06-2016

• National borders exist to pen poor people into reservations of poverty | Giles Fraser | Graun 
  Free trade and free movement are only for the haves.
  (tags: immigration inequality globalism news politics opinion handwringingLeftyGuardianistasFTW racism )
• miss_s_b | Lying Politicians and Common Knowledge 
  Good stuff here from the Yorksher Gob. Some good commentary below the fold, too.
  (tags: natureoftruth politics lies )
• Technology and the death of civilisation | Medium 
  "what is more likely to bring about the death of civilisation, children using smartphones[... or...] adults who are too quick to make assumptions?"
  (tags: zeitgeisty I_would_have_got_away_with_it_too_if_it_weren't_for_you_meddling_millennials tech art socialnetworking natureoftruth )
• 'Universal cancer vaccine’ breakthrough claimed by experts | Science | News | The Independent 
  This is happening.
  (tags: medical health news livinginthefuture science )
• Judge rejects Tory attempts to shut down escalating electoral fraud enquiry| CommonSpace 
  "These allegations go to the very heart of our democracy"
  (tags: news bloodytories politics )
• Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person | NYT 
  At first I thought this piece was tiresomely similar to stuff I would say ten years ago. Turns out that was just the preamble. It then develops the thesis inna way which is absolutely bang on. Just one major flaw: nowhere does it mention redheads.
  (tags: life relationships wellness )