Linkdump 25-01-2018

• Iain Macwhirter: Carillion and the RBS 'hang themselves' memo proves it's all over for neoliberalism | HeraldScotland 
  Macwhirter is spot on here, although I wish I shared his optimism about the outcome.
  (tags: politics opinion capitalism bloodytories socialism zeitgeisty )
• University of Haifa Researchers Decipher One of the Last Two Remaining Unpublished Qumran Scrolls | אוניברסיטת חיפה 
  The Dead Sea Scrolls are still yielding secrets---and that's a lot of information they've got out of a handful of scraps. The bit about linguistic obfuscation as a marker of social status is particularly interesting.
  (tags: words woo language writing narrative history )
• Men Only: Inside the charity fundraiser where hostesses are put on show | Financial Times 
  Late-stage capitalism is decadent and depraved
  (tags: news politics economy sexism bloodytories fuckwits capitalism )
• The Humanity Star 
  So this is what was up with that Electron launch. I'm not convinced this is going to work. Each individual panel is significantly smaller than the reflective pane on an Iridium. Nonetheless I'll be keeping an eye out when the orbit's right.
  (tags: spaaace coolstuff tech )