Links 15/10/14 compact edition

Politics: 

NY Mag, on drones... in great detail.
New Republic has an amazing interview with US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
War games are used to prevent catastrophes, including financial ones.
The Pentagon released a report stating that climate change is an immediate security threat.
openDemocracy with a conversation about the open society.
Turkey is playing a double game in Syria.
The British parliament recognized Palestinian statehood in a symbolic (and unbinding) vote last week.

Pop Culture: 

Amazon's Transparent is maybe the best new show released this year.

Bonobo will release an EP titled Flashlight, here's one track, Peaking Lights have just released an excellent new album called Cosmic Logic,