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After Jamal Khashoggi vanishes, focus shifts to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's "dark" side [via]

. ⁦@max_read⁩ with one of the only good takes on the Kanye meeting [via]

Evolution keeps getting more nuanced and less absolute. [via]

I think we're fucked [via]

Kanye West Jumps On Massage Table To Deliver Speech About Relaxation [via]

Wow [via]

iPad Pro inching closer to earning that "pro" — [via]

The cover of this year's Money issue: Richard McGuire’s “Fat Cats” [via]

Donald Trump, Brett Kavanaugh, and the rule of pampered princelings by @NaomiAKlein[via]

Trump’s USA Today op-ed demonstrates why it’s time to unbundle news and opinion content [via]

“Used to be I had to hit the bank most weeks to ar­range brass-in-pocket, but no longer.” [via]

“The smart phone screen is the only screen in some communities”: Local news’ digital adaptation [via]

Charris Ford is an environmentalist rapper, deep thinker, very funny dude, and a good friend. [via]

Here’s How A Major Western Bank Enabled A Suspected Russian Money Launderer via @azeen[via]

What have tech companies done wrong with fake news? Google (yep) lists the ways [via]

#vegancat available for pre-order right now at [via]

Two-thirds of Americans have heard of bots, but many fewer think they can recognize them on social media [via]

@anildash @danielpunkass this came out last week, icymi [via]

Venture philanthropy for local news might not be as scary as it sounds [via]

What is up with Apple’s screwy (and seemingly scammy) podcast charts? [via]

The Outline built itself on being “weird.” But is it weird enough to survive? [via]

Will Vox’s new section on effective altruism…well, do any good? [via]