¶ Deepwater Horizon: the nuclear option. (The Oil Drum)

¶ Getting Slapp-ed at Facebook. (NYT)

While We’re Away

¶ Against “apps.” (The Baseline Scenario)

¶ Reversing Santa Clara County: the 28th Amendment movement. (Chelsea Green; via reddit)

¶ The best short take on Marilyn Monroe’s “scenius.” (Happy Birthday! You’d be 84!) (Hilowbrow)

¶ The Permanence Matters Initiative — a hardbound book ought to last a long time. (The Millions)

¶ Negroni Season! (The Awl)

Have a Look

¶ God’s throat, man’s brain: Michelangelo anatomizes in plain sight. (Scientific American; via 3 Quarks Daily)