As I get ready to leave, the grand illusionist offers an intriguing theory about why the internet is more obsessed with cats than dogs.“I think we know that Facebook is turning us into trained dogs,” he says. “We know we’re being trained. We can feel ourselves being turned into trained circus animals. And we long for that independence that cats show. So when you look at a cat video, what you’re really seeing is this receding identity that you want to cling to and find again.”

Source: Soothsayer in the Hills Sees Silicon Valley’s Sinister Side – The New York Times

Thinner, smaller airline seats have allowed carriers to squeeze in more passengers. But travelers have begun to rebel against reduced legroom, citing safety.

Source: Air Travelers Resisting the ‘Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat’ – The New York Times

It’s not a minor league philosophy of riddles and koans. And it can withstand logical scrutiny.

Source: Buddhism Is More ‘Western’ Than You Think – The New York Times

In the last decade of the 19th century, San Franciscans were fed up with the physical condition of their city. Parks were neglected, and schools were falling apart. The shopping district had become so decrepit that merchants were hiring workers to repair the streets. The city’s architecture also came in for harsh criticism. The manager of the St. Francis Hotel, Allan Pollock, spoke for many when he blasted the city’s ubiquitous, ornate Victorians as “hideous in design and flimsy in finish – architectural shams of lumber and paint.

Source: SF’s lost opportunity to be reborn as ‘Paris, with hills’ – San Francisco Chronicle

Is this finally the end of the road for V2V?

Source: Trump administration reportedly kills vehicle-to-vehicle safety mandate [Updated] | Ars Technica

On Tuesday, the City Council is set to repeal the city’s Cabaret Law, a Prohibition-era rule that made it illegal to dance in most nightspots.

Source: After 91 Years, New York Will Let Its People Boogie – The New York Times

In related news, it looks like the most recent effort to amend state law in California to allow communities to extend drinking hours till 4am has stalled but Scott Wiener plans to reintroduce it next session.

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