Vlad, this is Don. I made Comey disappear like Richard Simmons, so my troubles are over, right?

No, all these calls are being intercepted. You will still hang. So will that despised despot you love so much.

You mean you or Rodrigo Duterte?

No, the other one.

• The GOP’s odd Trump support may be partisanship. Could be something worse.

• Zeynep Tufekci writes of the failings of the press during this desperate time.

• Garry Kasparov talks technology, chess, Russia and more with Tyler Cowen.

• Yuval Harari imagines what will become of the post-work “useless class.”

• The ransomware attack reminds that a computerized world is a fraught one.

• Michael Bess believes the ETA for profound bioenhancement is 2050.

• The driverless future may leave Uber and Lyft on the side of the road.

• Old Print Article: Cranks and criminals that worry the wealthy. (1905)

• A brief note from 1949 about Il Duce’s stolen loot.

• This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches: Caroline Cushing Graham, etc.