1. Ships going dark: Russia’s grain smuggling in the Black Sea: An FT investigation tracks the vessels exporting food from Crimea in ways that sidestep international sanctions. FT
2. Toronto wants to kill the smart city forever: The city wants to get right what Sidewalk Labs got so wrong. MIT TR
3. The vanishing moderate Democrat: Their positions are popular. So why are they going extinct? NYT
4. The king of Kowloon: A search for the cult graffiti prophet of Hong Kong: For years Tsang Tsou-choi daubed his eccentric demands around Hong Kong, and the authorities raced to cover them up. But as the city’s protest movements bloomed, his words mysteriously reappeared. Guardian
5. F1’s sharpest car designer is also its master of loopholes: Faced with the most sweeping rule changes in a generation, Red Bull’s Adrian Newey is proving he can still dominate—while designing $6 million supercars on the side. WSJ
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