“The bandwidth bottleneck that is throttling the Internet” – Nature article that explains why (among other things) your Skype calls are often so poor.

Brexit – a story in maps – the only thing that’s clear about the Brexit vote was the overall percentages pro and anti. Everything else is as muddy as hell — as this terrific mapping exercise shows.

Ben Evans: Is AI the next Big Thing or merely the enabler of many smaller things? Good question. Link

David Auerbach: Donald Trump: Moosbrugger for President . Terrific essay, searching for a precursor or model for Donald Trump. Finds it in Robert Musil’s The Man Without Qualities

The Carpenter and the Gardener – Alison Gopnik’s book on what academic research tells us about rearing children to adulthood (and beyond). I was alerted it by a fascinating Financial Times review which said that it “should be required reading for anyone who is, or is thinking of becoming, a parent. It might also offer comfort to any adult who feels that their life has been blighted by their own parents. (And at £20, it is cheaper than therapy.)” As a baffled parent, I’ve ordered it.

“Why I can’t bank on Lloyds any more” – nice elegiac piece by Victoria Coren on closure of a local bank branch.

Nate Silver’s daily updated forecast of how the Trump/Clinton contest is likely to play out.

Trump is seeking volunteer election observers to stop Clinton ‘stealing’ the election.

“Think Amazon’s Drone Delivery Idea is a Gimmick? Think Again” – insightful piece on Amazon’s lack of faith in America’s crumbling transport infrastructure.

Facebook won’t allow desktop users to deploy ad-blockers – they can, you know. But to make a real difference they will have to do the same to mobile users.

UCL researchers have developed an algorithm that can reproduce anyone’s handwriting — yes, even Rory Cellan-Jones’s.

Review of Katherine Gelber’s new book on how freedom of speech has fared in the ‘war on terror’. (Answer: poorly.)

Why Theresa May won’t call an early election. Thoughtful, informed and convincing piece by Martin Kettle.

Warren Buffett is not a model for America’s economy. Thoughtful Economist critique of an American folk hero. “He is far from a model for how capitalism should be transformed. He is a careful, largely ethical accumulator of capital invested in traditional businesses, preferably with oligopolistic qualities, whereas what America needs right now is more risk-taking, lower prices, higher investment and much more competition. You won’t find much at all about these ideas in Mr Buffett’s shareholder letters.”

“I’m deleting Snapchat, and you should too”. Why? Lack of ethnic diversity in its team leads to gaffes like a new filter which implements a racist stereotype of oriental people.

Barack Obama’s Summer playlist

London bookshops strike a blow for freedom: no Wi-Fi. Good idea.

“How to Hack and Election in 7 Minutes”. No – not another Trump conspiracy theory but a great Politico piece about how vulnerable to hacking America’s voting machines continue to be.