FRENDZ, what an awesomely rich music discovery week. The !@#$% Less Art, a wonderfully-crafted album from Tica Douglas, a new M.O.O.N. via a 👍 Bandcamp interview detailing his artistic journey, more Henrik Schwarz acoustechno, and your now customary new perfect Radiohead live, this time in Poland. Enjoy.

Meanwhile,

• Social media is the new smoking, via HN.
• Greg Knauss: The world is UDP reminded me I'm waaaaay too TCP for my own good. Quoting him, "There are two types of peo"—Wait, sorry, have to leave, got 10283 RSSes and newsletters and HNs and emails to read, kthxbye.
• Nicky Case: The evolution of trust.
• David Cain: Wise people have rules for themselves.
• NYT: In urban China, cash is rapidly becoming obsolete.
• Kottke: What's wrong with "relax, the world is better than ever" arguments.
• Hill for the data scientist: an xkcd story, via HN.
• 💩😷⚠ Donaldese:
  • John Scalzi: So, Healthcare, 7/28/17.
  • New Yorker: A conversation with Maggie Haberman, Trump's favorite foe
  • Scalzi: A note on Trump's proposed ban of transgender people in the military, and Trump says transgender people cannot "serve in any capacity" in the military, via DF: Nine minutes of doubt.