From the Atlantic:

Weird, Wonderful Photos From the Archives

ALAN TAYLOR

Don’t want to turn this into a New Orleans obit blog, but another passing that can’t go without mention is Dave Bartholomew.  From the New York Times:

Grilled peaches and burning sausages, the special pork chop from Perry’s and a little electric Mercedes (what is it)?

Elon Musk is worried about a future population collapse.  Not sure what the problem is here.  Too many people can be a bad thing.  Can too few (unless he is just worried about not having people to sell Tesla’s to)?  Seems to be some truth to this one, though.

Elon Musk doubled down on his theory that the world population is headed for collapse

From Our World in Data

Two centuries of rapid global population growth will come to an end

June 18, 2019 by Max Roser

Another bit on the Mississippi from the Weather Channel.

America’s Achilles’ Heel: The Old River Control Structure

Some things around here don’t change much.  Went to my old McNeil Post Office today.  A pic from 1999 and one from today.  Looks like they did re-paint the sign.

Hell Is High Water

When will the Mississippi River come for New Orleans?

From the Atlantic.  A good one for people at a certain point in their careers.

Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think

Here’s how to make the most of it.

By ARTHUR C. BROOKS

Been reading a few Dr John articles.  This one from Longreads is pretty good (and actually not that long at all).

Remembering Dr. John

Tom Maxwell

I get the daily mailing from Barry Ritholtz (Ritholtz’s Reads)  on Bloomberg but I didn’t realize he had a blog, The Big Picture.  An older one about personal financial advice.

Buy Yourself a F*^king Latte

April 5, 2019 9:00am by Barry Ritholtz