ESPN’s Kate Fagan with Split Image, a look at depression and suicide in the age of social media. “On Instagram, Madison Holleran’s life looked ideal: Star athlete, bright student, beloved friend. But the photos hid the reality of someone struggling to go on.” (Life’s never as good as it looks on Facebook or as bad as it sounds on Twitter.)

+ “They reported what they’d feared from the start: 1,121 unbranded steer calves had been stolen, making it among the largest cattle thefts that anyone could remember.” FiveThirtyEight’s Eric Benson on the brisket bandits: Where’s the Beef?

+ “It was invented in 1899. It hasn’t been improved upon since.” Slate’s Sara Goldsmith on the perfection of the paperclip.

+ Craig Mod with Upon This Wrist, A Week With the New Thing: “Oh is that the thing? And I say, Yes it is the thing. And they ask, Has it changed your life? And I shrug. And they are so disappointed.”