"You're now one click away from every sex act imaginable for free. And so it's just passé at this juncture." So said Playboy's chief executive Scott Flanders as he explained that Playboy will no longer feature naked photos. (In other news, Vegas banned gambling and the Internet no longer allows overt displays of Schadenfreude.) On one hand, this is no big deal. No new strategy from the magazine should surprise us considering they've watched their circulation drop "from 5.6 million in 1975 to about 800,000 now." On the other hand, this publishing milestone does act as a reminder (as if we needed one) of just how widespread and easily available adult content has become in the last decade. From the NYT: Playboy to drop nudity as Internet fills demand.

+ And it is true. A lot of the articles are excellent. Longform has put together a collection of some of the best from over the years.

"I wondered whether a generation that found the concept of privacy archaic might be undergoing a great mutation, surrendering the interior psychic realms whose sanctity can no longer be assured." The Atlantic's Walter Kirn worries about the end of privacy and visits a data center to find out just how much they already know: If you're not paranoid, you're crazy.

Following a couple weeks of increased attacks and skirmishes, three Israelis were killed during during a day of rage. From WaPo: "Israeli and Palestinian leaders accuse each other of incitement, but Palestinian leaders appear to have little control over the actions of the mostly young attackers."

+ The Guardian: Iranian parliament passes bill approving nuclear deal.

"As a working mother in the 1960s, Hamilton was unusual; but as a spaceship programmer, Hamilton was positively radical." Wired on Margaret Hamilton: Her Code Got Humans on the Moon -- And Invented Software Itself. (I can't even get my DVR to work...)

"The great irony of the daily-fantasy boom is that it was born on the ash heap of online poker. The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, which led to indictments against the founders of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker, also included a "carve-out" for skill-based fantasy sports, thanks to aggressive lobbying from the N.F.L. and other professional sports leagues." The New Yorker's Ben McGrath does a good job outlining how fantasy sports got so huge (and why online poker has been nearly killed). Long story short: There should be a fantasy league for lobbyists.

There's a Democratic debate tonight. Here's a safe prediction. This debate won't get half the viewers of the Trump-fueled GOP debate. CNN doesn't have the Donald to bump up its ratings on the television. But he will be live-tweeting the event. This is as much about the changing landscape of media as it is about the presidential race.

+ In related news: Donald Trump will be hosting Saturday Night Live in November. He even controls the parodies of his brand.

The city "unleashed an incredible range of initiatives, including the creation of parks, sidewalks, bike lanes and landscaped walking trails across the city. Every school is getting a gym. With the new emphasis on exercise, city officials spent $100 million creating the world's finest rowing and kayaking centre in a Midwest town with no tradition of the sport beforehand." Mosaic pays a visit to the city that declared war on obesity. (They've lost more than a million pounds so far...)

"Anyone who happens to know their way around a lot of languages can barely help noticing this eerie similarity." The Atlantic's John McWhorter explains why Mom and Dad sound so similar in different languages. Whenever a kid at a soccer game yells out "Dad" and every dude looks over, I wonder whose idea it was to give all parents the same name in the first place.

"Terence Trent D'Arby's 1987 debut album sold a million copies in three days. The music press went mad for him. Where was there to go but down?" New Statesman's Kate Mossman on the curious afterlife of Terence Trent D'Arby. He was talented, remarkably aware of that fact, and a guy who loved to make bold, controversial statements about himself. In other words, he'd be huge now.

In New York, Starbucks is set to debut its much-anticipated Green Apron service. You order a coffee with your phone and someone brings it to you within 30 minutes. You know, because its so hard to find a cup of coffee nearby when you're in NYC.

+ 224 beer brands will all be owned by a single company. (That's gonna make for one hell of a tasting...)

+ BoingBoing: Why do women have orgasms from sniffing this Hawaiian mushroom?