Did Kim Jong cry uncle? Did Don fall for a con? Everyone has an opinion about the sudden plans for the most anticipated meeting since Frazier and Ali went fifteen rounds at the Garden. The New Yorker's Robin Wright sets the scene: "In a breathtaking gambit that surprised his closest advisers, President Trump, almost impulsively, accepted an invitation on Thursday to meet the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un—by May—to discuss how to defuse the world's most dangerous nuclear standoff."

+ The Atlantic's Uri Friedman with a good overview: What's There to Talk About With North Korea?

+ "As far as Trump's concerned, his predecessors failed, so he has nothing to learn from their experiences." Fred Kaplan in Slate: A meeting between Trump and Kim Jong-un could be a major opportunity—if Trump actually prepares for it.

+ Victor Cha in the NYT: What Will Trump Give Up for Peace with North Korea? "Everyone should be aware that this dramatic act of diplomacy by these two unusual leaders, who love flair and drama, may also take us closer to war."

+ WaPo's David Ignatius: "What I see is a North Korea that has become a nuclear-weapons state and now, from a position of strength, wants negotiations with America."

+ Bloomberg: "It was classic Trump, showing an unerring confidence to get the better end of any negotiation. But it was also Trump in another way: high risk and high reward, with little regard for those in the foreign policy establishment who worry it's too much, too soon."

+ Anna Fifield in WaPo: "Just by sitting down with President Trump, Kim Jong Un would get what he craves the most: legitimacy." (Ah, maybe these two guys have something in common aside from Dennis Rodman.)

"[Martin] Shkreli didn't—legally speaking, anyway—get his comeuppance for any of the things that made people hate him so much. Price gouging is still legal in the drug world ... Instead, what got him indicted, convicted of three counts of fraud, and ultimately sentenced to hard time Friday was lying to fellow rich people." In a Brooklyn courtroom, Martin Shkreli cried before getting sentenced to seven years in prison. (Shkreli is lucky the judge didn't hike the sentence by 5,000 percent just because she could...)

What to Hear: It's been nearly eight years since Sade last released a new song. And the track she recorded for A Wrinkle in Time comes just in time for all of us. Take a break from the stress and chill with Flower Of The Universe. Once you've savored that voice from the past, check the NYT's very cool interactive feature: 25 Songs That Tell Us Where Music is Going.

+ What to Watch: "When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, there were 11 countries around the world with fences and walls. By 2016, 70 countries had built border fences and walls." These walls are being built to wrestle with the global refugee crisis. With a lot of images and a few words, Ai Weiwei puts the world's most pressing issue into perspective. It's not an easy watch. But it's a must watch. Human Flow.

"Scott, a Republican who has long enjoyed the political support of the National Rifle Association, approved a three-day waiting period for the purchase of all firearms and raising the minimum age to buy a gun from 18 to 21 — changes the NRA opposes." It's a babystep in terms of the scope of America's mass shooting problem. But considering who signed it and what it does, it's a massive step for the student-led movement for gun control. Miami Herald: While Parkland parents watch, Gov. Scott signs Florida's landmark gun legislation.

"I remember the exact moment when I realized NBA legends weren't SHIT." That's the lede from Steve Francis' biographical piece in the Player's Tribune. It's a good lede. But the story gets a whole lot better. Francis isn't kidding when he says, I Got a Story to Tell. "Four years before I was on that plane with Hakeem telling me we're going shopping for cashmere suits together — four years before I was about to go play against Gary Payton — I was on the corner of Maple Ave in Takoma Park, Maryland, selling drugs outside the Chinese joint. My mother had passed away. My father was in a federal penitentiary. We had 18 people living in one apartment. I had dropped out of high school. No scholarships. No GED. No nothing."

"In a marked departure from the previous administration, conservatives at the Department of Health and Human Services are putting an emphasis on abstinence to reduce teen pregnancy rates." Abstinence-only education is making a comeback under Trump.

+ WaPo: New evidence the Stormy Daniels payment may have violated election law.

"The stakes for both sides of the debate are high. The veil has served as one of the most potent and visible symbols of the Islamic republic, a system in which ultimate authority resides with unelected theocrats. But for many in a post-revolution generation that is more educated and tech-savvy, such restrictions are discriminatory and oppressive." WaPo: Women in Iran are pulling off their headscarves — and hoping for a turning point.

"Usually it takes weeks for scientists to sequence an entire genome. But Friedman and her colleagues at Rady have sped up the process to less than a week, making it much faster to identify what's wrong with critically ill babies so they can get the treatment they need to recover." MIT Tech Review: Fast genome tests are diagnosing some of the sickest babies in time to save them.

"Barack Obama's recent sit-down with David Letterman may not be his only cameo on Netflix. The former president is said to be in advanced talks with the streaming outfit to produce original series in what would be his first big move after exiting the White House in 2017." Obama and Netflix in Talks for Producing Deal. (Everyone you've ever heard of either has a content deal with Netflix or is in talks to have a content deal with Netflix.)

"Provided we continue consuming water at current levels, and we receive decent winter rainfall this year, Day Zero will not occur in 2018." It looks like Capetown won't run out of water this year.

+ "A woman who stood up for the rights of black people in Nova Scotia and went to jail for it, was honored Thursday as a new $10 bill featuring her image was unveiled." New $10 bill featuring civil rights activist Viola Desmond unveiled.

+ "The homeless men and women step off the van and get straight to work. They pick up trash and bottles, and as they do, business owners and residents cheer them on -- honking, clapping and even handing out refreshments. It's part of a pilot program in San Diego ... And it was started by a 16 year-old boy: Kevin Barber."

+ "A Florida nurse has adopted abused twin girls after she saw one of them being wheeled into her hospital suffering severe injuries — and then finding out she had a sister."

+ NPR: 21 Tech Companies Band Together Against Wildlife Trafficking.

+ "When the deaf pit bull mix with white fur and brown eyes was found abandoned as a puppy in Florida, rescuers knew that it was very unlikely that he was going to be adopted. After months of trying to find him a home, he was placed on a euthanasia list." Today, he's alive and well. And he has a job.

+ A Minnesota lawmaker drafted a bill banning The Bachelor star from entering state after he dumped a local woman.