"Perched high in the Himalayas, near India's border with China, the tiny town of Leh sometimes seems as if it has been left behind by modern technology. Internet and cellphone service is spotty, the two roads to the outside world are snowed in every winter, and Buddhist monasteries compete with military outposts for prime mountaintop locations." Actually, the mountaintop locations are both prime and Prime. The NYT takes you 11,562 feet up to see how Amazon Delivers Packages to the Top of the World. The packages get to their recipient very quickly (all things considered) and local merchants aren't happy about the competition. It turns out globalization has gone global.

"The outcome represents a clear rejection of the status quo in the nation, which for the last quarter century has been defined by a centrist vision and an embrace of globalization that many Mexicans feel has not served them." Leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador wins Mexico presidency in landslide with mandate to reshape nation. (Globalism is getting it from all sides.)

+ Here's more on Obrador's election from WaPo, including this remarkable detail. "The campaign season has been marked by violence, with some 130 candidates and campaign staff assassinated across the country."

+ "For the past 12 years, Mexico has fought violent drug gangs by deploying thousands of police, soldiers and intelligence officers to crack down on cartels and their leaders. If its new president-elect gets his way, however, negotiation may replace the hard-line strategy that critics say has only perpetuated violence."

"New building didn't appear to begin in earnest until April this year, around the time Mr. Kim shook hands with South Korean President Moon Jae-in in a landmark summit meeting at the inter-Korean border, according to a series of satellite images. The bulk of construction took place in May and June." From above, it sure looks like North Korea is pressing ahead with its nuclear programs.

You're probably familiar with roadtrips in America. But roadtrips to America are an entirely different matter. The NYT's Nicholas Kulish take you along a route of bribes, shakedowns, hideouts, hunger and violence. This is What It Costs to Be Smuggled
Across the US Border.

+ "My life has not been an easy one. But nothing was as hard as this." The Marshall Project and Politico: A Father and Child Disunion: One migrant's encounter with zero tolerance.

+ "They said separating a parent from a child was cruel and un-American. They said the United States was in the midst of a singular humanitarian crisis. They said these were the actions of a country they no longer recognized. But, to Alex, the act of family separation seemed quintessentially American. It was the cornerstone of his American experience." WaPo: After a raid, immigrant families are separated in the American heartland.

+ Over the weekend, there were massive protests and marches across America. From InFocus: Photos From the Nationwide "Families Belong Together" Marches.

"When my home team Warrior's player Draymond Green targets a crotch, I'm like, 'Well, in the grand scheme of things, what's a little genital pulling?' Maybe it's part a broader strategy. Besides, everybody probably does it. Dray just has the authenticity to just do it right out in the open. Come to think of it, I actually felt better about Dray after he grabbed someone's package." From the always hilariously elucidating Dave Pell: Genitals, Sports, and Politics. An Explainer.

"A strange creature stalks Los Angeles, hunting for content. He is pale and tall, as skinny as a folded-up tripod. His right hand holds a camera on a stick, which he waves like an explorer illuminating a cave painting. His left hand clutches a smartphone close to his face. Entering a restaurant, he wraps his left wrist around the door handle, so that he can pull the door open while still looking at the phone." The New Yorker's Adrian Chen: Ice Poseidon's Lucrative, Stressful Life as a Live Streamer.

+ You might not be a live-streamer, but you're handing over plenty of your privacy to the Internet (whether you know it or not). Mozilla's excellent IRL Podcast covers that topic in their season premiere: The Grand Bargain. I co-hosted the episode, and managed to make my most honest statement ever: "Taking a concern that somebody has and making them feel even worse is sort of my brand."

"We are now planning how to send nurse and doctor to inside the cave to check their health and movement. We will work all night." A Youth Soccer Team in Thailand That Went Missing For 10 Days In A Flooded Cave Has Been Found Alive.

+ Here's the latest from the still very active rescue operation via CNN.

"My wife, my daughter and my son have my first loyalty and always will," Cohen told me. "I put family and country first." So said Michael Cohen in an interview with George Stephanopoulos. He also praised the FBI and criticized all the witch hunt talk in remarks one assumes were directed at his former employer.

"Under cover of darkness and all by himself, Magic Johnson arrived at LeBron James' Brentwood house at 9:01 p.m. on Saturday. He knew — he just knew — that if he could look James in the eye and talk to him, they'd connect. They had too much in common for that not to happen." LA Times: How Magic Johnson's late-night meeting sealed the Lakers' deal for LeBron James.

+ The World Cup has been fun and the games have been close. And the flops have been ridiculous. Neymar could take home the trophy.

"Inside, khaki-clad workers monitor hundreds of robotic arms that craft sweets with military precision. Overhead, thousands of cream-filled Kinder bars zip down conveyor belts. Underneath, high-speed cameras scan for imperfections: A tiny flaw in the coating is enough to trigger a puff of air that shoots the offending chocolate off the line. 'We do everything with seriousness and extreme competence.'" Forbes: The Nutella Billionaires: Inside The Ferrero Family's Secret Empire.

+ "What I tried to do with this was to imagine and amplify silence, and create a minimally directional and moving sound out of it." Scary movie composers break down how they design sonic landscapes of anxiety.