Saturday assorted links

1. Is it bureaucratically hard to give away the Chagos Islands?

2. New Bloomberg results on NYC congestion.

3. George Eliot and tech.

4. Samuel Butler’s Erewhon: “The writer went on to say that he anticipated a time when it would be possible, by examining a single hair with a powerful microscope, to know whether its owner could be insulted with impunity.”  From 1872.

5. Former controversies over pointy-toed shoes.

6. $999 for a Detroit football game parking spot?

7. New museums opening in 2025 around the world.