The dollar falls to a three-year low, as a trade war and threats against the Federal Reserve drive “Sell America” trades. / Semafor

Andrew Burmon: If the fig leaf of prestige falls, the upper middle class will discover how angry it is at “the misalignment of their expectations and their circumstances.” / GQ

Bill Maher’s recent account of his dinner with President Trump gets spoofed by Larry David. / The Guardian

Larry David: I can’t stand having to remember every detail of every conversation. Hitler said he could relate—he hated that, too. / The New York Times [+]

Related: The story of how London’s Imperial War Museum came to own an official portrait of Adolf Hitler. / The Art Newspaper

Scientists say they’ve discovered a new color called “olo.” / LiveScience

An investigation finds the California Department of Motor Vehicles routinely allowing dangerous drivers to renew their licenses. / CalMatters

One way restaurants still get a boost from Covid? People ordering takeout, which shows up as higher productivity for kitchens. / NBER

“Ganking” spreads from China to the US: city dwellers attempting to forage in public parks. / Semafor

Unrelated: A new “sleepwear concept” from Japan uses embedded sound and lighting to promote sleep. / dezeen

Investors wonder if a buzzy autonomous-robot startup in Silicon Valley is hot air. / The Wall Street Journal

Some examples of human aesthetics that are already AI-seeming. / artdev

What’s it like to have a Neuralink chip embedded in your brain? “It did feel like magic at first.” / Men’s Health

New York City’s Frick Collection reopens to the public. / artsy 

Pictures of street protests in New York from 1980 to 2000. / Flashbak

A new exhibition documents American photography’s first 70 years. / BBC News

For your weekly wanderlust: A story of three friends who revitalized a crumbling desert resort and saved a town in the process. / Travel + Leisure