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Silicon Valley Bank reportedly paid out annual bonuses to eligible US employees on Friday, just hours before the bank was seized by the US government. / Axios
Noah Smith: This was a very normal bank run on a very unusual bank. / Noahpinion
SVB is the largest lender to fail since Washington Mutual went down during the 2008 global financial crisis. / Politico
The rise of small towns is blurring the distinction between rural and urban Africa. / The Economist
There are more city dwellers in Kenya today than there were in all of Africa in 1950. / Twitter
A landfill in Alabama has been on fire for three months. / NPR
A fascinating article on the amount of transistors in most people's lives. "Fingers crossed that all this helps with avoiding World War Three." / The London Review of Books
Newsstand magazine sales fell from a high of 35% in the late 1970s to less than 10% in the early 2000s, to a mere 3% of today's total circulation. / Poynter
Tyler Cowen: The role and influence of nonprofits in the United States owes a lot to the nation's history of religion. / Comment
Skier Mikaela Shiffrin sets the outright World Cup record for career victories. / Deadspin
A round-up of posters depicting Switzerland by Emil Cardinaux. / Flashbak
Some appreciations of Fan Ho's photography. "The puff of smoke is almost too perfect." / The Map Is Mostly Water
Reviews of some of last year's best films by A.S. Hamrah: "If this is Baz Luhrmann's best film, it's because Elvis Presley forced him to become a better director." / The Baffler
A correction: We wrote Pablo Pascal in Saturday's newsletter, not Pedro. Oof! Thanks to reader Daniel for the eagle eye.
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