Tuesday morning roundup

Journalism in Egypt is very dangerous.

This is generally "(i.e., not unique to Gorky Park's bodies of water) how Russians feel about rules:

The park has rules, of course, evidenced by signs like “No Swimming” near the ponds and fountains. But these are regarded by Russian parkgoers less as an edict than as someone’s opinion, much like the rules against parking on sidewalks.

Also, I bet the quoted girl's name is not actually "Alice," which is not pronouncable to Russians; the Times was silly to try to translate it.

Peter Huttenlocher discovered how the brain prunes itself.

The country's most active silver thief has been nabbed.

Let your children f* up on their own.