Daily Bafflements

• Craft beer, artisan pizza, independent movie theaters, gourmet coffee, and displacement of the poorest residents: tales of gentrification in Johannesburg, South Africa.

• “Because of the high cost, climbers usually range from the young, sponsored athlete to wealthy men in their late forties trying to battle personal demons, tackle insecurities, or otherwise satisfy some existential urges.” From TIME Magazine back in 2012, a breakdown of the cost of climbing Mount Everest (this author estimates $55,000 to $122,000). (Via Eric Umansky).

• The legislation determining how easily law enforcement and government agencies can access your personal emails, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), has remained virtually unchanged since 1986. When none of you even had email, we would wager.

• Sarah Jaffe of In These Times is on the scene this morning at a protest against corporate tax evasion in the General Electric lobby in D.C., and is posting pictures on Twitter.