lunch links

* Why Apple made its 11th-hour stand for net neutrality. [Wired] * Instagram users will soon be able to post Stories via the mobile web.[Ad Week] * Berkeley is the most expensive college town

* Essential phone admits embarrassing leak. [CNet] * Uber investor writes overwrought letter regarding fraud suit against Travis Kalanick. [Wired] * For the first time in ages, CCSF is packed. [SF Gate] * SF State might suffer

* Google might unveil new Pixel phones in October. [CNet] * Bay Area-based fake meat company Memphis Meats raises $17 million. [SF Chronicle] * Bob Murphy, the longtime voice of Stanford sports, has died. [ABC

* Soon you'll be seeing publication logos (like ours!) next to Facebook content. [Ad Week] * How Facebook, Apple, and Google are changing TV. [Wired] * Salesforce releases pretty decent earnings report. [Bloomberg] * Berkeley

* Reddit users had better prepare for hella video ads. [Ad Week] * Online hate speech isn't always black and white. [Wired] * Iran might let Twitter in. [Associated Press] * These restaurants get service

* Facebook's AR system is basically that part in Minority Report where every billboard says the name of the (15-year-old spoiler) guy whose eyes Tom Cruise was wearing. [Ad Week]

* [Wired] gives a mostly positive review to the Essential Phone. * Uber's former CEO characterizes a lawsuit brought against the company by investors as a "personal attack." [CNet] * iOS 11

* The artist who painted Mark Zuckerberg with feces has a show in SF. [Wired] * SF's luxury towers race to be the fanciest. [SF Gate] * [CNet] says tech diversity reports leave a

* [Google]'s putting pollen reports front and center. * Uber's current management plan "is a recipe for a wreck," [Wired] argues. * The Essential Phone might finally be headed to

* [Wired] takes a look at Sunset surfboard maker Danny Hess. * Mark Zuckerberg does lengthy livecast while backyard grilling. [CNet] * Point Reyes ranching might soon come to an end. [KQED] * Pharma bro Martin Shkreli

* Airbnb is on track to host a million guests by the end of 2017. [SF Business Times] * YouTube is trying a tech fix to direct viewers away from extremist videos. [CNet] * Mountain lion

* Time Out makes its San Francisco print debut. [Ad Week] * Ride hail companies are costing airports big parking bucks. [Roadshow] * Geary BRT moves forward. [KTVU] * Teen arrested in fatal Richmond park shooting. [SF

* Oakland home vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti. [KRON 4] * Tesla blames battery delays for dip in Q2 deliveries. [Roadshow] * The EFF is suing the Trump election commission. [CNet] * Peninsula gym owner gets seven

* A drone from Facebook could one day provide global internet service. [Associated Press] * Here are some SF homes that cost less than a million bucks. [SF Gate] * [Wired] believes that Steve Jobs'

* Puppy that was found with mouth tied shut now available for adoption. [KRON 4] * Uber could remake Silicon Valley, in a good way. [Wired] * UC Berkeley says they're going to be

* Bay Area makes list of America's worst drivers. [KRON 4] * Is social media good, bad, or insignificant? [Slate] * Opponents of Sunset pot club march at city hall. [KRON 4] * [Google] news

* Lyft launches anti-congestion feature that allows passengers to walk a little bit [KRON 4], as Uber lets users request rides for others [SF Chronicle]. * Here are the best parts of the iOS

* The Oakland police officials who screwed up the investigation into their officers' exploitation of Jasmine Abuslin (formerly Celeste Guap) might not face any consequences. [SF Chronicle] * A Mission property damaged by fire

* Diplomat says Silicon Valley has more influence than some countries. [CNet] * The UC Regents are suing FEMA for cutting millions in fire prevention funding previously allocated to the East Bay Hills. [Daily Californian]

* Fremont students' senior prank results in vandalism, swastika graffiti. [KRON 4] * Netflix's downloads apparently have limits. [CNet] * California's aging dams are now under inspection orders. [Associated Press] * Uber&

* Following fatal Fresno County crash, doctors successfully delivered a victim's baby via emergency c-section. [KSEE] * Facebook wants to be a "hostile environment" to terrorists. [CNBC] * How Oakland is