We often set aside articles that are longer, deserve a re-read, are broader in scope…or just for fun — for weekend reading. Below are some from this week — pour yourself a hot cup of coffee & enjoy...

• MeWork (No Mercy No Malice)

• If Democracy Is Dying, Why Are Democrats So Complacent? (The Atlantic)

• Why You Should Wait Out the Wild Housing Market (The Atlantic)

• Hoo Boy, the Feds Sure Have a Lot of Dirt on Big Rudy (Gizmodo)

• How Parking Destroys Cities (The Atlantic)

• I’m a Physicist Who Searches for Aliens. U.F.O.s Don’t Impress Me (New York Times)

• ‘A united nations of crime’: how Marbella became a magnet for gangsters (The Guardian)

• World's First 'Immaterial' Sculpture sells for $22K. It's 'indescribably good' (IE)

• Mainland Australia has its first baby Tasmanian devils in 3,000 years (Reuters)

What are you reading or listening to?