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 enjoy...

• America Wasted Its Chance to Push the Economy Forward. (The Atlantic) see also

• Rising Interest Rates Will Soon Make Needed Infrastructure Repairs More Costly (2013) (The Big Picture)

• Cancelled flight? Shoddy clothing? Disappointing meal? Blame skimpflation, the hidden curse of 2022 (The Guardian)

• How Parents’ Trauma Leaves Biological Traces in Children (Scientific American)

• The Supreme Court’s Legitimacy Is Already Lost (Slate)

• Natural Magic (Adjacent Possible)

• The Anxiety of Influencers: Educating the TikTok generation (Harpers)

• Revenge of the Earthworms (The Walrus)

• The Attention Span. “What am I Missing?” (KCP Group)

• Social media sites can slow the spread of deadly misinformation with modest interventions (Grid)

• End of Roe Means We Need a New Civil Right to Privacy (Slate)

What are you reading or listening to?