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...

• Try not to be “Invidia”. How every $1 trillion business starts in a $0 billion market: Nvidia Started in a Denny’s. Now It’s Worth $1 Trillion (WSJ)

• Two centuries of rapid global population growth will come to an end (Our World in Data)

• 5 winners and 5 losers from the debt ceiling deal (Vox)

• Inside the Meltdown at CNN: How did it all go wrong? (The Atlantic)

• Clarence Thomas should resign from the supreme court, for the good of the court (The Guardian)

• The 400-Year-Old Tragedy That Captures Our Chaos: Pop culture is finding new currency in the tale of a king beset by madness (The Atlantic)

• The world is finally spending more on solar than oil production (MIT Technology Review)

• Five globally successful Chinese companies you’ve never heard of (Rest Of World)

• A $1.5 Trillion Backstop for Homebuyers Props Up Banks Instead (Businessweek)

• Wine-tasting: it’s junk science (The Guardian)

What are you reading or listening to?