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...

• Test Scores of AI Systems - relative to Human Performance (OWID)

• The Real Crisis in Humanities Isn’t Happening at College. Our problem is in the real world - not the ivory tower - and so is the solution (The Honest-Broker)

• The Future of American Sports Isn’t Pretty: Irresponsible legislators and greedy sports leagues have led to a dangerous rise in gambling. (Persuasion)

• Julien Assange gave America the Ugly Truth (TFP)

• Here’s Who Should Pay for Everyone’s Ozempic: The people responsible for getting us into this situation, of course. (Slate)

• ‘Reverse’ searches: The sneaky ways that police tap tech companies for your private data: How police cast digital dragnets over tech companies’ vast banks of user data (TechCrunch)

• A Vigilante Hacker Took Down North Korea’s Internet. Now He’s Taking Off His Mask: As “P4x,” Alejandro Caceres single-handedly disrupted the internet of an entire country. (Wired)

• Emission Impossible: One Couple’s Quest to Ditch Natural Gas. (Grist)

• What was it like when oxygen killed almost all life on Earth? (Big Think)

• PodCast: Honestly - Bari Weiss - How the Working Class became America's Second Class (Apple)

• 1 in 5 Americans think violence may solve U.S. divisions, poll finds

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What are you reading or listening to?