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...

• We might be closer to changing course on climate change than we realized: Greenhouse gas emissions might have already peaked. Now they need to fall - fast. (Vox)

• They Experimented on Themselves in Secret. What They Discovered Helped Win a War (Wired)

• How Chinese Students Experience America (NewYorker)

• A Light Hearted Listen: 'Smart Talk" with David Sedaris (Honestly Podcast)

• Tesla Is Not the Next Ford. It’s the Next Con Ed. Elon Musk’s EV empire is crumbling. (The Atlantic)

• Ant geopolitics: Over the past four centuries quadrillions of ants have created a strange and turbulent global society that shadows our own (Aeon)

• 27 Takes On What It Means To Be a Serious Person (The Ruffian)

• What Kind of a Superpower Is India Becoming? (The Ringer)

• How the New York Times became the White House’s least favorite paper (Politico)

• Why You Can’t Get a Restaurant Reservation (New Yorker)

• America’s Fox News Problem (The Big Picture)

What are you reading or listening to?