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...

• The Global Loss of the U-Shaped Curve of Happiness (After Babel)

• Netflix Is Broken Beyond Repair. This Streaming Platform Shows a Better Way. (Slate)

• How Ken Paxton is stretching the boundaries of consumer protection laws to pursue political targets (Texas Tribune)

• Toronto Centenarian parachutes to support the Hospital For Sick Kids (The Globe and Mail)

• Alone and Unafraid: What can we learn from the life of a hermit? (Slate)

• Multiple Trump Witnesses Have Received Significant Financial Benefits From His Businesses, Campaign (Pro Publica)

• Survival is the ultimate performance measure of a business (MicroCapClub)

• Spots, stripes and more: Working out the logic of animal patterns (Knowable Magazine)

• 50 things I know (Sasha’s ‘Newsletter’)

• Inside Kevin Costner’s $38 Million Horizon Gamble (GQ)

• Podcast - The Subversion of the West (Honestly)

• World's Best Restaurants 2024 (CNN)

What are you reading or listening to?