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're All Soviets Now - Sir Niall Ferguson (TFP)

• How not to be fooled by viral charts: We’re going to learn how to identify charts that contain misinformation — intentional deception, careless mistakes, or just generally meaningless data. (Noahpinion)

• Today’s media: The ruthless, truthless, and toothless (Stop The Presses)

• The West Coast’s Fanciest Stolen Bikes Are Getting Trafficked by One Mastermind in Jalisco, Mexico: “We have people stealing all over the world.” A digital sleuth named Bryan Hance has spent the past four years obsessively uncovering a bicycle-theft pipeline of astonishing scale. (Wired)

• Inside the Biggest FBI Sting Operation in History: When a drug kingpin named Microsoft tried to seize control of an encrypted phone company for criminals, he was playing right into its real owners’ hands. (Wired)  

• For a Billionaire, Trump Flies a Crappy Plane: The truth about his vintage Boeing 757. (New York Magazine)

• How ‘Swiftonomics’ is impacting the music industry. Taylor Swift is not just a musical phenomenon, but a business unicorn too. (BBC)

• A Big Decision for Boeing’s Next C.E.O.: Is It Time for a New Plane? (Vox)

• The world’s on the verge of a carbon storage boom: Hundreds of looming projects will force communities to weigh the climate claims and environmental risks of capturing, moving, and storing carbon dioxide. (MIT Technology Review)

• How to Lead an Army of Digital Sleuths in the Age of AI (Wired)

• Navigating the American (CDN?) Health Care system - South Park (YouTube)

• What City Kids Learn on My Farm (TFP)

• The Last Kid in Ninth Grade Without an iPhone  They’re not in the group chat. But they’re not social pariahs either. (The Cut)

'New' News Sources worth looking at...

• ProPublica - Investigative Journalism and News in the Public Interest

• Letters from An American - Historic Perspective Compilation of Daily News

• The Free Press - Splinter Media Group from NYT. (TFP just added a new columnist in historian Sir Niall Ferguson. Credible)

What are you reading or listening to?