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 Growing Evidence That Americans Are Less Divided Than You May Think: “People are lousy at figuring out what the group thinks.” This collective blind spot is a quirk, a foible that plays a prominent role in efforts to undo the “shared illusion” that Americans are hopelessly divided. (Time)

• "I'm thankful for people who tried to make my life miserable" Katalin Karikó won a Gairdner Award in 2022 for co-discovering the foundations of mRNA vaccines, which have saved millions and maybe even billions of us from dying of COVID. (YouTube)

• Three Algorithms in a Room: A growing number of industries are using software to fix prices. Law enforcers are beginning to fight back. (American Prospect)

• How Jeff Yass Became One of the Most Influential Billionaires in the 2024: Election The libertarian who turned Susquehanna into one of Wall Street’s most powerful trading firms is enmeshed with TikTok - and betting on Trump. (Businessweek)

• The Secret, Magical Life Of Lithium: One of the oldest, scarcest elements in the universe has given us treatments for mental illness, ovenproof casserole dishes and electric cars. But how much do we really know about lithium? (NOEMA)

• Why haven’t biologists cured cancer? It’s not because they’re not good enough at math. (Ruxandra’s Substack)

• Wind is quietly blowing away coal, when it comes to supplying electricity in the US (Sherwood)

• What Trump doesn’t want you to know about Project 2025: Project 2025 is a radical blueprint for a potential second Trump administration, spearheaded by the right-wing Heritage Foundation. Twenty-five of Project 2025’s 34 authors served as members of the Trump administration. (Popular Information)

• Data: Temperatures 1.5C above pre-industrial era average for 12 months. Copernicus Climate Change Service says results a ‘large and continuing shift’ in the climate (The Guardian)

• Americans are split over the state of the American dream (Pew Research Center)

• Summer Reading Recommendation: The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder By David Grann (NYT Bestseller)

What are you reading or listening to?