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...

• Toronto won another superlative this week: worst traffic in North America. Worse than New York and even Mexico City. (daily passport)

• Why Technological Progress Is Now Reversing: Or How Silicon Valley Started Breaking Bad (The Honest Broker)

• Cartoon Network’s Website Was Deleted. That Should Scare You All. Warner Bros. Discovery is deleting some of our most beloved movies and TV shows - and some may be gone forever. (Slate)

• Monopoly Round-Up: Price Gouging vs Price Fixing vs Price Controls (BIG by Matt Stoller)

• Armed and Underground: Inside the Turbulent, Secret World of an American Militia (ProPublica)

• USPS Text Scammers Duped His Wife, So He Hacked Their Operation (Wired)

• New Painkiller Could Bring Relief to Millions - Without Addiction Risk: The medication initially known as VX-548 blocks sodium channels in nerves, blocking pain signals before they reach the brain (Scientific American)

• The New York Times’ Ezra Klein problem. The show is a commercial home run for the New York Times as well, which has cemented itself as one of the biggest players in audio, producing three of Apple’s top 10 podcasts. Whether the paper will admit that The Ezra Klein Show is a success, however, is less clear (This is fascinating). (Semafor)

• What School Didn't Teach Us - You need to lose control (TFP)

• Humour:  IKEA was invented out of a dire need (YouTube)

• Making 3D printed houses the same way is newer and harder. But it’s already happening with entire neighborhoods in Texas.

• Roger Federer is beloved by zillions of tennis fans: he’s a real person. This documentary on the 12 days from when he announced his retirement in 2022 is oddly affecting. (YouTube)

• Why is New York shrinking? (Financial Times)

What are you reading or listening to?