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...

• How America Can Break Its Highway Addiction (Slate)

• How Sewage Sludge Carries Toxic PFAS from Toilet to Table (Food & Water Watch)

• Three Events That Speak to Greedflation: The Mars-Kellanova merger, the Kroger-Albertsons court case, and the monopolization lawsuit against RealPage all bolster her case against price-fixing. (American Prospect)

• Sunk cost: The rise and fall of NFTs made and unmade OpenSea - the largest marketplace for the crypto asset. (The Verge)

• Private Equity Is Coming for Youth Sports: Kids’ sports have become an expensive, high-pressure affair. An industry famous for squeezing out value claims it will make the experience better. (Businessweek)

• F-35: $2T in ‘generational wealth’ the military had no right to spend (Responsible Statecraft)

• Why I Left the Network: America is in the midst of a mental health crisis. (ProPublica)

• The Conservatives Who Sold Their Souls for Trump: The rage and shame of the anti-anti-Trumpers is getting worse. (The Atlantic)

• “There are a bazillion possible Starbucks orders – and it’s killing the company.” (NY Times)

• People cursed with great skills. First, the curse of people who never forget. Next ‘super-recognizers’ never forget a face, why some people can’t remember faces at all, and how others make a fortune as whistleblowers.

• Hard things. Why the 400 metres is the hardest foot race on earth. (YouTube)

• Busted myths. People who live in Blue Zones, like the Mediterranean, don’t live longer than those who don’t.

• Where you live means how long you’ll live. Statistics Canada just released a study showing how your lifespan can vary not by what province or city you live in, but by what neighbourhood. As the Globe and Mail reported - “[Statscan] found differences as much as 20 years between one census tract and another, all within a single large city.”

• Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024: Highly Commended (The Atlantic)

• Streaming:
  - The Little Drummer Girl, based on John le Carré’s novel. A 6-part BBC series worth watching on Prime.
  - Rogue Heroes - Creation of the SAS. (Also on Prime)

• Trump plans would add $5.8 trillion to national debt (Source: Axios)
  
  

What are you reading or listening to?