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...

• Fidelity: Twitter is worth 80% less than 2 years ago when Elon Musk bought it. (CNN)

• This Video Game Controller Has Become the US Military’s Weapon of Choice (Wired)

• After Shark Tank, Mark Cuban Just Wants to Break Shit - Especially the Prescription Drug Industry (Wired)

• Is the World Really Running Out of Sand? (Practical Engineering)

• The other British invasion: how UK lingo conquered the US (The Guardian)

• The Last Hominin Standing: A new theory argues humans evolved through competition. (Nautilus)

• How to do mental time travel: Feeling overwhelmed by the present moment? Find a connection to the longer view and a wiser perspective on what matters (Psyche)

• Who Pays for the Arts? (Esquire)

• Fox News: The Engine of Disinformation That Shaped and Shattered America (The Intellectualist)

• The Great €3 Billion Shipping Container Heist (Businessweek)

• How Intel’s $108 billion buyback gambit backfired - a cautionary tale for tech giants (CTech)

• Bad Climate Socialism: The opening salvos of the interstate insurance wars. (How Things Work)

• Defense, Denial, and Disinformation: Uncovering the Oil Industry’s Early Knowledge of Climate Change (Common Home)

• What Do US Vehicle Regulators Have Against Tiny Cars? (CityLab)

• Don’t ever hand your phone to the cops (The Verge)

• The World as 100 People Over the Last Two Centuries (Source: Voronoi)
  

• In 2009, the market cap of the US stock market was 30% of the global stock market cap. Today it is almost 50%, see chart below. (Source: Apollo)
  

What are you reading or listening to?