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...

• Patrick McGee - "Apple in China" (The Daily Show)

• ‘It’s a virtuous spiral, and it’s just beginning’: electric vehicles as mini power plants (Positive News)

• Laws for life online. Obey these and you will save years of wasted time. (Secretorum)

• Supermom Sticks to Breastfeeding Schedule While Running 60 Mile Ultramarathon 6 Months Postpartum (GoodNewsNetwork)

• CRISPR treatments are ready for prime time: The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has created the first custom CRISPR therapy to save an infant named KJ with a rare metabolic disease, while in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a biotech startup has used a flexible form of CRISPR editing called prime editing to restore the immune functions of an immunocompromised teenager suffering from chronic granulomatous disease. (nature)

• Ministrokes Can Be Just as Dangerous for the Brain as Regular Strokes (Scientific American)

• Measles vaccines save millions of lives each year. Measles once killed millions every year. Vaccines changed this, preventing disease, long-term immune damage, and deadly outbreaks. (Our World in Data)

• Mr. Bates vs. The Post Office, available on PBS. The four-part drama based on the true story of U.K. Sub-postmasters who were falsely accused of theft due to a faulty computer system, became one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British history. (YouTube)

• Japan to Begin Clinical Trials for Artificial Blood This Year (GoodNewsNetwork)

• We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard. The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next. (MIT Technology Review)

• “When a speculator wins, he don’t stop till he loses.”  - GEORGE H. LORIMER, 19th century merchant

• The Gen Zer Making Capitalism Cool Again: Kyla Scanlon is here to help. (The Free Press)

• A 3D rendering of the Colosseum captures its architectural genius and symbolic power (Aeon Videos)

• Elon Musk’s SpaceX City Starbase Faces Opposition from Its Texas Neighbors (Scientific American)

• Nike Employment in Cambodia Kept Increasing Despite Labor Rights Concerns (ProPublica)

• What went right this week: the good news that matters (Positive News)

• The Rise of the Toligarchs (No Mercy No Malice)

What are you reading or listening to?