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 mainstream media has enabled Trump’s war on universities (The Guardian)

• Troops and Marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’ (The Guardian)

• Scientists in Japan have created a biodegradable plastic that completely dissolves in seawater within hours. Unlike existing bioplastics, it leaves no microplastics or toxins behind. (Reuters)

• Niall Ferguson and Dexter Filkins: Who Will Win the Israel-Iran War? Honestly with Bari Weiss (Apple Podcasts)

• Humanoid robot developer Figure AI released an hour-long video of one of their robots autonomously (no teleoperation) scanning packages and placing them on a conveyor belt (X)

• Senators Demand Meta Answer For Facebook AI Chatbots Posing as Licensed Therapists (404 Media)

• Airlines Don’t Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS (404 Media)

• The Silence of the Generals: As the President crossed a dangerous line at Fort Bragg, the brass failed to speak out in the Army’s defense. (The Atlantic)

• Brian Wilson Found a Sound Only He Could Hear: The Beach Boys bandleader suffered for his art and left an incomparable musical legacy. (The Ringer)

• The Amusement Park for Engineers: An exclusive peek behind the curtain of Anduril’s product engineering machine. (Colossus Review)

• The psychology of time perception: Graduations, reunions, and why time slows down and speed up as we age. (Maria Konnikova)

• ‘They tell you every minor inconvenience’: US bartenders on which generation has the worst behavior (The Guardian)

• A Candid Conversation with Seth MacFarlane: The man behind Family Guy, American Dad, and Ted (Esquire)

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

• Netflix dominates with 12 of the top 20 most-viewed shows, including the highest with 27.1 million viewers (Source: Paul Kedrosky)
  

What are you reading or listening to?