Weekend Reads

It's too soon to tell

It’s like the difference between “John quit smoking on Saturday” and “John quits smoking on Saturdays.” The former might be a true first step. It might be big news, indicating a major positive change in John’s life. But the latter would tell us, instead, that nothing in John’s life is really changing at all.

How to Lose Tens of Thousands of Dollars on Amazon

Dutch boyband hopes to reverse Brexit through the power of music

The project's creator, Dutch animation artist Julia Veldman, told Reuters that when she heard Britain had voted to leave, "I cried, I really cried my heart out. It was so unexpected and overwhelming and it made me feel powerless."

A Crisis That Hasn’t Happened

Oakland official: “We want to get Americans out of their cars and solve racism”

When I opened the discussion by asking if the e-scooters were good or bad for the city, he took a step back and reminded us all about urban history and city planning in America.

The Green New Deal Is Designed to Win

The Snowden Legacy, part one: What’s changed, really?

Kim Kardashian's Private Firefighters Expose America’s Fault Lines

Essen 2018: The best board games from the biggest board game con

Study: Tetris is a great distraction for easing an anxious mind