I tried (and almost succeeded) to avoid all the daily noise about tariffs this week. Instead, I listened to Morgan Housel. He offers context and a clear explanation of why tariffs are almost always bad – and terrible at the extent Trump is imposing them. All while remaining empathetic to those who are led to believe tariffs will improve their lives. Recommended.

Provocative take, but he’s got a point. «Most of the small states who prosper do so by [using] their right to make their own laws to convert crimes into opportunities for money laundering and tax avoidance for international companies and wealthy individuals.»

This audiovisual essay on remixed songs is a work of art itself. It explores how beats, lyrics and melodies get copied and remixed across decades, sometimes even decades. It starts simple only to draw the 82-song family tree that resulted in Tupac’s «Hit ’Em Up».

A fascinating longread on a genetics startup that has birthed three Dire Wolves, a species that went extinct some twelve thousand years ago (and was recently popularised by «Game of Thrones»). Well, sort of. On the science, ethics and multibillion dollar business of «de-extinction».

They first occurred in 1479 and are now most commonly used in emoji form: little hands like 👉 these 👈. An eye-catcher that always directs your attention to something else (see how it’s impossible to properly reference them in the sentence before?). This is their story.

This is a promising podcast collaboration. Drilled is «a true-crime podcast about climate change». Non-Toxic is «connecting the dots between the manosphere and atmosphere». Together, they are launching a new season that sets out to explore how and why masculinity and our collective fossil-driven lifestyle are so intertwined. This is more than a trailer, it’s a 30-minute introductory episode to the upcoming series.

Donald Trump’s assault on anything related to diversity, equity and inclusion has one man’s fingerprints all over it. Excellent in-depth audio profile of Stephen Miller.

The Economist calls Trump’s latest tariffs «the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era.» Paul Krugman argues that the actual tariffs aren’t even the worst part. «When the fate of the world economy is on the line, the malignant stupidity of the policy process is arguably as important as the policies themselves.»

A study of 450,000 patients who had one of the 25 most common surgeries, and there’s no doubt: «The people who underwent procedures before the weekend suffered on average more short-term, medium-term, and long-term complications than people who went under the knife after the weekend was over.» There are however – and I believe there is scientific consensus on that – short-term, medium-term, and long-term benefits for people who read newsletters just before the weekend.