Instapaper Weekly – Jan 18, 2026

The week's most popular stories Top Highlight The secret to being happy in 2026? It’s far, far simpler than you think … theguardian.com Dont ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. Save SPONSORED From Instapaper Save 25% on Instapaper Premium instapaper.com Upgrade to Instapaper Premium for features like full-text search, PDF parsing, permanent archive, and AI voices. For 1 week, we're offering 25% off your first year of Instapaper Premium. Your Premium subscription also helps to ensure Instapaper's ongoing operation and improvements. Upgrade to Premium Most Popular Friday Jan 16, 2026 They Wanted a University Without Cancel Culture. Then Dissenters Were Ousted. politico.com The Friday ReadInside the civil war at the anti-woke university backed by Bari Weiss. Illustration by Edmon de Haro for POLITICO By Evan Mandery01/16/2026 05:00 AM EST Evan Mandery is a contributing writer at POLITICO... Save Thursday Jan 15, 2026 The crisis whisperer: how Adam Tooze makes sense of our bewildering age theguardian.com In late January 2025, 10 days after Donald Trump was sworn in for a second time as president of the United States, an economic conference in Brussels brought together several officials from the recently deposed... Save Wednesday Jan 14, 2026 Gemini is winning theverge.com If you want to win in AI — and I mean win in the biggest, most lucrative, most shape-the-world-in-your-image kind of way — you have to do a bunch of hard things simultaneously. You need... Save Tuesday Jan 13, 2026 You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof. slate.com Madison Swart/Hans Lucas via Reuters Connect Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. The plan was never to become an ICE... Save Monday Jan 12, 2026 Trump’s Shrinking Coalition theatlantic.com Tulsi Gabbard, a combat veteran who detests military intervention, joined the MAGA coalition full of hope that Donald Trump shared her beliefs. Gabbard especially despises—or at least despised—the notion of meddling in Venezuela, a once... Save Sunday Jan 11, 2026 Denmark Is Sick of Being Bullied by Trump newyorker.com Letter from Copenhagen The U.S., once Denmark’s closest ally, is threatening to steal Greenland and attacking the country’s wind-power industry. Is this a permanent breakup? January 11, 2026 Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen, a political scientist at... Save Saturday Jan 10, 2026 The Multi-Trillion-Dollar Battle for Your Attention Is Built on a Lie nytimes.com Guest Essay Jan. 10, 2026 Credit...Vivian Dehning Listen to this article · 15:46 min Learn more By D. Graham BurnettAlyssa Loh and Mr. Burnett, Ms. Loh and Mr. Schmidt are members of the Friends of... Save instapaper.com  ·  @instapaper  ·  unsubscribe © 2026 Instapaper, All rights reserved. P.O. Box 310663 · Brooklyn, NY 11231