Instapaper Weekly – May 3, 2026

The week's most popular stories Top Highlight BEWARE SOFTWARE BRAIN theverge.com You cant advertise people out of reacting to their own experiences. This is a fundamental disconnect between how tech people with software brains see the world and how regular people are living their lives. Save Most Popular Friday May 1, 2026 Regretting ‘Us’ vulture.com Graphic: Vulture; Photo: Sony Pictures Entertainment This article was featured in New York’s One Great Story newsletter. Sign up here. I. ‘I Happen to Adore You, Justin’ The first time Blake Lively met Justin Baldoni... Save Thursday Apr 30, 2026 Elon Musk’s worst enemy in court is Elon Musk theverge.com About five hours into Elon Musk’s testimony, I typed the following sentence into my notes: “I have never been more sympathetic to Sam Altman in my life.” Musk’s direct testimony was an improvement over yesterday... Save Wednesday Apr 29, 2026 A financial crisis may be coming - it won't be like last time bbc.co.uk A fresh financial crisis may be coming - it won't play out like the last one Published29 April 2026 BySimon JackBusiness Editor On 15 September 2008, Bobby Seagull arrived at his office in Canary Wharf... Save Monday Apr 27, 2026 The Pentagon May Not Be Giving Trump the Full Picture of the War theatlantic.com Sign up for our newsletter about national security here. In closed-door meetings, J. D. Vance has repeatedly questioned the Defense Department’s depiction of the war in Iran and whether the Pentagon has understated what appears... Save Sunday Apr 26, 2026 The Podcast Where You Can Eavesdrop on the A.I. Elite nytimes.com Dwarkesh Patel in his office and studio in San Francisco. “He’s very much in the community, in the inner ring,” one tech executive said. Credit...Aaron Wojack for The New York Times Dwarkesh Patel was a... Save Saturday Apr 25, 2026 Even without social media, phones have a subtle, damaging effect on our mental health | Devi Sridhar theguardian.com When I first started teaching at Oxford in 2005, I would offer “office hours” a couple of times a week. They were literally that – time for students to come by my office and chat... Save instapaper.com  ·  @instapaper  ·  unsubscribe © 2026 Instapaper, All rights reserved. P.O. Box 310663 · Brooklyn, NY 11231