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Reading List 03/28/26
Plastic price jumps, crypto-backed mortgages, a proposed AI data center pause, US battery manufacturing, and more.
Mar 28
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Brian Potter
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Reading List 03/21/26
Damage to the Ras Laffan LNG facility, housing bubble risks, North Korea’s naval production, Bezos’ $100 billion for manufacturing automation, and more.
Mar 21
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Brian Potter
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Reading List 03/14/26
Closure of the Strait of Hormuz, banning build-to-rent homes in the US, Honda’s EV losses, Travis Kalanick’s new company, Corpus Christi’s water crisis…
Mar 14
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Brian Potter
101
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Reading List 03/07/2026
Data centers disconnecting from the grid, solar PV efficiency records, repairs for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Ford’s EV missteps, former OpenAI…
Mar 7
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Brian Potter
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Reading List 02/28/26
LA permitting costs, trickle-down housing, Panasonic stops making TVs, robotaxi remote operators, geothermal progress.
Feb 28
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Brian Potter
102
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Reading List 02/21/26
Welcome to the reading list, a weekly roundup of news and links related to buildings, infrastructure, and industrial technology.
Feb 21
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Brian Potter
118
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Reading list 02/14/26
Welcome to the reading list, a weekly list of news and links related to buildings, infrastructure, and industrial technology.
Feb 14
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Brian Potter
46
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Reading List 02/06/2026
Welcome to the reading list, a look at what happened this week in infrastructure, buildings, and building things.
Feb 6
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Brian Potter
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Reading List for 01/31/2026
Welcome to the Reading List, a weekly roundup of news and links related to buildings, infrastructure, and industrial technology.
Jan 31
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Brian Potter
82
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Reading List 01/24/26
Welcome to the reading list, a weekly list of news and links related to buildings, infrastructure, and industrial technology.
Jan 24
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Brian Potter
92
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Reading List 01/17/2026
ALARA, OLED screens, bus stop frequency, Ozempic and airlines, and more.
Jan 17
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Brian Potter
44
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Reading List 1/10/2026
Waymos as kid shuttles, naval reactors for data centers, welder’s anthrax, flood buyouts, and more.
Jan 10
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Brian Potter
45
5
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