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Reading List 2026-09-26
ASML’s lack of European sales, a California distributed power plant, Starlink as a planetary barometer, and more.
Sep 26
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Brian Potter
55
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Reading List 09/19/2026
AirBnB’s housing accelerator, rising steel prices, a resurgence of US coal power, low-head dams, and more.
Sep 19
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Brian Potter
65
2
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Reading List — 09/12/2026
City permitting speeds, more efficient ground source heat pump drilling, an Amazon Air crash in Miami, cooling paint, and more.
Sep 12
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Brian Potter
68
3
3
Reading List - 09/05/2026
SpaceX’s turbine blade factory, Fervo’s deal with Google, Delhi’s cheap metro, why recycling is overrated, and more.
Sep 5
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Brian Potter
89
4
6
Reading List 08/29/26
Sinking London homes, US magnesium manufacturing, the World Humanoid Robot games, catastrophic flooding in Nepal, and more.
Aug 29
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Brian Potter
88
2
Reading List 08/22/26
Los Angeles’ ADUs, electrical transformer manufacturing, gas turbine power plants, how water in the Colorado River is used, and more.
Aug 22
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Brian Potter
72
2
6
Reading List — 08/15/2026
Home price declines, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, The Boring Company fundraising, and more.
Aug 15
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Brian Potter
96
1
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Reading List 08/08/2026
The Endangered Species Act and housing production, why it’s hard for LEGO to use 3D printing, robotic welding and shipbuilding, modular data centers…
Aug 8
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Brian Potter
105
1
1
Reading List 08/01/26
Pepper-spray drones, China’s chip Manhattan Project, Commonwealth Fusion’s fundraise, and a proposed Dulles Airport renovation.
Aug 1
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Brian Potter
88
1
1
Reading List 07/25/26
China’s EV subsidies, the future of aeroderivative gas turbines, a US-Saudi nuclear deal, defective roadway guardrails, and more.
Jul 25
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Brian Potter
101
2
2
Reading List 07/18/26
A setback for California Forever, a $500 million artillery shell plant not producing any shells, the difficulty of recycling EV batteries, manufacturing…
Jul 18
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Brian Potter
120
2
2
Reading List 07/11/26
Adults living with their parents, Samsung’s profits, Native American data centers, Puerto Rico’s electricity grid, and more.
Jul 11
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Brian Potter
111
2
2
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