How the dollar-store industry overcharges cash-strapped customers while promising low prices theguardian.com

Germany’s far left saves Merz from potential humiliation on pensions politico.eu

Anthropic acquires Bun as Claude Code reaches $1B milestone anthropic.com

"McDonald's brings back the McRib for limited time only" in the US. In Germany we have McRib all year round! 🐷 rollingout.com

Interesting also for non-fans of FC St. Pauli: A left-wing German football club’s anthem and an ‘uncomfortable’ Nazi connection – The Athletic nytimes.com

In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? nytimes.com

Why a Reagan Ad Provoked Trump. theatlantic.com

We were just at a Carnegie library in Minnesota this summer. "Why Carnegie’s Libraries Are Getting $10,000 Checks." nytimes.com

This article by Helen Lewis surely has better one-liners than any of the routines in Riyadh. "I Watched Stand-Up in Saudi Arabia" theatlantic.com

Chaos after end of the de minimis exemption: UPS Customers Told Their US-Bound Packages Are Marked for Destruction businessinsider.com