Week-end reading

A few long-form articles I came across this week that are worth putting some time aside to dive into. This week-end for example…

How two technology consultants helped drug traffickers hack the Port of Antwerp

Among many climate scientists, gloom has set in. Things are worse than we think, but they can't really talk about it.

Thousands of animals have been exposed to deadly pathogens, chemicals, and radiation so that scientists can develop medicines to protect Americans from weapons of mass destruction. Was all this suffering really necessary?

When fugitive James T. Hammes went on the run, he went for a hike

The ‘cosplay Caliphate’ of ISIS is a deadly fantasy, but a familiar one in the West. It feeds the same urges as Tolkien