TouchStone Reads - April 24th, 2026

We often set aside articles that are longer, deserve a re-read, are broader in scope…or just for fun - for weekend reading. Below are some from this week - pour yourself a hot cup of coffee & enjoy... 

• How to find the cancel page when you want to…cancel your subscription (SubscriptionCat)

• New Canadian Media: Be Giant - Canadian innovation, science and entrepreneurship

• They Cloned Her Voice, Then Claimed Her Songs (Vinyl Culture)

• Your Power Tools Got Worse On Purpose (Worse on Purpose)

• The U.S. Is Manufacturing a Ton of Grid Batteries (Reasons To Be Cheerful)

• How Austin’s stunning drop in rents explains housing in America (Vox)

• The staggering ambition behind the world’s biggest carbon capture plan (Be Giant)

• Why the Strait of Hormuz is a geological wonder: The continental collisions that created this narrow Mideast waterway also made it the most strategically important 21 miles on Earth. Geology is destiny, and Iran controls the choke point. (National Geographic)

• US states drop Medicaid coverage of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs as demand rises (The Guardian)

• The Newfoundland microfactory working to speed up Canada’s medical supply chain (Be Giant)

• $30m an hour: big oil reaping huge war windfall from consumers, analysis finds (The Guardian)

• Canada’s long history of taking on the impossible – and winning (Be Giant)

What are you reading or listening to?