Executive Edition (5/1/22)

Colin here. A snapshot of stuff I’ve read this week:

Interesting backstory of stuff that happens behind the scenes but shapes outcomes: A clandestine network of railway workers, hackers, and dissident security forces wreaked havoc on supply lines 

A nice Monocle profile of WITI favorite Goldwin, a Japanese outwear company. 

Burna Boy on the Daily Show

A night at the Tawaraya Ryokan in Japan

The fall of the White House Correspondent 

The surprising afterlife of used hotel soap (via JK) 

Amazing piece of reporting from 2008 on a sloppy Mossad assassination in Dubai. Worth a re-read. 

Oldie but a goodie: New Yorker profile on N/Naka. 

Africa’s creatives solving for climate change. 

Sam Valenti continues on a great run with Herb Sundays featuring Bradley Zero

Russia is facing a huge IT and tech brain drain

See you Monday.

-Colin and Noah