What I read this week...

Scientists race to test claimed room-temperature superconductor (New Scientist)

LK-99 Superconductor: Maybe a Breakthrough, Maybe Not So Much (CNET)

Scientists Question Superconductivity Claim From Physicist Accused of Plagiarism (WSJ)

Brookfield and Sequoia offshoot launch fund to target discount-priced start-ups (FT)

Iger, Ego & Superego (Puck)

Biden administration moves to boost housing supply (Reuters)

Biden Gaslights Americans With Fake "Manufacturing Boom" As US Production Plunges (ZeroHedge)

How the U.S. Economy Is Sticking the Soft Landing (WSJ)

The fragmentation election (Semafor)

Xi Jinping Is Trying to Adapt to Failure (Foreign Policy)

China wants to mobilise entire nation in counter-espionage (Reuters)

China’s Latest Problem: People Don’t Want to Go There (WSJ)

Health Insurers Don’t Want You to Know Where Your Money Is Going (Bloomberg)

Inside Wealth-Conference Con Man Anthony Ritossa’s Wild Web of Lies (Vanity Fair)

Fraudenbach: How the Coalition on Homelessness is holding San Francisco hostage (Marina Times)

The Unsung Asian American Hero Behind the Golden Gate Bridge (SF Standard)

Inside San Francisco's wildly expensive underground Sriracha market (SF Gate)

Taylor Swift Gives Over $55 Million in Bonuses to Everyone on Colossal Eras Tour (Rolling Stone)