What To Read This Weekend,

What To Read This Weekend (Om Malik, April 12, 2026) is a curated weekend reading list produced after a quiet week of personal tasks. Malik links to a Vanity Fair excerpt tied to Ben Mezrich's upcoming Checkmate that revisits Hans Niemann's 2022 win over Magnus Carlsen, and highlights investigative work on information operations: a Clemson study (reported in New York Magazine) that identified 62 IRGC‑linked fake accounts across X, Instagram and Bluesky which flipped to pro‑Tehran messaging within 24 hours, sometimes using AI‑generated videos. He elevates Renée DiResta's Time essay arguing modern propaganda targets virality over persuasion, and flags technical pieces — IEEE Spectrum simulations of Jimi Hendrix's pedal chain by Rohan Puranik, Audioshake's AI stem‑splitting startup with paying customers, and OpenVault Q1 2026 upstream metrics (fiber 106.7 GB vs DOCSIS 56.9 GB, an 87% gap).