Saturday links: overwhelming weariness
Saturdays we catch up with the non-finance related items that we didn’t get to earlier in the week. You can check out...
Autos
- The Trump administration has weakened fuel efficiency standards for new cars. (npr.org)
- Ferrari ($RACE) stock is losing its premium valuation. (ft.com)
- A look at the design choices Tesla ($TSLA) has made with the Cybercab. (austinvernon.site)
- Some simple math on autonomous taxis. (betonit.ai)
Transport
- How eVTOLs will change daily life. (notboring.co)
- A third of new trucks in China are electric. (insurancejournal.com)
Energy
- No matter how you slice it, China dominates the global battery market. (ft.com)
- Nevada is aiming to become a solar energy powerhouse. (wsj.com)
- California now allows balcony, i.e. plug-in, solar. (kqed.org)
- The grid needs to be hardened against hackers. (nytimes.com)
El Nino
- El Nino is doing a number on California's coast. (theatlantic.com)
- The California coast needs to brace for higher sea levels due to El Nino. (nytimes.com)
Environment
- Why American water providers are uniquely at risk from hackers. (techcrunch.com)
- What happens when you put a bunch of data centers next to each other? (nytimes.com)
- Just how much Antarctica's ice shelf has melted. (theconversation.com)
- When does it make sense to repair vs. replace major items? (msn.com)
Travel
- The World Cup didn't prevent a drop in visitors to the U.S. (semafor.com)
- The 50 best airports in America. (wapo.st)
Technology
- Data center opposition is bi-partisan. (theatlantic.com)
- Why people love to watch robots fail. (slate.com)
- Why you should have Stolen Device Protection turned on. (sixcolors.com)
Behavior
- How the peak-end rule works. (twopct.com)
- Five insights from George Loewenstein's new book, "The Opposite of Happiness: How Bad Feelings Make and Break Us." (nextbigideaclub.com)
- David Epstein, "The profound point here is that if the moment of peak desperation is interrupted, most people go on living." (davidepstein.substack.com)
Health
- 2026 is the worst year for measles since 1991. (arstechnica.com)
- Influenza is the eighth leading cause of death in America. (wsj.com)
- Viral infections, like influenza, can affect you for months. (msn.com)
- Why aren't more cancer patients getting biomarker testing? (nytimes.com)
- An alternative to LASIK. (sciencedaily.com)
Fitness
- How to get your protein. (smithsonianmag.com)
- More evidence in favor of creatine. (sciencedaily.com)
- Grip strength matters, but not for the reason you think. (wsj.com)
Dogs
- Don't count on your dog saving you from a bear. (nytimes.com)
- Why dogs like the Netflix ($NFLX) show 'Sealook.' (theguardian.com)
- You don't need to bring your dog everywhere. (ft.com)
Drink
- California wine grape growers are up against it. (kqed.org)
- California's oldest family-run winery has filed for bankruptcy protection. (finance.yahoo.com)
- Canadian distillers are looking for non-US markets. (bnnbloomberg.ca)
- English whiskey is NOT Scotch. (nytimes.com)
Food
- Kroger ($KR) wants to be more like Walmart ($WMT). (wsj.com)
- How restaurants are adapting to the GLP-1 world. (nytimes.com)
- Cultivated meat makers are looking for new markets. (ft.com)
- Why egg prices are lower. (npr.org)
Sports
- An American, Brandon McNulty, won the road cycling World Championships. (wsj.com)
- Problem gambling doesn't distinguish between sports books and prediction sites. (npr.org)
- MLB pitchers have never thrown harder. (apnews.com)
Entertainment
- On the death of the mid-budget movie. (stephenfollows.com)
- Where did all the big screen comedies go? (washingtonpost.com)
- How long do film distributors last? (stephenfollows.com)
College
- Hegseth continues his attack on the faculty of the military academies. (theatlantic.com)
- Why some private colleges are cutting headline tuition rates. (wsj.com)
- Why writing matters. (danieldrezner.substack.com)
Children
- More students are outsourcing their thinking to AI. (wsj.com)
- What matters more? Smaller classes or better teachers? (noahpinion.blog)
- Why your neighbors matter for child outcomes. (papers.ssrn.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Don't miss a thing! Sign up for our daily e-mail newsletter. (abnormalreturns.com)
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