Saturday links: restraining the chaos
Saturdays we catch up with the non-finance related items that we didn’t get to earlier in the week. You can check out...
Robotaxis
- 2026 is going to be the year of the robotaxi. (unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com)
- Self-driving cars still face a lot of edge cases. (strangecosmos.substack.com)
Autos
- BYD outsold Tesla ($TSLA) in 2025. (sherwood.news)
- Hybrids should continue to take market share in 2026. (news.dealershipguy.com)
- Uber ($UBER) has been slow to remove drivers accused of sexual assault from the platform. (nytimes.com)
- States are finally beginning to crackdown on aggressive driving. (indianacapitalchronicle.com)
Energy
- Electricity prices in the U.S. are only going in one direction. (wsj.com)
- Cheap solar is rolling out across Africa. (nytimes.com)
- Britain's electricity grid needs an overhaul. (wsj.com)
Environment
- Iceland hit 68°F on Christmas Eve. (semafor.com)
- We are still underestimating the risks of wildfire smoke. (grist.org)
- Cutting food waste is an environment win-win-win. (goodgoodgood.co)
- The Univ. of Nebraska is eliminating it Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department. (grist.org)
Animals
- Eight new findings including 'Greenland sharks defy aging, living as long as 400 years.' (smithsonianmag.com)
- Meet five new species discovered in 2025 including the bumpy snailfish. (npr.org)
AI
- The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants is moving exams in-person due to remote (AI) cheating. (semafor.com)
- Using AI requires having to fact check it. (wsj.com)
- AI is taking the fun out of games. (bloomberg.com)
- AI is an assistant, not an oracle. (mutualfundobserver.com)
Infectious disease
- Influenza cases in the U.S. are soaring. (wsj.com)
- U.S. measles cases topped 2,000 in 2025. (abcnews.go.com)
- Bacterial vaginosis is not just an issue for women. (nytimes.com)
- The CDC not only permits a second Covid dose for those over 65, or immunocompromised, but recommends it. (washingtonpost.com)
Medicine
- 10 breakthroughs in medicine in 2025 including a new treatment for malaria. (breakingground.substack.com)
- Some medical breakthroughs in 2025 including a new antibody treatment for multiple myeloma. (scientificdiscovery.dev)
Health
- Why aren't sickle cell patients getting life changing treatments? (politico.com)
- Why the ovaries have been overlooked from a health perspective. (msn.com)
- Why the NIH renewed a slew of paused grants. (statnews.com)
- How much of the fall in murder rates is due to better treatment? (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Pasta
- Lovers of Italian-made pasta are catching a tariff break. (axios.com)
- How Kraft Mac and Cheese lost its lead. (wsj.com)
Food
- How much does a steakhouse net on a $500 bill? (wsj.com)
- The UK has banned the boiling of live lobsters. (semafor.com)
- The financial downside of introducing your children to sushi. (wsj.com)
Entertainment
- The 'Stranger Things' finale performed well in the theater. (spyglass.org)
- 'Zootopia 2' is Disney's ($DIS) highest grossing animated film. (variety.com)
- What's the future for Mubi? (vulture.com)
Sports
- How the Pac 12 came back from the dead. (frontofficesports.com)
- F.C. Barcelona is uniquely loaded down with debt. (nytimes.com)
- Warren Buffett's March Madness contest will continue. (frontofficesports.com)
Children
- Why don't all schools ban cellphones is the classroom? (wsj.com)
- Children in youth sports are burning out earlier and faster. (nytimes.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: the sounds of silence. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Don't miss a thing! Sign up for our daily e-mail newsletter. (abnormalreturns.com)
Mixed media
- Some things that went right in 2025 including 'Cell phone bans expand in schools worldwide.' (mutualfundobserver.com)
- 25 good things that happened in 2025 including 'No hurricanes made landfall in the United States for the first time in a decade.' (wapo.st)
- 97 ways the world got better in 2025 including 'Once-dilapidated Route 66 motels are being transformed into affordable housing.' (reasonstobecheerful.world)
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