Saturday links: the active squeeze
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
- All the data point toward Waymo's being safer than human drivers. (theargumentmag.com)
- Tesla's ($TSLA) FSD will soon be a monthly subscription. (sherwood.news)
Energy
- A lot of capital is tied up in unfinished offshore wind projects. (nytimes.com)
- Strains from data center demand is making the grid less reliable. (wsj.com)
- The scale of China's push into renewables is stunning. (e360.yale.edu)
Environment
- Net zero is off the table. (axios.com)
- The last 11 years have been the hottest 11 years on record. (npr.org)
- The ocean just keeps getting hotter. (arstechnica.com)
- Europe's forests are in trouble. (theguardian.com)
- We are all paying a 'heat tax' but it is behind the scenes. (bloomberg.com)
- Want to cool the planet? We may need to remake the oceans. (nytimes.com)
- The Trump administration is taking the P out of EPA. (grist.org)
Science
- Some good news. Congress is looking to reinstate cuts to research programs. (nytimes.com)
- Some evidence that myths about ancient cities lost to the sea could be true. (bigthink.com)
Technology
- The Vision Pro is dead, right? Not so fast... (spyglass.org)
- Disposable vapes are tech products. (blog.jgc.org)
- Why right‑to‑repair laws matter. (whyisthisinteresting.substack.com)
Behavior
- Why some people simply don't like music. (sciencedaily.com)
- 59 non-human primate species engage in same-sex behaviors. (nbcnews.com)
Vaccines
- A big measles outbreak is happening in South Carolina. (npr.org)
- Other countries still want to vaccinate their children against hepatitis B. (npr.org)
- Doctors groups are pushing back against RFK's new vaccine schedule. (statnews.com)
- A look at the diseases the CDC no longer thinks are threats. (npr.org)
- Anti-vaxxers keep getting appointed to federal vaccine advisory panels. (washingtonpost.com)
Public health
- Despite talk to the contrary, drug companies continue to raise list prices. (npr.org)
- What 'The Pitt' tell us about America and medicine. (theatlantic.com)
- It's hard to disentangle the MAHA movement from the supplements industry. (wsj.com)
- Health innovations matter, but underlying societal constraints can bind. (papers.ssrn.com)
Health
- Five year cancer survival rates in the U.S. hit 70% for the first time. (semafor.com)
- Maybe we aren't full of microplastics. (theguardian.com)
- Are statins underperscribed? (sciencedaily.com)
- More women are choosing to have children in their 40s. (npr.org)
- Six insights from Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel's new book, "Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules for a Long and Healthy Life." (nextbigideaclub.com)
Drink
- Cutwater sales are booming. (vinepair.com)
- Alcohol consumption is falling in China. (sherwood.news)
- Canadian consumers have little interest in resuming purchases of American liquor. (msn.com)
- American brewers are focusing on 2.5 to 3.5% ABV beers. (foodandwine.com)
- This January, should you swap weed for alcohol? (theatlantic.com)
- Five insights from "Why We Drink Too Much: The Impact of Alcohol on Our Bodies and Culture" by Charles Knowles. (nextbigideaclub.com)
Beef
- The structural reasons why beef prices will continue rising over time. (thecounterpoint.substack.com)
- Carbon credits are a lifeline for some ranchers. (wsj.com)
- Can beef ever be 'green'? (wri.org)
Food
- Protein mania has gone too far. (theatlantic.com)
- Banning junk food is harder than it looks. (theatlantic.com)
- The new food pyramid is 'internally inconsistent.' (statnews.com)
- How much of improvements in crop quality accrue to farmers? (papers.ssrn.com)
- Florida's orange business is fading away. (bloomberg.com)
- How heirloom beans became cool. (wsj.com)
Media
- A closer look at Ted Sarandos' pitch for Warner Bros. ($WBD). (spyglass.org)
- More TV stations are dropping their network affiliation. (cjr.org)
Sports gambling
- Another basketball gambling scandal just hit. (frontofficesports.com)
- Gambling is going to force leagues are going to have to shore up their reputations. (awfulannouncing.com)
Sports
- Premier League team owners are taking a page from the NFL. (bloomberg.com)
- Fanatics is now getting into content production. (frontofficesports.com)
- Can bowling pull from the TopGolf model? (frontofficesports.com)
- Tanking is now a feature of the NBA. (theringer.com)
Children
- Learning is hard. AI is easy. Why combining the two may not work. (forklightning.substack.com)
- How home schooled children can fall through the cracks. (theatlantic.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: rebuilding infrastructure. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Don't miss a thing! Sign up for our daily e-mail newsletter. (abnormalreturns.com)
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