Saturday links: the case against complaining

AutosNobody wants Cybertrucks. (sherwood.news)A profile of Lyft ($LYFT) CEO David Risher. (semafor.com)How fast will the autonomous car market grow? (sherwood.news)A woman recently give birth in a Waymo on the way to the hospital. (nbcnews.com)EnergyWhy BP and Shell failed to transform their businesses. (ft.com)How solar is getting rolled out across Africa. (climatedrift.substack.com)EnvironmentWhy Tehran is running out of water. (wired.com)How the deep ocean’s carbon-fixing engine works. (sciencedaily.com)AnimalsHow humans rank among mammalian monogomy. (wsj.com)The fact that human sperm ever fertilizes an egg is kind of miracle. (knowablemagazine.org)We keep discovering new deep sea species. (oceancensus.org)Repelling fish is harder than it seems. (wsj.com)ScienceImmigrants are over-represented among American Nobel Prize science winners. (nytimes.com)A Q&A with Stuart Buck who is the executive director of the Good Science Project. (fasterplease.substack.com)TechnologyAlgorithmic pricing is here. (nytimes.com)Why RSS matters. (werd.io)BehaviorAI chatbots weren't designed to be therapists. (ft.com)The FDA approved Flow Neuroscience's at-home brain stimulation device to treat depression. (reuters.com)How to build up some emotional resilience. (experimentalliving.substack.com)Five insights from Robert Coplan's new book, "The Joy of Solitude: How to Reconnect with Yourself in an Overconnected World." (nextbigideaclub.com)Gender essentialism is making a big comeback. (theargumentmag.com)What is "wounded striving"? (forbes.com)VaccinesOn the safety of Covid mRNA vaccines. (jamanetwork.com)Covid vaccines cut ER visits for children. (scientificamerican.com)South Carolina is a measles hot spot. (semafor.com)HealthThe FDA approved the first gonorrhea drug in decades. (medpagetoday.com)Is the surge in cancer diagnoses due to more imaging? (nytimes.com)More research showing the dangers of forever chemicals. (msn.com)How Slovenia has tackled chronic disease. (statnews.com)WeedSuicide rates among older Americans have fallen after recreational marijuana legalization. (papers.ssrn.com)Research on the medical benefits of cannabis use is 'often weak or inconclusive.' (sciencedaily.com)FitnessGet some sun early in the morning. (twopct.com)There is a tradeoff between muscle strength and aerobic capacity. (peterattiamd.com)Why you need to prioritize sleep. (newatlas.com)DogsYour dog's genetics won't tell you much about their behavior. (arstechnica.com)Five insights from "The Science of Pets" by Jay Ingram. (nextbigideaclub.com)DrinkCanadian consumers continue to shun American liquors. (fooddive.com)Thrive Market is he first major online grocer to eliminate alcohol entirely from its marketplace. (cnbc.com)FoodSteakhouses are scrambling to cover higher beef prices. (msn.com)Pickles are everywhere these days. (businessinsider.com)China loves Chilean cherries. (financialpost.com)SportsDon't expect a flood of direct private equity investment into athletic programs. (frontofficesports.com)International soccer corruption case dropped by DOJ. (pbs.org)Schedule changes are coming to college soccer. (sportico.com)Entertainment'Zootopia 2' is a big hit. (variety.com)Richard Brody, "The experiential difference between watching a movie in a theatre and on a screen at home varies for every movie, and in no predictable way." (newyorker.com)A visit to the Las Vegas Sphere can be disorienting. (slate.com)MusicOnly 6 of the top 20 streamed songs of 2025 were released this year. (sherwood.news)The best albums of 2025 including 'Lux' by Rosalia. (variety.com)The best albums of 2025 including 'Getting KIlled' by Geese. (theatlantic.com)TVThe best TV shows of 2025 including 'The Studio.' (variety.com)The 10 best TV shows of 2025 including 'The Lowdown.' (washingtonpost.com)The 10 best TV shows of 2025 including 'The Pitt.' (slate.com)MoviesThe best movies of 2025 including 'Train Dreams.' (variety.com)The 10 best movies of 2025 including 'One Battle After Another.' (slate.com)The best movies of 2025 including 'Blue Moon.' (theatlantic.com)CollegeWhat it's like to perform triage on a dying liberal arts college. (bloomberg.com)The University of Texas has come under heel of the state. (nytimes.com)ChildrenWhy do we still take school photos? (theatlantic.com)Schools are increasingly unlikely to assign whole books to read. (nytimes.com)Earlier on Abnormal ReturnsWhat you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)Podcast links: learning the wrong lessons. (abnormalreturns.com)Don't miss a thing! Sign up for our daily e-mail newsletter. (abnormalreturns.com)Mixed mediaThe 10 best books of 2025 including "What We Can Know" by Ian McEwan. (theatlantic.com)The 10 best books of 2025 including "The Undiscovered Country: Triumph, Tragedy, and the Shaping of the American West" by Paul Andrew Hutton. (wsj.com)The best audiobooks of 2025 including "Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism" by Sarah-Wynn Williams. (slate.com)The 17 Best Books of 2025 including "All Consuming: Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now" by Ruby Tandoh. (vanityfair.com)The 10 best books of 2025 including "Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers" by Caroline Fraser. (slate.com)