Saturday links: a full-time job
Tadas Viskanta
Abnormal Returns
6 days ago
5 MIN READ
AVs
- Banning self-driving cars is like cutting off your nose to spite your face. (theargumentmag.com)
- Waymo has been very deliberate in its roll out. (theatlantic.com)
- Women are more wary of self-driving cars. (theargumentmag.com)
EVs
- EVs are going to win. Period. (lefsetz.com)
- China won the race for EVs. Trucks are next. (restofworld.org)
Tesla
- Tesla ($TSLA) is being sued for its electronic door design. (nytimes.com)
- Tesla’s ($TSLA) insurance arm is under scrutiny by California’s insurance regulator for ‘egregious delays.’ (techcrunch.com)
Air transport
- Can new Otto Aerospace jets re-make private aviation? (wsj.com)
- How much training does an airline pilot really need? (wsj.com)
Energy
- The DOE has banned the use of the words ‘climate change’ and ’emissions.’ (msn.com)
- There’s no logical case for continued subsdization of coal. (paulkrugman.substack.com)
- West Virginia residents are facing higher electricity rates. (nytimes.com)
- This carbon capture startup moved from the U.S. to Canada. (bloomberg.com)
- Why many ‘tapped out’ wells still hold more oil. (sciencedaily.com)
Environment
- Why adding greenhouse gases cause a warmer planet. (quantamagazine.org)
- A look at China’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. (nature.com)
- The ocean continues to reclaim houses on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. (usatoday.com)
- The costs of traffic noise are real, and large. (marginalrevolution.com)
Animals
- How researchers use technology to catalog species. (theatlantic.com)
- Rhinos are well on their way to extinction. (theconversation.com)
- More whales got entangled in fishing nets last year. (smithsonianmag.com)
- Octopi have invaded England’s fishing waters. (nytimes.com)
- The vast majority of dogs don’t live with humans. (biographic.com)
- What animals can teach us about aging. (freethink.com)
Anthropology
- This million year old skull could upend the timeline of homo sapiens. (bbc.com)
- Check out this 12,000 year old rock art that depicts camels. (popsci.com)
- Humans have engaged in mummification for longer than previously thought. (mentalfloss.com)
- Some residents of Pompeii returned after the eruption of Vesuvius. (smithsonianmag.com)
Space
- What is a primordial black hole? (theatlantic.com)
- Why we should be concerned about what Russia is doing in space. (arstechnica.com)
Apple
- Apple ($AAPL) caved to the DOJ. (foxbusiness.com)
- Apple ($AAPL) is rethinking its glasses strategy. (spyglass.org)
- Five insights from Tim Higgins’ new book, “iWar: Fortnite, Elon Musk, Spotify, WeChat, and Laying Siege to Apple’s Empire.” (nextbigideaclub.com)
Technology
- Cookie consent pop-ups don’t work. (spyglass.org)
- How AI can make smart home devices smarter. (wsj.com)
Behavior
- Five insights from “Traveling in Bardo: The Art of Living in an Impermanent World” by Ann Tashi Slater. (nextbigideaclub.com)
- What psychedelic therapy works best for. (reasonstobecheerful.world)
- Inner peace increases with age. (klementoninvesting.substack.com)
Vaccines
- Why vaccines work best when we are young. (wsj.com)
- Vaccines continue to save millions of lives across the world. (semafor.com)
- Pediatricians are on the front lines of the vaccination wars. (theatlantic.com)
Health technology
- Why AI hasn’t replaced radiologists. (worksinprogress.news)
- Can automation make fertility treatments cheaper and better? (washingtonpost.com)
- New technologies are making for more health DIYers. (wsj.com)
- How focal therapy is being used to treat prostate cancer. (bloomberg.com)
Health
- On the dangers of untreated fevers in pregnancy. (nature.com)
- Why pregnant women are excluded from most medical trials. (newyorker.com)
- Five insights from Dr. Tom Frieden, author of “The Formula for Better Health: How to Save Millions of Lives–Including Your Own.” (nextbigideaclub.com)
Fitness
- The case for a morning workout routine. (theatlantic.com)
- How mindfulness could help you keep to your health goals. (theconversation.com)
Drugs
- Why states with legal marijuana are still dealing with unlicensed sellers. (theatlantic.com)
- States are divided on how to regulate kratom. (insidehook.com)
Drink
- Japan’s Asahi brewery has been hit by a cyberattack. (bbc.com)
- A look at how much alcohol Americans drink. (flowingdata.com)
Farming
- U.S. farmers are going to be left with a surplus of soybeans. (ft.com)
- How increased energy demand is negatively affecting Tennessee farmers. (brobible.com)
- How fungi makes for more productive soil. (reasonstobecheerful.world)
Food
- Beef prices keep going up. (visualcapitalist.com)
- It’s hard to avoid higher coffee prices. (wsj.com)
- Taco Bell has the fastest drive thrus. (qsrmagazine.com)
- The 38 most influential American restaurants of the past 20 years. (eater.com)
Golf
- LIV Golf is hemorrhaging cash. (frontofficesports.com)
- Golf courses are learning to live with climate change. (wsj.com)
Soccer
- Top-level soccer players need more rest. (frontofficesports.com)
- How heading the ball lead to brain impacts. (newatlas.com)
Sports
- How new spike technology is upending distance running. (wsj.com)
- Americans are souring on sports gambling. (pewresearch.org)
- Don’t be surprised if the WNBA comes under Trump’s glare. (politico.com)
Entertainment
- YouTube bent the knee. (theatlantic.com)
- Do we really want to interact with Netflix ($NFLX) in the real world? (theatlantic.com)
- A rave review for ‘One Battle After Another’ directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. (readtrung.com)
College
- Why college needs to get harder. (newyorker.com)
- How to fill out the FAFSA. (thecollegefinanciallady.com)
- Why college newspapers matter. (daily.jstor.org)
- Culture warriors find running a college is a lot harder than it looks. (marginalrevolution.com)
- Stanford tops the WSJ/College Pulse 2026 Best Colleges in the U.S. (wsj.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: the AI build out. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Be more human, because the alternative is taken. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Don’t miss a thing! Sign up for our daily e-mail newsletter. (abnormalreturns.com)
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