Saturday links: a moral center
Tadas Viskanta
Abnormal Returns
4 weeks ago
5 MIN READ
Autos
- Strategically, Porsche AG is kind of stuck in the middle. (wsj.com)
- Tesla ($TSLA) will start accepting CyberTruck trade-ins, at a cost. (electrek.co)
- Waffle House is adding EV charging stations. (theverge.com)
Energy
- The new tax bill would take big bite out of residential solar. (wsj.com)
- The Trump administration is allowing construction to restart on a wind farm off the coast of Long Island. (cbsnews.com)
- Why the Energy Star program was unique. (fastcompany.com)
- Adding up the energy expenditure of AI. (technologyreview.com)
Climate
- Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, “We’re not doing that climate change, you know, crud, anymore.” (nytimes.com)
- The U.S. under Trump stands alone as being hostile to the idea of climate change. (nytimes.com)
- There are no climate safe havens. (nytimes.com)
Hurricane Helene
- Trump spread misinformation about FEMA in the wake of Hurricane Helene. The recovery efforts continue to lag. (politico.com)
- FEMA again denied an extension of Helene relief funding. (carolinajournal.com)
- Five lessons from Hurricane Helene, North Carolina edition, including ‘Disaster messaging varied considerably by county.’ (propublica.org)
Weather
- Fire weather is increasing in frequency across the country. (axios.com)
- AI is coming for weather forecasting and more. (sciencealert.com)
- How ready are we for hurricane season? (fastcompany.com)
- Tornado alley is shifting eastward. (theconversation.com)
- Hail is growing threat for insurers. (npr.org)
Environment
- Higher sea levels are baked in at this point. (newscientist.com)
- How scientists measure CO2 in the atmosphere. (smithsonianmag.com)
- National service program AmeriCorps has been gutted. (grist.org)
- Can mushrooms be used to clean up contaminated sites? (smithsonianmag.com)
Animals
- Progress is being made on a bird flu vaccine for cows. (semafor.com)
- Seals and sea lions love salmon, just a little too much. (smithsonianmag.com)
- USDA cuts are putting honeybees even more at risk. (theatlantic.com)
- Silvopasture is the ‘the intentional integration of trees, forage, and livestock.’ (modernfarmer.com)
- Humpback whales don’t see that well. (biographic.com)
Science
- Be skeptical of standout research results. (thebsdetector.substack.com)
- A visualization of science funding cuts YTD. (flowingdata.com)
- MIT is cutting its incoming class of graduate students. (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
Technology
- RIP, Pocket. (spyglass.org)
- How AirTags can work in practice: the case of a lost dog. (arstechnica.com)
- On the dangers of being terminally online. (little-flying-robots.ghost.io)
Disease
- The FDA approved the first blood test for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease. (statnews.com)
- Babesiosis, a rare, tick-borne disease, is spreading across the U.S. (smithsonianmag.com)
- H5N1 isn’t going anywhere. (marginalrevolution.com)
Health
- Scott Alexander, “The only thing about COVID nobody talks about anymore is the 1.2 million deaths.” (astralcodexten.com)
- The FDA is going to limit Covid boosters to the elderly and those at high-risk. (biopharmadive.com)
- New parents in Texas are increasingly choosing to vaccinate for measles. (nbcnews.com)
- The CDC has reduced its public outreach. (npr.org)
- You are on your own: the MAHA ethos. (newyorker.com)
Fitness
- Research shows a big drop off in exercise at age 49. (axios.com)
- Are heated workout classes any better for you? (thecut.com)
- Why women should lift weights. (twopct.com)
Food
- The shift toward restaurant takeout is really stunning. (foodandwine.com)
- When a grocery store is more like a farmer’s market. (nytimes.com)
- Honeycrisp apples have gone from wow to meh. (seriouseats.com)
- Replacing artificial dyes in foods isn’t always easy. (npr.org)
- Restaurants shouldn’t sell their secret sauce. (slate.com)
Drink
- Women still drink less than men, but the gap is narrowing. (wsj.com)
- Adolescents whose parents are more permissive toward alcohol use drink more. (theconversation.com)
Entertainment
- Universal has built the first major U.S. amusement park to open in over two decades.` (wsj.com)
- AI is changing how animators do their job. (nytimes.com)
- You can safely ignore Cannes standing ovations. (spyglass.org)
Sports
- It’s hard not to blame LIV Golf on the performance of its players in majors. (disciplinefunds.com)
- The late Colts owner Jim Irsay was an unusually generous man. (bobkravitz.com)
- Why MLS is unwatchable. (outinleft.com)
College
- These secondary public universities are losing enrollment and their towns are suffering. (wsj.com)
- The burden is now on students who don’t use AI to cheat in college. (nytimes.com)
- There is a bull market in blue books. (wsj.com)
- How college course shutouts affect the decision on a major. (papers.ssrn.com)
- The unemployment rate for various college majors may surprise you. (cnbc.com)
School
- How Miami schools are embracing AI in the classroom. (nytimes.com)
- The state of Oklahoma has enshrined 2020 election denialism in the curriculum. (npr.org)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: the new space race. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Don’t miss a thing! Sign up for our daily e-mail newsletter. (abnormalreturns.com)
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