Saturday links: an imperfect internet
Tadas Viskanta
Abnormal Returns
4 weeks ago
5 MIN READ
Autos
- New car prices are going up hand-in-hand with car size. (axios.com)
- The Trump administration is planning a full-scale rollback of EV incentives. (wired.com)
Waymo
- The data continue to show Waymo is safer than the average driver. (theverge.com)
- Waymo will start testing its self-driving cars in Tokyo. (wsj.com)
Energy
- 2024 saw a record amount of coal burned. (barrons.com)
- A small majority of wells in the Permian Basin are the biggest methane emitters. (apnews.com)
- Drax ($DRX) is planning to build plants to burn Southern pine to power data centers. (wsj.com)
- American mining is looking forward to the next four years. (npr.org)
Environment
- 2024 was the worst year in a decade for tornadoes. (nytimes.com)
- Most streams in the U.S. are not monitored for flood risks. (theconversation.com)
- For better or worse, there are still plenty of species to discover like the ‘tropical climbing salamander.’ (bbc.com)
- Officials have been able to eradicate ‘murder hornets’ in the U.S. (nationalgeographic.com)
Space
- A Q&A with Peter Beck, CEO of Rocket Lab USA ($RKLB). (sherwood.news)
- On the risks of war extending into space. (arstechnica.com)
Science
- Why star biomedical researchers are leaving Harvard for the private sector. (harvardmagazine.com)
- What brain structure tells us about reading ability. (wired.com)
- How to think about probability. (flowingdata.com)
Drones
- Amazon ($AMZN) continues to tweak its drone delivery model. (nytimes.com)
- Cities and states are not prepared for weaponized drones. (wired.com)
- Military drones are going underwater. (wsj.com)
Travel
- Air travel continues to boom. (axios.com)
- When cruise ships dock en masse, residents are not happy. (msn.com)
Technology
- It’s not just your imagination, the online experience is getting worse. (fastcompany.com)
- AI didn’t kill Brittanica.com. It helped save it. (nytimes.com)
GLP-1s
- Should GLP-1s be the front line treatment for obesity? (sensible-med.com)
- Zepbound was approved to treat obstructive sleep apnea. (abcnews.go.com)
- Another situation where patients were provided GLP-1 drugs, and then they were taken away. (msn.com)
H5N1
- The CDC has confirmed the first severe case of H5N1 in humans. (wired.com)
- Yasmin Tayag, “America is giving the virus [H5N1] a lot of chances to infect people. ” (theatlantic.com)
- H5N1 is ripping through California dairy herds. (statnews.com)
- H5N1 is driving egg prices higher. (finance.yahoo.com)
Health
- Whooping cough cases are at a 20-year high in Michigan. (bridgemi.com)
- Why you should consider the Novavax ($NVAX) Covid vaccine. (vox.com)
- Lenacapavir, a twice-year injection, is highly effective at preventing HIV infection. (npr.org)
- The notorious Ivermectin paper has finally been retracted. (science.org)
- How psychedelic therapy can help in end-of-life care. (nytimes.com)
- You’re probably measuring your blood pressure wrong. (wsj.com)
- Why keeping humidifiers clean is such a hassle. (vox.com)
Fitness
- We didn’t evolve to exercise. (simplavida.com)
- America makes it too hard to walk around. (grist.org)
- All else equal, people prefer caloric-rich food. (sciencedaily.com)
- An hour of sunlight is an hour of sunlight no matter what you call it. (primecuts.philpearlman.com)
- Five insights from Michael Crawley’s “To the Limit: The Meaning of Endurance from Mexico to the Himalayas.” (nextbigideaclub.com)
- In praise of the humble kettlebell. (artofmanliness.com)
Weed
- More legal weed is getting consumed than ever. So why are the stocks of pot companies performing so poorly? (sherwood.news)
- We are still learning about the impact of widespread marijuana use. (vox.com)
Food
- The case for feeding cows an algae supplement to reduce methane emissions. (anthropocenemagazine.org)
- Some major water brands will start offering water in aluminum bottles. (thecooldown.com)
- Lab-grown meat need not only include chicken or beef. (fastcompany.com)
- Defining ‘ultra-processed’ foods isn’t easy. (vox.com)
Drink
- Why martinis are getting dirtier. (grubstreet.com)
- It’s not the sulfites in red wine that gives you a headache. (arstechnica.com)
- How algorithms can sort Scotch from American whiskey by aroma. (phys.org)
Sports
- How nerds have ‘ruined’ professional sports. (neilpaine.substack.com)
- Why legacy cable channels are desperate to air live sports. (hollywoodreporter.com)
- Netflix ($NFLX) has added U.S. rights to broadcast the FIFA Women’s World Cup. (cnbc.com)
- How a NFL team, the Washington Commanders, feed their players and staff. (wapo.st)
Best
- The best documentaries of 2024 including ‘Eno.’ (variety.com)
- The best films of 2024 including ‘Close Your Eyes.’ (newyorker.com)
- The movies that other film directors loved in 2024 including ‘September 5.’ (variety.com)
Worst
- The worst films of 2024 including ‘Poolman.’ (variety.com)
- The worst TV shows of 2024 including ‘Before.’ (variety.com)
College
- A last-minute college application checklist. (thecollegefinanciallady.com)
- Don’t let your kids fall in love with a college you can’t afford. (wealthmanagement.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: technological diffusion. (abnormalreturns.com)
- No one is looking out for you when it comes to sports gambling. (abnormalreturns.com)
- You can now follow us on Bluesky. (bsky.app)
- Have you signed up for daily e-mail newsletter? Well, you should. (abnormalreturns.com)
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