Saturday links: being honest with yourself
Tadas Viskanta
Abnormal Returns
5 hours ago
4 MIN READ
Auto safety
- How big trucks and SUVs are more likely to kill pedestrians. (nytimes.com)
- The NHTSA doesn’t count deaths that occur in parking lots and driveways. (bloomberg.com)
EVs
- The second wave of EV pickups are here. (wsj.com)
- How the war in Iran boosted EV sales. (ft.com)
- Hands on with the new Slate Truck. (arstechnica.com)
- Is anyone going to buy a Slate Truck? (wsj.com)
Energy
- The U.S. needs a better grid, not necessarily a lot more power. (worksinprogress.co)
- On the prospects for a sodium-ion battery era. (ft.com)
- How solar panels over water canals work. (nytimes.com)
- Peak Energy and GM ($GM) have entered a new partnership manufacture sodium-ion batteries for energy storage systems. (motherjones.com)
- There’s nothing green about wood pellet power. (grist.org)
Climate
- How hot is too hot for humans? (theconversation.com)
- A site created by former NOAA employees, Climate.us is now live. (npr.org)
Science
- Chicago wants to be a major player in quantum computing. (wsj.com)
- Young biomedical scientists now say they are more likely to leave the U.S. (papers.ssrn.com)
Travel
- Las Vegas is pricing out many of its former visitors. (wsj.com)
- Hotel owners want a bigger cut of Marriott Rewards revenue. (wsj.com)
Technology
- It’s okay to be skeptical of AI, but not dismissive. (noahpinion.blog)
- AR glasses are inevitable. (wsj.com)
- Is ‘brain rot’ real? (sciencenews.org)
Health
- A look at a new effort to reduce/eliminate respiratory infections. (blog.interceptfund.com)
- A vaccine against norovirus would be a game changer. (news.yale.edu)
- How a breath test could be used to diagnose pneumonia in minutes. (technologyreview.com)
- Haitian immigrants are a key cog in the nursing home system. (kffhealthnews.org)
- Just FYI, GLP-1s have not been tested in children. (wsj.com)
Fitness
- How going all-in on health optimization can backfire. (twopct.com)
- A Q&A with Chris Ballard, author of “The Plunge: Maverick Swimmers, an Unlikely Quest, and the Transformative Power of Cold Water.” (awfulannouncing.com)
- Are GLP-1s performance enhancing drugs? (theatlantic.com)
Drink
- The United States of Bourbon is the first-ever blend of bourbon from all 50 states. (insidehook.com)
- What it’s like to (accidentally) quit drinking. (newyorker.com)
Protein
- A year ago, people were predicting the return of the screwworm. (theatlantic.com)
- Americans have clocked higher beef prices. (axios.com)
- America has a whey protein shortage. (wsj.com)
- The egg shortage is over. (nytimes.com)
Food
- The debate over ultra-processed foods needs better data. (theatlantic.com)
- Why comparing food delivery costs is so difficult. (newsletter.platypuseconomics.com)
- How kombuchas differ. (sciencedaily.com)
Soccer
- Elite U.S. soccer looks different than the rank-and-file. (theguardian.com)
- Pablo Torre talks with Chris Wittyngham about the late soccer journalist Grant Wahl. (podcasts.apple.com)
- How FIFA’s semi-automated offside technology works. (technologyreview.com)
Entertainment
- Why Google ($GOOGL) invested in A24. (pitchbook.com)
- Sports leagues have a fraught relationship with online clips. (cnbc.com)
- Sonny Burch talks with Ben Fritz of the WSJ about the relationship between Big Tech and Hollywood. (thebulwark.com)
- What onscreen job is the most dangerous? (stephenfollows.com)
College
- What poorer students need to understand about college. (ofdollarsanddata.com)
- The MBA is losing steam among recruiters. (wsj.com)
Children
- Public schools have yet to prepare for falling enrollment. (bloomberg.com)
- The South is the only place where the population of children is increasing. (axios.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- We are rapidly running out of road to kick the proverbial Social Security can. (abnormalreturns.com)
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