Saturday links: being present
Tadas Viskanta
Abnormal Returns
9 months ago
5 MIN READ
EVs
- Why automakers are boosting small vehicle production: price. (axios.com)
- What a year with a leased Ford ($F) Mach-E has been like. (wsj.com)
- A (fun) year with a Ford ($F) Mach-E. (charlotteledger.substack.com)
- What it’s like to charge an EV on a road trip these days. (npr.org)
Transport
- How robot cars can help ease traffic congestion. (theconversation.com)
- How cylindrical sails could reduce container ship fuel consumption. (newatlas.com)
Solar
- Plug-and-play residential solar panels are popular in Germany. (nytimes.com)
- How robots can install solar panels. (nytimes.com)
Energy
- Utilities are facing a polycrisis as they try to rebuild their systems. (wsj.com)
- HVAC companies are struggling to keep up with AC demand this summer. (wapo.st)
- How the Chernobyl disaster killed many more people by throttling nuclear power. (marginalrevolution.com)
- How this startup is using AI to look for minerals like lithium and copper. (wsj.com)
Cities
- Cities need more shade, especially trees. (theatlantic.com)
- It takes more than a sidewalk to make walking fun. (strongtowns.org)
Water
- How rising water is putting Gouda, Netherlands at-risk. (nytimes.com)
- Why some beaches keep getting rebuilt. (eenews.net)
Environment
- The climate is changing so fast it is hard to tell what extreme weather is any more. (theconversation.com)
- Extreme fires are acting in unpredictable ways. (bloomberg.com)
- How lower interest rates could help clean energy installation. (semafor.com)
- A drying Great Salt Lake is emitting more CO2. (npr.org)
- You’re probably using your home air purifier wrong. (wired.com)
Animals
- How air pollution affects pollinators. (knowablemagazine.org)
- Don’t discount the impact of vultures on human health. (bbc.com)
- Dinosaurs did not stomp through thick rainforests. (smithsonianmag.com)
- Why wildlife corridors matter. (modernfarmer.com)
Batteries
- Not every device needs a lithium ion battery. (theatlantic.com)
- Ten settings to help your iPhone battery to make it through the day. (zdnet.com)
AI
- AI voice clones are growing in sophistication. (davidepstein.substack.com)
- Why Perplexity is paying some publishers. (theverge.com)
- AI can’t identify something if its not in its training data. (aisnakeoil.com)
- Are we going to be able to use AI to detect lying? (msn.com)
Travel
- A vacation need not be long to be satisfying. (slate.com)
- There’s no getting around the emissions issue for private jets. (sherwood.news)
SpaceX
- Is the U.S. too dependent on SpaceX? (arstechnica.com)
- SpaceX will begin returning its Dragon crew and cargo capsules to splashdowns in the Pacific Ocean. (arstechnica.com)
Behavior
- When does anxiety shift from adaptive to toxic? (msn.com)
- What therapy is for, and what it isn’t for. (freddiedeboer.substack.com)
- Some famous introverts, illustrated. (thequietlife.net)
Hospitals
- Nonprofit hospitals are often quite profitable, and CEO pay reflects this. (wapo.st)
- When PE buys a hospital, asset sales commence. (jamanetwork.com)
Dementia
- Researchers have designed a test that is 90% effective in identifying patients with Alzheimer’s disease. (smithsonianmag.com)
- The impact of various risk factors on dementia. (ft.com)
Health
- We’re likely not doing enough to combat H5N1. (wired.com)
- The promise of Theranos is coming closer to a reality. (wsj.com)
- What it’s like to be cured of AIDS. (npr.org)
- How a smart pillow can reduce snoring. (newatlas.com)
- Your nose has immune cells. (nature.com)
Fitness
- How to get the biggest mood boost from exercise. (nytimes.com)
- How depression affects motivation. (newatlas.com)
Cattle
- It’s time to start vaccinating cattle for bird flu? (marginalrevolution.com)
- Can vaccinating cattle help slow bird flu? (statnews.com)
Food
- Vertical farming has burnt through a lot of venture capital. (news.crunchbase.com)
- Howard Schultz is big in the olive oil business. (semafor.com)
- Taco Bell is adding AI to its drive thru windows. (engadget.com)
- How a vegan diet can help reduce biological age. (statnews.com)
- A lot of the yogurt we eat isn’t all that different from ice cream. (theatlantic.com)
- The cost of living as measured by the price of Din Tai Fung soup dumplings. (axios.com)
- Why coffee bean prices are headed higher. (cnn.com)
Entertainment
- Cosm is the Sphere-lite. (sportico.com)
- How much is AI going to change the movies? (theguardian.com)
- How AI could take movie editor’s jobs. (nytimes.com)
- Why more movie stars should buy movie theaters. (spyglass.org)
Cheaters
- How biking officials hunt for hidden motors. (spectrum.ieee.org)
- Track and field seems to take doping more seriously than other sports. (nytimes.com)
Sports
- DraftKings ($DKNG) is planning a surcharge in high tax states. (sportico.com)
- Why its hard for boys in the U.S. to find a gymnastics program. (npr.org)
- Cities just aren’t lining up to host the Olympics any more. (huddleup.substack.com)
- Four lessons learned about life from rugby. (npr.org)
College
- The case for college in the age of e-learning. (hbr.org)
- Colleges are looking for revenue wherever they can find it, cue the campus wedding. (wsj.com)
- What income counts on the FAFSA. (thecollegefinanciallady.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: signs of life. (abnormalreturns.com)
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