Saturday links: why things persist
Tadas Viskanta
Abnormal Returns
10 hours ago
4 MIN READ
Autos
- What happened to the affordable, basic American car? (nytimes.com)
- SpaceX is a big buyer of Tesla ($TSLA) Cybertrucks. (finance.yahoo.com)
- Hyundai is seeing a surge in demand for EVs. (semafor.com)
- Are EREVs the way forward for pickups? (theatlantic.com)
Energy
- The Iran war is a boost to renewable energy. (axios.com)
- Patrick O’Shaugnessy talks uranium enrichment with Scott Nolan, Founder and CEO of General Matter. (youtube.com)
- What do you do when the electric utility abandons your hurricane-proof enclave? (wsj.com)
- Batteries will account for some 28% of new U.S. power plant capacity built this year. (reasonstobecheerful.world)
- UK solar output keeps setting records. (theguardian.com)
Weather
- The battle for better weather forecasts is on. (insurancejournal.com)
- How San Diego sidestepped water issues. (wsj.com)
- Why California’s fog is disappearing. (science.org)
Animals
- Why are gray whales dying in San Francisco bay? (theconversation.com)
- We need to eat more invasive species. (thecooldown.com)
- Why the monarch butterfly is at risk. (reasonstobecheerful.world)
- How zoonotic transmission happens. (science.org)
- Rhinos are back in Uganda. (news.mongabay.com)
Air travel
- No, American ($AAL) is not merging with United ($UAL). (wsj.com)
- First class seats increasingly drive airline profitability. (nytimes.com)
Data centers
- Americans are turning against data centers. (yahoo.com)
- Maine has enacted a ban on new data centers. (wsj.com)
AI
- How AI startup Mercor wants to replace white collar workers. (bloomberg.com)
- Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway talk with Alex Imas about how the speed of AI is going to upend the economy. (podcasts.apple.com)
- AI is ideal for coding. It’s not ideal for everything. (nytimes.com)
- People don’t cut algorithms much slack. (om.co)
Drugs
- A new potent synthetic opioid is hitting the streets. (npr.org)
- There is still little research being done on the health imapcts of cannabis use. (theconversation.com)
- Police rely on colorimetric tests for drugs, but they are, at best, unreliable. (cnn.com)
Gastroenterology
- Adam Grant talks with Harvard gastroenterologist Trisha Pasricha, author of “You’ve Been Pooping All Wrong: How to Make Your Bowel Movements a Joy.” (open.spotify.com)
- Dr. Eric Topol talks with Dr. Trisha Pasricha, author of “You’ve Been Pooping All Wrong: How to Make Your Bowel Movements a Joy.” (open.spotify.com)
Public health
- On the Covid rise, and fall, in Medicaid eligibility. (theconversation.com)
- Good luck trying to price shop for health care. (theincidentaleconomist.com)
- Evidence that flouridation has no impact on cognition. (nbcnews.com)
- On the economic benefits of eliminating cancer. (nber.org)
- On the importance of translators in medical settings. (npr.org)
Medicine
- Some good news from Revolution Medicines ($RVMD) on the pancreatic cancer front. (cnbc.com)
- The case for freezing your eggs. (worksinprogress.news)
- Get your shingles vaccine! (wired.com)
Drink
- Americans are drinking less imported Mexican beer. (sherwood.news)
- Fancy ice doesn’t come cheap. (thehustle.co)
Food
- Restaurants are struggling to hire dishwashers. (wsj.com)
- Las Vegas buffets have gone upscale. (apnews.com)
- How AI is making its way into QSR drive thrus. (wsj.com)
- WTF are ‘simulated blueberries’? (thecooldown.com)
- The story of Tapatio hot sauce. (latimes.com)
Media
- What Hollywood should learn from the success of ‘Project Hail Mary.’ (fasterplease.substack.com)
- Netflix ($NFLX) keeps flirting with movie theaters. (spyglass.org)
- Streamers drop more ads in shows than movies. (mediaplaynews.com)
Podcasts
- Podcast fans feel left behind by the push towards video. (wsj.com)
- NBA players just keep launching podcasts. (nytimes.com)
Sports
- The NBA’s new media deal showed a big jump in viewership. (frontofficesports.com)
- Pablo Torre talks with Luke Thomas about the right wing takeover of combat sports. (podcasts.apple.com)
- AI won, but competitive chess is still struggling with AI. (riskgaming.com)
- Teens are finding ways to bet on sports. (cnbc.com)
College
- Computer science as a major is in retreat. (msn.com)
- The number of teenagers graduating from American high schools peaked last year. (theatlantic.com)
- College students have much faith that their institutions will deal with sexual misconduct issues. (theconversation.com)
- When are college costs actually due? (thecollegefinanciallady.com)
Children
- Stop asking your kids so many questions. (bakadesuyo.com)
- In praise of difficult children. (theatlantic.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
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