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Saturday links: an infinite comparison engine

Autos

  • The Ferrari ($RACE) Luce doesn't look like a Ferrari. (spyglass.org)
  • Waymo is rolling out 100 Ojai vehicles into its autonomous commercial fleet. (sherwood.news)
  • Consumers are flocking to Costco ($COST) to buy gas. (cnbc.com)

Energy

  • Renewable energy installations are re-accelerating. Hopefully 2025 was a blip. (arstechnica.com)
  • Hawaii wants to close a oil-fired power plant. The EPA won't let it. (grist.org)
  • Coal mining is inherently dangerous. (buttondown.com)

Environment

  • A water crisis out West is nearing. (nytimes.com)
  • Why the world’s oceans are rising at an accelerating pace. (sciencedaily.com)
  • What if Antarctica's ice was melting faster than climate models have estimated? (thecooldown.com)
  • How satellites are already changing the atmosphere. (futurism.com)
  • Meteorologists were central to D-Day success. (npr.org)

Science

  • What's happening to American science. (science.org)
  • Undersea volcanoes keep changing the sea floor. (quantamagazine.org)

Animals

  • How the mere presence of humans affect animal behavior. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • How beavers transformed this landscape for the better. (npr.org)
  • Outdoor lights may be making mosquito season longer. (science.org)
  • Travelers are clamoring for a sighting of an Iberian lynx. (wsj.com)
  • How artists have portrayed dogs over time. (newyorker.com)
  • Capybaras have made a fateful choice. (slate.com)

AI

  • Nonfiction book publishers are up against it, AI-wise. (nymag.com)
  • AI is changing how police do their work. (axios.com)
  • How to use AI to sell your house. (nytimes.com)

Behavior

  • Why we resist the 'good enough life.' (newyorker.com)
  • Some practical tips on how to use your phone less. (nymag.com)
  • Immunotherapy may offer a completely new way to treat people with difficult-to-treat depression. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Five insights from "In a Good Place: How the Spaces Where We Live, Work, and Play Can Help Us Thrive" by Leidy Klotz. (nextbigideaclub.com)
  • How talking about mental health openly can backfire. (theconversation.com)

Pandemics

  • It's hard to argue we are better prepared for the next pandemic. (newyorker.com)
  • Why the FDA downplayed this Covid vaccine report. (nbcnews.com)
  • The only way fight an epidemic is together. (theatlantic.com)

Public health

  • Overdose rates are falling nationwide. (npr.org)
  • While children are falling off Medicaid rolls. (axios.com)
  • More people in the U.S. are going hungry now than during the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic. (npr.org)

Health

  • GLP-1 drug use may be changing users' brains. (washingtonpost.com)
  • Preliminary evidence that gene-editing could permanently lower cholesterol levels. (nytimes.com)
  • How GammaTiles help slow the recurrence of brain tumors. (wsj.com)
  • Lenacapavir is landing in countries unable to reliably distribute it. (nytimes.com)
  • Why some Gen Zers are embracing tanning. (nytimes.com)

Fitness

  • What's the right (fitness) metric? (thewaiterspad.com)
  • Five insights from "Walk: Rediscover the Most Natural Way to Boost Your Health and Longevity―One Step at a Time" by Dr. Milica McDowell and Dr. Courtney Conley. (nextbigideaclub.com)

Beef

  • Why the U.S. cattle herd is at a 75-year low. (npr.org)
  • It's hard to run a barbecue joint when beef prices are soaring. (wapo.st)

Food

  • Rising prices are causing Americans to eat out less often. (npr.org)
  • Florida's agriculture industry is under a weather siege. (politico.com)
  • Farmers are looking for ways to make money that have nothing to do with food. (bloomberg.com)

Sports

  • Why MLB owners want a salary cap. (nytimes.com)
  • Youth sports is putting family finances in danger. (tonyisola.com)
  • Pickleball growth seems to be cooling off. (axios.com)
  • How Princeton turned its lacrosse program around. (sportico.com)

College

  • Cal State is going all-in on AI. (npr.org)
  • Computer science isn't doomed. (theatlantic.com)
  • How AI complicates everything in the classroom. (ninaeichacker.substack.com)
  • Why you needs a HIPAA and FERPA release for your college age kids. (thecollegefinanciallady.com)
  • College should be fun. (theatlantic.com)

Earlier on Abnormal Returns

  • What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
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Mixed media

  • Times are tough for real estate agents. (wsj.com)
  • How to experiment your way to a better life. (experimentalliving.substack.com)
  • People hate programmatic ads. (cjr.org)