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Saturday links: being honest with yourself

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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Mixed media

  • How AI will be used to justify the 'enshittification' of various products and services. (oldroperesearch.substack.com)
  • 70 facts from the first half of 2026 including: 'Half of U.S. millennials have at least one tattoo.' (news.theideafarm.com)
  • RIP, Om Malik. (om.co)