Saturday links: overwhelming weariness
Autos The Trump administration has weakened fuel efficiency standards for new cars. (npr.org) Ferrari ($RACE) stock is losing its premium valuation. (ft.com) A look at the design choices Tesla ($TSLA) has made with the Cybercab. (austinvernon.site) Some simple math on autonomous taxis. (betonit.ai) Transport How eVTOLs will change daily life. (notboring.co) A third of new trucks in China are electric. (insurancejournal.com) Energy No matter how you slice it, China dominates the global battery market. (ft.com) Nevada is aiming to become a solar energy powerhouse. (wsj.com) California now allows balcony, i.e. plug-in, solar. (kqed.org) The grid needs to be hardened against hackers. (nytimes.com) El Nino El Nino is doing a number on California's coast. (theatlantic.com) The California coast needs to brace for higher sea levels due to El Nino. (nytimes.com) Environment Why American water providers are uniquely at risk from hackers. (techcrunch.com) What happens when you put a bunch of data centers next to each other? (nytimes.com) Just how much Antarctica's ice shelf has melted. (theconversation.com) When does it make sense to repair vs. replace major items? (msn.com) Travel The World Cup didn't prevent a drop in visitors to the U.S. (semafor.com) The 50 best airports in America. (wapo.st) Technology Data center opposition is bi-partisan. (theatlantic.com) Why people love to watch robots fail. (slate.com) Why you should have Stolen Device Protection turned on. (sixcolors.com) Behavior How the peak-end rule works. (twopct.com) Five insights from George Loewenstein's new book, "The Opposite of Happiness: How Bad Feelings Make and Break Us." (nextbigideaclub.com) David Epstein, "The profound point here is that if the moment of peak desperation is interrupted, most people go on living." (davidepstein.substack.com) Health 2026 is the worst year for measles since 1991. (arstechnica.com) Influenza is the eighth leading cause of death in America. (wsj.com) Viral infections, like influenza, can affect you for months. (msn.com) Why aren't more cancer patients getting biomarker testing? (nytimes.com) An alternative to LASIK. (sciencedaily.com) Fitness How to get your protein. (smithsonianmag.com) More evidence in favor of creatine. (sciencedaily.com) Grip strength matters, but not for the reason you think. (wsj.com) Dogs Don't count on your dog saving you from a bear. (nytimes.com) Why dogs like the Netflix ($NFLX) show 'Sealook.' (theguardian.com) You don't need to bring your dog everywhere. (ft.com) Drink California wine grape growers are up against it. (kqed.org) California's oldest family-run winery has filed for bankruptcy protection. (finance.yahoo.com) Canadian distillers are looking for non-US markets. (bnnbloomberg.ca) English whiskey is NOT Scotch. (nytimes.com) Food Kroger ($KR) wants to be more like Walmart ($WMT). (wsj.com) How restaurants are adapting to the GLP-1 world. (nytimes.com) Cultivated meat makers are looking for new markets. (ft.com) Why egg prices are lower. (npr.org) Sports An American, Brandon McNulty, won the road cycling World Championships. (wsj.com) Problem gambling doesn't distinguish between sports books and prediction sites. (npr.org) MLB pitchers have never thrown harder. (apnews.com) Entertainment On the death of the mid-budget movie. (stephenfollows.com) Where did all the big screen comedies go? (washingtonpost.com) How long do film distributors last? (stephenfollows.com) College Hegseth continues his attack on the faculty of the military academies. (theatlantic.com) Why some private colleges are cutting headline tuition rates. (wsj.com) Why writing matters. (danieldrezner.substack.com) Children More students are outsourcing their thinking to AI. (wsj.com) What matters more? Smaller classes or better teachers? (noahpinion.blog) Why your neighbors matter for child outcomes. (papers.ssrn.com) Earlier on Abnormal Returns What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com) Don't miss a thing! Sign up for our daily e-mail newsletter. (abnormalreturns.com) Mixed media A lot of entrepreneurs get a leg up with support from mom and dad. (ft.com) How the baseball cap became a modern wardrobe staple. (frontofficesports.com) Rising instrument prices, due to tariffs, have pinched school music programs. (nytimes.com)