On Saturdays we catch up with the non-finance related items that we didn’t get to earlier in the week. You can check out last week’s edition here. Have a great weekend!
Quote of the Day
"When AI can eliminate entire professional categories overnight, when traditional credentials lose value faster than you can earn them, when digital platforms can create overnight millionaires...the question is about how we define stability in an unstable world."
(Kyla Scanlon)
Autos
- Ferrari ($RACE) is Europe's most valuable automaker. (wsj.com)
- 2025 should see autonomous vehicle operations scale widely. (platformaeronaut.com)
- Rising prices might push buyers from trucks to cars. (axios.com)
Congestion pricing
- The global experience with congestion pricing is generally positive. (econofact.org)
- Congestion pricing in New York City is working. (arstechnica.com)
Drones
- Mass drone waves are a threat to which we currently have little defense. (axios.com)
- Health care providers are increasingly experimenting with drone deliveries. (wsj.com)
Environment
- Global sea ice is at a record low. (bbc.com)
- Some troubling signs in the Gulf of Maine: a dearth of young lobsters. (biographic.com)
- Pleasant scents from chemical products create air pollution inside your home. (sciencedaily.com)
FAA
- It usually takes a disaster before we address problems. (thenewatlantis.com)
- Purging the FAA increases the risk of future accidents. (rollingstone.com)
Travel
- There's only so much space in overhead bins. How to be considerate. (wsj.com)
- 50 years of travel tips including 'If you are fortunate, a fantastic way to share your fortune is to gift a friend the cost of travel with you. You both will have a great time.' (kk.org)
Apple
Technology
- There is seemingly no end to the big spending on AI. (wsj.com)
- Google Search is degrading before our own eyes. (honest-broker.com)
Behavior
- Why would anyone have nostalgia for objectively bad times? (theatlantic.com)
- How to embrace your left brain without going overboard. (newsletter.theleading-edge.org)
- Are noise cancelling headphones affecting our ability to hear normally? (techcrunch.com)
- How having a child changes your personality. (theatlantic.com)
- Why your therapist doesn't accept insurance. (theincidentaleconomist.com)
Public health
- How the Covid pandemic cemented low confidence in institutions. (theatlantic.com)
- We're a mutation or two away from widespread H5N1. (wsj.com)
- Why sepsis rates have risen in Texas. (propublica.org)
- Why do people in rural areas have shorter lifespans? (theconversation.com)
- Where opioid overdose deaths are falling fastest. (axios.com)
Vaccines
- Just how close is a norovirus vaccine? (scientificamerican.com)
- Should adults get re-vaccinated for measles? (npr.org)
- The U.S. has stopped sharing influenza data with WHO. (newscientist.com)
Medicine
- The Ozempic shortage is over. (wired.com)
- Med spas are a booming business. (msn.com)
- On the downside of injections for back pain. (newatlas.com)
- Emergency medicine doctors are most at-risk of burnout. (whitecoatinvestor.com)
Food
- Coke ($KO) and Pepsi ($PEP) are coming for Olipop and Poppi. (wsj.com)
- Potatoes are sensitive to rising soil temperatures. (thecooldown.com)
- Gluten-free doesn't necessarily mean healthy. (theconversation.com)
- Frozen food needs better PR. (theatlantic.com)
- Eat more fiber. (simplavida.com)
MLB
- Why MLB and ESPN are going their separate ways. (huddleup.substack.com)
- Disparities in local media rights is a big problem for MLB. (frontofficesports.com)
Sports business
- LVMH is pushing its brands in the sports scene. (frontofficesports.com)
- Draftkings ($DKNG) could get into futures contracts on sports. (sportico.com)
Entertainment
- When your local movie theater goes non-profit. (nytimes.com)
- Universal is spending big on theme parks. (nytimes.com)
Education
- What does the Department of Education do? (thecollegefinanciallady.com)
- Better air in schools is a good investment. (academic.oup.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: confidence and creativity. (abnormalreturns.com)
- You can now follow us on Bluesky. (bsky.app)
- Are you signed up for daily e-mail newsletter? Well, you should. (abnormalreturns.com)
