Saturday links: everything in moderation

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. Have a great weekend! Quote of the Day "Everyone knows everything is fine in moderation. But why do we all suck so bad at moderating?" (Michael Easter) EVs - EV batteries are outperforming expectations. (jalopnik.com) - Australian sales of EVS topped gas-powered cars for the first time in August. (nytimes.com) Energy - California's utilities are in a tough position. (bloomberg.com) - What can you do to make yourself more energy independent. (bonddad.blogspot.com) Travel - Key West runs, in large part, on Haitian labor. (nytimes.com) - AI is coming for air traffic control. (arstechnica.com) Animals - For the first time in over 30 years, Newfoundland and Labrador’s Northern cod stock has been deemed “healthy” by Ottawa. (canadianaffairs.news) - Great Lakes sturgeon may be way older than previously thought. (smithsonianmag.com) - Warmer weather makes for more wasps. (msn.com) - How Alberta defeated brown rats. (worksinprogress.news) AI assistants - Meta's ($META) Muse is pretty good. (spyglass.org) - Putting Siri AI through its paces. (pogueman.substack.com) AI slop - Former legitimate web sites are getting sloppified. (futurism.com) - Book authors now need to be on the lookout for AI knockoffs. (theatlantic.com) Behavior - Short-form video is not great for your brain. (theatlantic.com) - The number of clinical trials on psychedelics is on the rise. (wapo.st) Health - What recent deaths say about the size of the measles outbreak in Pennsylvania. (theatlantic.com) - How the immigration crackdown is putting children at risk. (npr.org) - Who really needs a heart calcium scan? (sciencedaily.com) - Dying isn't easy for anyone involved. (sensible-med.com) Fitness - Why you should take your sleep tracker data with a grain of salt. (wsj.com) - A look at exercise vs. diet for weight loss. (twopct.com) - "Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body" by Andrew Huberman is a fire hose of recommendations. (slate.com) Drugs - Cychlorphine, a new synthetic opioid, is 10 times as potent as fentanyl. (nytimes.com) - How Portugal rolled out drug decriminalization. (theconversation.com) Drink - College kids have found a new way to binge drink. (eurekalert.org) - When did martinis become a personality? (slate.com) Food - Driscoll's entered the berry market in China and promptly got ripped off. (wsj.com) - How the New World Screwworm made a comeback. (sciencedaily.com) - Are darker egg yolks actually healthier? (scientificamerican.com) EPL - The EPL is the undisputed king of global football, but has it lost its soul in the process? (bloomberg.com) - Why are so many English football clubs for sale? (nytimes.com) Sports - Why position players are pitching more innings than ever. (neilpaine.substack.com) - LeBron James will make more money from his Polymarket partnership than from playing for the 76ers. (frontofficesports.com) - Is competitive fly fishing an oxymoron? (whyisthisinteresting.substack.com) - A look at the new Belmont Park. (nytimes.com) College - The BusinessWeek MBA rankings for 2026 with Stanford on top. (bloomberg.com) - On campus you can now hire a 'concierge mom.' (nytimes.com) - College students need to sleep more. (theconversation.com) Earlier on Abnormal Returns - What you missed in our Thursday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com) - Don't miss a thing! Sign up for our daily e-mail newsletter. (abnormalreturns.com) - Work in wealth management? Sign up for our exclusive Talking Wealth newsletter. (talkingwealthpod.com)