- Coffee nerd James Hoffman has a good video on an issue that crops up a lot on StatsChat — totals vs means/rates — though in his case it’s about shorter vs longer espresso shots for making flat white/cappucino.
- From Axios: foreigners don’t seem to be visiting the US as much — this is more interesting than it sounds, since a lot of the dip must be short-notice cancellations, which are relatively difficult/expensive.
- According to the NZ Herald, Elon Musk wants zero tariffs between the US and Europe. The story doesn’t point out that was very close to the situation a week ago (eg, according to economist Justin Wolfers.)
- Friday’s rain pushed the Auckland dam water levels up nearly four percentage points (conveniently, the total storage is close to 100 GL, so 1 GL is about 1 percentage point), which was bit more than a third of the deficit from average. While we’re being nitpicky, that should be 9.99% below, not “-9.99% below”
- New York has a new subway map
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