Excerpt: A year as an ‘Apple Genius,’ an excerpt from Nate Dern’s Not Quite a Genius. (Vice)
Quote of the Day
"(T)he passwords you should be using are obscure, almost unexplainable phrases full of human randomness that make them easy to commit to memory and yet almost impossible for an automated system to make sense of."
(Nick Statt)
Environment
- ,Why again would we allow mining in the Gulf of California? (scientificamerican.com)
- How air conditioning conquered America. (nytimes.com)
- Want to help the climate? Swap beans for beef on the menu. (theatlantic.com)
- Calculating the environment costs of Keurig-style coffee pods. (business.financialpost.com)
Sea levels
- New Orleans is losing its battle against climate change and the sea. (washingtonpost.com)
- The Southeast US is already experiencing rising sea levels. (scientificamerican.com)
Energy
- How the solar eclipse will affect solar energy. (fivethirtyeight.com)
- Kauai is the future of renewable energy. (grist.org)
Autos
- Proof that e-bikes can be an automobile substitute. (canberratimes.com.au)
- If you give commuters a better option than cars, they will take it. (washingtonpost.com)
- The end is in sight for the internal combustion engine. (economist.com)
- New transportation options help transform cities. (mobile.nytimes.com)
Travel
- Adults, without kids, love Disney ($DIS) cruises. (bloomberg.com)
- These are the best travel reward programs. (finance.yahoo.com)
- The airline rewards programs for earning free tickets the fastest. (businessinsider.com)
- A bus with sleeping pods to run between LA and SF overnights. (washingtonpost.com)
Dearborn Denim
- Back in January we wrote about Dearborn Denim jeans. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Now you can get $10 of your next order of Dearborn Denim jeans, khakis, belts etc. (rwrd.io)
Science
- Dark matter may be trapped in black holes. (nautil.us)
- Women's brains are more active than men's. (bigthink.com)
Health
Drugs
- Presidnt Trump has declared the opioid crisis a 'national emergency.' (npr.org)
- The opioid epidemic is worse than previously thought. (qz.com)
- Doctors from elite medical schools prescribe fewer opioids. (axios.com)
Faux food
- Genetically engineered salmon are now headed for human consumption. (nature.com)
- Impossible Burgers has a problem. One of its ingredients is wholly new for human consumption. (nytimes.com)
Food
- Food absolutism sends the wrong message. (qz.com)
- Where crowds go in Alaska to get their fill of salmon for the year. (nytimes.com)
- What companies make Trader Joe's branded snacks? (eater.com)
- Amazon's ($AMZN) new meal delivery kits may not need refrigeration. (reuters.com)
- Frozen yogurt pods...why not? (theverge.com)
Restaurants
- Instagram is forcing restaurants to up their 'kitsch game.' (theverge.com)
- Has Starbucks ($SBUX) store overlap finally gone too far? (qz.com)
- Chicago is the restaurant city of the year. (bonappetit.com)
Drink
- Adult Americans are increasingly engaging in binge drinking. (bloomberg.com)
- What it takes to be a winner in the new world of craft beer. (thedailybeast.com)
- What Costco ($COST) and Trader Joe's wines are worth it? (wsj.com)
- Shower beer drinkers have their own brand now. (esquire.com)
Offers
- Use code “READING30” at checkout for an exclusive $30 discount on Kindle Paperwhite. (amazon.com)
- "Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise" by Anders Ericsson is just $2.99 for the Kindle. (amazon.com)
- Sign up for Amazon Prime Student and get six months free! (amazon.com)
- "The Alchemists: Three Central Bankers and a World on Fire" by Neil Irwin is just $6.99 for the Kindle. (amazon.com)
Sports
- Is MLS expanding too fast to maintain quality of play? (nytimes.com)
- One year post-Olympics, Rio De Janeiro is a wreck. (espn.com)
- What DraftKings and FanDuel are doing to survive on their own. (wsj.com)
- Poker Stars is trying to lure back the casual player. (bloomberg.com)
Baseball
- MLB is coming around to the fact that the save is a dumb idea. (fivethirtyeight.com)
- Baseball increasingly looks like a different game: faster pitches, more home runs and more strkeouts. (washingtonpost.com)
- The new Atlanta Braves ballpark is an 'urban planners nightmare.' (deadspin.com)
College
- Pursuing a PhD seems to put students at-risk of developing mental health issues. (businessinsider.com)
- More law schools are accepting GRE scores in lieu of the LSAT. (nytimes.com)
- 24 items you will wish you have at college. (businessinsider.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: commodified journalism. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: advertising floodgates. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Every big trend has unintended side effects: the case of indexing. (abnormalreturns.com)
