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Quote of the Day
"As any serious blog consumer can attest, a carefully curated blog feed, covering niches that matter to your life, can provide substantially more value than the collectivist ping-ponging of likes and memes that make up so much of social media interaction."
(Cal Newport)
Energy
- Solar energy is growing at a rapid clip in Texas. (bloomberg.com)
- What countries will be willing to leave carbon, in form of oil and coal, in the ground? (wsj.com)
Environment
- The decline in Arctic ice is stunning. (washingtonpost.com)
- How India became the most polluted planet on Earth. (ig.ft.com)
- Bottled water has a huge plastic problem. (wsj.com)
- Environmental changes are affecting Great Lakes fishing. (modernfarmer.com)
Science
- Half of all academic scientists leave their chosen field after five years. (washingtonpost.com)
- Civilians will soon be traveling to "space." Where does space begin? (washingtonpost.com)
Technology
- Your smartphone knows a whole lot about you. (nytimes.com)
- There is a good chance your personal data is for sale online. (wsj.com)
- Seven digital privacy tools you should start using today. (fastcompany.com)
- eero is still the best mesh wi-fi system for your home. (wsj.com)
Psychology
- Finding pleasure in the mundane aspects of life is true happiness. (raptitude.com)
- The many downsides of the scarcity mindset. (radreads.co)
- Some tips for getting through the holidays when you are depressed. (fastcompany.com)
- Social comparisons are a bitch. (theatlantic.com)
- A sense of direction is highly variable among people. (newscientist.com)
Health
- The new shingles vaccine has been a big success. (washingtonpost.com)
- A trial to test a vitamin treatment for sepsis is underway. (npr.org)
- Despite the research, we really don't know that much diet and weight loss. (nytimes.com)
- 'Effortless exercise' could really become a thing. (bloomberg.com)
Food
- Eat your cruciferous vegetables. (nytimes.com)
- Lab-grown meat is coming for your steak. (newatlas.com)
- The history of humans is also a history of the chicken. (nytimes.com)
Drink
- The secular decline in beer drinking is putting AB InBev ($BUD) in a tough spot. (bloomberg.com)
- Doesn't boozy kombucha defeat the purpose? (washingtonpost.com)
- Now seltzer is 'going hard.' (l2inc.com)
- Whiskey collectors need feel the need to insure their expensive collections. (bloomberg.com)
Cannabis
- Cannabis is going upscale and mainstream. (washingtonpost.com)
- Hemp is now legal in the United States. (businessinsider.com)
- Ontario has a weed shortage. (bnnbloomberg.ca)
Relationships
- A divorce lawyer's guide to staying married. (vox.com)
- These are the three most common problems among unhappy couples. (qz.com)
Kids
- Should you teach your kids to code? (slate.com)
- Schools are increasingly cutting back on homework. (wsj.com)
- The evidence keeps piling up that later start times help high school age kids. (newatlas.com)
- Why boys are struggling relative to girls in school. (ft.com)
College
- The many downsides of being a straight-A student. (nytimes.com)
- Going to college is not a risk-free endeavor. (wsj.com)
- Who really benefits from going to an elite college? (theatlantic.com)
- Why you should resist meddling in your senior's college application process. (wsj.com)
- Sports success really does drive university applications. (washingtonpost.com)
Sports
- The defensive shift is a symptom of problems with baseball. Banning it won't do anything. (slate.com)
- Can IndyCar ever be cool again? (newyorker.com)
- How Brexit could affect the Premier League. (fivethirtyeight.com)
- On the pros and cons of a 'European Super League' for soccer. (slate.com)
- How much of Scrabble is due to luck? (nautil.us)
Media
- On average, movies starring women make more money than those starring men. (nytimes.com)
- Why Verizon's ($VZ) content bet on AOL and Yahoo was such a bust. (ft.com)
Best TV lists
- The best television shows of 2018. (theringer.com)
- The 10 best TV shows of 2018. (slate.com)
- The 12 best overlooked shows of 2018. (theverge.com)
- The 10 best sitcoms of 2018. (pastemagazine.com)
- The best consistent and not-so-consistent TV shows of 2018. (newyorker.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: angry Americans. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: doing capitalism. (abnormalreturns.com)
- It's not all puppies and rainbows: some posts you should check out. (abnormalreturns.com)
