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Quote of the day
“No one is going to be liked by 100% of the people they meet. There are always going to be people who don’t get you, or simply dislike you. You have a finite amount of mental and emotional energy with which to try changing minds, so it’s worth thinking critically about which minds are worth that effort.” – Sarah Teagarden
Autos
- EVs are driving the future of luxury vehicles. (worth.com)
- 70% of all US vehicle sales are now SUVs or pickup trucks. (nytimes.com)
- Electric SUV maker Rivian continues to attract venture capital. (news.crunchbase.com)
Plastics
- Microplastics are pretty much everywhere now. (zerohedge.com)
- Visualizing the problem that is plastic waste. (visualcapitalist.com)
Environment
- How global warming uniquely affects the Russian Arctic. (ft.com)
- Why the Amazon fire maps are all wrong. (washingtonpost.com)
- Regenerative farming techniques could do a huge part for carbon capture. (wsj.com)
- Cities and states are scrambling to find a market for recyclables. (wsj.com)
- How grocery store 'happy hours' can help reduce food waste. (nytimes.com)
Energy
- The price of offshore wind power is dropping rapidly. (bloomberg.com)
- Wyoming’s Powder River Basin wants to become a center for coal-based carbon products. (ft.com)
- How the heck do you recycle a used wind turbine blade? (npr.org)
Transport
- Some Midwest cities are making smart investments in mass transit. (city-journal.org)
- These ten US cities have the best public transport systems. (businessinsider.com)
Travel
- Airbnb now lets you book activities via Atlas Obscura. (fastcompany.com)
- The deadline for having a REAL ID is fast approaching. (wsj.com)
- Despite some equity issues, TSA's Pre-Check is worth every penny. (vox.com)
Science
- We now have more evidence about the asteroid that helped kill off the dinosaurs. (wsj.com)
- There are more types of electric eels than you think. (theatlantic.com)
- The interrelated story of humans and Neanderthals is more complicated than we think. (wired.com)
- Can universities tackle academic fraud? (ft.com)
- The US is not monitoring some of its most active volcanoes. (nytimes.com)
Technology
- Spam is still happening, but filters and AI are catching more of it. (engadget.com)
- There is a wave of smartphone apps trying to catalog the physical world as a way of providing instantaneous information about stuff. (nytimes.com)
- Users don't hate paid search results. (marginalrevolution.com)
- How to make your phone last longer. (nytimes.com)
- How wi-fi almost didn't happen. (wired.com)
Psychology
- Everyone struggles, even Brad Pitt. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- How a national 3-digit number for the suicide hotline would help. (npr.org)
- On the relationship between 'cognitive flexibility' and extreme political views. (ft.com)
- Microdosing is increasingly popular, but has little data to back it up. (behavioralscientist.org)
- What teeth grinding reveals about you. (elemental.medium.com)
Health
- How positive experiences in childhood can buffer against adverse health events in adulthood. (npr.org)
- Why HPV vaccines are important both for boys and girls. (statnews.com)
- "Probiotics can work. The problem is, that’s about as far as scientists have gotten." (blogs.scientificamerican.com)
- Apple ($AAPL) continues to support studies using the Apple Watch. (arstechnica.com)
- Why you may want to re-think getting a DNA test for "fun." (evidenceinvestor.com)
- You don't floss? Here are some alternatives. (nytimes.com)
Food
- Humans would have died out long ago if we didn't "process" our foods. (wired.com)
- The problem with America's culinary schools. (eater.com)
- &Pizza wants to pay its workers a living wage. (bloomberg.com)
- Humans have been drinking milk for millennia. (modernfarmer.com)
- The best job in America: taco editor for Texas Monthly. (nytimes.com)
Coffee
- Employees are demanding better coffee at work. (ft.com)
- Freeze-dried coffee has come for the coffee snob crowd. (bloomberg.com)
Wine
- Wineries are working hard to be full-blown tourist destinations. (wsj.com)
- Wine consumption has flatlined and big companies have taken note. (wsj.com)
Dogs
Sports
- Does soccer have a CTE problem? (bleacherreport.com)
- How a prep school has helped Army's football team excel. (nytimes.com)
- From a talent development perspective, is there too much minor league baseball? (fivethirtyeight.com)
- Sports media and sports gambling are merging. (digiday.com)
- Will AI ruin poker for us humans? (ftalphaville.ft.com)
Media
- You've made it in America if you can take your act/show/podcast on the road. (axios.com)
- Americans want their shows released all at once. (civicscience.com)
- The best TV shows of 2019 (so far). (gq.com)
Reading
- Once great, Goodreads has been allowed to die on the vine. (onezero.medium.com)
- How to raise a child who loves to read. (forge.medium.com)
Music
- Lil Nas X: “Old Town Road” is officially a pop song. (melmagazine.com)
- Streaming royalty rates are way too complicated and opaque. (rollingstone.com)
- How many music streams does it take to earn a dollar on different services? (visualcapitalist.com)
- Concert ticket prices just keep going up. (bloomberg.com)
College
- Research shows taking on student loans is better than dropping out (nytimes.com)
- Ten big financial aid mistakes, including not applying in the first place. (wsj.com)
- Tyler Cowen really liked Paul Tough's new book "The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us." (marginalrevolution.com)
- Teacher evaluations are useless. (marginalrevolution.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: messy reality. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: subscription models. (abnormalreturns.com)
