Saturdays are the day we catch up with all the non-finance related stuff we didn’t get to during the week. You can check out last week’s edition here.
Quote of the Day
"Navigating through life’s struggles, adversity and challenges are what make it interesting, fulfilling and worthwhile."
(Jason Butler)
Autos
- The German economy was built, in large part, on cars. The EV revolution puts it at risk. (nytimes.com)
- Charlotte-area residents are none-too-happy with the new I-77 Express toll lanes. (wsj.com)
- Check out Indiana's first Tesla ($TSLA) police car. (indystar.com)
Energy
- Floating wind turbines just came online in Portugal. (bnnbloomberg.ca)
- How Nimbyism is affecting the construction of windmills. (marginalrevolution.com)
Environment
- Why the fires in Australia are so bad this year. (nytimes.com)
- It's not just you, extreme weather is on the rise. (wired.com)
- A rare environmental success story is unfolding in waters off the U.S. West Coast: rockfish are back. (cbsnews.com)
- Facts about architecture and climate change. (archdaily.com)
Travel
- Airlines are moving to thin out the top-tiers of their frequent flier programs. (wsj.com)
- Give yourself permission to get the hotel breakfast when you are on vacation. (eater.com)
Science
- A meta-analysis is only as good as the underlying studies. (arstechnica.com)
- The science behind baby name trends. (daily.jstor.org)
- How the Arctic is changing. (visualcapitalist.com)
Technology
- Five steps to take the Analog January Challenge. (calnewport.com)
- Why is Sonos ($SONO) bricking older models? (engadget.com)
The brain
- Why Gary Gulman's HBO special 'The Depresh' is a must-watch for men struggling with depression. (lefsetz.com)
- Does happiness in your 50's signal the end of ambition? (washingtonpost.com)
- Five ways anxiety traps us and some ways to work around them. (hbr.org)
- Why boredom is good for you. (melmagazine.com)
- Solitary confinement is a form of torture. (marginalrevolution.com)
- When auto plants close, opioid deaths rise. (nytimes.com)
Vaccines
- Delivering tuberculosis vaccine directly to veins may boost protection. (newscientist.com)
- Even a single dose of the HPV vaccine is helpful. (sciencedaily.com)
Health
- FDA oversight over the use of medical AI is pretty lax. (latimes.com)
- A new Google ($GOOGL) design AI helps in breast cancer detection but still has flaws. (wsj.com)
- Estimating how big the effects of pollution are on health and IQ. (marginalrevolution.com)
- Hospital mergers don't make for better care. (wsj.com)
- Health advice in 48 words. (nytimes.com)
Food
- In the US, "Feral pigs are increasingly a problem for farmers and ranchers." (modernfarmer.com)
- Technology will be key in trying to reduce food waste. (ft.com)
- The past decade saw a rise in the number of lettuce recalls. (buzzfeednews.com)
- More support for drinking whole milk. (sciencedaily.com)
- A meat-lovers guide to eating less meat. (nytimes.com)
Restaurants
- The best American restaurants of the past decade. (esquire.com)
- How one restaurant aims to be zero-waste. (nytimes.com)
Drink
- Signs that drinking going out of style in the US. (economist.com)
- The global wine industry is in flux. (visualcapitalist.com)
- How Facebook ($FB) changed the world of bourbon. (esquire.com)
Media
- Why movies/shows based on videogames are such a tough sell. (daily.jstor.org)
- The ten most overrated movies of the past decade. (variety.com)
- The 25 best foreign movies of the past decade. (theringer.com)
Music
- How music streaming works around the world. (visualcapitalist.com)
- In 2019 vinyl album sales topped CDs. (mentalfloss.com)
Sports
- The real story of the Babe Ruth trade to the Yankees. (nytimes.com)
- David Stern was "exceptional and ruthless." (truehoop.com)
- Baseball-Reference.com is almost 20 years old now. (theathletic.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: abandoned islands. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: misunderstanding money. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Monthly ESG links: shareholder dollars. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Stop wasting time. (abnormalreturns.com)