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.
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Quote of the Day
"Miranda’s 'Hamilton' is, if nothing else, an authentic sermon on the civic duty to action."
(Rusty Guinn)
Wheels
- Rivian is set to to be the first to market with an all-electric pickup truck in 2021. (techcrunch.com)
- How TuSimple plans to roll out an autonomous freight network of self-driving trucks. (vox.com)
- New RV owners are learning the challenges of driving a big rig. (wsj.com)
Energy
- Wind and solar are becoming downright boring. (wsj.com)
- The US could spend as much on offshore wind projects as offshore oil this decade. (ft.com)
- Renewable energy production is on the rise but the need for natural gas production remains. (nytimes.com)
- Why Germany's coal plants could close earlier than expected. (bloomberg.com)
- How solar generation projects can do more than produce electricity, they can also serve as a habitat for bees and plants. (indystar.com)
Environment
- The United Nations Environment Program has a plan to better track zoonotic diseases around world. (axios.com)
- So much for the whole pandemic being good for the environment. (wsj.com)
- Climate change proposals have broader support than you think. (modernfarmer.com)
- How shifting baselines inure us to climate change. (vox.com)
Endanger species
- Congratulations humanity: all lemur species are now endangered. (newscientist.com)
- Pandemic-fueled poaching is on the rise in Uganda. (nationalgeographic.com)
- Bison are back in the UK. (newscientist.com)
Science
- Why don't bats get sick from all the viruses they harbor? (arstechnica.com)
- There's even more evidence that humans are affecting animal evolution. (bigthink.com)
- Polynesians and South Americans intermixed fear earlier than thought prior. (nature.com)
Travel
- What its like to fly on the big four US airlines in the pandemic. (businessinsider.com)
- Airlines are defending air quality on their planes. (axios.com)
- The concept of social distancing is a mess on US carriers. (nytimes.com)
- Europe's tourist spots are feeling the pain of no US tourists. (wsj.com)
Technology
- How a skeptic came to embrace a smartwatch. (artofmanliness.com)
- Why it's a good time to be a Mac user. (macworld.com)
- Comparing Apple ($AAPL) AirPods vs. AIrPod Pros. (tidbits.com)
- A history of Adobe ($ADBE) Flash. (arstechnica.com)
Behavior
- Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was also a founder of American psychiatry. (nautil.us)
- The pandemic is going to leave long-lasting mental health issues. (theatlantic.com)
Medicine
- Walgreens ($WBA) is pairing with VillageMD to one-step shops including primary care physicians. (wsj.com)
- Regular vaccination rates have fallen in pandemic. (scientificamerican.com)
- The steps dental offices are taking to limit the spread of coronavirus. (npr.org)
- How the pandemic has affected family planning. (wsj.com)
- A bi-monthly shot could take the place of daily PrEP pills. (nytimes.com)
Fitness
- An explanation on how exercise may protect the brain. (newatlas.com)
- Gym owners are stuck between a rock and a hard place. (wsj.com)
- In pandemic many road races are going virtual. (nytimes.com)
- Check out the world's tallest climbing wall in Copenhagen. (newatlas.com)
Dogs
- How dogs are serving as the 'ideal archaeological assistants' in identifying ancient remains. (theatlantic.com)
- This is a better guide to compare dog and human age. (newatlas.com)
- Want to feel better? Care for your dog. (bigthink.com)
Food
- Local farming is great, but it can't feed the world all by itself. (quillette.com)
- Why meat is so cheap in the US - other costs are hidden. (vox.com)
- The United Arab Emirates imported 4,500 dairy cows from Uruguay as part of a drive to boost food security with the coronavirus disrupting global supply chains. (bloomberg.com)
- More food producers are finding ways to go direct to consumers in pandemic. (washingtonpost.com)
- Perfect Day is aiming to make dairy proteins. (fortune.com)
- Unemployed Brits are picking berries. (nytimes.com)
Drink
- The track record of American presidents that don't drink isn't great. (ft.com)
- Why it's time to break up Big Beer. (slate.com)
Entertainment
- Netflix ($NFLX) doesn't have to scramble for more diverse offering because it is already there. (nytimes.com)
- Hamilton drove a surge in interest in Disney+. (variety.com)
- How “Avatar: The Last Airbender” found a second life on Netflix ($NFLX). (newyorker.com)
- Parrot Analytics aims to build a better measure of streaming popularity. (nytimes.com)
Relationships
- Social distancing has made dating awkward AF. (slate.com)
- How to feel connected when you are spending so much tim etogether. (nytimes.com)
- Your description of an 'ideal partner' is no better than a stranger's. (sciencedaily.com)
Children
- The societal costs of closed schools are many-fold. (finance.yahoo.com)
- America learned that public schools are 'essential infrastructure' in pandemic. (theatlantic.com)
- Summer camp illustrates the issues facing schools this Fall. (wsj.com)
- What 'camp kids' lost this summer. (theatlantic.com)
- How to help a child with perfectionist tendencies. (nytimes.com)
College
- A lot of professors are nervous about returning to the classroom this Fall. (nytimes.com)
- What to do if your first job out of college isn't a good fit. (wsj.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: cooperative choices. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: playing the idea lottery. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Finding better ways to care for your clients and yourself: why you should sign up for our new weekly adviser-focused e-mail newsletter. (abnormalreturns.com)
Mixed media
- Fred Wilson, "Crawl, walk, run generally means start small, do one thing really well, then get a little bigger, do a few things really well, then get a little bigger and do a few more things really well." (avc.com)
- How do you decide who your audience is? (thereformedbroker.com)
- Why you should cherish your regrets. (ofdollarsanddata.com)
