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
"Uncertainty is difficult. Our problems are hardly superficial. But I have faith in humanity. I’m sanguine that we will find a productive way forward. So let’s not lose our minds. Instead, let’s remind ourselves that love, compassion, and kindness are not antiquated sentiments but all powerful."
(Rich Roll)
Autos
- Why even Ferrari ($CAR) can't ignore the EV revolution. (bloomberg.com)
- A taxonomy of all the companies operating in the EV space. (axios.com)
- Sports cars were tuned for sound. EVs not so much. (ft.com)
Environment
- The case for taking urgent climate action now, before it's too late. (ft.com)
- We overly index on transportation, but food production is a big driver of carbon emissions. (sciencemag.org)
- Space launches generate a lot of CO2 and other noxious substances. (scientificamerican.com)
- Brazilian rainforests are being razed for more than just farming, think gold. (ft.com)
- Which is better: replanting trees or letting forests regrow on their own? (wired.com)
Science
- In early America, female hunters pursued big game like the men. (newscientist.com)
- What we've learned from twenty years on the ISS space station. (popsci.com)
Animals
- Why Denmark is planning to cull mink farms. (nationalgeographic.com)
- Maintaining honeybees is a human construct - it doesn't do anything conservation-wise. (scientificamerican.com)
- Researchers have discovered a huge coral reef off the Australian coast. (bloomberg.com)
- New Zealand has a peacock problem - there's too many of them. (theguardian.com)
- The platypus glows green under ultraviolet light. (news.sky.com)
- Why sharks never run out of teeth. (scientificamerican.com)
Air travel
- Airlines are giving away tickets to lure leisure travelers back. (wsj.com)
- An airport in Iowa has a plan to screen passengers for Covid. It's still waiting on the FAA. (washingtonpost.com)
- Another airline is retiring the Airbus 380 after only a few years. (businessinsider.com)
Travel
- Not all Hawaiians are happy with the state reopening up to tourists. (nytimes.com)
- Vermont is going to welcome back skiers from states ravaged by the virus. (wsj.com)
- When cruises resume they won't likely visit ports of call. (wsj.com)
- The 50 highest cities in the world. (visualcapitalist.com)
Behavior
- Covid and SAD are going to be a double-whammy for many this Winter. (nytimes.com)
- Some preliminary evidence that psilocybin can be used to successfully treat depression. (newatlas.com)
- Ten things you can do to break a cycle of anxiety. (nytimes.com)
- Resistance training can help ease anxiety. (nytimes.com)
Health
- Pursuing leisure activities doesn't seem to have any effect on dementia onset. (nytimes.com)
- Oregon is leading the way in decriminalizing drugs to help public health. (wired.com)
- There are a lot of genetic markers relevant to explaining human height. (sciencemag.org)
Food
- Fast food restaurants bet big on breakfast. The pandemic kept customers at home. (wsj.com)
- How Gertie, a Jewish-American luncheonette in Brooklyn, is trying to survive the pandemic. (nytimes.com)
- How two different restaurants, Goosefeather and Hangar B, are trying to hang on through pandemic. (wsj.com)
- What's going to happen to cities if/when restaurants close for good? (nytimes.com)
Drink
- Canadian cannabis company Aphiria Inc. ($APHA) is buying SweetWater Brewing Co. (pastemagazine.com)
- Wine and beer sales will not rebound fully until on-premise returns. (wsj.com)
Sports
- Sinclair Broadcasting paid $9.6 billion for a bunch of regional sports networks. They are now valuing them at $5.38 billion. (bloomberg.com)
- ESPN is scrambling to keep its business model intact. (sportico.com)
- Why experienced drivers are leaving Nascar. (nytimes.com)
- MLB fans are undecided on expanded playoffs. (morningconsult.com)
- The analytics revolution has come for high school football. (nytimes.com)
Entertainment
- How is Apple TV+ looking one year in? (theverge.com)
- On the opportunity available to niche streamers in the Netflix ($NFLX) age. (theverge.com)
- Making the case for cinema surviving the pandemic. (marketwatch.com)
- There are a lot of streaming services to choose from: the case for HBO Max. (theverge.com)
MBA
- The 2020 FT ranking of the top executive MBA programs. (ft.com)
- International students are increasingly bypassing US MBA programs. (wsj.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: the shape of the curve. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: trading cards and sneakers. (abnormalreturns.com)
- November ESG links: filing resolutions. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Every Friday I send out five links for advisers to help them think a little differently about the world. Sign up now! (newsletter.abnormalreturns.com)
