Saturdays are the day we catch up with all the non-finance related items that we didn’t get to during the week. You can check out last week’s edition here. Have a great weekend!
Quote of the Day
"All of us struggle when our identity doesn’t match the reality of the world around us."
(Seth Godin)
Chart of the Day
Streaming services are rightly concerned churn will increase as the economy reopens.
EVs
- Electric trucks are going to help change the mindset of many people. (wsj.com)
- New technology is going shift the auto industry from one focused on ownership to more of a service. (wsj.com)
- Hybrid vehicles provide more environmental bang for the buck than EVs. (ft.com)
- The new Mustang-E is driving new customers to Ford ($F). (theverge.com)
Energy
- The benefit of residential solar are not just in lower electricity bills. (slate.com)
- The falling price of solar energy continues to surprise. (theguardian.com)
- Tesla's ($TSLA) solar shingles are an expensive, niche product. (nytimes.com)
Methane
- The U.S. is reinstating regulations on methane emissions. (cnbc.com)
- Glassblowing and blacksmithing using a lot of energy: captured methane gas can help. (bittersoutherner.com)
Water
- Water shortages are an issue out West but Southern California is sitting pretty. (bloomberg.com)
- Millions of groundwater wells could run dry in the U.S. (scientificamerican.com)
Environment
- Exposure to pollution is not uniform across the country. (nytimes.com)
- Only 9% of plastics in the U.S. get recycled. (wsj.com)
- Off the coast of Southern California researchers have found tens of thousands of barrels of toxic chemicals. (apnews.com)
- Rising temperatures are causing cities to designate 'chief heat officers.' (ft.com)
- Induction cooktops are the future of cooking. (wsj.com)
- Human composting could become mainstream. (nytimes.com)
Animals
- Male sperm whales form long-term friendships. (hakaimagazine.com)
- Alaska's salmon are shrinking. (bloomberg.com)
Travel
- Tourist destinations are re-thinking their relationship with cruise ships. (msn.com)
- American travelers won't save Europe's tourist destinations. (bloomberg.com)
- St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice is increasingly at-risk of flooding. (insidehook.com)
Mobile
- The big wireless carriers are telling you that you have 5G. Chances are you don't. (arstechnica.com)
- Want to track U.S. troop movements? Just track their phones. (wsj.com)
Behavior
- The key to happiness is reasonable expectations. (slate.com)
- Why when you do stuff during the day matters. (bakadesuyo.com)
Health
- Why in-office blood pressure readings are often wrong. (washingtonpost.com)
- AI is being used to identify hidden heart problems. (statnews.com)
- Climate change is intensifying the allergy season. (pnas.org)
- Young men are not getting the HPV vaccine. (sciencedaily.com)
Meat
- VCs are funding alternative protein startups. (news.crunchbase.com)
- Alternative proteins would be a good substitute for commodity meats. (nytimes.com)
- The cultural battle over meat is just getting started. (vox.com)
- Feeding cattle seaweed will reduce methane emissions but is not an environmental panacea. (earther.gizmodo.com)
- Why Epicurious has phased out recipes featuring beef. (npr.org)
Sports
- Partly empty baseball parks make it easier to catch a foul ball. (wsj.com)
- "The NCAA can no longer delay NIL." (sportico.com)
Entertainment
- How the movie theater business will change, post-pandemic. (theatlantic.com)
- Netflix ($NFLX) is testing a 'play something' button. (protocol.com)
- Subscription fatigue is real. (vox.com)
College
- There are no good solutions for college graduation activities in the age of Covid. (wsj.com)
- Grade inflation improves college completion rates. (papers.ssrn.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: the pattern of resistance. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: richer and wiser. (abnormalreturns.com)
- The future is promised to no company. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Are you a financial adviser looking for some out-of-the-box thinking? Then check out our weekly e-mail newsletter. (newsletter.abnormalreturns.com)
