On Saturdays we catch up with the non-finance related items that we didn’t get to earlier in the week. You can check out last week’s edition here. Have a great weekend!
Quote of the Day
"The meta-analysis most of all underscores that there is no secret to happiness, no bliss-bringing epiphany. It doesn’t work that way."
(Jim Davies)
Energy
- The economic reopening is pushing coal use higher. (wsj.com)
- The Northwest heat wave can be linked to climate change. (apnews.com)
- Anexample of Bitcoin mining consuming energy. (arstechnica.com)
Water
- The California almond industry is under an existential threat from drought. (wsj.com)
- The Great Salt Lake is at a record low. (apnews.com)
Animals
- Animals are shrinking. You can thank climate change. (vox.com)
- California is planning to build more wildlife crossings. (hcn.org)
- Beavers do a better job than human when it comes to restoring rivers. (kottke.org)
- How to solve America's deer problem. (wsj.com)
- Fish can get hooked on meth. (newatlas.com)
Travel
- Airlines can't keep up with surging demand. (wsj.com)
- Tourists are returning to New York City. Not everyone is happy about it. (nytimes.com)
- Managing a cruise ship with vaccinated and unvaccinated passengers is a nightmare. (bloomberg.com)
- Say goodbye to daily hotel housekeeping. (travelweekly.com)
Technology
- Why do we still have passwords? (arstechnica.com)
- There are so many ways to get defrauded these days. (ritholtz.com)
Health
- The FDA narrowed the market for the new Alzheimer's drug from Biogen ($BIIB). (reuters.com)
- How the new anti-obesity drug semaglutide was produced from the venom of a Gila monster lizard. (vox.com)
- There's only one solution for heat-related issues: cool off. (wsj.com)
Food
- Sweetgreen's sales look pretty sweet. (secondmeasure.com)
- Chobani has filed to go public. (reuters.com)
- Coffee bean prices on the rise. (ft.com)
- Free samples sell food. (apnews.com)
Sports
- What Shohei Otani is more impressive than Babe Ruth. (si.com)
- Cricket is having its Moneyball moment. (wired.co.uk)
Entertainment
- Has Netflix ($NFLX) lost its shine? (wired.com)
- What is Amazon's ($AMZN) endgame with the purchase of MGM? (wired.com)
- How Georgia became a hotbed for movie and TV production. (forbes.com)
College
- The college decision starts with good family communication. (humbledollar.com)
- There is a surge in law school applications. (bloomberg.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: the delta warning. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Don't follow your passion. (abnormalreturns.com)
- The future is promised to no one. (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)
