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
"Sometimes you have to have the wrong people around you to know what the wrong people around you look like and what they act like."
(Snoop Dogg)
Autos
- Just how badly the chip shortage is weighing on U.S. auto makers. (washingtonpost.com)
- Automakers are trying to manage ICEs and EVs at the same time. (wsj.com)
- Automakers love the idea of charging for subscriptions. (axios.com)
- VCs seem to be more optimistic about autonomous trucks than cars. (wired.com)
- The race is on to build EV charging networks, profits aside. (wsj.com)
- Finding a charging station for a non-Tesla ($TSLA) EV isn't easy. (axios.com)
Energy
- Electric utilities across the country are having to deal with the implications of a changing climate. (nytimes.com)
- What happens if more consumers opt for a solar power option from their provider? (avc.com)
- Iron air batteries can, in theory, store energy at one tenth the price of lithium ion batteries. (newatlas.com)
- Why you should take a wait-and-see attitude toward this 'breakthrough.' (washingtonpost.com)
Climate change
- An overall warming of the planet is coming along with greater weather volatility. (ft.com)
- Big chunks of the world are becoming inhabitable due to heat/humidity. (washingtonpost.com)
- Five key insights from "How to Prepare for Climate Change: A Practical Guide to Surviving the Chaos" by David Pogue. (nextbigideaclub.com)
- What happens when we lose our favorite season to climate change. (annehelen.substack.com)
Cities
- Resilient cities are better able to handle dangerous heat waves. (ft.com)
- Many of China's new cities are not built for the new climate regime. (nytimes.com)
- Sea walls alone can't save a city, like Miami, from rising sea levels. (theconversation.com)
- How much biodiversity do cities contain? (wired.com)
Travel
- The U.K. is open to (vaccinated) American visitors again. (wsj.com)
- Vacations are supposed to be fun and spontaneous. Covid has taken some of that away. (bloomberg.com)
- On the state of the cruise ship industry. (nytimes.com)
Science
- How an asteroid strike is like a pandemic. (scientificamerican.com)
- Soil doesn't store carbon the way people want it to. (quantamagazine.org)
- Sweat is a human superpower. (npr.org)
Behavior
- Loneliness is on the rise for adolescents around the world. (sciencedirect.com)
- How does immigration affect happiness? (msn.com)
- 10 journaling prompts including 'How did you sleep?' (dariusforoux.com)
- The pandemic was devastating to our relationships to people with whom we have 'weak ties.' (ft.com)
- As we get older we lose our ability to feel awe. (bakadesuyo.com)
Pain
- The opioid crisis has damaged the legitimate study of chronic pain. (bloomberg.com)
- There is an upswing in research in treating headaches. (nytimes.com)
Health
- Life expectancy trends weren't great in the U.S. pre-pandemic. (vox.com)
- The pandemic has put millions of children behind on their non-covid vaccines. (statnews.com)
- The home health care industry is struggling to find workers. (nytimes.com)
- For certain infections doctors are switching to shorter courses of antibiotic treatment. (scientificamerican.com)
- The warning signs of A-fib. (nytimes.com)
Fitness
- Why swimming seems to be good for the brain. (theconversation.com)
- How do fitness levels of today's kids compare to prior generations? (theconversation.com)
- How weight lifting helps burn fat. (nytimes.com)
Drugs
- Grassroots harm-reduction shows a way forward to reduce overdose deaths, but roadblocks stand in the way. (theatlantic.com)
- Why Charles Koch wants cannabis to be legalized. (forbes.com)
- Research shows legal marijuana is not a gateway drug. (papers.ssrn.com)
- What weed does to your body. (fatherly.com)
Restaurants
- Restaurateurs fear a return of enhanced safety measures. (eater.com)
- Some one is going to crack Indian fast food in the U.S. (nytimes.com)
Drink
- Winemakers across California are having to make some big decisions. (nytimes.com)
- Boozy ice cream is apparently now a thing. (axios.com)
Food
- 'Potato milk' may be the next new food trend. (businessinsider.com)
- Why tomato prices are on the rise. (washingtonpost.com)
Entertainment
- On the bull market in studio space. (latimes.com)
- Nothing is forever, including streaming music. (theatlantic.com)
Sports
- Female athletes are signing new types of deals with smaller activewear brands instead of traditional sponsors like Nike ($NKE). (nytimes.com)
- The problem of early specialization and competitive gymnastics. (fivethirtyeight.com)
- Why the NFL had to push to get players vaccinated. (theatlantic.com)
- How The Hundred is changing the game of cricket. (om.co)
Children
- How much U.S. children fell behind in pandemic. (axios.com)
- Summer camps have struggled to find counselors. (nytimes.com)
College
- Colleges don't typically provide refunds if you have to leave school for medical reasons. (cnbc.com)
- On the advantages of being a college athlete later in life. (marginalrevolution.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: hospitalizations and deaths. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: portfolio construction. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Investing has always been a social activity. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Two charts with lines going down: updates on prior posts. (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)
