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
"When people have the flexibility to work less, they often focus better and produce more."
(Adam Grant)
Transport
- Autonomous tugboats are on the horizon. (axios.com)
- A cool design of a wind-powered cargo ship. (weforum.org)
The grid
- The grid isn't ready for all the new EVs. (washingtonpost.com)
- Bitcoin won't stabilize Texas' power grid. (arstechnica.com)
Energy
- LNG has globalized U.S. natural gas prices. (energymonitor.ai)
- Leaky wells, like those owned by Diversified Energy Co., are an environmental disaster. (bloomberg.com)
- Check out a steel plant that will be powered by solar. (ft.com)
- China is still hopelessly reliant on coal. (nytimes.com)
- How crops can be grown under solar panels. (wired.com)
Flooding
- New York City is increasingly at-risk of flooding. (bloomberg.com)
- Flood insurance programs prices are going up, but Congress will likely make a hash out of it. (npr.org)
Environment
- There's really no place unaffected by climate change. (washingtonpost.com)
- Livestock emissions are a high value target for researchers. (ft.com)
- Fish are an underappreciated part of the carbon cycle. (vox.com)
- The U.S. is doing a good job of preventing overfishing. (reasonstobecheerful.world)
- Eco-anxiety is a real thing. (wired.com)
Travel
- This is what happens when short-term rentals take over a once thriving neighborhood. (slate.com)
- Tour groups are becoming more open to solo travelers. (nytimes.com)
Technology
- The cyberinsurance market is a mess due to ransomware attacks. (cyberscoop.com)
- The digital advertising business is beset with fraud. (marker.medium.com)
- These are the best RSS readers. (wired.com)
Health
- Some hope for eradicating in the wild the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. (newscientist.com)
- Health care workers are going on strike. (axios.com)
Fitness
- MindBody and ClassPass are merging. (fastcompany.com)
- Your waterproof gear is not great for the environment. (insidehook.com)
Food
- The pandemic is not over for restaurants. (washingtonpost.com)
- Plant-based meat companies are coming under scrutiny from environmentalists. (nytimes.com)
Entertainment
- Disney's ($DIS) ESPN is in an awkward position with its reliance on cable. (cnbc.com)
- The road back to in-person concerts has been rocky. (washingtonpost.com)
- Nexstar, Scripps and Sinclair are building out their national news capabilities. (hollywoodreporter.com)
- Movie makers are using AI to use actor's voices to dub films. (wsj.com)
Sports
- The Premier League continues to choose money over everything else. (theatlantic.com)
- SeatGeek is going public through Billy Beane’s SPAC. (frontofficesports.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: no inoculum for uncertainty. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: the future of finance. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Are you a financial adviser looking for some out-of-the-box thinking? Then check out our weekly e-mail newsletter. (newsletter.abnormalreturns.com)
Mixed media
- Veteran markets writer, Sam Ro, has launched a new Substack newsletter. (mediaite.com)
- The Atlantic is recruiting newsletter writers. (vox.com)
- The big sports betting firms increasingly look like media companies. (frontofficesports.com)
- Thomson Reuters ($TRI) is launching a VC fund to invest in content. (reuters.com)
- Power laws apply in the creator economy as well. (axios.com)
