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
"Great customer service pays for itself."
(Seth Godin)
Autos
- In Americans' eyes Teslas ($TSLA) ARE EVs. (cnbc.com)
- How Uber ($UBER) is planning to get more drivers into Teslas ($TSLA). (axios.com)
- If nothing else, Hertz ($HTZ) is working hard to stay relevant. (axios.com)
Transport
- What it's like to fly a Joby ($JOBY) eVTOL plane. (axios.com)
- Contrary to popular belief the scooter rental business isn't dead yet. (indystar.com)
Energy
- Where in the U.S. the power grid is becoming more unstable. (washingtonpost.com)
- Hawaii is set to ditch coal power. The transition has not been smooth. (canarymedia.com)
- Solar projects are throttled in areas where the grid can't handle their output. (nytimes.com)
- A cool looking wall that harnesses wind power. (fastcompany.com)
3-D Homes
- 3-D printed houses are becoming a thing. (axios.com)
- 3-D printed houses have come to the U.S. (wsj.com)
Water
- California's rain is helping to alleviate some problems, but there is still a water deficit. (washingtonpost.com)
- Marin County is facing a significant water shortage. (finance.yahoo.com)
- The cradle of civilization is drying out. (washingtonpost.com)
Environment
- Despite early hype, the pandemic didn't reduce carbon emissions. (npr.org)
- Add microplastics to the list of things affecting the climate. (arstechnica.com)
- It's not just forests that store carbon, so do grasslands and meadows. (newscientist.com)
- If you want people to change behavior you have to make it easy. (techcrunch.com)
Animals
- How Cape Cod is trying to learn to live with sharks. (nytimes.com)
- Can AI help us talk to sperm whales? (hakaimagazine.com)
- Why vineyards are encouraging owls to make their home among the vines. (baynature.org)
- Otters have returned to Singapore. (washingtonpost.com)
- Birds like truffles too. (sciencedaily.com)
Health
- Patients going to the ER are sicker these days and they are not all Covid-related. (npr.org)
- PBMs have long since stopped working to reduce pharmaceutical costs. (wsj.com)
- How researchers are studying a potential link between intense activity and ALS. (scientificamerican.com)
- There's no free lunch when it comes to the use of OTC painkillers. (scientificamerican.com)
- Cigarette sales actually rose in the U.S. last year. (washingtonpost.com)
- Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem. (statnews.com)
Behavior
- The pandemic has changed our calculation of personal space. (scientificamerican.com)
- There isn't a lot of great data on the use of marijuana to treat anxiety and depression. (wsj.com)
- Masking your emotions only works up until a point. (theatlantic.com)
Food
- Startup Everytable uses centralized kitchens to create healthy food at fast food prices. (nytimes.com)
- America has rekindled its love for mozzarella sticks. (nytimes.com)
Drink
- The spiked seltzer market is overstuffed. (axios.com)
- The hottest cocktail trends of 2021 including 'farm to flask.' (feastandfield.net)
Sports
- Athletes are playing longer and better than any time in history. (si.com)
- As sports cards become more valuable the risks of fraud are on the rise. (nytimes.com)
- Why everybody is seemingly playing pickleball these days. (vanityfair.com)
College
- College enrollment has plateaued. (bloomberg.com)
- How the University of Michigan helps first generation students thrive and graduate. (npr.org)
- Legacy preferences favor the already-advantaged. (rogerlowenstein.substack.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: living with Covid. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: playing catch-up. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Thursday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- A full financial tank allows you to have an emergency on your schedule. (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)
