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
"Colleges are running out of customers."
(Matt Yglesias)
Tesla
- Tesla ($TSLA) is adding Starlink satellite dishes to its supercharger stations. (theverge.com)
- Tesla ($TSLA) is trying something new in its German factory. (bloomberg.com)
Lucid Motors
- A profile of Peter Rawlinson who is CEO of Lucid Motors ($LCID). (nytimes.com)
- The Lucid Air Is the 2022 MotorTrend Car of the Year. (motortrend.com)
Autos
- The EV companies have vastly exceeded the market cap of existing auto companies. (ft.com)
- While defending hybrids, Toyota ($TM) inches into the EV market. (axios.com)
- Ford ($F) is moving to secure its semiconductor supply chain. (wsj.com)
- UPS ($UPS) is expanding their collaboration with Waymo. (theverge.com)
Energy
- What a world of cheap, fusion energy would look like. (bloomberg.com)
- It's not clear that Texas's energy system is ready for another wave of freezing weather. (arstechnica.com)
- Bill Gates-backed TerraPower is seto to build its Natrium plant in Wyoming. (fortune.com)
Environment
- Our desire for leather car seats is helping drive deforestation in the Amazon. (nytimes.com)
- Warmer soil stores less carbon. (sciencedaily.com)
Space
- The problem of space debris is only getting worse. (vox.com)
- There's no good reason to blow up a satellite. (theatlantic.com)
- Can we clean up all that space junk? (wired.com)
Travel
- Flight attendants are on the front lines of bad passenger behavior. (19thnews.org)
- The holiday season will be a telling one for unruly passengers. (wsj.com)
- Why is United Airlines ($UAL) choosing now to re-institute the sale of liquor on its longer flights? (insidehook.com)
Technology
- Debunking some common security myths including 'Change your password every 30 days.' (arstechnica.com)
- Archaeology has entered the digital age. (axios.com)
Behavior
- Some 20% of people are 'highly sensitive' to the world around them. (theguardian.com)
- It's hard to improve something without greater awareness. (dariusforoux.com)
- The pandemic didn't increase suicides. (statnews.com)
- The best self-care is other-care. (theatlantic.com)
Cancer
- Why are the rates of colon cancer in the young increasing? (scientificamerican.com)
- Cancer screening dropped precipitously in pandemic. (scientificamerican.com)
Health
- Researchers are trying to figure out how a patient was naturally cured of HIV. (statnews.com)
- An effective mRNA vaccine against tick-borne infections would be a big deal. (theconversation.com)
- CVS ($CVS) is set to close 10% of its U.S. locations. (wsj.com)
Technology
- Why the Internet increasingly feels like QVC. (nytimes.com)
- Phone notifications are driving us crazy. (wsj.com)
Dogs
- An excerpt from "A Dog’s World: Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World without Humans" by Jessica Pierce and Marc Bekoff. (aeon.co)
- The pros and cons of letting a dog sleep in your bed. (nytimes.com)
- Will there be a Covid vaccine for pets? (nytimes.com)
Food
- Taste aside, plant-based meat is more sustainable. (vox.com)
- Why is milk so controversial? (gq.com)
- In praise of barbecue chips. (theatlantic.com)
Sports
- It's just a matter of time before Disney/ESPN get into sports betting in some form or fashion. (hollywoodreporter.com)
- Many foreign athletes are unable to participate in NIL deals. (fivethirtyeight.com)
School
- America's school teachers are burned out. (axios.com)
- Why haven't more teachers quit? (fivethirtyeight.com)
- American children are reading for fun a lot less these days. (pewresearch.org)
MBA
- Starting MBA salaries are soaring. (wsj.com)
- A top-rated business school may not be the best for you. (bloomberg.com)
- MBA programs are doubling down on ESG. (nytimes.com)
College
- Ohio State University is raising money eliminate all loans from financial aid packages given to undergraduates. (npr.org)
- More colleges are allowing pets in dorms. (insidehighered.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: hygiene theater. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: the rise of the index fund. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Thursday linkfest. (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)
