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 value of stocks, bonds, real estate, art, and cash rises and falls, but Time only becomes more valuable as we spend more of it."
(Barry Ritholtz)
Chart of the Day
New York City orders 184 Ford ($F) Mustang Mach-E cars for police and government use. (chart via @ycharts)
Autos
- Betting on EV adoption, automakers are going at different speeds. (ft.com)
- Car brands are turning showrooms into 'client experience centers.' (nytimes.com)
- The key to EV charger profitability is usage. (wsj.com)
Transport
- Companies are designing hydrogen-powered locomotive systems. (axios.com)
- Autonomous trucking startup TuSimple has completed its first autonomous truck run on open public roads without a human in the vehicle. (techcrunch.com)
Water
- The problem of extreme rainfall is only going to get worse. (theatlantic.com)
- The American West is running out of water...underground. (theatlantic.com)
- How four different cities in the West are dealing with future water shortfalls. (bloomberg.com)
- French officials want to make the Seine swimmable. (washingtonpost.com)
Environment
- The costs of extreme weather are not linear. (arstechnica.com)
- Particulate pollution kills millions of people. (vox.com)
- Can a performance cotton textile called Clarus displace Spandex? (wired.com)
Space
- The JWST isn't even operational and it already got some good news. (newatlas.com)
- What comes after the ISS? (vox.com)
- The JWST a story of international cooperation. (nytimes.com)
Apple
- Apple ($AAPL) AirTags are useful for criminals as well. (nytimes.com)
- Apple ($AAPL) Watches are collecting all manner of health data that no one is using. (ft.com)
Technology
- The federal government is increasingly wary of DJI drones and their data policies. (bloomberg.com)
- The battle against ransomware saw some victories for the good guys. (techcrunch.com)
- What comes next for document editing after Word? (fastcompany.com)
Behavior
- Five insights from Catherine Price's "The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again." (nextbigideaclub.com)
- Five insights from Mark Manson's "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life." (nextbigideaclub.com)
Health
- At what age should kids get the HPV vaccine? (fatherly.com)
- Incentives matter: on the rise of vasectomies in Texas. (fatherly.com)
Food
- Beef prices are higher, but ranchers aren't seeing the benefit. (nytimes.com)
- Meatpacking workers and their families are still dealing with the fallout from Covid-19. (nytimes.com)
Drink
- How Tito's Vodka became the country's best-selling distilled spirit. (businessofbusiness.com)
- Five lessons from Edward Slingerland's "Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization." (nextbigideaclub.com)
- Pound-for-pound, hamsters can drink you under the table. (theatlantic.com)
Sports
- Sports gambling companies have spent big on advertising but now are trying to pivot to lower costs. (theinformation.com)
- How Mario Lemieux turned a bankruptcy claim into $350 million from the sale of the Pittsburgh Penguins. (frontofficesports.com)
Streaming
- The major streaming services are set to spend at least $115 billion on new movies and TV shows next year. (ft.com)
- Streaming services are doubling down on star power to drive viewership. (nytimes.com)
- The top 10 shows of 2021 including 'Station Eleven.' (slate.com)
- The best streaming services ranked with HBO Max coming out on top. (fastcompany.com)
Books
- The best books Ben read in 2021 including "Hail Mary" by Andy Weir. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- Adam Grant's favorite books including "The Anthropocene Reviewed" by John Green. (adamgrant.bulletin.com)
- Tom Tunguz's favorite books of 2021 including "A Swim in a Pond in the Rain" by George Saunders. (tomtunguz.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: out of stock. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: listening comprehension. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Longform links: the anti-Amazon. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Personal finance links: treasured items. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Research links: the thrall of complexity. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Adviser links: follow-up questions. (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
- 52 things learned in 2021 including 'A group of ferrets is called a business.' (kenthendricks.com)
- 72 favorite facts from 2021 including "Distillers call the 20 percent or more of whiskey that evaporates as it ages “the angel’s share.” (nytimes.com)
- 35 ideas from 2021 including 'Know the limits of numbers in life and investing.' (safalniveshak.com)
- The year in 101 quotes. (austinkleon.substack.com)
