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
"Learning is the receipt you get for courage."
(Kris Abdelmessih)
Autos
- How the war in Ukraine is affecting the global auto supply chain. (nytimes.com)
- Range-anxiety is still a real thing, especially for non-Tesla ($TSLA) owners. (avc.com)
- The race is on for a cheaper battery technology. (nytimes.com)
- Have used car prices peaked? (axios.com)
Transport
- Commuter rail officials are trying to adjust to a new normal. (wsj.com)
- Startups are flooding the electric boat space. (axios.com)
- How EVs could help serve as a backstop for the electric grid. (wsj.com)
- On the electrification of school buses. (protocol.com)
Energy
- Energy systems in transition have less slack. (ft.com)
- Renewables require more widely interconnected grids. (wsj.com)
- European companies are rushing to get solar panels installed on roofs. (bloomberg.com)
Environment
- The key to cleaning the ocean of plastic is prevention. (vox.com)
- Add climate change to the problems facing Baghdad. (npr.org)
- Amazon ($AMZN) Is working with CarbonCure on their new buildings. (axios.com)
- Fatbergs are no joke. What can be done to prevent and eliminate them. (engadget.com)
Technology
- It's tough for cities to break through as a tech hub. (wired.com)
- Cloudflare ($NET), CrowdStrike ($CRWD) and Ping Identity ($PING) are teaming up to form the Critical Infrastructure Defense Project. (siliconangle.com)
- More medical devices are vulnerable to hacking. (wired.com)
Behavior
- Good luck trying to find a therapist these days. (washingtonpost.com)
- It's not enough to diagnose depression, you have to actually treat it. (statnews.com)
- Five insights from Ellen Vora's book "The Anatomy of Anxiety: Understanding and Overcoming the Body’s Fear Response." (nextbigideaclub.com)
- Is there a downside to mindfulness? (bbc.com)
Psychedelics
- How Oregon is trying to build a regulatory framework for psychedelics. (statnews.com)
- Is there any difference between LSD and psilocybin trips? (newatlas.com)
Drugs
- How an antiseptic could be more effective than antibiotics in treating recurrent UTIs. (newscientist.com)
- Re-shoring drug supply is harder than it looks. (washingtonpost.com)
- A new drug has entered the opioid pipeline complicating efforts at reducing overdose deaths. (statnews.com)
Health policy
- Maternity wards are closing across the U.S. (vox.com)
- Medical license reciprocity should be the norm. (statnews.com)
Health
- The flu vaccine was kind of a bust this year. (nytimes.com)
- Your organs may be ageing at different rates. (newscientist.com)
- Leaded fuel made us all dumber. (newscientist.com)
Food
- Food waste is a huge problem in the U.S. (visualcapitalist.com)
- Texas barbecue is feeling the impact of inflation. (wsj.com)
- What it is like to the use Whole Foods 'Walk Out' technology. (fullstackeconomics.com)
- Food grown on regenerative farms may be healthier as well. (modernfarmer.com)
Media
- CNN+ has set a launch date. (variety.com)
- Hulu is set to lose NBCU content this year. (variety.com)
- An interview with Al Pacino about 'The Godfather.' (nytimes.com)
Sports
- How cozy does ESPN want to get with sports betting operators? (ft.com)
- Fanatics sports card business is hitting the ground running. (bloomberg.com)
Children
- George Packer, "American democracy can’t afford another generation of adults who don’t know how to talk and listen and think." (theatlantic.com)
- School newspapers are a great way to teach civics and critical thinking. (bloomberg.com)
- U.S. kindergartens have swapped play for academics to uncertain benefit. (theatlantic.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: easy-to-follow rules. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: failure and character. (abnormalreturns.com)
- The 2022 Credit Suisse Global Investment Returns Yearbook is here! (abnormalreturns.com)
- Check out the iCap list of the "18 Top Financial Advisers and Real Estate Investment Influencers You Should Be Following in 2022." (icapequity.com)
- re you a financial adviser looking for some out-of-the-box thinking? Then check out our weekly e-mail newsletter. (newsletter.abnormalreturns.com)
