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
"Life is hard for all of us, even for the people who seem like they have it all."
(Phil Pearlman)
Transport
- The Ford ($F) F-150 Lightning will tell us a lot about the future of EVs. (bloomberg.com)
- What to do if your car lease is coming to an end. (wsj.com)
- What it would take to turn gas stations into EV charging hubs. (vox.com)
Transport
- Amazon ($AMZN) is struggling to get drone delivery right. (theverge.com)
- How boat builders can go electric. (bloomberg.com)
- This Dutch shows e-bike riders to have a higher rate of injury. (theverge.com)
Air travel
- Airline pilots are warning of the risk of fatigue. (businessinsider.com)
- Big airlines are increasing the number of bus-flight connections. (axios.com)
- Europe is building more trains to compete with short-haul flights. (nytimes.com)
Energy
- Why isn't Germany doing more to keep its nuclear power plants open? (unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com)
- Drought is threatening hydropower production in the American West. (wired.com)
- Wind power is a lifeline for some Iowa farmers. (reasonstobecheerful.world)
- Solar power is outpacing new wind power which is a problem. (bloomberg.com)
- High energy prices aside, it's hard to make the case for ethanol. (wired.com)
Environment
- Why Stripe's effort to remove carbon from the atmosphere is a big deal. (theatlantic.com)
- California is off to a dry start to the year. (axios.com)
- The EPA has cleared the release of 2.4 billion genetically-modified mosquitoes in California and Florida. (smithsonianmag.com)
- Climate change is ruining septic tank systems. (washingtonpost.com)
Birds
- Why you are not hearing as many birds as in years past. (slate.com)
- Healthy grasslands and pastures have plenty of birds. (thecounter.org)
Technology
- Why rural hospitals are uniquely at-risk of ransomware attacks. (statnews.com)
- DuckDuckGo has launched a privacy-focused Mac browser. (arstechnica.com)
- The amount of data you put out into the world is stunning. (howardlindzon.com)
Behavior
- Nick, "It takes an incredible amount of strength to get through a significant mental health episode." (ensofinance.blog)
- Four reasons why teenagers are now more likely to be depressed. (theatlantic.com)
- Five insights from John Howard's new book "Than Words: The Science of Deepening Love and Connection in Any Relationship." (nextbigideaclub.com)
- The rise in adolescent overdose rates is due in part to fentanyl. (statnews.com)
Health
- The big vaccine makers are now targeting RSV. (wsj.com)
- Monitoring sewage is for more than just Covid. (vox.com)
- Should otherwise healthy people monitor their glucose levels? (slate.com)
- Good advice for a parent with a child in the NICU. (washingtonpost.com)
Weed
- Legal cannabis sales are set to start in New Jersey. (news.yahoo.com)
- Why enacting the SAFE Banking Act would be a big deal. (mindsetvalue.substack.com)
Food
- Thousands of fish-and-chip shops in the UK are at-risk of closing. (nytimes.com)
- Most aside ghost kitchens, virtual brands are now a thing on delivery apps. (ny.eater.com)
- Leftover crustacean shells have multiples uses. (modernfarmer.com)
- Hemp seeds are the hot new food ingredient. (axios.com)
- How kosher food certification went mainstream. (fooddive.com)
Drink
- Is booze the key to getting people back into the office? (wsj.com)
- Why you may want to consider quitting alcohol. (theprofile.substack.com)
Sports
- How heritable are various sports abilities? (marginalrevolution.com)
- A look behind the headline salary numbers for pro athletes. (brobible.com)
- Sports are great because they are ultimately meaningless. (theatlantic.com)
- Being a football fan requires moral flexibility. (nytimes.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: an unpredictable virus. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: navigating low expected returns. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Before joining the Great Resignation read up on the grass-is-greener fallacy. (abnormalreturns.com)
- My Q&A with Nick Maggiulli about his newly published book "Just Keep Buying: Proven ways to save money and build your wealth." (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)