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 physical qualities of gummy candies — their tenderness and the soothing sound as they’re chewed — might serve as a cushion for the hard-edge realities of adult life."
(Mahira Rivers)
Autos
- Ford ($F) has started "full" production of the F-150 Lightning. (engadget.com)
- Those big signs by the side of the road warning of dangers, actually increase wrecks. (wsj.com)
- Streetscape art helps reduce crashes. (axios.com)
Energy
- Wind energy is largely a red state phenomenon. (cnn.com)
- New rules are finally coming into effect for energy-efficient lightbulbs. (marketwatch.com)
- Concentrated solar-thermal power works differently than PV. (wsj.com)
- Fracking-related earthquakes are on the rise in Texas. (bloomberg.com)
- How to turn old wind turbine blades into cement. (wsj.com)
Environment
- It increasingly seems that carbon removal is the only way forward. (theatlantic.com)
- Climate change could accelerate virus spillover between species. (nytimes.com)
- Five insights from "The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires That Run the World" by Oliver Millman. (nextbigideaclub.com)
- The shift toward electric landscaping tools is on. (wsj.com)
- Just how big a problem is topsoil erosion? (smithsonianmag.com)
- Can Buffalo become a haven from climate change? (fastcompany.com)
Water
- The multi-state fight over the Colorado River is only going to get more intense. (nymag.com)
- Arizona is already receiving less water from the Colorado River. (wsj.com)
Planes
- The airline pilot shortage is real. Hiring a more diverse workforce could help. (nytimes.com)
- Drone-maker SZ DJI Technology Co. has pulled out of Russia. (bloomberg.com)
- A big fight is looming over hundreds of leased Russian airplanes. (bloomberg.com)
Trust in science
- A Q&A with Michael Lewis about declining trust of expertise. (vox.com)
- Trust in science didn't used to be a partisan issue. (fivethirtyeight.com)
Technology
- How spammers use expired domains to fool you and Google. (techcrunch.com)
- Hacktivists are relentlessly targeting Russia. (wired.com)
- Narrow communities keep some people returning to Facebook. (theatlantic.com)
Behavior
- Ten things you can to do to boost happiness. (theatlantic.com)
- Why do we overestimate the number of various minorities in a population? (scientificamerican.com)
- How beliefs about aging affect longevity. (nytimes.com)
- Three things to do to avoid freaking out, especially in public. (msn.com)
Health
- The risks of anesthesia are higher than you think. (theguardian.com)
- Naloxone is still in short supply around the country. (wsj.com)
- A plausible explanation for how the placebo effect works. (bakadesuyo.com)
- As we get older, seven hours of sleep is the norm. (newatlas.com)
Dogs
- Dog personalities are not based on their breeds. (scientificamerican.com)
- But we humans want them to be related. (theatlantic.com)
Restaurants
- Chick-fil-a franchisees have a problem: long lines at the drive thru lanes are angering neighbors. (wsj.com)
- How restaurants can use crowdfunding to build their businesses. (eater.com)
Food
- Chicken wing prices are now coming down. (washingtonpost.com)
- How genetically modified pork could be a lifeline for those people with alpha-gal-syndrome. (theatlantic.com)
- Morels could soon be cultivated indoors. (nytimes.com)
Drink
- Many states are making to-go cocktails permanent. (npr.org)
- The bloom is off the craft brewing business. (fastcompany.com)
- The French drink a lot less than they used to. (twitter.com)
Sports
- Do you really have a league, if one team wins the title ten years in a row? (nytimes.com)
- IPL teams are now easily valued more than $1 billion. (forbes.com)
- Why it's so hard to identify the next great QB in advance. (theringer.com)
- Live sports are coming to HBO Max. (thestreamable.com)
Movie theaters
- Why haven't more movie theaters closed permanently in the past two years? (variety.com)
- Studios are still pulling movies from the theatrical slate for streaming. (variety.com)
College
- College enrollment is trending dow but enrollment in two-year, blue collar adjacent, programs is on the rise. (bloomberg.com)
- Is a gap year going to change your chances of getting into a college? (wsj.com)
- Just because you can borrow for college, doesn't mean you should. (washingtonpost.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: a little bit of compassion. (abnormalreturns.com)
- There are plenty of investments you can put into your 'too hard pile.' (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: building stuff that matters. (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)
