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
"Staying alive is now rather straightforward; staying happy is not."
(Adam Mastroianni)
Autos
- Car dealerships are shrinking. (wired.com)
- The NHTSA estimates that 2021 was the worst year for traffic fatalities since 2005. (autoblog.com)
- What can be done to get drivers to slow down? (nytimes.com)
- How ride-sharing changed America's cities. (slate.com)
Transport
- Watercraft and snowmobiles are getting electrified. (nytimes.com)
- Drones are turning into personal flying machines. (wired.com)
Energy
- Europe is reorienting toward LNG imports. (ft.com)
- Europe is planning more offshore wind projects. (protocol.com)
- A look at startups that are trying widen access to geothermal energy. (fasterplease.substack.com)
- Floating solar panels make sense, but there is a catch. (fastcompany.com)
- The energy transition requires investment today. (thetycoonist.com)
Drought
- The Western drought is worse than you think. (hcn.org)
- How the risk of wildfire is set to increase across much of the U.S. (npr.org)
- The Colorado River is drying up. (washingtonpost.com)
Environment
- Zoonotic spillover is a growing threat to humanity. (bloomberg.com)
- Why many people don't want to be turned into 'climate refugees.' (bbc.com)
- The Department of Energy are hoping to kickstart four direct air carbon removal projects. (cnn.com)
- What to look for in an electric mower. (engadget.com)
Travel
- The pandemic did a number on the airline pilot pipeline. (cnbc.com)
- When it comes to airport security there are haves and have nots. (vox.com)
- Would you sign up for a 'surprise trip'? (wsj.com)
Space
- Rebecca Heilweil, "A single space launch can disrupt hundreds of flights." (vox.com)
- Boeing's ($BA) Starliner reached the ISS. (businessinsider.com)
- NASA is sending female test dummies into space to test the effects of radiation on them. (axios.com)
- How long term space missions affect the brain. (bigthink.com)
Science
- Humpback whales are getting pushed around by human activity. (hakaimagazine.com)
- Another example, i.e. SIDS, of how science reporting can be misleading. (emilyoster.substack.com)
Technology
Health
- Fentanyl-laced pills purchased online are a big source of overdose deaths. (nytimes.com)
- Clinical trials suffer from a lack of diversity. (statnews.com)
- Puberty is happening sooner for girls, but no one is really sure why. (nytimes.com)
- Some old rich guys are pumping themselves up with testosterone. (gq.com)
Covid vaccines
- The booster debate has become hopelessly muddled. (nytimes.com)
- The FDA has approved booster shots for 5-11 year olds. (statnews.com)
- Another sign that mix-and-matching boosting increases efficacy. (arstechnica.com)
- What happens if the government stops buying Covid vaccines? (statnews.com)
Covid
- There are still big geographic disparities in Covid fatality rates. (npr.org)
- Omicron reinfections seem pretty common. (nytimes.com)
- The FDA has rejected the use of fluvoxamine as a Covid treatment. (vox.com)
- Most long Covid cases are not amongst the previously hospitalized. (nytimes.com)
- Crushing fatigue is the number one complaint of long Covid patients. (wsj.com)
- We really don't have a good handle on Covid infections. (washingtonpost.com)
- We aren't doing enough to prevent Covid deaths. (erictopol.substack.com)
Restaurants
- No one should be surprised that the Restaurant Revitalization Fund is officially dead. (eater.com)
- A look at the struggles restaurants are having keeping workers. (qz.com)
- The best performing restaurants have invested in worker pay. (reasonstobecheerful.world)
- Restaurants in Canada are also struggling to find workers. (bnnbloomberg.ca)
Agriculture
- Biodigesters require scale to be feasible. (modernfarmer.com)
- High wind is complicating the Spring planting season. (modernfarmer.com)
Sports
- The Rugby World Cup is headed to the U.S. (theguardian.com)
- Half of the EPL will soon be owned by Americans. (bloomberg.com)
- MLS is ready to displace the NHL as the fourth major U.S. sport. (huddleup.substack.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: identifying talent. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Things are tough out there. Here is some required bear market reading. (abnormalreturns.com)
- A Q&A with Brian Feroldi author of “Why Does the Stock Market Go Up.” (abnormalreturns.com)
- Writing is thinking. (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)
