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 next time you want to make a positive change in your life, don’t limit your imagination to a change of scenery or the people around you."
(Arthur C. Brooks)
Autos
- Tesla ($TSLA) is raising prices for its vehicles. (engadget.com)
- What it's like to spend a week with a new Ford ($F) F-150 Lightning EV. (ritholtz.com)
- The NHTSA is looking into Tesla ($TSLA) Autopilot crashes. (nytimes.com)
- How used automotive batteries could be repurposed for less strenuous uses. (newatlas.com)
Energy
- NextEra Energy ($NEE) aims to go carbon-free by 2045. (wsj.com)
- The administration is proposing new standards for gas-fired furnaces. (wsj.com)
- Renewables are helping keep the lights on in Texas. (cnn.com)
- The case against historical preservation laws. (marginalrevolution.com)
Environment
- Australia is now taking climate change seriously. (wired.com)
- The Barents Sea is rapidly warming. (theguardian.com)
- Melting Arctic ice makes it easier to lay undersea cables. (wsj.com)
Animals
- Honeybees don't like heat. (modernfarmer.com)
- Armadillos are moving north. (nationalgeographic.com)
- Some signs that polar bears may be more resilient in the face of melting ice. (axios.com)
Covid
- BA.4 and BA.5 are gaining ground in the U.S. (statnews.com)
- The FDA has approved Covid vaccines for the under 5 crowd. (statnews.com)
- BioNTech ($BNTX) is looking for its second act. (ft.com)
- How Covid affects your sense of smell. (nature.com)
- Paxlovid doesn't do much for those at standard risk. (axios.com)
- Paxlovid rebounds are relatively rare. (sciencedaily.com)
Long Covid
- How long Covid could become a “mass deterioration event.” (theatlantic.com)
- Omicron may put you at less risk of 'long Covid' than prior variants. (newscientist.com)
Health
- Australia is seeing a tough flu season. (bloomberg.com)
- Covid is causing other viruses to act a little weird. (washingtonpost.com)
- What would it take to vaccinate more people against monkeypox? (theatlantic.com)
- Getting a flu vaccine? Go work out to improve efficacy. (newscientist.com)
Behavior
- Meditating probably won't make you a better person. (adamgrant.bulletin.com)
- Cognitive endurance is a muscle that can be trained. (marginalrevolution.com)
- Five insights from "Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay" by Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy. (nextbigideaclub.com)
- Pretending you are okay, when you are not, doesn't help. (dariusforoux.com)
Food
- The story behind the Sriracha shortage. (qz.com)
- Growing tomatoes is going to get more difficult due to climate change. (modernfarmer.com)
- How beer consumption affects gut health. (newatlas.com)
Sports
- Is the MLS-Apple ($AAPL) deal all that great? (variety.com)
- IPL media rights were sought after. (variety.com)
- What we can learn from twin MLB pitchers. (gq.com)
- Sportswashing is nothing new. (ramp.beehiiv.com)
Media
- Have we forgotten how to watch movies? (wired.com)
- Streaming viewers are overwhelmed with content. (wired.com)
- Pixar does villains right. (theringer.com)
College
- What, if anything, will turn around the downturn in college enrollment? (econofact.org)
- ROI is going play a bigger role in college decisions going forward. (washingtonpost.com)
- Why college cafeterias are going trayless. (reasonstobecheerful.world)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: end of the everything bubble. (abnormalreturns.com)
- The S&P 500 has entered a bear market, but you should be paying more attention to what is going on in the bond market. (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)
