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!
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Quote of the Day
"Coal consumption in 2021 was so strong, that it wiped out every year of progress since the peak of 2014. "
(Gregor Macdonald)
Autos
- On the state of Apple's ($AAPL) push into self-driving cars. (theinformation.com)
- GM ($GM) is teaming up with Pilot to build a nationwide charging network. (engadget.com)
- Some gas stations and convience stores are embracing EV chargers. (bloomberg.com)
- Car repos are on the rise. (barrons.com)
Transport
- Walmart ($WMT) has a definitive agreement to buy 4,500 electric delivery vehicles from Canoo. (axios.com)
- The end of the pandemic has not stopped the flow of packages into New York City. (technologyreview.com)
- Private aviation still relies on leaded gasoline. (wsj.com)
Environment
- Alaska is facing an unprecedented fire season. (grid.news)
- Cheatgrass in the intermountain West is doing us no favors when it comes fo fire. (insideclimatenews.org)
- Canada and the U.S. have different laws when it comes to cruise ship discharges. (theguardian.com)
- Officials have gotten better at forecasting various weather disasters. (vox.com)
Space
- Astronomers are blown away by the images coming from the JWST. (theverge.com)
- Solar weather is messing with satellite orbits. (space.com)
- How they take trash out of the ISS. (fastcompany.com)
Behavior
- The 988 hotline is going live but is at-risk of being short staffed. (npr.org)
- Five insights from Andrew Scull's new book "Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness." (nextbigideaclub.com)
- Is there really an investment opportunity in psilocybin therapy? (wsj.com)
- Another reason to reach out to a friend. (sciencedaily.com)
- There are benefits to displaying your stress. (bbc.com)
- Why leaving a political 'tribe' is like kicking an addiction. (davidepstein.bulletin.com)
- In defense of McMindfulness. (slate.com)
- How to admit you are wrong. (vox.com)
Covid vaccines
- Novavax's ($NVAX) vaccine has been approved for use. (fortune.com)
- Vaccine-maker Moderna is working up two omicron-targeting boosters for different countries. (arstechnica.com)
- The need for a pan-coronavirus vaccine is as high as ever. (ft.com)
- Should you get another booster shot now or wait until the Fall? (fortune.com)
Variants
- BA.4 and BA.5 are driving a lot of reinfection. (washingtonpost.com)
- What can we do to slow the production of variants? (theatlantic.com)
- The big question about BA.5. (theatlantic.com)
Paxlovid
- Paxlovid resistance is just a matter of time. (science.org)
- There's still a lot we don't know about Paxlovid. (slate.com)
Fitness
Health
- How abortion restrictions will affect how (and where) doctors practice. (wsj.com)
- Why many women miss out on the opportunity for permanent birth control. (npr.org)
- How close is the U.S. to getting OTC birth control pills? (npr.org)
- The case for banking your poop for future use. (wired.com)
- A good reason to stop making your bed in the morning. (artofmanliness.com)
Food
- Adjusted for inflation, the Costco ($COST) hot dog combo should cost $4.13 today. (wsj.com)
- Expect to see more vertical farms in or near metropolitan areas. (ft.com)
- How Portugal's canned sardines get to your table. (nytimes.com)
- Cover crops are helpful to the soil, but not a panacea. (modernfarmer.com)
Sports
- How F1 became an unstoppable brand. (frontofficesports.com)
- How rising temperatures could affect outside tennis. (fivethirtyeight.com)
- How Brazil came to dominate pro surfing. (nytimes.com)
- High schools are adding back javelin to track and field programs. (wsj.com)
- MLB fans are open to the idea of robot umps. (morningconsult.com)
- Splits are not great for a sport, just look at Indy Car. (frontofficesports.com)
Chidren
- Teasing out the effects of divorce on children is no small feat. (slate.com)
- On the risks of having a gun in the household. (emilyoster.substack.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Podcast links: all things inflation. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Thursday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Four tips to avoid stock market aggravation. (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)
