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 world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better. All three statements are true at the same time."
(Max Roser)
Chart of the Day
Formerly middle class family outings are now out of range, price-wise.
Autos
- The number of U.S. gasoline stations is in secular decline. (axios.com)
- Ford ($F) is scrambling to acquire battery supplies. (axios.com)
- Volvo is well on its way to being all-electric. (wsj.com)
- Porsche thinks it can make more money selling EVs. (autonews.com)
- VW is launching Scout as a standalone EV company. (axios.com)
- Aston Martin is getting a big investment from Saudi Arabia. (ft.com)
Energy
- Blackrock ($BLK) is buying Vanguard Renewables. (wsj.com)
- How renewable energy drives jobs growth. (klementoninvesting.substack.com)
- How the Australian Capital Territory made great progress on renewables. (reasonstobecheerful.world)
Heat
- What do historic heat waves tell us about climate change? (technologyreview.com)
- Nobody expected temperatures this hot in Europe so soon. (vox.com)
- Why the European heat wave is so scary. (washingtonpost.com)
- What it will take to cool urban areas. (axios.com)
Environment
- Reforestation is no environmental panacea. (daily.jstor.org)
- Europe is now having to deal with wildfires. (arstechnica.com)
- Funding climate tech requires a different timeline. (theinformation.com)
- Declining pollinators could make for less diverse plant communities. (newscientist.com)
Technology
- It has become increasingly difficult to live in society without a phone. (wired.com)
- A key advantage for Amazon Web Services is a chip. (theinformation.com)
- Warehouse automation is only getting more sophisticated. (nytimes.com)
- Zoom ($ZM) is no substitute for in-person meetings. (msn.com)
- Nothing is really anonymous on the web. (webworm.co)
- How to spot a fake product review. (wsj.com)
Travel
- The lost luggage situation this summer is epic. (wsj.com)
- There is no quick fix to the pilot shortage. (cnn.com)
- Why you should fly with a tennis ball in your bag. (travelandleisure.com)
- When to mask when traveling by air. (theatlantic.com)
Animals
- Should you feel bad about doing 'goat yoga'? (slate.com)
- How beavers can help cool things down. (vox.com)
- Bees are smarter than you think. (theguardian.com)
Behavior
- What is imposter syndrome, and how to overcome it. (joylere.substack.com)
- Why people clean when they are stressed. (journals.sagepub.com)
- Nature doesn't care if you are happy. (theatlantic.com)
- There is little or no relationship between serotonin levels and depression. (newscientist.com)
- How to harness the power of regret. (nosidebar.com)
- The case for caring less. (vox.com)
Covid
- The Novavax ($NVAX) vaccine is available for those not yet vaccinated. (npr.org)
- Uptake of children's Covid vaccines is pretty low. (politico.com)
- Omicron is causing fewer complications in children. (wsj.com)
- Covid infections increase the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. (newatlas.com)
- Reinfection is less common than you think. (slate.com)
- Americans have given up trying to fight Covid. (politico.com)
- Sewage testing is leading the way forward. (newscientist.com)
Health
- The mortality gap between Democratic and Republican counties was growing prior to Covid. (scientificamerican.com)
- Infertility patients are concerned how abortion bans will affect them. (npr.org)
Sleep
- On the relationship between sleep and heart health. (wsj.com)
- A guide to getting better sleep. (primecuts.substack.com)
Food
- The world is facing a chickpea shortage in 2022. (modernfarmer.com)
- More kitchens are providing knifes for cooks. (eater.com)
- German meat consumption is in decline. (vox.com)
- Americans love their farmers markets. (reasonstobecheerful.world)
Sports
- It's gotta be the shoes! New running spikes are behind a surge in faster times. (wsj.com)
- Why some links courses are increasingly at-risk of climate change. (nytimes.com)
- Americans love pickleball...for now. (newyorker.com)
Media
- Will an ad-supported tier attract new Netflix ($NFLX) subscribers or come from a shift of existing subscribers. (thestreamable.com)
- Hulu is growing faster than Disney+. (wsj.com)
- Watching TV today feels like chaos. (protocol.com)
College
- Failing colleges are looking to mergers to stay afloat. (wsj.com)
- More education graduates are ditching their dream to be in the classroom. (nj.com)
- Why nobody wants to major in history any more. (scholars-stage.org)
Dating
- Inflation is everywhere, including dating. (bloomberg.com)
- The case for dating an existing friend. (theatlantic.com)
- What you can learn from your exes. (bbc.com)
- Sober dating is on the rise. (wsj.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: unfortunate decision making. (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)
