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
"If I can sign up with a few clicks, I should be able to unsign up with a few clicks."
(Seth Godin)
Autos
- Auto makers are struggling to meet demand for EVs. (wsj.com)
- Hertz ($HTZ) is planning to buy GM ($GM) EVs. (engadget.com)
- Lithium prices are soaring. (wsj.com)
Transport
- Cars are disappearing from the streets of Paris. (reasonstobecheerful.world)
- Who needs a jetpack when you can ride a hoverbike? (euronews.com)
Energy
- Puerto Rico's electrical grid was an problem even before Hurricane Fiona. (washingtonpost.com)
- The UK has become a renewable energy powerhouse. (gregor.substack.com)
- Why bi-directional charging is important to help maintain the grid. (wired.com)
- How some cities are recycling heat from data centers for other purposes. (axios.com)
- Why we need more power lines. (theatlantic.com)
Colorado River
- How the shrinking Colorado River is affecting Arizona. (npr.org)
- A shrinking Colorado River is putting some species at risk. (wired.com)
Environment
- Many coastal cities have another problem - they're sinking. (newscientist.com)
- The battle over protecting seashore homes is only going to grow. (nytimes.com)
- The East coast is not immune from the growing risk of forest fires. (theatlantic.com)
- Lawns are dumb, but there is an environmental cost to taking them out. (wired.com)
- Expect more episodes like the Yukon salmon crisis. (washingtonpost.com)
- September is now smoke season at Lake Tahoe. (wsj.com)
Travel
- Airbnb ($ABNB) hosts are asking guests to do more chores at checkout. (wsj.com)
- The travel industry is ripe for disruption, think subscriptions. (nytimes.com)
- Cruise ships have returned to Lake Superior. (nytimes.com)
- How to tip at hotels. (wsj.com)
Space
- The FCC is starting to take space junk seriously. (scientificamerican.com)
- What will a future space station look like? (ft.com)
Technology
- The new Apple ($AAPL) Airpod Pros are a worthy upgrade. (engadget.com)
- What to do with your iPhone besides recycle it. (theatlantic.com)
- Five insights from "If It’s Smart, It’s Vulnerable" by Mikko Hypponen. (nextbigideaclub.com)
- What a VPN can, and cannot, do for you. (wsj.com)
Behavior
- How to think about what you want out of life. (vox.com)
- Not every day is going to be a 10/10. Sometimes a 5 or 6 is okay. (nytimes.com)
- Heat makes people angry and aggressive. (eenews.net)
- How to deal with an irrational person. (bakadesuyo.com)
- What to do when you get bored. (washingtonpost.com)
- The mid-life crisis is real. (nytimes.com)
Covid
- Covid isn't over, but we are acting that way. (danieldrezner.substack.com)
- Calling the end of a pandemic is part art and science. (statnews.com)
- A steady stream of Americans are getting their first Covid vaccine shots. (wsj.com)
- Why no new variant has displaced Omicron yet. (nytimes.com)
- Questions about booster shots answered. (scientificamerican.com)
Health
- How Covid has changed the population of influenza viruses. (nature.com)
- How the new weight loss drugs could upend the field. (gq.com)
- Some evidence that CAR-T could be used to cure autoimmune diseases. (theguardian.com)
- Your body does a pretty good job getting you to drink water. (scientificamerican.com)
- Navigating the hearing aid space is no small thing. (humbledollar.com)
- What to expect when you get a colonoscopy. (npr.org)
- How daily breath training can help lower blood pressure. (npr.org)
- Blood donors should be screened for anemia. (statnews.com)
Fitness
- $3,195 seems pricey for a new Peloton ($PTON) Rower. (wired.com)
- The case for walking faster. (nytimes.com)
Dogs
- There's no such thing as a hypoallergenic dog. (theatlantic.com)
- Growing skepticism that negative punishment works in dog training. (undark.org)
- How the corgi became synonymous with British royalty. (wapo.st)
Food
- Researchers are looking to breed crops that better handle heat and drought. (axios.com)
- Your next batch of fries could be made by a robot. (washingtonpost.com)
- Cavendish bananas get a temporary reprieve. (newscientist.com)
- The best foods to feed your microbiome. (washingtonpost.com)
- Why Maine lobster prices are falling. (humbledollar.com)
- It's high time for food shows to go some place other than Italy. (eater.com)
Chess
- How in the age of AI, chess has transformed into poker. (theatlantic.com)
- Chess is in the midst of a big cheating controversy. (npr.org)
Sport
- Girls are drifting away from high school basketball. (wsj.com)
- MLB pitchers are throwing fewer fastballs. (fivethirtyeight.com)
- Pickleball continues his growth trajectory. (washingtonpost.com)
- The rules of elite running say no one can start a race faster than 0.1 seconds. Scientists say that’s wrong. (vox.com)
- Some maps that explain the changing landscape of college football. (fivethirtyeight.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: nuclear misconceptions. (abnormalreturns.com)
- A home is a bundle of things, not just a house with a mortgage attached. (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)
