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
"The secret is to only acquire things where the resale value doesn’t matter to your overall satisfaction. That’s one reason there’s a huge difference between investing in stocks and owning a home."
(Seth Godin)
Transport
- Electric is the future of America's school buses. (wapo.st)
- The rising cost of technology is driving some auto repair shops out of business. (wired.com)
- Charging stations need maintenance. (axios.com)
Energy
- Iron-air batteries could be key part of grid-scale storage. (protocol.com)
- People underestimate the importance of hydropower. (spectrum.ieee.org)
- Droughts are putting hydropower at-risk around the world. (bloomberg.com)
- Why not put solar panels up at landfills? (vox.com)
Mississippi River
- Climate change is putting the Mississippi River at risk to traffic. (bloomberg.com)
- Only one thing will fix Mississippi River barge backups. (grist.org)
Environment
- Methane levels are marching steadily higher. (washingtonpost.com)
- Why Direct Air Capture will continue to grow. (avc.com)
- What 'ancient trees' can tell us about the environment. (axios.com)
- Thawing permafrost is an eco crap shoot. (wired.com)
- Microplastics are everywhere. (wired.com)
Animals
- Cleaner windshields show a decline in insect populations. (washingtonpost.com)
- Contrary to popular belief, cats do listen to their owners. (science.org)
- Singapore has an otter problem. (theguardian.com)
Travel
- Remote work is making it easier to travel year-round. (wsj.com)
- Why it's so hard to find a cheap flight these days. (wsj.com)
- Virgin Australia is lotteries to incentivize middle seats. (axios.com)
Space
- NASA keeps dumping space junk in this remote part of the Pacific Ocean. (9news.com.au)
- Five insights from Charles Cottrell's "Taxi from Another Planet: Conversations with Drivers about Life in the Universe." (nextbigideaclub.com)
Behavior
- Children can be taught self-regulation. (marginalrevolution.com)
- What is the opposite of schadenfreude? (primecuts.substack.com)
Health
- Putting numbers on dementia in the 65-over cohort. (cnn.com)
- OB-GYN residents are stuck in a weird place at present. (nytimes.com)
Covid
- During the first year of the pandemic, men died at a higher rate than women. (wsj.com)
- Covid infections are associated with higher heart attack rates. (newatlas.com)
- Covid or not, we need better indoor air quality. (vox.com)
- There is no evidence that the evolution of the SARS-CoV2 virus is slowing. (npr.org)
- BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 seem like the next legit variants. (fortune.com)
- Ivermectin does NOT improve Covid recovery. (cnbc.com)
Food
- Everybody is for animal welfare until they have to pay for it. (vox.com)
- What would it take to bring cultivated meat prices down? (vox.com)
- Food labeling is only going to get more complicated. (modernfarmer.com)
- Why everyone around the world is trying to cultivate truffles. (knowablemagazine.org)
- Grains are going farm-to-table. (modernfarmer.com)
Media
- Music discoverability is only going to get worse. (om.co)
- If rotoscoping isn't animation, nothing is. (vulture.com)
- Why comedic movies are in decline. (kvetch.substack.com)
Concussions
- CTE from football seems to be associated with the cumulative effect of play. (washingtonpost.com)
- We know a lot less about the effect of concussions on women. (npr.org)
Sports
- U.S. curling is in a crisis. (npr.org)
- Disc golf is seeing a surge in popularity in the U.S. (frontofficesports.com)
- Why we keep rooting for losing franchises. (theatlantic.com)
College
- On campus recruiting is robust this year. (wsj.com)
- Why the drop in community college enrollment is so troubling. (washingtonpost.com)
- Some colleges are building affordable housing for workers. (bloomberg.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: planning a podcast. (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)
Mixed media
- The tide has turned when it comes to talk about robots. (ft.com)
- Remember when technology was exciting? (technologyreview.com)
- Why nobody seems to know how to use their phone anymore. (theatlantic.com)
- Even online trolls need a holiday from time to time. (klementoninvesting.substack.com)
- Data isn't permanent. (technologyreview.com)
