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
"Survey data from vehicle research firm Strategic Vision shows a third of today’s pickup owners rarely or never use their truck for hauling, while two-thirds rarely or never use it for towing."
(Will Chase, Joann Muller and Jared Whalen)
Autos
- How pickup trucks got so darn big. (axios.com)
- The longer an EV is driven the better the carbon impact. (hannahritchie.substack.com)
- Bike lanes are good for local businesses. (kottke.org)
Energy
- Why solar panel prices are falling. (bnnbloomberg.ca)
- Why not turn parking lots into solar power hubs? (wired.com)
- What's holding up major renewable projects? (wsj.com)
- How do you get 'green hydrogen'? (thecooldown.com)
Water
- The Feds are going to have to make cuts to state water allocations from the Colorado River. (nytimes.com)
- Arizona's water problems are only getting worse. (time.com)
- Why NASA's newly launched Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite is a big deal. (thecooldown.com)
- In the midst of the drought many Californians dropped flood insurance. (grist.org)
- Utah's Great Salt Lake could be gone in five years. (cnn.com)
Environment
- Spring is happening up to two weeks early. (usanpn.org)
- Indoor air quality has a big impact on learning and cognition. (marginalrevolution.com)
- How Maricopa County tries to reduce heat-related deaths. (grist.org)
- Don't use your gas stove just to boil water. (wsj.com)
- How to recycle your old smartphone. (thecooldown.com)
Space
- Astronomers say light pollution is getting worse, faster. (science.org)
- Comparing NASA's and Tesla's rockets that are set to go to the Moon. (washingtonpost.com)
Technology
- Can livestreams ever be made safe? (ft.com)
- What's the actual use case for a VR headset? (daringfireball.net)
- The new MacBook Pros are a big upgrade over prior versions with Intel chips. (sixcolors.com)
- Why did Apple ($AAPL) revive the HomePod? (daringfireball.net)
Behavior
- How we move our bodies affects our psychology. (traderfeed.blogspot.com)
- Five ways of achieving calmness. (bbc.com)
Health
- The tripledemic is fading. (washingtonpost.com)
- Not everyone is happy about the development of effective anti-obesity drugs. (wired.com)
- Why naloxone isn't more widely available. (washingtonpost.com)
- What to expect when prepping for a colonoscopy. (nytimes.com)
Covid
- Bivalent boosters are showing effectiveness against the newest variants. (statnews.com)
- Why Covid boosters are shifting to an annual, flu-like, schedule. (nytimes.com)
- What 'excess deaths' tell us about the impact of Covid. (theconversation.com)
- What NPIs worked around the world in 2020. (papers.ssrn.com)
Food
- Experts overwhelmingly choose this store-bought marinara sauce. (washingtonpost.com)
- Why we shouldn't be surprised about the egg price situation. (msn.com)
- What's actually in your store-bought chicken stock? (eater.com)
- J. Kenji Lopez Alt on which food expiration dates actually matter. (nytimes.com)
Drink
- On the relationship between alcohol consumption and health. (parentdata.org)
- A look at how the craft beer space has gotten so competitive in one state. (indystar.com)
- Japan is seeing a boost in alcohol exports. (asia.nikkei.com)
- Fat Tire Ale is rebranding as a 'zero emission' brew. (axios.com)
Dogs
- Why its so hard to shut down puppy mills for good. (vox.com)
- The pandemic pet bubble has burst. (washingtonpost.com)
Sports
- College sports is full of all sorts of contradictions. (econofact.org)
- How Formula One teams ship stuff around the world. (huddleup.substack.com)
- Like it or not, pro pickleball is coming to your television. (frontofficesports.com)
- 18 of the best live sports events in the world including the Monaco Grand Prix. (gq.com)
Media
- The 13 best Wall Street movies including 'Trading Places.' (ofdollarsanddata.com)
- Netflix ($NFLX) and 'Stranger Things' dominate the list of the most-streamed shows in 2022. (variety.com)
- A problem with movies today - they look too perfect. (kottke.org)
Schools
- Schools will be coming to terms with ChatGPT for a long time. (fivethirtyeight.com)
- ChatGPT can pass an MBA operations management class. (nbcnews.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: the simulation of learning (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)
