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
"When other people do your promo, it’s not promo. It’s passion and sharing and generosity in community."
(Seth Godin)
Autos
- By any measure, too many Americans die on the roads. (ft.com)
- Are electric pickup trucks all that much better for the environment? (nytimes.com)
- It's hard to make a big SUV green, no matter the power plant. (fastcompany.com)
Transport
- Garbage trucks are an ideal target electrification. (electrek.co)
- Why electrifying trucks at ports makes a lot of sense. (grist.org)
Energy
- How to turn data center heat into usable heat. (reasonstobecheerful.world)
- How batteries are keeping Ukrainians online. (wired.com)
Environment
- Climate migration is already happening. (theguardian.com)
- Grazing sheep do more than just eat grass. (sciencedaily.com)
- REI is eliminating PFAS chemicals from its products. (grist.org)
Science
- What researchers hope to learn by drilling even deeper into the Earth's mantle. (wsj.com)
- Why we should heed the warnings of paleotsunamis. (theatlantic.com)
Technology
- Younger Americans are increasingly using Apple ($AAPL) devices. (ft.com)
- Bigger isn't always better when it comes to devices. (macworld.com)
- Russia has unleashed a wave of malware on Ukrainian infrastructure to limited effect. (arstechnica.com)
Travel
- The airline industry is playing musical chairs with pilots. (ft.com)
- What larger lessons can we take from LaGuardia's reconstruction? (msn.com)
- United Air ($UAL) has launched an investment fund looking to back sustainable fuel efforts. (reuters.com)
Behavior
- How a stroke can increase the risk of depression. (slate.com)
- How psychedelics work on/in brain cells. (sciencenews.org)
- Move your body to help your brain. (fatherly.com)
- Why getting laid off hurts so much. (fastcompany.com)
Covid
- Immunity acquired from Covid infection provides robust protection against severe disease. (nbcnews.com)
- The FDA has authorized the first at-home combination influenza-Covid test. (politico.com)
- We will likely never know how many Chinese died from Covid. (theatlantic.com)
- Airplane waste surveillance shows widespread SARS-CoV2. (arstechnica.com)
- How to think about Covid these days. (parentdata.org)
Health
- Flu shots this year were effective at reducing hospitalizations. (cnn.com)
- A fifth person has been cured of HIV using a stem cell transplant. (abcnews.go.com)
- Some moves are afoot to increase access to methadone. (statnews.com)
- On the turf battles between optometrists and ophthalmologists. (npr.org)
- The downside of a 24-hour fast. (newscientist.com)
Cannabis
- Some evidence that regularly smoking cannabis may be bad for the cardiovascular system. (newatlas.com)
- If you have children, or dogs, put your gummies out of reach. (bloomberg.com)
Food
- Why vegans should support lab-grown meat. (wired.com)
- Cultivated meat will succeed if it has cultivated fat, think bacon. (msn.com)
- Farmers are leading the push for 'right to repair' laws. (theconversation.com)
- How ultra-processed foods affect the brain. (wired.com)
- What are 'blue foods' and how do they differ? (newatlas.com)
- Why home canning is a satisfying hobby. (vox.com)
- How to get started composting. (washingtonpost.com)
Drink
- What a South Korean study shows on the relationship between alcohol and dementia. (npr.org)
- How Jimmy Carter helped create the craft beer industry. (reason.com)
Sports
- How the PGA Tour has fought LIV Golf to a standstill. (slate.com)
- Diamond Sports RSNs are bankrupt. What comes next? (huddleup.substack.com)
- Leagues are no longer reluctant to cancel games these days. (nymag.com)
- Pickleball has come to prison. (washingtonpost.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: uncertain economics. (abnormalreturns.com)
- The 2023 Credit Suisse Global Investment Returns Yearbook is here! (abnormalreturns.com)
- Do less to do better. (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)
