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
"Turning money into more money is not the only aim in life. What is the point of being successful if all you do is reinvest that money into sh*t you don’t really care about?"
(Ryan Holiday)
EVs
- Lithium prices are down some 20% YTD, which is good for the EV ecosystem. (nytimes.com)
- EVs still take too many design cues away from ICEs. (reviewgeek.com)
Energy
- Wind and solar made up 92% of India’s power generation capacity additions in 2022. (ember-climate.org)
- How geothermal wells can be used like a battery. (technologyreview.com)
Environment
- The world is on track to hit 1.5 degrees Celsius warming by 2035 if current trends continue. (semafor.com)
- The early arrival Washington DC's cherry blossoms are another example of a changing climate. (wsj.com)
- Even good ventilation does not solve the problem of gas stove emissions. (vox.com)
- A new mosquito species has taken up residence in Florida. (sciencedaily.com)
- The U.S. has a growing feral hog problem. (wired.com)
Technology
- Airpods, and the like, are great but you can't replace the batteries. (wsj.com)
- How much does it really cost to train a LLM? (newatlas.com)
- If TikTok goes away, so could WeChat. (wired.com)
Space
- The JWST is upending a lot of long-held assumptions. (msn.com)
- What's the best solution to the growing problem of space junk? (bloomberg.com)
- Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars — will be visible next week. (npr.org)
- Russia's space program is in trouble. (wired.com)
Behavior
- On the relationship between JOMO and social anxiety. (sciencedaily.com)
- How to use intelligence to make yourself happier. (aei.org)
- Everything is connected: how Botox forehead injections can make you worse at reading emotions. (iflscience.com)
Health
- How Adderall shortages are affecting ADHD patients. (insidehook.com)
- Research shows longevity is not particularly heritable. (papers.ssrn.com)
- How Ivermectin became a belief system. (theatlantic.com)
- What effect do tattoos have on the immune system? (msn.com)
- Marriage is good for your health. (wsj.com)
Covid
- The key to pandemic preparedness is being able to act quickly. (nytimes.com)
- Data show that long Covid is not as widespread as previously feared. (slate.com)
- What worked in reducing Covid deaths and where we should focus funding. (wsj.com)
- How the Trump administration throttled CDC scientists early in the pandemic. (nytimes.com)
Food
- Minnesota will join California, Colorado, and Maine and states that offer free lunch to all school children. (fatherly.com)
- Who does a Kroger-Albertson's merger actually benefit? (eater.com)
- Why you should take a walk after dinner. (artofmanliness.com)
- On the complicated health effects of coffee. (wsj.com)
- Why you don't need to do a cleanse. (gq.com)
- Eat more lentils. (washingtonpost.com)
Drink
- More states are considering lowering the legal BAC to 0.05. (wsj.com)
- Why craft brewers overwhelmingly prefer 16 ounce cans. (punchdrink.com)
- White Claw is getting into the vodka business. (wsj.com)
Sports
- Can a lighter NFL helmet actually prevent more concussions? (theathletic.com)
- Forbes estimates MLB teams have increased 12% in value over the past year. (forbes.com)
- The local sports anchor is a dying breed. (si.com)
- Why people like to gamble on sports. (variety.com)
- Pickleball is coming to Central Park. (frontofficesports.com)
Media
- Celebrities have overrun the travel show genre. (nytimes.com)
- The median online streaming package, i.e. Hulu with Live TV, is now $70 a month. (variety.com)
- Which proto-franchises Netflix ($NFLX) is betting on. (wsj.com)
- Why 'Ted Lasso' isn't a hit in the UK. (theathletic.com)
College
- Small college towns suffer when college shrink, or shut down. (nytimes.com)
- The revolt against the US News college rankings has been in the works for awhile. (wsj.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: AI DJs. (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)
