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
"So the heart of a grift is that you get something that, in a technical sense, is what you paid for, but that is also not worth what you paid for it."
(Byrne Hobart)
EVs
- Why isn't every car a hybrid at this point? (nytimes.com)
- Behind the slowdown in EV sales. (snippet.finance)
- EV owners need to consider depreciation. (bloomberg.com)
- Why we need to get EVs in the hands of 'superdrivers.' (nytimes.com)
Solar energy
- California is making it harder for residents to put up solar panels. (nytimes.com)
- The Bureau of Land Management wants to boost utility-scale solar on public lands. (eenews.net)
- How “dye-sensitized solar cells” work. (wsj.com)
- How a huge battery farm helps power Hawaii. (grist.org)
Environment
- Why winters are warming faster than summers. (vox.com)
- Greenland's ice shelf is melting faster than previously believed. (nytimes.com)
- The movement against gas-powered leaf blowers is gaining steam. (reasonstobecheerful.world)
- Why the cleanup from the Lahaina fire is complicated. (wsj.com)
- Divestment is a blunt tool for activists. (daily.jstor.org)
Technology
- Some signs of optimism in technology including improved battery technology. (noahpinion.blog)
- On the problem of buying an e-bike with proprietary technology. (wsj.com)
- The Apple ($AAPL) Machintosh is 40 years old. (wired.com)
Behavior
- So should we give up on the whole love languages thing? (washingtonpost.com)
- Why pet ownership is meaningful. (theatlantic.com)
Covid
- Another benefit from staying up-to-date on Covid vaccines. (arstechnica.com)
- Will it be possible to identify long Covid via a blood test? (statnews.com)
Health
- Weight loss drug users eventually hit a plateau. What next? (theatlantic.com)
- Kids of color get uniformly worse health care. (npr.org)
- Non-surgical vasectomies are coming. (axios.com)
Fitness
- There are so many ways to exercise now. The problem is choosing. (theatlantic.com)
- How exercise helps release dopamine in the brain. (sciencedaily.com)
Drink
- Alcohol use increases the risks of surgery. (sciencedaily.com)
- Why Japanese brewers are looking at the U.S. market. (vinepair.com)
- Heirloom corn from Mexico makes for unique whiskeys. (nytimes.com)
- It's not easy to remove alcohol from beer. (freethink.com)
- Who is hop water for? (punchdrink.com)
Food
- A look at Starbucks ($SBUX) store footprint. (genuineimpact.substack.com)
- How to order at Taco Bell like Dolly Parton. (businessinsider.com)
- What we lose when pizza joints give up their own delivery. (msn.com)
- Why farmers are pushing for fattier milk. (wsj.com)
- Not all farmland is created equal. (modernfarmer.com)
Sports
- MLB has some momentum now. (huddleup.substack.com)
- What is happening to Nike's ($NKE) Air Jordan brand? (theatlantic.com)
Children
- On the death of the snow day. (washingtonpost.com)
- What happens when a school bans smartphones. (theguardian.com)
- Everyone agrees that children need time in nature. (thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: Boeing's downfall. (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)