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
"Being perfect is unattainable, and seeking perfection is a trap."
(Seth Godin)
Autos
- Hyundai and Kia are crushing it in the U.S. (axios.com)
- LED highlights are way too bright for many drivers. (wsj.com)
- Why solar-powered cars are not a thing. (theconversation.com)
Transport
- Why EV chargers are turning up at gas stations and truck stops. (politico.com)
- Autonomous semi-trucks are coming closer to reality. (wapo.st)
- Cargo ships are only getting bigger over time. (wsj.com)
Environment
- Why we need more testing of solar geoengineering efforts. (nytimes.com)
- Landfills emit more methane than previously thought. (scientificamerican.com)
- How the South Bay Salt Ponds are being restored to wetlands. (reasonstobecheerful.world)
- Deforestation initiatives are struggling to keep up. (axios.com)
- Trees have value in an urban environment. (klementoninvesting.substack.com)
Science
- A Q&A with Beth Shapiro, chief scientific officer of Colossal Biosciences, about the benefits of 'de-extinction.' (statnews.com)
- Why are deserts and rain forests often next to each other? The rain shadow effect. (unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com)
- Why we love eclipses. (smithsonianmag.com)
Animals
- A prion sickness similar to mad cow is spreading rapidly through North America’s deer and elk populations. (knowablemagazine.org)
- Honeybees are too valuable to go extinct. (vox.com)
- Habitat loss is killing off bird migration. (theatlantic.com)
- Ed Yong, "Birding has tripled the time I spend outdoors." (nytimes.com)
Technology
- Why companies don't care much about data privacy. (om.co)
- Apple ($AAPL) is exploring the robot business. (spyglass.org)
- AI no longer feels all that magical. (msn.com)
- 20 years in, why isn't Gmail better? (insidehook.com)
- Why Yahoo bought Artifact. (om.co)
Behavior
- Mental-health urgent-care sites are proliferating across the U.S. (wsj.com)
- Why loneliness is bad for your health. (nature.com)
Health
- Another pandemic is coming (some day). Is the world doing enough to prepare? (on.ft.com)
- How Covid-19 affected death rates from other diseases. (statnews.com)
- What non-invasive colon cancer tests can't do. (gq.com)
- Ozempic doesn't work for everybody. (wsj.com)
Fitness
- Why top athletes don't look like fitness influencers. (gq.com)
- Why you should walk backwards. (scientificamerican.com)
- Want to sleep better? Move more. (news.utexas.edu)
Food
- Why is it so hard to buy fruits and vegetables without so much plastic packaging? (nytimes.com)
- Barbecue flavors are going global here in the U.S. (eater.com)
- How Pollo Campero revamped their kitchens to enhance efficiency. (msn.com)
- Just how local is your local establishment? (on.ft.com)
Drink
- What can be done to make brewing beer more sustainable? (modernfarmer.com)
- The effects of alcohol are magnified in older age. (nytimes.com)
- Tasting notes from Costco's ($COST) Kirkland Signature French Vodka. (slate.com)
- What is hop water? And why is it seemingly everywhere? (insidehook.com)
Media
- Why Hollywood is doubling down on video game-inspired movies. (spyglass.org)
- Movie theaters would be smart to re-release classic films. (variety.com)
Motor sports
- What Liberty Media hopes to accomplish with MotoGP. (huddleup.substack.com)
- A spot on the Formula E grid is for sale. (ft.com)
Sports gambling
- Problematic sports gambling is only going to increase. (newrepublic.com)
- How sports gambling has changed the nature of sports and how we watch them. (persuasion.community)
Sports
- Why is the NFL coming after Christmas Day? Because it can. (huddleup.substack.com)
- Real sports journalism is disappearing. (cjr.org)
- When a coach crosses over from coaching to proselytizing. (thedailybeast.com)
College
- You don't need to go to an elite college to succeed in life. (contessacapitaladvisors.com)
- Gen Z has vocational options outside of college. (wsj.com)
- A Roth IRA rollover option removes a hurdle to opening a 529 account. (thecollegefinanciallady.com)
- David Deming on why colleges should requires standardized test scores. (econofact.org)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: the case for value (abnormalreturns.com)
- Better investors make fewer decisions. (abnormalreturns.com)
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