Education, Demographics: Wisconsin public schools have lost 41,000 students
Down 41,000 students in 11 years, 69 schools were closed during the past 2 years.
Demographics: Having kids when parents are age 40+
Social media says the demographic cliff isn't a big deal, people can just have more kids over 40. Probably not.
Demographics: Chart illustrating the dramatic change in teens working part time
Nice Federal Reserve chart showing teen labor force participation rate (age 16-19) from the past to the present.
Public health: “Walkability” leads to living to 100 – NOT
100% total junk science study.
Public Health: Decent article on measles
If you had measles as a kid or you have been vaccinated, you can ignore the media fear about measles.
Generations: We don’t have data on Gen Z home buying
because the sample sizes are too small. Gen Z is age 13-28 and few are to the age of being home buyers. However, we can do some inference...
Linux: Getting wake up from suspend to work
I installed Linux on an older Macbook Pro. Mostly runs great, but wake up from suspend (sleep) was not working. Here is how I solved that problem.
Economy: Median home prices over time since 1960
Median home price has appreciated by 43% over the past 10 years. Some insane X posts claim home prices went up by 10x! Hah hah.
Gen Z Living Arrangements Vs the 1970s
Living arrangements of Gen Z today not that much different than in the 1970s and 1980s - except Gen Z far more likely to "cohabitate" with a romantic partner than…