Wireless: How Starlink Mobile service might actually work
Starlink Mobile would work not just direct from space but would turn future home and business Starlink terminals into local micro cell sites.
Environment: Where US Weather Radar Sees Stuff
Where I live, the weather radar cannot see anything below 13,000 feet, due to the radar’s location and very mountainous terrain. I live in the 2nd red circle on the…
Crime: Crime has dropped a lot since past decades
Contrary to what you think, based on the doomer media, crime is quite a bit lower today than in the past.
Demographics: Another fertility rate chart
Another look at global population trends from 1800 to the present.
Economy: Free trade is dead
Per Sec. Marco Rubio, the Trump administration wants goods to cost more in the United States.
Energy: Almonds vs Data Center Water Usage
Almonds are remarkably water inefficient, are grown in water starved California orchards, and no one complains about that.
Demographics, Education: Public school enrollment trend since 1990
Multiple variables underway
Health: Revised guidelines on managing LDL levels
Primary pharma methods are statins, PCSK9 inhibitors, ezetimibe, and bempodeic acid. Dietary changes have small effects.
Public health: So-called “Blue Zones” still fake
Blue Zones based on bad birth records and pension fraud, say many experts.
Education: US college degrees class of 2026, by gender
Males have been a minority in college programs since the early 1980s.
Climate: Oregon sets modern wildfire acreage record
Climate change has faded from view, perhaps because nationally, overall acres burned is still well below average. Of course, this could change in the next 1-2 months.
Energy: Why solar PV works well in some areas not so well in others
Red is best, yellow can be okay, green is not good.
AI: Your queries to AI search LLMs showing up in Google search results
HUGE privacy risks.
Education, Demographics: Salem, OR may close 8 schools
The reality of the collapsing TFR hits home.
Demographics: Who spends their money eating out?
Those with less income tend to eat out at restaurants more than those with more income. or money.