Economy: US home foreclosures
Recent reports of an increase in U.S. home foreclosures are misleading as we come off near all time lows in foreclosures:
Economy: How many 100k income earners can buy a home in each market?
This might be misleading'ish.
Wireless: LoRa and Heltec V3
Interesting but unable to get the Bluetooth link on the device to show up on my phone's BT discovery.
Wireless: FCC proposes to end many WiFi and Bluetooth applications?
Seriously. The FCC has totally lost its mind.
Demographics: California schools lose 75,000 students in one year
Another enrollment collapse.
Economy: Map showing high earners leaving some states
Due to taxation and local policies, people with the means are often moving to tax or business friendly states.
AI: OpenAI says its systems hacked Hugging Face
Uh oh. Their AI system used stolen credentials to hack into Hugging Face.
Media, Demographics: “Boomers were supposed to downsize”
Who says they "were supposed to downsize"? The media but It's bad data all the way down.
Demographics: In 1940, about half of US homes did not have “basic plumbing”
This meant they were missing at least one of clean water, hot water, flush toilet, bath or shower.
Demographics: Most of Gen Z is not in the career work force
Because most of them are still really, really young! Duh! Most, especially, the media, do not seem to understand this.
Transportation: Bicycling in Seattle costs the government millions
Seattle area government spending $11 million per year to settle bicycling crash liability claims, due to defective roadway designs.
Economy: Baby Boom retirements are not the cause of immediate labor shortages
Because as of now, 90-95% of the Baby Boom has already passed away or retired. There are very few of them still in the labor force!
Education, Demographics: Temple University sees -25% enrollment decline
That's a loss of 25% of its enrollment over an 8 year period. Ouch.
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Economy: Where to invest in a post growth economy?
With population growth now curtailed, or flat lined or decreasing in some states, where should you invest for the new future?