Demographics: More school closures as young cohort shrinks
Salt Lake City, Denver-area, Anchorage, San Francisco - already announced closures or discussing which schools to close.
Everything on the Internet is fake?
The Internet is now overrun with fake auto-generated news, written by fake authors, who work for fake businesses. This is not a joke. This is really happening.
Climate, Energy: Could infrastructure age be a key factor for western wildfires?
Many giant western wildfires were found to be started by failing electric utility infrastructure, all about the same age ...
AI, Part 1: Bing Chat’s copyright infringement?
Bing Chat's generative AI does not even pretend to be original. Here, it has plagiarized verbatim, word for word, from a Lonely Planet guide book.
Climate: Getting set to ban meat?
Looks like the academics want to ban meat. The expert elite know what is best for us.
Crypto: WorldCoin pays poor people about US$60 to scan their eyes
WorldCoin is a crypto currency linked to a eye scan. To get people to have their eye’s scanned, they’ve been going through Africa and paying poor people a few dollars…
Public health: Just 15 boosters to flatten the curve, time to wear masks again
It may be time to break out the masks against Covid, some experts say | CNN “Hospitalizations have not yet doubled, but I think they probably will, as the numbers…
Remote work is over: Zoom CEO tells workers to return to the office
Zoom CEO advises employees to return to office or risk losing ‘trust,’ report says | KATU
AI: Research paper finds ChatGPT has political biases
One of the dangers of generative AI is that people will use it's false answers or biased answers as "appeal to authority" justification for action.
Climate, History: This month is the 90th anniversary of the Tillamook Burn
The first fire began on August 14th, 1933 but did not make a large advance. Then, on August 24th, hot, dry winds began blowing – and in less than a…