Demographics: Many countries to see shrinking populations
More are starting to pay attention to this demographic bomb - shrinking population is coming Real Soon Now.
Demographics, Education: The Future of U.S. Higher Education
Colleges and universities will be shrinking in the future. We already produce more college grads than we use in the job market.
Climate: To halt the ClimateCrisis, we must poor oil on EVs
The six-year-old kids at Extinction Rebellion say we must ban all cars, including EVs, and then poor oil on EVs...
Climate: Seattle Times gets almost everything wrong about drought, says atmospheric scientist
The Seattle Times runs an article about drought in Washington State and manages to get almost everything wrong, says professor of atmospheric science.
Demographics: Gen Z, Millennials have it so awful…
Amusing to see the many stories about how everything is awful, yet many Gen Z/Millennials today have some amazing options.
Policy: Government revises race classification system
The government is revising it's race-based classification system. Some people will be classified based on skin tone while some will be based on geographic ancestry.
Demographics: Germany’s fertility rate now 1.36
The UK's fertility rate is 1.49 and Germany's has fallen to 1.36. This is the real "population bomb"; Erlich had it all wrong.
Demographics: Japanese diaper maker to discontinue infant diapers
Fertility rates in Japan are so low, a diaper maker no longer sees a sizeable enough market to continue in that business segment.
Media: To preserve free speech, we must ban free speech
Legacy media calls for the end of free speech for others, but free speech for themselves
Aviation: “We hit a drone” – nope, you hit a bird
"We hit a drone", said B737MAX pilots. Nope, it turns out they hit a bird. Either that or a piece falling off a Boeing aircraft :)