Government: Which countries surcharge non-residents for park access?
The USS $100/visitor non-resident entrance fee to 11 national parks is among the highest such fees in the world.
Climate: “Carbon offset” carbon capture scams
Last week, 500,000 "carbon credits" in a local forest burned up, releasing their sequestered carbon into the atmosphere.
Personal finance: What an 8% annual return looks like in real life
This was seen on X - and this is true when investing in the stock market!
Nutrition: Why we stopped drinking milk
Fascinating look at the corruption of dietary food recommendations, this time, regarding milk and dairy.
Economy: US median home prices, 1963 to 2023
Reminder – you cannot compare home prices across the decades without taking in to consideration the differences in home sizes. The typical home today is twice the size of one…
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.