Economy, Demographics: Top 1% versus US poverty rate
Top 1% wealth vs US poverty rate. The poverty rate has gone down sharply as top 1% wealth increased.
Charities: Donating to charities, issues, problems
Man donates clothing to German Red Cross - with an Air Tracker. And found it turned up at a flea market in Bosnia.
Public health: 4% of Americans oppose eating meat
This is roughly consistent with a 2023 Gallup poll.
Automation: US Sugar introduces new autonomous harvesting technology
Will not lay off any employees, either, but will retrain them for other roles.
Health: Method to suppress apo(b) protein production may have been found
apo(b) is implicated in heart disease and is sort of the new "heart diseases" biomarker du jour.
Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses recorded users engaged in private activities
And those video clips have been shared with 3rd party contractors.
Demographics
Economy
Everything is Untrue
Gen Z/Generational issues
Nation of Idiots
Social media
Stupidity
Economy: Median age of US home buyers chart is meaningless
This widely circulated chart is meaningless and worthless.
Environment: Mandatory energy assessment before a home sale
More opportunity for fraud and corruption.
Public health: Start measuring cholesterol levels at age 10
Cardiologists want far more people on cholesterol medication, at even younger ages. Plus my not good experience on these meds ...