Public Health: Netherlands declares Covid pandemic over, now endemic
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Follow up: “Forecasters predicted a trace of snow, then Portland set an 80-year record”
Yet another triumphant success of models: Forecasters predicted a trace of snow, then Portland set an 80-year record. What happened? – oregonlive.com As my son mentioned to me, “all models…
Climate: “The American climate migration has already begun”
Fiction news site The Guardian is almost as funny as The Onion: In the aftermath of climate disasters, as victims try to cope with the destruction of their homes and…
Demographics: Boston schools hire 1,400 new staff as enrollment falls by 8,000
It smells like bad managers or simple corruption: In a period when enrollment has declined by almost 8,000 students, BPS has added more than 1,400 employees, justified in part by…
Demographics: Seattle considers closing schools amidst dropping enrollments
To save money and provide more resources to students, Seattle Public Schools may need to close some schools in the 2024-25 school year. Source: Seattle may need to close schools…
Demographics: Wisconsin school districts may close schools amid declining enrollments
As Evers seeks billions for schools, some districts look to close schools amid declining aid and enrollment Source: As Evers seeks billions for schools, some districts look to close schools…
Demographics: St Louis area school enrollment continues to fall
The inability to account for thousands of children will impact the stability of the region and the workforce, experts said. Source: Where did all the kids go? School enrollment continues…
Demographics: Denver making plans to close 15 schools
The Denver district’s latest plan to address declining enrollment is broader than an ultimately rejected proposal to close 10 schools introduced in October. Source: DPS identifies 15 Denver schools for…
Demographics: South Korea’s fertility rate falls even more
South Korea has the lowest fertility rate in the world – and its falling. Like many countries, their fertility rate is well below 2.1 (replacement level). Efforts to bolster fertility…
Skepticism: Why We Need to Think for Ourselves
Vikram Mansharamani, a lecturer at Harvard University with several degrees in multiple disciplines and author of Think for Yourself: Restoring Common Sense in an Age of Experts and Artificial, Intelligence…