Education, Demographics: Students pursing degrees in education have plummeted
Enrollment in college education majors has plummeted since the peak in 1970. With a shrinking youth population, might not be best time to enter education.
Practice Factfulness
Practice factfulness and learn to think for yourself. If you do not practice factfulness, then you are being manipulated to believe things that are not true. And you have no…
Autos: NHTSA proposes 58 mpg auto fleet requirement
Is this technically feasible? US proposes raising vehicle fuel economy standards to 58 miles per gallon by 2032 | Reuters This is separate from an EPA proposal making what some…
Business, Demographics: Lack of kids means lack of toy sales
Mattel Needs Barbie’s Movie Magic to Lift Toy Sales – WSJ Toy R Us filed bankruptcy in 2017 and liquidated everything in 2018. The bankruptcy was blamed on not being…
Business, Work: Weight stigma has a strong negative bias in the work place
And not just the work place. Those who are overweight have a harder time getting hired, get paid less, and are promoted less, says research. The Hidden Career Cost of…
Demographics: Immigration accounts for 1 in 3 new workers in the U.S.
But the supply of workers has since rebounded by about 10.6 million people. That recovery has owed partly to a pickup in the foreign-born labor force, which has accounted for…
Climate: How is a weather “heat alert” determined?
The NWS calculates a “heat index” that takes into account both air temperature and humidity. You can convert your local air temperature to a heat index value using this NWS…
Personal finance: Why education loan borrowers may be in a pinch
A large percentage of those with education loans took advantage of the "Covid pause" on repayments to ... take on more loans. Not good.
EVs: How long does your EV battery last? Data!
Check this out: New Study: How Long Do Electric Car Batteries Last? (recurrentauto.com)
Crypto: Sam Altman wants iris scans of everyone in the world
An Orb, a Token and Money for Everyone: Worldcoin’s CEO on Crypto’s Most Daring Project (coindesk.com) He wants iris scans of everyone in the world to create a digital identification…
Education: How to get admitted to top universities using this one weird trick!
One trick to boost your chances of getting into an elite college? Be rich. – MarketWatch The universities loudly bemoaning inequality in society are among the primary drivers of inequality:…
Media lying about pavement temperature and pavement burns in Phoenix
In some parts of the U.S., it has been really, really hot - with some areas experiencing new record high temperatures..But the media is telling lies. Read on.
Follow up: Hottest temp ever on earth expected in Death Valley
I have said repeatedly: the best way to communicate about climate change is with facts, logic and well made arguments. Repeatedly crying wolf is not an effective strategy, but that…
Aviation: The Greatest Air Show on Earth or In the Air
EAA AirVenture is underway. Watch it via the live video feeds: AirVenture Live | Air Show Live Stream | EAA AirVenture
Climate: Is the entire planet baking?
Here is a graphic representation of global temperatures as of July 23, 2023. Click on the map for a full size image. The map does not show the polar regions…