Media oops: Academy Award for Best Use of a Misleading Graphic Goes to CBC Radio Canada
At left is the chart created by the CBC – note the faint tilde mark in the chart and Y-Axis jump from 700M to 1700M! The original chart was shared…
Science oops: Much bad science (and worse media coverage of it)
The problem isn't bad science but what happens next: disastrous media coverage of bad science studies, and a lack of skeptical inquiry by reporters.
Climate: Climate change might be caused by heat storage/release in ocean depths
Rapid Climate Change and Conditional Instability of the Glacial Deep Ocean from the Thermobaric Effect and Geothermal Heating AbstractPrevious results from deep-sea pore fluid data demonstrate that the glacial deep…
Demographics: Ohio public colleges see ongoing drop in enrollment
Ohio higher education enrollment drops 12% over decade – Ohio Capital Journal More: Many of the above think the trend will reverse. Then again, are they looking at the U.S.…
Climate, Aviation: Travel may become unaffordable to most
Climate compliance: No More Cheap Flights Is the New Reality for Air Travel – Bloomberg Way down in this link is an item saying “Quadruple-digit plane tickets are about to…
Crime, Security: Property Crime seems to run rampant in major U.S. cities
Portland, Oregon San Francisco Elsewhere An increase in shoplifting crime is blamed on An increase in shoplifting and property vandalism are reportedly spreading to other countries. Recent crime data itself…
Healthcare: Interesting example of “healthcare privilege”
44 inpatient days at Walter Reed: Pennsylvania hospitals admit thousands of people for depression annually. Only a small fraction of patients stay as long as Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman did…
Security: The scammers are out in full force this morning
This is the 2nd email phishing scam email I’ve received this morning – and it is still mid-morning on the west coast of the U.S. Note some of the oddities:…
Energy: “California utility companies propose charging customers based on how much money they make”
Three major utility companies in California are looking to restructure customer billing, and part of that means customers could be charged based on how much money they make. Source: California…
Out sick – continued
Still out sick: Out sick – Coldstreams Skeptic Yesterday started out much better but late in the afternoon my fever shot up to 102.5, dropped to 101 by 1 am,…
EVs: Current EV batteries have issues
EV batteries have a significant environmental cost. Recycling them has its own set of human and environmental problems. The bigger problem is that we still insist on using cars for…
Twitter is filled with posts like this
Twitter is filled with selfies or self portraits of a couple or a family all wearing a variety of masks, saying the pandemic is not over, we must continue to…
Automation, Demographics: Generative AI Could Raise Global GDP by 7%, productivity by 15%, and affect 2 in 3 jobs
Goldman-Sachs predicts significant economic and job impacts from generative AI technology over next ten years: Generative AI Could Raise Global GDP by 7% Over the next ten years, 2 in…
Public health: Covid death rates blamed on ethnicity by Czech public health minister
April 11, 2020, Czechia Deputy Minister of Health, Roman Prymula: “It turns out that different races have different numbers of receptors, and that virus binds to several receptors. This is…
Climate oops: “Dutch minister warns of waning public support for climate policies”
Measures to protect environment have led to stand-off between government and farmers in the Netherlands Source: Dutch minister warns of waning public support for climate policies | Financial Times The…