Climate oops: Bad messaging
Many things said in the media about climate are not true. They focus on improbable, scary scenarios – and link every puff of wind to climate change and predict doom,…
Why the shortage of Adderall and Xanax? Because we are a nation of idiots
A secret pharmacy order limit has made patients with sleep, anxiety and attention disorders scramble for their medications. Source: Adderall, Xanax Are Hard to Get Because of the Opioid Crisis…
Public health: Neil Ferguson’s latest disease model projects 5% of world’s population may die of bird flu
UK scientists tasked with developing ‘scenarios of early human transmission’ of bird flu have warned that five per cent of infected people could die if the virus took off in…
Public Health: Australian Government removes approval for Astra Zeneca Covid vaccine
Remember, if you questioned anything about any vaccine during the past few years, you were a purveyor of disinformation and deserved to be censored: From Monday 20 March 2023 Vaxzevria…
No: Can we trust AI?
ChatGPT falsely accuses a George Washington professor of sexual harassment, based on a news report that never existed, of his engaging in such behavior on a trip that he has…
Space: Are we launching too many satellites?
50,000 satellites are night sky pollution. And once up there, do we need more? One possibility is that we just have not yet thought of more potential applications. We do…
Automation: “ChatGPT Will Impact Educated, White-Collar Workers”
For the past 40 years, economists, who frequently have tenured, guaranteed for life jobs, advocated for outsourcing/offshoring work and bringing in more immigrants to replace, what were mostly blue-collar workers.…
Automation: Most fast food restaurants rolling out automated order takers
Drive through systems are switching to automated voice processing systems – no need for order takers: That’s not a human talking to you in the fast food drive-thru | Fox…
Demographics: World population may peak before 2050, then decline
World population may peak by 2050, just a bit larger than today: a new report states that if global society takes a “Giant Leap” in terms of investment in economic…
Demographics: Immigration now accounts for the majority of U.S. population growth
But many of these counties … are feeling the brunt of the nation’s low birthrate. …. Altogether, the nation’s 20 largest counties gained more than 300,000 new residents between July…
Finance: How did the grand cryptocurrency con happen? “Hero worship”
And while SBF’s FTX takes the cake for crypto’s biggest con in dollar terms, it’s noteworthy how many other conmen crypto has produced: Mt. Gox’s Mark Karpeles, QuadrigaX’s Gerald Cotton,…
You have not been in tech long enough: “I’ve been a licensed psychotherapist in Silicon Valley for the past decade, and I’ve never witnessed such an atmosphere of panic and insecurity amid the massive tech layoffs”
Annie Wright, who runs boutique trauma therapy center in the Bay Area, talks about what she’s seeing amid the massive tech layoffs. Source: I’ve been a licensed psychotherapist in Silicon…
Public health: Up to 1 in 3 Paxlovid treated Covid patients had rebound symptoms
In total, 33 per cent of Paxlovid users and 16 per cent of non-users experienced either a symptom bounce back or positive test after recovering from virus. President Biden, Dr.…
Finance: How did FTX happen?
And that’s where the danger comes in. Because it’s not just hypocritical to act like capitalist accumulation is altruism. It’s also a great way for people like Bankman-Field to avoid…
Climate: Computer model says we need to mostly end long distance air travel
A new report released during COP27 reveals that only one scenario could possibly reduce emissions in time. Source: Bloomberg – Bloomberg Suggests we must discourage – probably through a combination…