Follow up: “We’ll Have Herd Immunity by April” – 2021
This did not age well: We’ll Have Herd Immunity by April – WSJ | Coldstreams Business and Tech
Microsoft Ignite conference does parody of “Woke-ism”, or something
Speakers at the Microsoft Ignite technical conference introduced themselves by specifying their gender, ethnicity, appearance and personal pronouns, seemingly in line with the meme of “woke-ism” (other definitions here and…
Another super spreader prediction that failed: School re-openings this fall
A few months back experts said opening schools would be a super spreader event. For the most part, like all super spreader predictions, this forecast was also wrong: New research…
Losing the narrative: Climate change causes inflation
Or something: Bank of Canada plans to keep eye on climate change impact on inflation | The Star
Muriel Lezak, brain injury expert who helped establish the field of neuropsychology, passed away at age 94
Source: Muriel Lezak, Portland’s pioneering neuropsychologist and brain-injury expert, dies at 94 – oregonlive.com Having dealt with a 5″ skull fracture, and multiple additional knock out blows that in two…
Covid policies around the country
A majority of states do not require school students to wear face masks in school. A majority of states have ended their emergency declarations. Only 8 states still have indoor…
Sounds just like inept Covid messaging: “Elites Are Using Climate Hysteria to Immiserate the Working Class”
No kidding: Increasingly, even climate scientists are noting that the constant, and often poorly supported doomsaying threaten the credibility of the movement itself. And there have been quiet reversals; the…
Fake Reviews and Fake Products on Amazon
Fake Reviews I get email spam like the following – soliciting my purchase of an Amazon product, whose price will be refunded if I post a positive review. In other…
What? Government spending will lower inflation
She just disqualified her self – it does not work this way – at all: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told CNBC on Friday that the administration’s infrastructure spending proposal will…
Follow up: 2021 Fire Season
Some forecasts in early summer suggested the U.S. would experience its worse fire season on record. This is a follow up with an early look back at what actually happened;…
Staglation: Inflation eating economic gains
“Experts” assured us inflation would be minor and temporary. A year ago. Data indicates high inflation and hints the economy – after accounting for inflation – may have shrunk in…
Facebook wants to re-focus on younger users, “Ditch older users”
Source: Facebook wants to re-focus on younger users – Social Panic Facebook sees TikTok-like platforms as having a better strategy. The basic design of TikTok – with short form videos…
LOL: Hah Hah Hah Hah Hah Hah Hah Hah Hah Too Hilarious!
Source If, throughout the pandemic, the “experts” had simply said, “We don’t know” or “there is much uncertainty” they would not have destroyed their credibility and that of science itself.
Costs of charging an EV
Study says EV charging can exceed costs of fueling costs: The study has four major findings: There are four additional costs to powering EVs beyond electricity: cost of a home…