Demographics: Portland OR schools planning staff layoffs, declining enrollment
They forecast a 1% enrollment decline - the Oregon fertility rate is 1.39, well below the 2.1 population replacement level.
Demographics: EU may see population decline of 27+ million by 2100
The decline accounts for births, deaths and immigration. The EU's peak population will occur in 2026
Follow up: CNBC’s Jim Cramer’s stock positions
Cramer's expert stock picks are slightly worse than a coin toss, and some are spectacularly wrong.
Environment: You will comply
Avatar's Director mandated that all crew would be provided vegan food options exclusively, during film production.
Economy: Bank of England Chief Economist says to accept that we are all poorer now
The Bank of England Chief Economist says to accept that we are all poorer now due to inflation.
Business: Brightline rail building private sector passenger rail services in the U.S.
Seems to be doing very well too: Brightline is the beginning of U.S. high-speed rail, says Fortress Investment co-founder Meanwhile, California government’s own “bullet train” is at $128 billion, way…
Public health oops: Finnish study finds mask use in schools had no impact on Covid-19
Another study, this time from Finland, found mask usage had no impact on spread of Covid in school kids.
Climate: Portland to create “Zero emissions” downtown core
No one goes to downtown Portland anyway as its been taken over by crime and homeless: Portland officials plan to announce a new pilot project that would restrict a 16-block…
Automation: Google says their AI can soon replace software engineers
Google can now see a time when coding is automated and human programmers “solve harder challenges.” Source: Google now sees a time when coding will be automated, rolls out AlphaCode…
Follow up: “San Francisco – the City That Waits to Die”
The title is the name of a 1971 PBS documentary speculating about a future large earthquake in San Francisco. Long before global warming, the media needed a scary headline based…