Education: Private universities forced to give deep discounts
Average discount rate now over 56%, an all time high.
Economy: “toughest job market”
The unemployment rate today is 4.2%, well below levels seen in the past. It's tougher than recent years but hardly a disaster.
Business: Microsoft lays off workers and applies for 6,300 H-1B temporary work visas
This does not look good.
Public: Democrats lose pride in being American
For Democrats, pride in America goes up when a Democrat is President, down under Republican admins, per Gallop. Independents not happy at all.
Demographics: US population by “race”
Racial classifications that do not necessarily involve actual races.
Media: When they start citing Reddit posts, their “reliability” vanishes
It is proposed to ban fluoride added to public water. Only about 5% of the world has fluoride added to water; a tiny sliver has naturually occurring fluoride in their…
Computer Science: Job market for CS grads weakens
Says CS enrollment is falling, AI is taking jobs, and the job market has gone bust.
Blogging: Post frequency to decline here
The era of blogging might be nearing an end. My post frequency is likely to be cut substantially.
Climate, Media: Seattle Times gets it mostly wrong, says atmospheric scientist
Another day another media made mess of a climate story.
Media: Earth could be thrown out of orbit!!!!
GB News is apparently another parody news service! Who knew?