Automation: UPS lays off 244, replaces with automation
UPS will eliminate 244 union jobs when Portland site closes for automation – oregonlive.com
Demographics: Data about the mid-20th century “baby boom”
The baby boom in seven charts – Our World in Data
Economy: Distribution of wealth in the U.S.
Who "distributes wealth" in the U.S.? When you think about it, the answer might surprise you.
Context: “Two-thirds of Americans now say they wouldn’t drive a Tesla”
Oddly, this is the same as the past several years.
Software: AI will not replace software developers, but transform them
AI is the next major evolution in software development, just as machine and assembly language gave way to compilers and interpreters in the past.
Effectiveness: The Kranz Dictum
After the early space failures, NASA Flight Director Gene Kranz issued an important directive to all staff:
Demographics: Country becoming “red” due to fertility rates
Given this trend, if it continues, the country seems poised to become more conservative/Republican and less progressive/Democrat.
Public health: Which animals get H5N1? Nearly all of them
Hundreds of species have gotten H5N1.
Public health, Disinformation: Covid vaccinated cannot give infection to others
Remember when the head of the CDC said vaccinated individuals cannot transmit Covid to anyone else?