Climate: We need to “remove highways”
"It’s time to start removing highways. For real this time"
$60,000/year for PhDs to work on AI?
Outlier.AI offers $30/hour to Masters degree holders in math. Guessing they'll make a stink they can't find workers.
Demographics, Economy: Gen Z taking “sabbaticals”
Hmmmm ... the employment market for Gen Z is so awful that many are taking "sabbaticals", putting careers on hold, yet says finding jobs isn't hard. Hmmmm...
Demographics: Lack of births leads to birth centers closing
A collapse in births (1 or 2 per week) has led to the closure of rural birthing and maternity care centers.
Government inefficiency: EV charger program temporarily halted
Funded with billions of $s in 2021, as of 2025, the program has built 56 EV charging stations. Government inefficiency at its finest.
Education: Medical school enrollment, by sex
Apparently, the shift to more women than men in medical school is, in large part, due to far more women than men now applying to medical schools. MD-Granting Medical Schools…
Education: Educational attainment, over time
Surprisingly, the U.S. did not achieve half of all adults being high school graduates until the 1960s.
It’s complicated: Is it a crime to be in the U.S. “illegally”?
Immigration rules, regulations and laws are complicated and confusing. Whether one is in the U.S. illegally, and what it means,, is complicated.