Business: Numerous Portland Vegan restaurants have closed
Numerous vegan and vegetarians restaurants in Portland, Oregon, have closed. Likely due to a small market.
Business: The reason home insurers are leaving California
About half of California home insurance companies have announced they would be ending coverage. The real reason appears to be state regulations, they say.
Business: The Dunning-Kruger Effect May Not be Real
The Dunning-Krueger Effect said people overestimate their knowledge/ability. But this finding was a statistical blunder. The authors were the unskilled ones.
Vegan: Fancy chef thinks people would pay $400/meal for vegan sustainability
Eat vegan to virtue signal. Or something.
Retail: Starbucks to reduce interior noise levels
Starbucks will work to reduce noise levels inside their stores, to improve experience and inclusivity. This is good news!
Google: How to get fired in one easy step
Google workers arrested after nine-hour protest in cloud CEO’s office (cnbc.com) A group of workers decided to camp out in an executive’s office and refused to leave. They were arrested…
Media, Social Media: Widely shared fake right-wing news was created by a Democrat
We Tracked Down A Fake-News Creator In The Suburbs. Here’s What We Learned : All Tech Considered : NPR The owner of one of the largest right-wing fake news generation…
Demographics: Those born ’57-’64 saw peak earnings by about age 45
Youngest Baby Boomers’ Pay in the US Peaked When They Hit 45 After that, earnings flat lined or even went down. (There is no age discrimination in the U.S.?)
Demographics: Women are 24% of the STEM workforce
Now do nursing, K-12 education and veterinary medicine.
Health: “Plant-based” dairy market shrinking?
Plant-based drinks are about 7% of the "liquid drinks" market. Think "oat milk", "almond milk", "soy milk".
Bias against women in male dominated jobs has decreased, but bias against men in female dominated jobs remains
Study finds that discrimination against females in male dominated jobs has mostly ended or reversed, but that discrimination against males in female dominated jobs remains.
Starbucks to create more accessible stores
Starbucks has created an "open source" framework to make all stores more accessible. The framework will be available to all retailers, not just Starbucks.
Business: Wendy’s to start changing prices based on time of day
Real time dynamic market pricing comes to restaurants: Wendy’s expects to test dynamic pricing and daypart offers in 2025 (nrn.com) Update: Wendy’s has backtracked and now says they won’t do…
Demographics, International: US job growth goes to immigrants.
With the declining fertility rate, a majority of U.S. population growth is now due to immigration. Similarly, newly created jobs are going to immigrants.
Business: Downhill skiing too expensive?
Yes, lift tickets can cost several hundred dollars per day. It is also a sport that not that many people participate in.