Economy: Australia proposes to put tax on empty rooms in homes
Have an unused bedroom in your home? You might have to pay a new tax on having empty bedrooms.
Public health, Politics: Few people got Covid vaccinations in 2024
Very few people were still getting Covid-19 shots as of 2024, and the new CDC recommendations are in line with most other countries.
Business: US companies intentionally seeking immigrant workers versus US born
“Americans are not aware that major companies are routinely discriminating against them for the simple fact of being Americans in their own country,” the team behind Jobs.Now, a website seeking…
Demographics: Downsizing
The housing crisis is all due to evil "baby boomers" hoarding overly large homes, and they should be forced, via taxes, to sell.
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.
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…
Wireless: The end of the radio scanning hobby
The media notes they have long used radio scanners to find out what was going on in their communities and what to report.
Climate: Set the fear gauge to 11, Part 2
California launches an app to tell you when it is hot.
Social media: Who posts about politics?
A tiny minority of social media users (2-9%) are frequent posters about politics while over 9 in 10 mostly avoid politics.