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.
Public health: Covered California health exchange sent personal data to LinkedIn
Covered California was sending highly personal information to LinkedIn. Without your permission.
Economy: Consumer confidence falls to early 2020 level
Consumer confidence level falls to 2020 Covid era depths.
Economy: Inflation, tariffs pricing people out of hobbies
Are hobbies important? Yes Hobby inflation is likely to register (and may already be registering) real social, political, and economic consequences—because not only are hobbies good for the well-being of…
Crime/Corruption
Dueling Experts
Models
Nation of Idiots
Policy/Government
Public Health/Nutrition
Stupidity
Experts: The out of touch expert class
After the Covid era and a few other things I agree 100% with this.
Models: 2024 Predictions gone wrong
Model projections are often worthless and in some fields, completely worthless. Yet we blindly follow them.