Policy: Universal Basic Income
The Denver Basic Income project is presented as using UBI to end homelessness. Except that's not what happened.
Communications: Alfred Vail, not Samuel Morse, likely invented “Morse Code”
Alfred Vail, not Samuel Morse, is the likely inventor of the "Morse Code".
Climate: # of passenger jets to double over next 20 years
Does this mean we are not banning air travel? Airline fleets to double in new blow to flight-shamers
Climate: Climate change affects those with migraines, worse
Or something: Georgia weather summer 2024: Heat will trigger more migraines, study finds (ajc.com)
Austria says government should monitor all communications
All your messages are belong to us.
Crime: NYC spends US $1,500+ per day per incarcerated criminal
NYC spends more than one half million dollars per incarcerated inmate per year - or more than $1,500 per day spent in jail.
Demographics: More work hours or more immigration
True, kind of. But not enough skilled workers willing to move elsewhere. Instead, we are going to see a LOT of automation.
Demographics, Education: College enrollments to start dropping faster in 2025
The number of kids born from the 2008 Great Recession onward began a sharp fall off. That cohort is set to start college in the next few years: College enrollment…
Greenland ice sheet
Greenland ice sheet found to have had significant melt in the past, long before modern CO2 emissions, contradicting assumption it was always stable.