Climate oops: Canadian government study
Let’s pause there for a moment: 6.6 per cent after 80 years is a very small number. Canada has set out ambitious economic growth plans based on high levels of…
Public health: Public health policies caused mental health issues for those over 50
Fake news web site The Guardian, of course, blames the “pandemic” rather than the ineffective policies and fear mongering (much of which was false) that caused harm: The mental health…
Demographics: “An Asian demographic decline deepens in three nations”
An Asian demographic decline is taking place in China, Japan and South Korea, but not in India, Pakistan and Indonesia. Source: An Asian demographic decline deepens in three nations
Follow up: ChatGPT will not transform economy
A prediction, too early to follow up but given his track record, we can assume this forecast will not be true. ChatGPT Won’t Transform the Economy in the Next Decade:…
Education: “The showdown over ‘parents rights’”
In a representative democracy, the schools work for the parents and parents are intended to be in charge – that is by design: The contentious national showdown over how much…
Business: Meta/Facebook pretty much ends remote work
After Meta mass layoffs, an official pause on remote work hiring (sfgate.com)
Demographics, Education: Community Colleges have Failed
The number of students at community colleges has fallen 37% since 2010, or by nearly 2.6 million, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Those numbers would be even…
Climate oops: Bad messaging
Many things said in the media about climate are not true. They focus on improbable, scary scenarios – and link every puff of wind to climate change and predict doom,…
Why the shortage of Adderall and Xanax? Because we are a nation of idiots
A secret pharmacy order limit has made patients with sleep, anxiety and attention disorders scramble for their medications. Source: Adderall, Xanax Are Hard to Get Because of the Opioid Crisis…
Public health: Neil Ferguson’s latest disease model projects 5% of world’s population may die of bird flu
UK scientists tasked with developing ‘scenarios of early human transmission’ of bird flu have warned that five per cent of infected people could die if the virus took off in…