International: How many Americans have lived abroad at some point?
I previously estimated between 1 in 4 and 1 in 3 have lived abroad at some point in their life. I just increased that estimate to 35-40% of U.S. residents…
Part 2: Climate Hypocrites
Part 1 has been extended to Part 2. Part 1 grew larger than WordPress can accommodate in a single post, the same problem I discovered on the original Covid hypocrites…
Follow up: Twitter will break in coming weeks
Nov 8, 2022: One insider says the company’s current staffing isn’t able to sustain the platform. Source: Here’s how a Twitter engineer says it will break in the coming weeks…
Demographics: What Languages Do We Speak in the United States?
The number of people who spoke a language other than English at home nearly tripled from 1980 to 2019, but the number who spoke only English also increased. Source: What…
Demographics: Fertility rate decline and impact on state budgets
Process efficiency improvements and automation are essential to addressing this, but will states embrace real solutions? When the economy takes a downward turn, couples often temporarily put off having children.1…
Demographics: Europe’s shrinking population
By 2050, according to the UN, populations will be in decline in more than half Europe’s 52 countries, including Italy, Spain, Poland and Germany. In five – Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania,…
Demographics: “The labor shortage could last for years”
Correct: The world is aging faster and allowing less immigration. It all adds up to a shrinking workforce population, Indeed and Glassdoor say. Source: The labor shortage could last for…
Demographics: More school closures due to declining population
The Granite School District Board of Education voted unanimously on Dec. 6 to close three elementary schools. Twin Peaks, Spring Lane and Millcreek elementaries are closing due to declining enrollment…
Crime, Fraud: “The GRE is no longer useful in evaluating students for graduate school”
The Graduate Record Exam or GRE is a standardized exam produced by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) organization, to judge one’s suitability to attend graduate school – except it turned…
Climate: U.S. Carbon emissions since 1990
More here. And emissions by U.S. state (from EPA) – Excel spreadsheet format.