Life: Minimalism is Still Dead
Minimalism is the practice of decluttering one’s life – and many adherents took it to extremes, limiting themselves to owning an arbitrary 100 to 200 items and living in barren…
Science: Was Hurricane Ian caused by human induced climate change?
Many media stories and talking heads on TV say Hurricane Ian’s destruction is a symptom of human-induced climate change, and that hurricanes are getting worse. NOAA is considered an authoritative…
Health: Our brain “re-wires” after about age 40
“Older adults tend to show less flexible thinking, such as forming new concepts and abstract thinking, lower response inhibition, as well as lower verbal and numeric reasoning,” the reviewers noted.…
Environment: Solutions need to be sustainable and not lead to a lower quality of life
During the pandemic, public health was quick to institute numerous restrictions on our lives – restrictions that their own prior published research said did not work at all, only worked…
Automation: Chipotle testing automated tortilla chip making machine for restaurants
Duh: A Chipotle restaurant in California will test a robot to make its chips to combat a minimum wage bill that Gavin Newsom (D-CA) recently signed. Chipotle had previously tested…
Aviation: Electric Passenger Plane prototype makes first flight at Moses Lake, WA
Source: Prototype electric airplane takes first flight in Washington state – oregonlive.com
Global: Having global skills is essential for a tech career
Microsoft sent me a job ad for a Program Manager, posted on LinkedIn. I clicked through to read the description, and below that, they featured Microsoft employees and links to…
Demographics: Chicago Public Schools enrollment declined by over 20% in past ten years
Preliminary data shows the school district is down to 321,000 students this year. Chicago has lost about 82,000 students over the past decade. And the reason: But low birth rates,…
Demographics: “Rebuilding Stronger” as schools are closed
With a fun propaganda campaign, Indianapolis is seeing school closures due to declining enrollments – they call the closures “Rebuilding Stronger”… which is a funny propaganda message: Seven schools will…