Economy: Credit card 90+ day delinquencies
This does not look good - suggests recession is near.
Climate: New report calls for global Marxism to fight the ClimateCrisis
New study says we must adopt global Marxism to solve the ClimateCrisis.
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Software/Tech
Early spreadsheet and productivity software products
Early spreadsheets and integrated productivity software suites. I created one of those on this list.
Environment: Sierra Club said to be in disarray, on verge of collapse
NY Times says The Sierra Club lost sight of its mission, branched out from environmental issues to immigrant and gay rights, racial justice and so on, and lost 60% of…
Health: ACA subsidies likely to end
ObamaCare has failed and most individual market enrollees will no longer have health insurance. It seems unlikely Congress has a solution.
Follow up: Forecasts for wildland fires this year did not come true
The year was forecast to have devastating wildfires all over the west. But that didn't happen.
Public health: Nutrition science messed up
Cardiologist says nutrition science was wrong in the 1980s onward and increased heart disease risks.
ACA’s Confusing Numbers – how many signed up for ACA insurance?
Official data on enrollees is inconsistent, contradictory and misleading. Also most people had pre-X condition protections before the ACA.
Economy: Trends in net worth
The largest change is in the net worth of the top 1% and then the top 0.1%.
Social: Meta/FB/IG make large profits on scams
Never, ever click on a FB/IG ad.
Demographics: Getting rid of stuff – pianos, hutches and fine China dishware
Due to an "inheritance glut" and other changes, pianos are now free, 8-10 place "fine China" place settings sell for $50, and few want Grandma's "hutch".
Apple only supports the OS for 3-5 years: Windows 10 users switch to Mac OS X?
Story claims Windows 10 users who cannot upgrade after ten years of support are switching to Macs whose OS gets 3-5 years of support...
Economy: Should homes be turned in to multi-unit room rentals?
Should we tax "unused rooms"? And what is a unused room?
Demographics: The Downsizing Dilemma
"Boomers" are supposed to downsize to smaller homes. But the US has not built many smaller homes in most of the past 50 years.