Climate: Oregon says the ClimateCrisis is over
Oregon declares ClimateCrisis over, to charge EV's a by-the-mile fee, increase registration fees (already 2x that of gas vehicles), and make EV driving much more expensive.
Economy: Average car loan duration, over time
And why we've mostly bought used vehicles, paying cash.
Updated: “Media: Book publishing has become women centric”
Several updates to this post from the past: Media: Book publishing has become women centric – Coldstreams
Business: Company hiring from women-only colleges accused of bias
Company did not hire from men-only colleges but did do so from women-only colleges.
Public health: Hybrid immunity to Covid-19
If had multiple Covid shots in the past, and you've had Covid, the CDC says you likely have robust hybrid immunity.
Drones: More likely hysteria than not
The hysteria is real: Reports of drones overflying airports in Denmark and Norway, and now the public is reporting drone sightings.
Media: If Republicans don’t fix the health insurance markets that Democrats broke …
This story blames Republicans for high ACA health insurance premiums - even though the ACA was designed, written, and implemented by Democrats.
Climate: UK Climate Change Committee demands society wide B-12 deficiency
UK demands sharp cut in meat consumption, intends to de facto mandate vegetarianism.
Demographics: Foreign-born share of population by state
We know that 15.8% of the US population was foreign born in early 2025. But that population is not distributed equally in the country.
Demographics: “Tiny homes”
The "tiny home" market is so tiny that it pretty much does not even exist.
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If you do not have facts behind your argument, just invent a flawed model
The H-1B program was created after a flawed NSF model (since discredited) projected a shortage of STEM workers.