Public health: Studies indicate public health measures did not work
Studies indicate little of what public health mandated had much positive effect on curtailing the virus - but did cause harms.
Nutrition: Plant-based meat products fading away
Poorly positioned and marketed, ultraprocessed fake meat products have faded from view.
Business: Unintended consequences of laws
Higher hourly wage law resulted in lower annual income for affected workers.
Economy, government: U.S. Government Debt
These charts are amazing and scary.
Climate: Climate is no longer a factor in our future choices
Despite having updated the house, added solar PV, driving an EV, cutting carbon emissions to 1/10th that of others, I no longer care.
Automation: UPS lays off 244, replaces with automation
UPS will eliminate 244 union jobs when Portland site closes for automation – oregonlive.com
Demographics: Data about the mid-20th century “baby boom”
The baby boom in seven charts – Our World in Data
Economy: Distribution of wealth in the U.S.
Who "distributes wealth" in the U.S.? When you think about it, the answer might surprise you.
Context: “Two-thirds of Americans now say they wouldn’t drive a Tesla”
Oddly, this is the same as the past several years.