Monday, January 31, 2022

Is the Midwest Real?

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 I've seen a few polls online trying to determine which states people would include in  the "Midwest".  There's no unanimi...
Sunday, January 30, 2022

What Is "Food Waste"?

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 I'm a bit skeptical of the commonly used statistic that we waste x percent of the food we grow/produce (where x usually is 30 or more)....
Saturday, January 29, 2022

Vaccinations

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 Until I read this twitter thread I wasn't aware we now had this many vaccinations for the early years. I wonder how many other shots co...
Friday, January 28, 2022

Productivity Gains in Genealogy

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 My cousin and I were remembering the old days of genealogic research.  I never did any before the internet, but my sister devoted much of a...
Thursday, January 27, 2022

Trump Fades Away?

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 FiveThirtyEight has a discussion on whether Trump is losing strength. Although I'd like to see him run in 2024 because I think he...
Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Labor Shortage?--Open the Borders

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 This post  at Econofact notes the drop in immigration, and relates it to our current economy: Due to increased restrictions on immigration ...
Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Moving to Subscriptions: Two Class Society

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 There seems to be a lot of things moving to subscriptions--free broadcast service is losing out to them. That's true in the blogging un...
Saturday, January 22, 2022

Biden Bypassing Paperwork Reduction Act?

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 I blogged a couple days ago about the website to request 4 free covid tests per household.  Vox has a piece related to it concerning "...
Friday, January 21, 2022

Trust

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 Nice line from a New Yorker article on AI fighters:  “There’s a saying in the military,” Peter Hancock, a psychology professor at the Unive...
Thursday, January 20, 2022

Government IT

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 This Politico opinion piece is enthusiasti c about the government site for requesting covid tests. I'd be a bit more reserved--it'...