Archive for December, 2025
People Living in Hotels Instead of Renting Homes or Apartments
December 3rd, 2025I don’t think this is a new phenomenon, but please correct me if I’m wrong. A friend of mine did this over 20 years ago in Oregon. Via: Epic Economist:
IBM CEO Says There’s ‘No Way’ Spending Trillions on AI Data Centers Will Pay Off
December 2nd, 2025Via: Business Insider: AI companies are spending billions on data centers in the race to AGI. IBM CEO Arvind Krishna has some thoughts on the math behind those bets. Data center spending is on the rise. During Meta’s recent earnings call, words like “capacity” and AI “infrastructure” were frequently used. Google just announced that it […]
The College Students Who Can’t Do Elementary Math
December 1st, 2025This is ending. pic.twitter.com/iZwltSmXr0 — Made by Jimbob (@ByJimbob) May 14, 2025 Via: Wall Street Journal: Kids in elementary school learn—or are supposed to learn—how to add fractions and round numbers. But many students at the University of California, San Diego—a top public university ranked sixth nationally by U.S. News & World Report—can’t do either, […]
Homeschooling Hits Record Numbers
December 1st, 2025Via: Reason: Whether called homeschooling or DIY education, family-directed learning has been growing in popularity for years in the U.S. alongside disappointment in the rigidity, politicization, and flat-out poor results of traditional public schools. That growth was supercharged during the COVID-19 pandemic when extended closures and bumbled remote learning drove many families to experiment with […]
Limited Hangout: Director of the FDA’s Vaccine Division Says COVID Shots Killed At Least 10 Children
December 1st, 2025Limited disclosure shoves the mass casualties under the rug. pic.twitter.com/tRek4WzqSy — Nicolas Hulscher, MPH (@NicHulscher) December 2, 2025 Via: ZeroHedge: The Food and Drug Administration’s top overseer of vaccine policy on Friday told employees that at least 10 American children died “after and because of receiving” a Covid-19 vaccine. In a 3,000-word memorandum first reported […]
