TIL that Wyoming spends $136,000 on each prison inmate annually, while Mississippi spends $18,410. The average state spends $45,771.
What do you wish you had been taught about personal finance in high school? (asking as a teacher)
During the potato famine (1845-1852), one million Irish died in a country of six million. Ireland's population still hasn't recovered. Ancient abandoned homes like this still scatter the countryside.
During the potato famine (1845-1852), one million Irish died in a country of six million. The population still hasn't recovered. Abandoned homes from this era now lie all over the countryside.
Downtown SF has lost 147,000 jobs (60% of 2019's total), $1.2 billion in annual spending [PDF warning]
Millions of workers are still missing after COVID. Where did they go?
Is it legal for a private employer to require employees to separate by race for meetings?
Is it a bad idea to use Roth IRA contributions for a down payment on a house?
Some people & institutions may have permanently lost any sense of context about covid.
Expect ‘chronic’ COVID, yearly booster shots, Fauci says
NYPD puts 4,650 vaccine firings on hold: insiders
On a scale of 1 to really fucking stupid, how stupid do you have to be to give your 5 year old kid a booster shot?
The NPR Challenge: listen for more than thirty minutes without being reminded that X thing has a disproportionate effect on POC.
My job is requiring masks again
High school students voluntarily wearing masks all day is not normal and probably indicates developmental issues.
Nearly 400 million people are under covid lockdown in China
The arc of monetary history bends towards Monero
Pandemic's Drinking Addiction Deaths Continued Into 2021: Study finds 22% increase over pre-COVID projections
TIL that when natural gas producers have a surplus, they can pump it into massive underground salt caverns for storage, some 6,000 feet underground.
Does it all still matter?
Does anyone else avoid sharing their libertarian beliefs to avoid conflict?
Bill Gates warns 'we've NOT seen the worst of Covid': Microsoft billionaire says there is 'way above five percent' risk of pandemic generating more transmissive and 'even more fatal' Coronavirus variant
Can the media finally stop describing China's covid response as "successful"?
Defending free speech with my students
You declaring yourself immunocompromised should not dictate how I behave.
