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Very quick post tonight as I don’t know what to write about. But I do want to mention, I have been seeing news articles with headlines about headcount cuts at the NOAA and even worse, commercializing its services, with the idea that it would be less expensive and have higher quality. Less expensive to whom?…
I don’t know if “predatory” is the right adjective to describe behavior I see but it is what comes to mind. I seem to see more and more predatory behavior in companies every day. Are we going into an era of corruption? We’ve always had corruption but maybe not at a level seen in recent…
I’m “under the weather” so I’ve been lazy and mostly watching videos, keeping up with the news, especially that from California. It’s been a while since I have written about fires, and I thought we might get by without news of terrible fires. But the fires came roaring back as if making up for being…
Here’s a couple of data points to think about the upcoming year 2025: I didn’t do my usual celebratory picture of the new year because it didn’t feel right against the anxious anticipatory mood. If tariffs happen and if mass deportation effects happen as projected, a lot of people are going to be hurt –…
Recently, New York Times wrote up an article describing the timeline of the drone freakout. The article was titled “How Drone Fever Spread Across New Jersey and Beyond”. (This article may be behind paywalls.) I thought it gave a good picture of the events creating the hysteria. There is not much more to be said…
Was Wednesday the first tremblors of a capitalism quake?. When I first saw the headlines, I thought, “Ah, a disgruntled employee or customer lashing out at the top man.” I didn’t read the articles because I had other things to do But when the news kept roiling, I then thought, “Okay, this is more serious….