Schools can only do so much. If the kid's family life is inadequate, or abusive the kid comes to school with two strikes against him. A relative who runs a pre-school says that three-year olds from successful families, when they came to her school, are advanced over the others. It's not financial capital That is a proxy for familial capital, educational capital, and social capital. Most families that have those three, are affluent, but some immigrants who arrive with oinly the shirt on their backs have these three and their kids do well

Homeschooling is happening in non-union states too.

Leaked methane is a greenhouse gas with eighty times the power of carbon dioxide.

Chinese Solid-State Battery Breakthrough Powers 800-Mile Range Chinese automakers have introduced a new solid-state battery technology that offers double the energy density of current market models, potentially powering electric vehicles for 800 miles on a single charge. Solid-state batteries are safer and more stable than traditional lithium-ion batteries due to their solid electrolyte, enabling faster charging and eliminating fire hazards. https://oilprice.com/Energy/En...

CBS has an average of 5 million viewers each night (https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/fact-sheet/network-news/). This is out of a US population of over 350 million. Like all conventional TV news, it has become a fringe influence. Walter Cronkite is long dead. For better or worst, most people get their news from TikTok or Instagram.

Signal is secure, but the devices on either end can be hacked.

The Palestinians were offered their own country in 1947, 1967 and 2000. They rejected these because the goal is the complete destruction of Israel. This goal is still in Hamas' charter.

Quantum encryption can. protect your data in transit, but the devices at either end can be, and will be, hacked

Don't connect your TV to the internet by logging it into your wifi.

I hope to never have a semicolon as the result of a colostomy

At least Biden was surrounded by competent advisors.

What happens if you cover up the TV's camera with a PostIt note. Will that work?

New means of communication lead to periods of war. The Gutenberg press led to two hundred years of religious wars. Mass communication by radio and the press led to 20th century wars. The internet/AI may well lead to another round of wars. Even if the next war is nuclear, it will not lead to the extinction of mankind. It may lead to a collapse of our civilization and a severe diminishment of our population. Some will survive. We are too clever to be wiped out.

When applying for an academic position, the applicant should be asked to submit their eight most important papers. That way quality, rather than quantity. Will be the deciding factor.

Almost every sighting of a UFO has taken place in an English-speaking country, especially in the US. Check out this chart. https://x.com/StephenPiment/st...