This article (see citation following) showed up on my JAMA feed today. It seems to me that it's not just folks getting minimum wage that are at risk of being priced out of employment. Stringer JSA, Pokaprakarn T, Prieto JC, et al. Diagnostic Accuracy of an Integrated AI Tool to Estimate Gestational Age From Blind Ultrasound Sweeps. JAMA. Published online August 01, 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.10770 Key Points Question Can novice clinicians accurately estimate gestational age using a low-cost, battery-powered ultrasonography probe with integrated artificial intelligence (AI) image interpretation? Findings This prospective study enrolled 400 pregnant individuals with due dates confirmed by first-trimester ultrasonography. At follow-up visits randomly assigned throughout gestation, novice clinicians using an AI-enabled device estimated gestational age as accurately as credentialed sonographers using traditional ultrasonography devices (difference, 0.2 days). Meaning Obstetrical care in low-resource settings may benefit from reliable gestational age assessment using AI integration with point-of-care ultrasonography.

Given the low marginal cost of running AI in this particular role, the minimum wage has nothing to do with the possibility of job loss. I doubt it costs as much as $1/hr to run the AI. I think you saw this as fitting with a narrative that you wish to promote, but this particular case was not apropos.

At Brown University, Professor Emeritus Josiah T. Carberry had failed to show up to any of his scheduled lectures since the mid-1920s. This makes him immensely popular among undergraduates.

Three arms work for Moties. Why not him?

It is not clear that a 'vote from the grave' will be permitted by, among others, Chief Justice Roberts, as vote can and do change between the initial vote and the actual rendering of the decision. That might deadlock the court 4-4, leaving the appellate decision in place. That will favor conservatives in Texas and favor liberals most everywhere else. I'm pretty sure everyone (other than Cruz and some of the other TP types) will rally around a moderate, and that is just what Obama will nominate. Frankly, for conservatives, better him than Bernie.

Or they could just wait. A 4 - 4 court favors liberals right now because of the generally liberal makeup of the appellate courts. Then the republicans get to worry about a progressive president-elect's coattails dragging a democratic majority in the Senate. Game over at that point.

I think this only applies in criminal cases. You do not have a right to a court appointed lawyer for a speeding ticket as far as I know.

I forsee government drones up in the sky, all networked and patrolling, sort of a Sky Network. What could possibly go wrong?

On the basis of fatalities per 1billion km we are near the bottom of the list. We are worse than all of Western Europe other than Belgium. Even Spain and Italy which, if memory serves from the time I was involved in providing auto insurance for a rental car operation in Europe, lead Europe in traffic accidents of all kinds (or did, anyway).

I finished this book a week ago. The translation is excellent in my opinion. Where the cultural gap is too wide for normal translation, footnotes appear that you can ignore if you wish, but I found them helpful.

So:

Measles: rarely but occasionally fatal, even in first world countries
Mumps: can cause sterility in males
Varicella: (Chicken pox): Dramatically increases the risk of shingles later in life
Rubella (German measles): rarely but occasionally fatal. Pregnant women exposed to rubella have an increased risk of birth defects.
Influenza: occasionally fatal

Big phama does not set the standards for the administration of vaccines; that's done by the CDC. Take a couple hours and browse their various websites (hint: www.cdc.gov will get you started}. The CDC is a highly professional, evidence based organization that is the envy of the world. I am not a physician or other medical professional nor am I in the employ of a pharmaceutical company. Before I retired I used a number of CDC resources as the basis for risk analysis and risk forecasting which is where I got to know them reasonably well.

I also recommend the brit site badscience.net if you would like to learn more about vaccines on the plus side and the evils of big pharma on the other.

I expect that is what you are actually experiencing.

I don't think that is the one. MTIW starts with a dream about life in a world in which the speed of light is 20 MPH or so, invovling bicycles. It has been decades since I read the books so this may be wrong, but I don't recall a box.

Personally, I think the Kindle concept, once the screen gets up to something like 8" x 11" will be the salvation of newspapers. Color would be a help, too. The Kindle 2 has too small a screen to handle headlines and photographs, but landscape on 8" x 11" would work quite well. The ability to deliver the news immediately, and presumably to update during the day but yet in an easily readable screen of inconsquential weight powered by a long life battery might even get my wife to switch. And even to pay a subscription.

When I was just a wee lad, not yet ready for high school, I learned a love of science from the classic Mr. Tompkins series by George Gamow. I think they are still quite useful as introductions, even though the science has moved on a hair.