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Now we go from a "big freeze" to a "big crunch", and perhaps, a "big bounce". Fortunately these latest estimates give us billions of years 'til the end. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Yikes. All items on my Amazon buy later list increased in price.

Will we ever know the impact of Trump's immigration policy? "Four of the seven bosses of the “Magnificent Seven” technology companies were born abroad" Welcome to Zero Migration America www.economist.com/finance-and-... From The Economist

Nerding out a bit. Just finished reading "A Brief History of Intelligence" by Max Bennett. EXCELLENT read. Highly recommend it.

So, bear with me ... #AI data centers investments are crazy high, and the energy they need too. Yet, the human brain uses about the same energy as a light bulb. Are we down the right path when it comes to #AI?

Ever wondered how your entrepreneurs compare to an increase or decrease in workers or population in your community? Check out my latest #DataWhisperer number-crunching: open.substack.com/pub/datawhis...

Oh my ... speaking of going the wrong way when it comes to addressing the #digitaldive potsandpansbyccg.com/2025/09/23/f...

Hey @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social: will this hold? Does it apply to research and public universities? www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Unhedged chart of the week; Pity the poor Fed via @hakyungkim.bsky.social Sign up for COTW here: ep.ft.com/newsletters/...

How did the working age population (ages 15 to 64) change between 2013 and 2023? For one, it increased by 7.3 million. Which racial/ethnic groups were responsible for this increase? Read more: datawhisperer.substack.com/p/the-workin...

Check out my latest Data Whisperer number crunching: the role race/ethnic groups playes in increasing/decreasing specific age groups. Read more: datawhisperer.substack.com/p/the-workin...

Pretty cool! techxplore.com/news/2025-08...

Was not expecting this! Glad to see states are prioritizing technology that will provide what the user needs in five or ten years, not today or yesterday. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

😱 Border Patrol Agents Show Up in Force at Newsom Rally www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...

Wow. A balck hole with the mass of *36 billion* suns. That is literally out of this world. www.newscientist.com/article/2491...

These are fascinating insights from a @gallup.com poll: www.gallup.com/workplace/69...

The IIR increased between 2017 & 2023. And while tremendous progress has been made in reducing the share of households without internet access, lower-income households are being left behind. This has consequences for upward mobility and quality of life. datawhisperer.substack.com/p/the-intern...

Our society will definitely be very different 30 years from now. I think it will be a senior-centric society. In #Indiana, between 2000 and 2024, those under age 15 declined by 13,500; those ages 65 or older increased by 460,000

"Scenario modeling based on a potential 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment in the United States this fall could result in a 15% drop in overall enrollment. This drop would result in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer jobs." www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-in...

Yikes! Wonder how manufacturing intensive states like #Indiana are doing? @josephpolitano.bsky.social

After analyzing the 2024 American Social Capital Survey, report found that those with fewer years of formal education participate less in community life, are less civically active, have fewer closer friends, and have less social support. Why? www.americansurveycenter.org/research/dis...

Wow. It is estimated that Trump's cabinet net worth is around $445 billion (includes Elon Musk).

How much wealth does the American middle class have? 💸 $12.9 trillion in Q1 2025 — about 8% of total US household wealth. 🏡 Split evenly, that’s ~$481K per household. #Economy usafacts.org/answers/how-...

Great post by @dougdawsonccg.bsky.social regarding differences in the old versus the bargain (new) BEAD rounds in Tennessee. This confirms my fears that satellite may be getting more of the BEAD funding. Read more: potsandpansbyccg.com/2025/07/28/a...

Just finished reading “Abundance” by Derek Thompson & Ezra Klein. The argument is simple: we need to change the “lens” though which we perceive government’s role and its impact on society. The latter is not new. In fact, it typically follows a “pendulum” movement going from one order to the other.

So, is the "burden of knowledge" due to making it harder to discover things because the low hanging fruit has been plucked or is it because we are focusing on few trees?

Democrats argue that the OBBB SNAP cuts will affect rural and Republican voters the most. My latest number crunching does not support that argument. Read more: datawhisperer.substack.com/p/snap-recip...

How has remote work changed? Check out my latest number crunching. "In 2013, only 53 counties had more than 15 percent of their workers working from home. By 2023, this number increased to 298." Read more: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Am I the only one to think that this platform becoming almost exclusively left-wing is not good to discourse? Echo chambers are not good.

@unitedairlinesual.bsky.social ridiculous you keep delaying flights ...

In my latest Data Whisperer post, I looked at "middle" counties or those 'places that are neither thriving nor in crisis but are at risk of decline.' open.substack.com/pub/datawhis...

Here we go again: underinvesting in critical #broadband technology. The #digitaldivide will continue ... and it will grow. potsandpansbyccg.com/2025/06/09/u...

How is the difference between those under 15 years versus those age 65 or older changed over the past 24 years? Darker counties are those whose age 65 or older exceed those under 15 years. #AnimatedGIF Read more: open.substack.com/pub/datawhis...

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I find this very ironic since I remember the days when Internet providers argued that faster speeds were not needed. www.telecompetitor.com/report-500-m...

Components of population change: State by State. My latest Substack number crunching. Check it out! open.substack.com/pub/datawhis...

Excellent news!!! The possibilities are immense: Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...

Had a blast giving the morning keynote on the #digitaldivide today. Always enjoy increasing awareness, jumpstarting meaninfgul conversations, and engaging with the audience.

"over the past 24 years those ages 0 to 14 decreased by 754 thousand while those ages 65 or older increased by 24 million." Read more about the silver tsunami here: open.substack.com/pub/datawhis...

Wow. A U.S.-born pope!

Check out my latest data whisperer post on the future of higher ed. Look forward to your thoughts! open.substack.com/pub/datawhis...

Enjoyed reading the article on @theatlantic.com on the need to modify the social contract between universities and society. What is missing, though, is that meaningful community engagement is CRITICAL to build civic strength alongside STEM. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Continued to crunch numbers on components of population change. Compared first five years in this decade with 2000s and 2010s. Check out my substack: open.substack.com/pub/datawhis...

Amidst all the news flying around nowadays, this is a good one, indeed! If confirmed, the implications would be monumental. wapo.st/43Wg9hG

"Consider that in the first five years of the 2000s, 2,174 counties gained population due to a natural increase; in the first five years of the 2010s, this number declined to 1,907 counties ..."

Check out my latest Substack data whisperer number crunching: components of population change: datawhisperer.substack.com/p/components... Which of the three components--natural, international, or domestic--has contributed most to population growth or decline over the past 25 years?

Wow! #Indiana ranks 9th in attracting college students, yet ranks 40th in retaining them after graduation.