16 January 2026

More Americans are living alone than ever before. Maybe there is need for that Are You Dead app here, too.

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Why college students can't do basic math. This video confirms what I've suspected. Teachers are derelict in their obligations. Students are just passed along. Schools are just activism incubtators – that's all students learn how to do. So maybe we do need H-1B visas after all.
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Scientists create sci-fi-like spray that heals wounds in seconds. It's a spray-on powder that turns into a gel on contact with blood.

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QArt Coder. Put your image in a QR Code.

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People are leaving Cursor for Claude Code. Cursor had its day. No more. 

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7 Signs of Undiagnosed Autism in Adults. Wow, so if you are "not like other people" you have autism now? Seems like a broad definition. This isn't what I understood autism as being. Maybe it's time to redefine "normal" behavior.

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Aspartame decreases fat deposits in mice at a cost of mild cardiac hypertrophy and reduced cognitive performance. Granted this study was done in mice, but still. But sugar is not good for you either so what do you do? I use allulose when I need sweetening, and it seems to be the best.

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A neuro-cognitive scientist believes he can prove (literally) that ChatGPT isn't conscious. I tried following the argument in the blog and it seems like hand-waving. He says read the paper, but if you can't even summarize it and tell me where the paper is going, that's a problem.

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President Trump reveals his Great Healthcare Plan.  I like that it will make people own their own insurance plan, and that money will be given to make it happen. Eventually, I hope, things will evolve to where insurance companies need to recognize that they are no longer in control, and that people can switch to a better competitor if they don't play nicely. That's what it should be. Let's leverage competitive market forces to the consumers' advantage.

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Tina Kotek will not be able to remove the transportation bill initiative off November's ballot, The distasteful gas tax bill will be a powerful reminder as her re-election bid will be on the same ballot.

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Homelessness jumped 35% in Oregon. Of course. The homeless industrial complex has been a business model for many. Why would you want it to go away?

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Guess which state has the highest prevalence of mentally ill? That's right, Oregon. You can tell, just by reading the local news. Good thing Trump restored funding for mental health and addiction treatment

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Portland-area voters have a dim outlook on their economic prospects. Yeah, with the current socialist leadership in place, things are not likely to get better. So much drug abuse, tents everywhere, crime, people protesting instead of working. Paying so much taxes and fees. Businesses closing. Or moving away.

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In Washington, Senate Bill 5974 will let an unelected board the unprecedented power to unseat constitutionally-elected sheriffs if they don’t like them.  Watch the video.

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OMSI is just crazy. "Immunocompromised-friendly".  What the hell?  It's 2026!  Get over it, already!
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