Britain and the US are poor societies with some very rich people
When it comes to average household incomes, the UK may soon need to ask migrant labourers to take a pay cut| www.ft.com
Santa Clara County students continue to outperform statewide averages in core subjects, according to the 2025 California School Dashboard released Thursday. This year’s data shows 59.8% of Santa Clara County students met or exceeded English language arts standards, compared with 48.8% statewide, the Santa Clara County Office of Education announced. In math, 53.2% of county […] The post Dashboard data reveals Santa Clara County ahead of state in reading, math and science appeared first on ...| Local News Matters
CALIFORNIA IS A MAJOR HUB for data centers — the facilities that store and transmit much of the internet. But just how much these power-hungry operations affect the state’s energy use, climate and public health remains an open question for researchers. A new report released last week by the environmental think tank Next 10 and a UC […] The post California data centers scrutinized as report flags rising emissions, strain on energy grid appeared first on Local News Matters.| Local News Matters
Before drawing firm conclusions on the 2024 election and what to do next, take a clear-eyed view at what actually happened. November 5 culminated several decades of economic, political, and social change. These changes gradually increased the electorate’s feelings of alienation and insecurity. When these feelings became sufficiently intense and widespread, more than 50% of... Continue Reading…|
The summer of our discontents Two months ago, if you prompted Version 3 of the AI-art generator MidJourney to generate depictions of an “otter on a plane using wifi,” you were rewarded with the nonsense in the left panel of our lead graphic. A month later, Version 4 could take the same prompt and render,... Continue Reading…|
When it comes to average household incomes, the UK may soon need to ask migrant labourers to take a pay cut| www.ft.com
Legal deserts are a surprisingly common problem. Yet, more surprising is the relatively modest cost of a solution. In its annual Profile of the Legal| Legal Evolution
