This is fascinating.  This graphic by Giulia De Amicis uses data from startsleeping.com to show the typical sleeping patterns of 40 different animals, highlighting their average sleep times, and what percentage of each 24-hour day they spend resting. https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/koala-or-elephant-how-many-hours-day-do-you-sleep

Great news for those who value their personal choices and for companies who respect those freedoms. Some companies are rolling back mandates for employee COVID vaccination — but few are making official public statements about it. Why it matters: These moves signal that we’ve shifted into a new chapter of the pandemic — and that employers are

Health officials noted that “for every one case of paralytic polio observed, there may be hundreds of other people infected.” ALBANY, N.Y. — New York declared a state disaster emergency Friday after poliovirus was detected in wastewater samples from Long Island, signaling growing community spread of the virus which can cause paralytic disease. Key context: Gov.

Worth watching. 

56%, up from 49% in January, say rising prices are causing hardship More middle- and upper-income Americans are experiencing hardship Cutting back on spending, canceling travel are most common actions https://news.gallup.com/poll/400565/inflation-causing-hardship-majority.aspx

New government data has found that Americans’ life spans are getting shorter. Where life expectancy at birth was calculated at 79 in 2019, this dropped to 76.1 in 2021. According to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Covid was the main cause for about 50 percent of the decline between 2020 and 2021,

On the Low Side is an understatement.  Satisfaction with U.S. education has slumped to 42%, vs. 51% in 2019.  55% are dissatisfied. 41% satisfied.  I bet if parents could take their tax dollars elsewhere, the vast majority would. 

Boomers totally do not get “quiet quitting”. This is definitely a Gen-Z/ Gen-Y mindset. 

Dark, blood red, middle of the night, yet he’s smearing his political opposition as the fascists? This imagery is straight out of the fascist playbook.

Except now Chris has to pay for Adam’s student loan debt. 

You can’t make this stuff up!  Officials asked residents to cut back on power use Wednesday between 4 and 9 p.m. as temperatures soar above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. “This is a manifestation of what CAISO warned folks about back in May, that unless they see voluntary curtailments the grid could become unstable during certain periods of