The shift to WFH is the largest shock to labor markets in decades. Pre-pandemic WFH was trending towards 5% of days by 2022. Now WFH is now stabilizing at 30%, a 6-fold jump. In America alone this is saving about 200 million hours and 6 billion miles of commuting a week.
contributed by Andy on Aug 29, 2022 in covid, progress?
Models are continuing to double down on a severe, prolonged heatwave for California and surrounding states in early September. European model now suggesting the development of a 600 dm ridge which, if occurred, could bring all-time record high September heat. Stay tuned. #CAwx
contributed by Andy on Aug 28, 2022 in weather, actually this is a map
contributed by Andy on Aug 16, 2022 in grimacing, nyt
contributed by Andy on Aug 15, 2022 in progress?, nyt
Finland tracks what percentage of murders were committed by men who were drunk. It has been above 50% for almost the entire time the statistics were recorded
contributed by Andy on Jul 30, 2022 in grimacing
@SmootPete
contributed by Andy on Jul 30, 2022 in things that go up, logs logs logs, progress?
The U.S. lags badly in some international math tests, but in the TIMSS test we crack the top ten. Or at least we did a decade ago.
contributed by Andy on Jul 29, 2022 in confidence intervals, progress?
On average, time spent - with family peaks at <15yo - with friends peaks at 18 - with coworkers peaks at 30 - with children peaks at 40 - with your partner peaks at 70 - alone peaks at the end fascinating chart (ht @Alex_Radke)
— @DKThomp
contributed by Andy on Jul 19, 2022 in things that go up, lifestyle choices
people drawing logos from memory
contributed by Andy on Jul 16, 2022 in not actually a chart
New research shows that children of immigrants were nearly twice as likely to become rich as the children of people born in the United States. Immigration is the key to American exceptionalism.
contributed by Andy on Jul 12, 2022 in density