New: Violent crime across the United States has continued to trend down for the first quarter of 2024 since it spiked in 2020 – although it’s still more prevalent than it was pre-pandemic, according to a report from the Major Cities Chiefs Association.

There were fewer reported…

Medieval Europe was crazy for squirrel fur, squirrel skin, and even pet squirrels.

New DNA research suggests that infected squirrels transmitted leprosy to humans.

cell.com/current-biolog…

“Studios also wanted to expand into China, where censors do not allow sex scenes.” nytimes.com/2024/04/28/bus…

1969 Crimson editorial argued it’s not good enough to support the withdrawal of American troops, you need to actively support Communist victory even while acknowledging that taking this stand makes it harder to win the political argument.

thecrimson.com/article/1969/1…

“Dramatic claims are often made based on no-action scenarios, but a no-action scenario is wrong; humans are already proactively addressing climate change, and emissions are dropping significantly.” theacademic.com/climate-crisis…

California's maximum utility battery discharging record is looking good:
gridstatus.io/records/caiso?…

“Just over 70% of counties in the Northeast, South and Midwest regions had natural decrease. The West was the region with the lowest share, 241 (53.7%) of its 449 counties experiencing natural decrease in 2023.” census.gov/newsroom/press…

the trick the nonprofit sector has played on the world is making people think their competitor is the FOR-profit sector. It’s not. Their competitor is the government and unions

Was watching some old John Kerry ads — we used to be a country.

youtube.com/watch?v=Sbyx58…

Bowser is not a perfect mayor, but the main organized political opposition to her in this city is insane.

A 3-D map of Israeli political views from the 2015 INES, broken out by demographic:

Highlights:
1) In stark contrast to most countries, Israeli politics is truly multi-dimensional
2) Ashkanazi Jews (excluding post-1991 USSR immigrants) are the only consistently left-wing group…