Real Estate Investors Profit From Long-Term Care While Residents Languish - KFF Health News Real estate investment trusts are landlords for thousands of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and hospitals. Some select the managers and keep close watch over their performance but deny res...

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Through all the day to day distractions, our long term problems with healthcare remain

Average new UK electric car price is now lower than petrol vehicles Autotrader says average EV cost is £785 cheaper, in an important milestone in the move away from fossil fuels

Forget "total cost of ownership." In the UK, the average EV is now cheaper than the average ICE vehicle, up front. Sticker cost.

And of course the savings just keep accumulating after that.

A hundred years ago, the U.S. had a nationwide network of short-line railroads that connected most urban and rural communities. By the 1940s, most of it had been dismantled ... by the barons of the auto and oil industries. 😑

Big Oil Breaks Everything The planet, our democracy, our courts...

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The New Twin Fossil Shock | Ember How the energy crises of the 2020s speed up the electric age

Trust your common sense: yes, a series of massive fossil fuel supply shocks is, in fact, going to radically accelerate the process of electrification & decarbonization.

And that is why we still need professors and universities. Professors assign what to read and in amounts that should fill the students’ time, and the university provides the learning environment.

The human brain figures out quickly what information and memories are useless and discards them.

The slow speed to input data results in two big constraints, time and content, and education requires judicious use of both. Wasted time is the enemy of education. Reading a lot of trash either in print or online not only wastes time but fills your brain with trash at least temporarily.

A human brain is like a computer but there’s one big difference. Humans are very slow in uploading data into those brains. How slow? 200 words per minute let’s say. That tells you all you need to know.

Opinion | You Can’t Game Your Way to a Real Education

What’s wrong with higher education?

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We Forget About ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ at Our Peril The abuses are piling up, and Democrats and activists are desperate to get the word out.

"Alligator Alcatraz" already has a bad reputation for its poor treatment of immigrants. But often, things at the facility allegedly get even worse. Things like reports of beatings and confinement while exposed to the elements. It never stopped.

Stunning growth of battery storage puts it at centre of global energy security needs, for cars and for grids The demand for batteries - for EVs and grid - has surged in the last year and is getting a further boost from the global fuel crisis as countries think energy security.

Oil & gas started the war but batteries are going to be the victors.

An image of a wind farm with the text, “Germany announces plans to provide more than $9 billion to accelerate wind energy and electric vehicle adoption.”

Germany has unveiled a plan to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, aiming to cut emissions by 65% compared to 1990 levels. The more than $9 billion initiative aims to expand onshore wind turbine capacity and boost EV sales. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Greenland ice completely melted 7,000 years ago and could happen again Scientists drilling deep beneath Greenland’s ice have uncovered a startling clue about its past—and future. Evidence shows that the Prudhoe Dome, a major high point of the ice sheet, completely melted...

Speaking of Greenland ….

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Zohran Mamdani says Iran war speaks to a 'broken kind of politics' : NPR's Newsmakers Through his first 100 days as mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani has focused on “pothole politics” — a blend of high-level legislative wins and intense focus on everyday essential services that keep the city running. The 34-year-old mayor has delivered on progressive campaign promises, from more funding for child care to new taxes on the ultrawealthy. He views his government as a model for how Democrats can deliver on policies that benefit the working class.In this episode of NPR’s Newsmakers, Mamdani sits down with host Leila Fadel at City Hall to discuss his first 100 days in office, his approach to working with President Trump and the message he believes Democrats should deliver during this year’s midterm elections.NPR's Newsmakers is where you'll find NPR's biggest interviews. We post new episodes as soon as they're available -- any day of the week. Follow or watch the show wherever you get podcasts.Newsmakers relies on supporters who value independent journalism and a free press. Join NPR+ today to support our work and get perks from the podcasts you trust. Go to plus.npr.org.

Through his first 100 days as mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani has focused on “pothole politics” — a blend of high-level legislative wins and intense focus on everyday essential services that keep the city running.

Accused Pennsylvania grave robber waives hearing ahead of grisly summer trial Jonathan Christian Gerlach is charged with stealing more than 100 human remains from historic Mount Moriah Cemetery in the Philadelphia area.

Follow up on grave robber

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Tesla paid $1 billion in taxes to China & $0 in federal income taxes to the US. At least 88 highly profitable corporations paid $0 federal income tax last year while bringing in $ billions. Disney, CVS, Palantir, Taco Bell & others are making massive profits, paying executives enormous ⬇️

One argument they are saying is that in Salt Laken City they will be closer to the nation’s forests. But 75% of the nation’s forests are east of the Mississippi.

Friday (4/17) News: "‘Popesplaining’ Vance"; "Hegseth channels his inner Tarantino"; "America’s Orange Jesus" - Blue Virginia fpoby Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, April 17. Just two more days of early voting (today and tomorrow), then the electi...

Friday (4/17) News: “‘Popesplaining’ Vance”; “Hegseth channels his inner Tarantino”; “America’s Orange Jesus”; CDC in Disarray, Americans' Health in Danger; "Justin Fairfax spiraled into alcoholism and isolated himself from family involvement" Before Murder-Suicide bluevirginia.us/2026/04/frid...

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

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The alternative is no automotive manufacturing in the US.

It will be Trump’s fault, but the next Democratic President is going to have to do it.

Where this is headed: if the US wants and auto industry, there will need to be another bailout, a huge bailout the likes of which has never been seen, to compete.

Ford CEO Jim Farley is PETRIFIED That Chinese EVs Might Come to America YouTube video by The Electric Viking

The end result of the flip flopping US govt support of EVs is that US auto manufacturers can’t compete with Chinese EVs.

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Should I resubscribe to support the Wash Post? I don’t think so.

Yeah they paid good money to get Congress to pass their tax breaks.

Opinion | Don’t blame companies with no tax liability for following the law They’re just using the tools Congress gave them.

Wash Post editorial defending big corporations that pay little or no taxes.

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Rural Nebraska Dialysis Unit Closes Despite the State’s $219M in Rural Health Funding - KFF Health News A rural Nebraska dialysis unit that was hemorrhaging money closed, upending patients’ lives. That’s despite a federal rural health program that granted the state more than $200 million this year to im...

Looks like the rural health funding in the OBBB is insufficient - as was predicted.

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New Orleans Takes Steps To Assess and Clean Lead in Playgrounds After Investigation - KFF Health News New Orleans’ mayor signed an executive order, and the city is requesting $5 million in federal funds to address lead in playgrounds.

How does lead end up in playgrounds?

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