Data That Matters – March 2025

Not enough apolitical news this month. PretendingNotToPanic.com is for news that is factual, significant, and among other criteria – apolitical. Continue reading →

Data Matters February 2025

Sad AI News

This blog’s most recent post (Increasingly Persuasive AI) has a sad confirmation of the effect. “A 14-year-old boy’s suicide following Continue reading →

Increasingly Persuasive AI

Much of the AI news is about its progress towards and possibly surpassing human intelligence. A different worry is not Continue reading →

Data That Matters January 2025

Wind And Solar Beat Coal

“Collectively, they’ll account for roughly 17 percent of the US’s energy production, while coal will only provide about 15 percent.” Continue reading →

Climbing US Inequality

The US us not as united as before, or at least not as equal. It is easy to take inequality Continue reading →

Land And Sea Reach Records

This isn’t news, and yet it is. Both the globe’s land and ocean temperatures reached new records. (globally: 2.9F, 1.6C) Continue reading →