Data That Matters May 2020

Over 350,000 dead globally (>100,000 in the US) and a record of over 30 million unemployed in the US, and Continue reading →

Data That Matters April 2020

At the start of April 2020, US unemployment doubled to 6,600,000. In response to the Corona Crisis, about 400,000 users Continue reading →

Data That Matters March 2020

Even despite Brexit, the UK economy is up ~20% in last decade while CO2 emissions are down 29%. Bug populations Continue reading →

Data That Matters February 2020

Global debt is now 230% of global GDP. The previous times this happened resulted in financial upsets and recessions. Antarctica Continue reading →

Data That Matters January 2020

About 10,000,000 acres of Australia have burned, partly enabled by >107F temperatures. In the US in the last forty years, Continue reading →

Popular Posts 2019

PretendingNotToPanic.com is a blog based on “news for people who are eager and anxious about the future“; with additional constraints Continue reading →

Data That Matters December 2019

“Go West, young man” (person, whatever) is less likely to happen as mobility in the US declined from about 20% Continue reading →

Data That Matters November 2019

Permafrost, one of the largest carbon sinks (one billion metric tons) has become an immense carbon source (1.7 billion metric Continue reading →