Gregory Travis
Writer & Columnist for IEEE. COVID data geek. Political junkie. Midwesterner
Working on a book about engineering, ethics and responsibility in the age of fraud
- What people are missing here is not that college students cheat on exams (they always have) But that it's apparently trivial to write examinations that AI can't pass Think about that
- Weekly influenza vs. COVID report In April 2025 (last month), COVID killed more than twice as many people as influenza For three months flu bested COVID but, like the turtle and the hare, COVID wins in the end This ends the flu's brief but attention-grabbing bid to outdo COVID Image
- Thanks, DOGE!
- Reposted by Gregory TravisThe same people who went apoplectic when asked to wear a mask to *protect people* in a pandemic eagerly wear one to *kidnap people* in Gestapo cosplay.
- Weekly COVID vs. Influenza report Jan/Feb/Mar each saw more deaths from influenza than COVID -- a first However, April gets us back to an old familiar pattern with COVID once again causing at least twice as many deaths per month as influenza (1,134 COVID deaths/584 Flu deaths)
- US pilots are legally required to obtain a weather briefing prior to flight (see: FAR 91.103) The government has announced it will stop providing weather forecasts This will impact aviation Will the law be revised to eliminate the requirement to check weather?
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- Excess deaths from disease among school-aged (5-17) children remain highly elevated In every year since 2022, deaths from disease in school-aged children have been running 13% higher than they were pre-pandemic 13% increase translates into roughly 500 extra deaths per year
- COVID vs. Influenza weekly report Monthly deaths from influenza exceeded those from COVID in January/February/March of 2025 -- the first time that monthly deaths from influenza exceeded COVID Unfortunately April 2025 saw a return to the old pattern with monthly COVID deaths now again exceeding flu
- "his trip to Greenland was a fucktacular disaster. he ended up confined to a US military base, because no Greenlander wanted him near their furniture. but here's how you know JD done really shit the bed: even the Pope wants no part of him." Brutal www.jefftiedrich.com/p/pope-snubs...
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- Trumpnomics vs. the Great Depression -- which caused more damage? Trumpnomics is lagging the Great Depression but building downward momentum Plenty of time to catch up
- Today Trump re-iterated his intention to use foreign torture prisons to incarcerate American citizens The attorneys general of every Democrat-controlled state to issue arrest warrants for every ICE agents involved in an illegal deportation Flex your sovereignty, states!
- Weekly flu vs. influenza report Highlights: This is the first "flu" season since the pandemic began in which deaths from influenza exceed deaths from SARS-CoV-2 infections In fact, 2024/2025 will go down as the deadliest influenza season in at least twenty five years
- Race to the bottom! The Depression Dow has opened a large gap in the race to the bottom If your $500K portfolio today had followed the trajectory of the Dow in the Great Depression, you would have $328K - a loss of $172K But because Trump caved, your loss today is only $53K FOR NOW
