One of the things I admire Bill Gates for is his sponsorship of the development of better bananas: https://www.gatesnotes.com/Building-Better-Bananas (They are being held back by Green superstition, … (View Post)

FPT: This data on time of day, and day of week, car crashes in the US: https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/overview/crashes-by-time-of-day-and-day-of-week/ If you can avoid US roads on Friday a… (View Post)

On immigration: Here in the US, we often discuss it as if it were a single issue. Or just that there is legal and illegal immigration. But even that is much too simple, as you can see, from this (inc… (View Post)

FPT: I probably should have mentioned that the school district I now live in -- Lake Washington -- includes a little farming town you may have heard of: Redmond. (Well, it was a little farming town w… (View Post)

The legal definition of "light truck" in the US may suprise some: "A half-century ago, if you needed to haul 3.5 kids, hamburger buns and a standard poodle, car companies would happily… (View Post)