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A long time ago, when I was still going to school, I often thought about some class or other: "What's the point of this? I'm just wasting time on stuff I won't ever need. And my grades are going down because of it." So I supported all these bright ideas like having schools work the curriculum out with the industry.
Nowadays, I know better. The purpose of school is not to produce ready-made employees. It's to give people a wider perspective. Perhaps they won't use most of what they learn there, perhaps they'll have bad memories of some classes, but that doesn't really matter. What does matter is that you learn how to learn, how to reason, how to think.
I hate what's been happening to schools lately. They are becoming conveyor belts: we throw children on them, throw specific knowledge at them and see what sticks, we do exams and classify them. We expect to get a thoughtless laborer at the end, someone ready to take a specific job immediately.
A human whose only purpose in life is mindless labor and mindless consumption. Metaphorically, someone who's just going to spend their time off by drinking beer in the front of the TV and breeding more babies. Babies who will eventually become more cogs in the machine, fueling the infinite growth, trying to prevent this mindless system from falling apart.
#AntiCapitalism

Over the two and a half years
following the 2022 rollout of the 988 national suicide prevention hotline,
the rate of suicides among young people in the United States dropped 11 percent below projections,
decreasing most sharply in states with a higher volume of answered 988 calls, a new study has found.

Youth Suicides Declined After Creation of National Hotline
Suicides among young adults dropped most sharply in states that actively embraced the 988 crisis line, new research has found.

New Transport & Environment research shows that the EU's proposed Clean Corporate Vehicles targets will not create lead markets; they are only intended to prevent fleets from falling further behind. Nevertheless, many car manufacturers are actively lobbying against the targets.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Blondie:
🎵 Hanging on the Telephone
#Blondie
https://prfmonthlytributeseries.bandcamp.com/track/hanging-on-the-telephone-feeling-lucky-mix
https://open.spotify.com/track/7p5vqITKsGczKM92hggPFq

Raiders Following Proven Path To Reshape Franchise https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-following-proven-path-reshape-franchise

Japan, driven by labor shortages, is increasingly adopting robotics and physical AI, with a hybrid model where startups innovate and corporations provide scale (Kate Park/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/05/japan-is-proving-e…

In Japan, the robot isn't coming for your job; it's filling the one nobody wants | TechCrunch
Driven by labor shortages, Japan is pushing physical AI from pilot projects into real-world deployment.

Mass pilot whale stranding in Indonesia raises questions about ocean health https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/03/mass-pilot-whale-stranding-in-indonesia-raises-questions-about-ocean-health/

Mass pilot whale stranding in Indonesia raises questions about ocean health
Villagers in central Indonesia rescued 34 short-finned pilot whales following a mass stranding on March 9, but despite their overnight efforts were unable to save 21 others. Mongabay Indonesia’s Ebed De Rosary reports that residents first discovered the pod in the shallow waters off Deranitan village, in East Nusa Tenggara province, at approximately 3:30 p.m. […]

A lot of fuss about gasoline prices in the Netherlands now. Favorite number in the media: the 'advisory price' set by the oil majors: €2.57 per litre today.
But: the average sales price in the country is €2.31.
At individual fuel stations, the lowest price is €2.14: https://www.anwb.nl/auto/brandsto…

Goedkoopste tankstations
Brandstofprijzen kunnen per tankstation flink uiteenlopen, en dat biedt kansen. Door slim te kiezen waar je tankt, kun je jaarlijks flink besparen op je tankkosten. De brandstofprijzen en tankstations op deze pagina worden per uur bijgewerkt. Benieuwd naar de goedkoopste tankstations in jouw provincie?

A photojournalist and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press sue the FAA over a ban on flying drones within 3,000 feet of DHS buildings and vehicles (Matthew Gault/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/journalist-sues-faa-over-drone-…

Journalist Sues FAA Over Drone No Fly Zone Designed to Prevent Filming ICE
A Minnesota journalist is challenging a 3,000 foot restriction on flying near DHS assets on First Amendment grounds.

Following federal cuts to history-focused organizations, the president of the Canadian Historical Association, Colin Coates, sent this letter to Marc Miller, the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture.
One thing might not be obvious: Coates's reference to Carney's recent Quebec City speech suggests Canadians' need for historical context right now. He doesn't agree with Carney's claims. In fact, most Canadian historians would dispute them.