#middlebury — Public Fediverse posts

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: A new paper links the 2007 #iPhone launch to declining #US birth rates, finding 4.5-8% drops among 15-19 year olds in areas with early iPhone access.

The researchers suggest #smartphones may reduce in-person socializing while increasing access to #porn and birth control #information. Skeptics note that teen birth rates were already falling since the #1990s.

👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/smartphones-might-be-playing-a-role-in-the-united-states-declining-birth-rate-new-research-suggests-180989129/

#birthrate #demographics #teens #technology #research #economics #middlebury #fertility #screentime #science #nber #statistics

Really good and thorough article covering a nazi fight club gathering in Lynchburg, Virginia, and digging into the backgrounds of the participants. It includes info on nazi brawlers from at least six different states, so check it out and see if there's one near you.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/07/neo-nazi-virginia-combat-event

#Lynchburg #Virginia #WestVirginia #Georgia #PatriotFront #ActiveClub #RobRundo #WolvesOfVinland #NeoNazis #fcknzs #LoganFlorence #ThomasGrady #AndrewLindgren #Cumming #MarstonSneddon #LeslieSneddon ##PaulWaggener #SethWaggener #JoshuaHunt #Charleston #Poca #MauriceMichaely #TristanRettke #AveryRossRuiz #RussellColeman #Hammerskins #HSN #GrahamWhitson #CalebJohnston #JahnuGibbs #Middlebury

In the worst-case #emissions scenario the social cost of #Kuiper is estimated at $1.4 billion 💰, versus $252 million 💵 for #OneWeb and $664 million 💵 for #Starlink https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2309/2309.02338.pdf

Sustainability assessment of Low Earth Orbit (#LEO) #satellite 🛰️ broadband mega-constellations.
#GeorgeMason University 🇺🇸
University of #Oxford 🇬🇧
University of #Strathclyde 🇬🇧
#Middlebury College 🇺🇸