​The U.S. electrical power grid is facing huge increases in demand due to the development of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, bitcoin mining, and increased consumer demand. And the construction of new power generating facilities, and expansion of existing facilities, is lagging behind. The fact that the government has imposed disincentives in the form of emissions controls (raising concerns about their future) on the types of plants that are the easiest, least expensive, and least time-consuming to construct, doesn't help to ensure that new construction will be able to keep up with demand. Will rolling blackouts soon become common as generating plants reach their limits?​

The convergence of AI usage, Bitcoin mining, and increased consumer electricity demand, coupled with governmental disincentives for new power plant construction, poses a significant threat to the stability and integrity of our electrical grid. This multifaceted issue encompasses high energy consumption, environmental impact, and infrastructure challenges that need urgent attention — urgent attention that they don't appear to be getting.

​For decades, researchers have been searching for a "cure" for celiac disease, although their idea of a "cure" is a drug that a patient would have to take for the rest of their life, and in most cases, before every meal that contains gluten. By contrast, most patients consider a "cure" to be a complete resolution of symptoms, requiring no further treatments in the future.

​Over the years, researchers have developed several drugs that have been promoted as a treatment for celiac disease, (gluten sensitivity). While those drugs do help with the digestion of gluten, their efficacy is not perfect, so that their use may still allow the creation of enough partially digested peptides (amino acid chains) to provoke the immune system, so that some degree of inflammation and damage to the lining of the small intestine may continue to accrue, depending upon the magnitude of the gluten exposure, and the status of the individual patient's immune system (and probably, some degree of luck).

​Some authorities have referred to ultra-processed foods as "a silent killer". How realistic is that opinion?

​In recent years, the consumption of ultra-processed foods has surged, raising significant concerns among health professionals and researchers. These foods, characterized by their high content of additives and minimal nutritional value, are now a staple in the American diet. According to research from Florida Atlantic University (2024, February 20), nearly 60% of the average adult's diet and almost 70% of children's diets in the U.S. consist of ultra-processed foods.[1] This shift in dietary habits could be the new "silent killer," akin to the unrecognized dangers of high blood pressure in previous decades, according to some authorities.

​Compared with common vaccines such as those for tetanus and influenza, the protective effects of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines decline relatively quickly. Recently published research offers some insights into the immune mechanisms involved, to help explain why the vaccines are so short-lived (Nguyen, et al., 2024).[1] And as a National Institutes of Health (NIH) article points out, even an actual Covid 19 infection does not confer long-lasting immunity (Contie, 2024, October 29).[2]

This is very likely the main reason why so many people have had multiple Covid infections. The persistence of the virus to generate new variations of the disease relatively quickly surely adds to the risk of infection (and reinfection), but if the immune system was capable of generating a robust and longer-lasting immune response, the vaccines (or an actual Covid infection) would provide much longer-lasting protection.​