ALWAYS ON
mac ‘n’ cheese
'On the matter of cheese, our Poets have been remarkably silent" -- G.K. Chesterton
Ædificare & Utilization
Education community construction may well be the closest we come to a $100+ billion perpetual motion machine. It is overbuilt. During today's session we examine today's 10 AM EST release of the US construction activity report which confirms the education "industry" as the second largest building construction market in the world. Upwards of 40 million square feet the University of Michigan has the largest measure of square footage of any campus in the world
Exorbitant Campus Construction Projects
Here we collect report and opinion pieces about how higher education leadership -- governing boards, system chancellors and presidents, etc. -- are effectively pressured into building more local square footage to accommodate a growing percentage of non-US students.
Quadrivium: Winter
Educational settlements should be magical places. The stack informing the beauty of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day globally. Titles are time-sensitive, copyright protected and land in public law. We monitor the action continuously to formulate response to public consultations. Topics appear on our CALENDAR and explored every day at 16:00 UTC. Recommend refresh of this web page once or twice to see timeliest information.
The “Groundhog Day” Effect
National Institutes of Health: The use of older data and references is becoming increasingly disfavored for publication. A myopic focus on newer research risks losing sight of important research questions already addressed by now-invisible older studies. This article examines the consequences of the preference for newer data in current publication practices and is intended to stimulate new consideration of the utility of selected older data and references for the advancement of scientific knowledge.
Weather Resilience
Recognizing the statistically unlikely weather in large parts of the USA for the past few days we will update our understanding of stabilized, and not so stable standards for disaster avoidance, management and recovery literature from a different point of view than our customary approach -- i.e. what happens when, a) there is failure to conform to the standard, b) there is no standard at all.
Current Issues & Recent Research
We examine the proposals for the 2028 National Electrical Safety Code; including our own. Public comment on proposed changes will be received until March 24th. The 2026 National Electrical Code which has recently been released for public use (public input on the 2029 revision will be received until April 9, 2026).
First Snow
"Everyone begins as a child by liking Weather. You learn the art of disliking it as you grow up...." -- C.S. Lewis ('That Hideous Strength' 1945)