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Gen Z calls degrees ‘useless’—but 20 years of data tells a different story: graduates are still the least likely to be unemployed | Flipboard

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6 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“graduates are still the least likely to be unemployed”
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Multiple independent sources, including Denver7, CityU of Seattle, and University of the People, confirm that college graduates have lower unemployment rates than non-graduates.
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web search NEUTRAL — 2. Lower Unemployment Rate. Unemployment is a frightening prospect that a degree can help you avoid. Although the job market frequently shifts, college graduates have lower unemployment rates compared…
https://www.cityu.edu/blog/why-is-college-important-top-thre…
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web search NEUTRAL — Don’t college graduates have lower unemployment rates than non-graduates? It’s true that overall unemployment rates tend to be lower for college graduates.
https://medium.com/make-smart-money-moves/college-graduates-…
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web search NEUTRAL — 4. Lower Unemployment Rate. College graduates have lower unemployment rates than those without a degree. Forbes shares that overall, unemployment rates decrease with increasing education.
https://www.uopeople.edu/blog/top-10-benefits-of-going-to-co…
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“Emergency room visits for tick bites have reached their highest levels for this time of year since 2017.”
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The claim is repeated across Flipboard entries, but these appear to be syndications of the same original report. Wikipedia results provided are irrelevant (linguistic and TV show references).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In English, the -er suffix can signify: an agent noun, e.g., "singer" a degree of comparison, e.g., "louder" Oxford "-er", a colloquial and sometimes facetious suffix prevalent at Oxford University f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-er
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — ER or Er may refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ER
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — ER is an American medical drama television series created by Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994, to April 2, 2009, with a total of 331 episodes spanning 15 seasons. It was prod…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ER_(TV_series)
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“China bypasses US GPU bans with 1.54-exaflops 'LineShine' supercomputer — CPU-only monster packs 2.4 million Huawei-designed Armv9 cores”
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Multiple web search results confirm the existence of the LineShine supercomputer, its use of domestic chips to bypass GPU bans, and the specific core count (approx 2.4 million) and performance (1.54 to 2 exaflops).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Samsung Exynos (stylized as SΛMSUNG Exynos), formerly Hummingbird (Korean: 엑시노스), is a series of Arm-based system-on-chips developed by Samsung Electronics' System LSI division and manufactured by…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exynos
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web search NEUTRAL — The LineShine supercomputer comprises 20,480 compute nodes, each node contains two LX2 processors, and each LX2 processor has 304 CPU cores. Therefore, the whole system uses 40,960 LX2 processors pack…
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intell…
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web search NEUTRAL — China has unveiled its new supercomputer, called LineShine, in Shenzen, which will deliver 2 ExaFlops of compute performance.
https://wccftech.com/chinas-lineshine-supercomputer-2-exaflo…
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“China's National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen... build LineShine”
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Web search results explicitly state that China's National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen launched/built the LineShine supercomputer.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Supercomputer Center in Guangzhou houses Tianhe-3, which is owned by the Chinese government.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Supercomputer_Center_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nebulae (Chinese: 星雲) is a petascale supercomputer located at the National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. Built from a Dawning TC3600 Blade system with Intel Xeon X5650 processor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebulae_(computer)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since the early 2000s, China has expanded its presence in the TOP500 rankings of supercomputers, with systems such as Tianhe-1A reaching first place in 2010 and Sunway TaihuLight leading in 2016. By 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercomputing_in_China
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“Marty Davis owns and runs Cambria, a private Minnesota company that manufactures the quartz used for [countertops]”
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Confirmed by NPR, IndustryWeek, and other reports that Marty Davis owns and runs Cambria, a private Minnesota-based quartz manufacturer.
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web search NEUTRAL — From Cambria quartz countertops to Davis Family Dairies to Sun Country Airlines, the Davis family owns and manages some of the state's landmark homegrown businesses.
https://www.startribune.com/from-cows-to-quartz-davis-family…
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web search NEUTRAL — Cambria CEO Marty Davis has successfully asked the U.S. government to put tariffs on quartz. His business competitors are crying foul.Davis owns and runs Cambria , a private Minnesota company that man…
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/17/nx-s1-5726366/ceo-trump-donor…
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web search NEUTRAL — Marty Davis is the president and chief executive officer of Cambria—the nation’s leading American-made, family-owned natural quartz surface producer. He is also on the board of directors of Coalition …
https://www.industryweek.com/home/contact/21255682/marty-dav…
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“A bill proposes to increase the proportion of ethanol in gas to lower prices”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that the US House passed a bill allowing the year-round sale of E15 (15% ethanol blend) gasoline.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat of and the most populous city in Alameda County, California, with a popula…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland,_California
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Hey There Delilah" is a song by American pop rock band Plain White T's. It was released in 2006, as an EP from their third studio album, All That We Needed (2005). The song was later released in 2007…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_There_Delilah
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There may refer to: There (2009 film), a Turkish film (Turkish title: Orada) There (2025 film), a Russian comedy film There (virtual world) there, a deictic adverb in English there, an English pronou…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There
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