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Most needed: human skills
Job apocalypse? Humbug! AI is creating brand new occupations
Most needed: human skills
econ.st
December 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Most needed: human skills
"Bears are known to be highly aggressive around this time of year as they seek to increase fat stores ahead of hibernation."
These violent human-animal encounters are often due to human error.
Why are schools taking children into areas with bears at this time?
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
These violent human-animal encounters are often due to human error.
Why are schools taking children into areas with bears at this time?
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Multiple school children critically injured in grizzly bear attack
One male teacher is said to have ‘got the brunt’ of the injuries, though one parent revealed how the incident left her son ‘traumatized’
www.independent.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"Bears are known to be highly aggressive around this time of year as they seek to increase fat stores ahead of hibernation."
These violent human-animal encounters are often due to human error.
Why are schools taking children into areas with bears at this time?
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
These violent human-animal encounters are often due to human error.
Why are schools taking children into areas with bears at this time?
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
"Tarrif dividends," huh? So the president is planning to give us some of our money back since Americans have been essentially paying a VAT tax on all imported goods since we were "liberated" back in the spring.
Gee, thanks.
www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump...
Gee, thanks.
www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump...
Trump says a tariff dividend of 'at least' $2,000 will be paid to most Americans
In a post on Truth Social on Sunday, Trump said the payments would be for all but "high income people."
www.businessinsider.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"Tarrif dividends," huh? So the president is planning to give us some of our money back since Americans have been essentially paying a VAT tax on all imported goods since we were "liberated" back in the spring.
Gee, thanks.
www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump...
Gee, thanks.
www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump...
Layoffs are coming fast and furiously in various sectors all over the US. If you haven't read Amazon's canned layoff email to its fired employees, it's worth taking a look - something to think about before placing that Amazon Prime order for the holidays.
www.businessinsider.com/read-the-ema...
www.businessinsider.com/read-the-ema...
Read the email Amazon is sending to laid-off employees
Impacted employees will receive 90 days of pay, benefits, and a severance package, according to an email seen by Business Insider.
www.businessinsider.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Layoffs are coming fast and furiously in various sectors all over the US. If you haven't read Amazon's canned layoff email to its fired employees, it's worth taking a look - something to think about before placing that Amazon Prime order for the holidays.
www.businessinsider.com/read-the-ema...
www.businessinsider.com/read-the-ema...
2025 will be the year of widespread layoffs all over America. From the federal government to tech to universities to media to retail- US workers are getting hammered.
Waiting for that economic "Golden era" to happen.
www.businessinsider.com/paramount-la...
Waiting for that economic "Golden era" to happen.
www.businessinsider.com/paramount-la...
David Ellison's Paramount is planning to lay off 1,000 workers on Wednesday
Paramount Skydance is laying off about 1,000 employees this week, a source familiar says. CEO David Ellison wants to deliver $2 billion in savings.
www.businessinsider.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
2025 will be the year of widespread layoffs all over America. From the federal government to tech to universities to media to retail- US workers are getting hammered.
Waiting for that economic "Golden era" to happen.
www.businessinsider.com/paramount-la...
Waiting for that economic "Golden era" to happen.
www.businessinsider.com/paramount-la...
What did Tupac say?
"They got money for wars but can't feed the poor."
Trump and his minions can scare up money to pay for (illegal) military action in the South Caribbean and Southside Chicago, but when it's time to help feed the most needy, we're broke?
www.cbsnews.com/news/federal...
"They got money for wars but can't feed the poor."
Trump and his minions can scare up money to pay for (illegal) military action in the South Caribbean and Southside Chicago, but when it's time to help feed the most needy, we're broke?
www.cbsnews.com/news/federal...
Federal food aid will not go out starting Nov. 1 amid government shutdown, Trump administration says
The USDA notice comes after the Trump administration said it would not tap roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep benefits through SNAP.
www.cbsnews.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
What did Tupac say?
"They got money for wars but can't feed the poor."
Trump and his minions can scare up money to pay for (illegal) military action in the South Caribbean and Southside Chicago, but when it's time to help feed the most needy, we're broke?
www.cbsnews.com/news/federal...
"They got money for wars but can't feed the poor."
Trump and his minions can scare up money to pay for (illegal) military action in the South Caribbean and Southside Chicago, but when it's time to help feed the most needy, we're broke?
www.cbsnews.com/news/federal...
Japan...yes Japan...has its first woman premiere. Anyone familiar with Japanese culture should understand how extraordinary that is. Just to recap heavily patriarchal countries like South Korea, India, Pakistan, Mexico, Italy, Philippines, Tunisia have elected women as heads of state, but the US????
October 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Japan...yes Japan...has its first woman premiere. Anyone familiar with Japanese culture should understand how extraordinary that is. Just to recap heavily patriarchal countries like South Korea, India, Pakistan, Mexico, Italy, Philippines, Tunisia have elected women as heads of state, but the US????
"In an upgrade from its first estimate in July, the Commerce Department said Thursday that U.S. gross domestic product...expanded at a 3.3% annual pace from April through June after shrinking 0.5% in the first three months of 2025."
Ohhh...OK. Here we go.
apnews.com/article/econ...
Ohhh...OK. Here we go.
apnews.com/article/econ...
US economy grows 3.3% in second quarter, government says, in second estimate of April-June growth
The U.S. economy rebounded this spring from a first-quarter downturn caused by fallout from President Donald Trump’s trade wars.
apnews.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
"In an upgrade from its first estimate in July, the Commerce Department said Thursday that U.S. gross domestic product...expanded at a 3.3% annual pace from April through June after shrinking 0.5% in the first three months of 2025."
Ohhh...OK. Here we go.
apnews.com/article/econ...
Ohhh...OK. Here we go.
apnews.com/article/econ...
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Built using AI technology from Baidu and DeepSeek, the virtual livestreamers sell everything from wet wipes to printers 24 hours a day, seven days a week. www.wired.com/story/artifi...
Chinese ‘Virtual Human’ Salespeople Are Outperforming Their Real Human Counterparts
Built using AI technology from Baidu and DeepSeek, the virtual livestreamers sell everything from wet wipes to printers 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
www.wired.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Built using AI technology from Baidu and DeepSeek, the virtual livestreamers sell everything from wet wipes to printers 24 hours a day, seven days a week. www.wired.com/story/artifi...
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Academics (including the journal’s founder) told Wiley to pound sand, started an open access journal, and Wiley just surrendered. I think more academics should tell academic publishers to pound sand. They are vampires.
Wiley officially closes the Journal of Political Philosophy, which was abandoned by its editorial team and shunned by academics after Wiley attempted moves that would have compromised the journal's editorial independence.
Journal of Political Philosophy Officially Ends - Daily Nous
"The Journal of Political Philosophy will cease publication effective January 1, 2026." That's from an email sent by the journal's publisher, Wiley, earlier today, calling the move "a difficult decisi...
dailynous.com
July 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Academics (including the journal’s founder) told Wiley to pound sand, started an open access journal, and Wiley just surrendered. I think more academics should tell academic publishers to pound sand. They are vampires.
Columbia University spineless acquiesce to the Trump administration while student admissions go the way of the Titanic. #Cowards #extortion #Columbia #Trump #Orban
two men are pushing a small boat through the water .
ALT: two men are pushing a small boat through the water .
media.tenor.com
July 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Columbia University spineless acquiesce to the Trump administration while student admissions go the way of the Titanic. #Cowards #extortion #Columbia #Trump #Orban
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Support for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh risks collapse, UN refugee agency says reut.rs/40dHKYX
Support for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh risks collapse, UN refugee agency says
Essential services for the Rohingya refugee population in Bangladesh are at risk of collapsing unless more money is found, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday, with its appeal for $255 million to support them just 35% funded.
reut.rs
July 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Support for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh risks collapse, UN refugee agency says reut.rs/40dHKYX
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Young South Asians looking for love and over dating apps are exploring an option they once saw as ancient: arranged marriage.
Sick of swiping, some South Asian Americans say they're considering arranged marriage
Young South Asians looking for love and over dating apps are exploring an option they once saw as ancient: arranged marriage.
nbcnews.to
July 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Young South Asians looking for love and over dating apps are exploring an option they once saw as ancient: arranged marriage.
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How the Proposed State Department Reorganization Guts U.S. Human Rights Diplomacy
By Scott Busby and Charles O. (Cob) Blaha
#diplomacy #HumanRights #DOS #CongressionalOversight
By Scott Busby and Charles O. (Cob) Blaha
#diplomacy #HumanRights #DOS #CongressionalOversight
The State Department Reorg Guts Human Rights Diplomacy
"Congress should urge Secretary Rubio to modify the proposed plan in ways that would sustain bipartisan U.S. efforts to advance democracy and human rights across the globe."
www.justsecurity.org
June 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
How the Proposed State Department Reorganization Guts U.S. Human Rights Diplomacy
By Scott Busby and Charles O. (Cob) Blaha
#diplomacy #HumanRights #DOS #CongressionalOversight
By Scott Busby and Charles O. (Cob) Blaha
#diplomacy #HumanRights #DOS #CongressionalOversight
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Here's a graphic from the Stevenson and Wolfers introductory economics textbook. (It's a point of pride for me that no other textbook insists on this level of numeracy before presenting macro data.)
June 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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The battlefield now stretches deep behind the front line. New, more flexible thinking will be needed in Europe and Asia to deal with the breakneck innovations that are transforming warfare https://econ.trib.al/BZTLG0F
The West is rethinking how to fight wars
Ukraine’s daring raid on Russia has lessons for European armed forces. But they need cash, too
econ.trib.al
June 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The battlefield now stretches deep behind the front line. New, more flexible thinking will be needed in Europe and Asia to deal with the breakneck innovations that are transforming warfare https://econ.trib.al/BZTLG0F
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Dating apps used in Mexico to lure and kidnap U.S. citizens, officials warn
Dating apps used in Mexico to lure and kidnap U.S. citizens, officials warn
U.S. citizens have been kidnapped by people they met on dating apps, according to federal officials.
www.latimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Dating apps used in Mexico to lure and kidnap U.S. citizens, officials warn
Canadian, Australian, UK, Philippines Universities are popping champaign bottles as a tsunami of the world's best and brightest shift their gaze away from the US. Trump likes to see the world in zero-sum terms, this is all zeros for the US. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Trump team pauses new student visa interviews as it weighs expanding social media vetting
It’s the latest salvo against universities, many of whom rely heavily on foreign students for funds.
www.politico.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Canadian, Australian, UK, Philippines Universities are popping champaign bottles as a tsunami of the world's best and brightest shift their gaze away from the US. Trump likes to see the world in zero-sum terms, this is all zeros for the US. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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Idk if this is insane behavior or not but I really liked this one post-election @hankgreen.bsky.social video and put all (but one) of the books in the bibliography into a spotify audiobook playlist
open.spotify.com/playlist/64t...
open.spotify.com/playlist/64t...
May 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Idk if this is insane behavior or not but I really liked this one post-election @hankgreen.bsky.social video and put all (but one) of the books in the bibliography into a spotify audiobook playlist
open.spotify.com/playlist/64t...
open.spotify.com/playlist/64t...
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Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.
Reporter: The president fired the Librarian of Congress. Why?
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
May 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.
There seems to be a very different understanding of Conservatism in the GOP today. #Utah #publicland www.sltrib.com/news/environ...
Why Rep. Maloy moved to sell off thousands of acres of Utah’s public land
The federal government 35 million acres in Utah, over 64% of the state’s total land area.
www.sltrib.com
May 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
There seems to be a very different understanding of Conservatism in the GOP today. #Utah #publicland www.sltrib.com/news/environ...
Uhmmm..yeah...
May 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Uhmmm..yeah...
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Entire Staff Is Fired at Office That Helps Poorer Americans Pay for Heating www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/c...
Entire Staff Is Fired at LIHEAP
The move threatens to paralyze the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps to offset high utility bills for roughly 6.2 million people nationwide.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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"it would have been unfathomable for a president -- including Trump during his first term -- to inflict so much harm on the economy deliberately" -Michael Strain www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...
Why Is Trump Undermining the US Economy? | by Michael R. Strain - Project Syndicate
Michael R. Strain offers three explanations for a set of policies that have sent investor confidence into a tailspin.
www.project-syndicate.org
March 19, 2025 at 11:17 AM
"it would have been unfathomable for a president -- including Trump during his first term -- to inflict so much harm on the economy deliberately" -Michael Strain www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...