Susan
@seusss.bsky.social
Not particularly interesting old lady with an opinion about everything. Definitely consider myself a contrarian.
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But this report may understate inflation a bit.
Here's why: Usually the BLS collects prices all through November. But the shutdown kept it closed for the first half of November.
So more prices than usual were collected in the middle of "Black Friday" sales.
Here's why: Usually the BLS collects prices all through November. But the shutdown kept it closed for the first half of November.
So more prices than usual were collected in the middle of "Black Friday" sales.
December 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
But this report may understate inflation a bit.
Here's why: Usually the BLS collects prices all through November. But the shutdown kept it closed for the first half of November.
So more prices than usual were collected in the middle of "Black Friday" sales.
Here's why: Usually the BLS collects prices all through November. But the shutdown kept it closed for the first half of November.
So more prices than usual were collected in the middle of "Black Friday" sales.
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Fed Chair Jerome Powell said that Fed staffers believe federal data could be overstating job creation by up to 60,000 jobs a month—which suggests the jobs market might be shrinking.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell Says U.S. May Be Drastically Overstating Jobs Numbers
Powell said that Fed staffers believe federal data could be overstating job creation by up to 60,000 jobs a month—which suggests the jobs market might be shrinking.
on.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said that Fed staffers believe federal data could be overstating job creation by up to 60,000 jobs a month—which suggests the jobs market might be shrinking.
Good god. Why subject your child to this? Yes, Ai will change the world but if this is how we all ought to be in open rebellion like Ethan Hawke says.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
AI toys for kids talk about sex and issue Chinese Communist Party talking points, tests show
New research from Public Interest Research Group and tests conducted by NBC News found that a wide range of AI toys have loose guardrails.
www.nbcnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Good god. Why subject your child to this? Yes, Ai will change the world but if this is how we all ought to be in open rebellion like Ethan Hawke says.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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BREAKING: Federal Court blocks Texas 2026 Gerrymandered district map.
California's new maps remain in tact.
Trump tried to go +5, but now ends up -5. That's a 10 district swing in favor of Democrats! I am enjoying this Find Out stage for MAGA & it happened because Democrats FOUGHT for it.
California's new maps remain in tact.
Trump tried to go +5, but now ends up -5. That's a 10 district swing in favor of Democrats! I am enjoying this Find Out stage for MAGA & it happened because Democrats FOUGHT for it.
November 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
BREAKING: Federal Court blocks Texas 2026 Gerrymandered district map.
California's new maps remain in tact.
Trump tried to go +5, but now ends up -5. That's a 10 district swing in favor of Democrats! I am enjoying this Find Out stage for MAGA & it happened because Democrats FOUGHT for it.
California's new maps remain in tact.
Trump tried to go +5, but now ends up -5. That's a 10 district swing in favor of Democrats! I am enjoying this Find Out stage for MAGA & it happened because Democrats FOUGHT for it.
"By design, LLMs also tend to reproduce and reinforce the most statistically prevalent ideas, creating a feedback loop that narrows the scope of accessible human knowledge."
AI slop then creates a loop within a loop for the next model. Making us dumber?
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
AI slop then creates a loop within a loop for the next model. Making us dumber?
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
What AI doesn’t know: we could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’ | Deepak Varuvel Dennison
The long read: As GenAI becomes the primary way to find information, local and traditional wisdom is being lost. And we are only beginning to realise what we’re missing
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"By design, LLMs also tend to reproduce and reinforce the most statistically prevalent ideas, creating a feedback loop that narrows the scope of accessible human knowledge."
AI slop then creates a loop within a loop for the next model. Making us dumber?
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
AI slop then creates a loop within a loop for the next model. Making us dumber?
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
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NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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Really great piece tying extractive model of AI to its bubble.
“Every person using ChatGPT costs OpenAI more money then they pay them. Every free and paying user asking how to make a fluffy omelette or getting it to draft an email to their kid's teacher drains their resources.”
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
The Gist: AI, The Sound and Fury
We can calculate the amount of money flowing into AI. But what will the full cost be to society when the bubble pops? This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
November 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Really great piece tying extractive model of AI to its bubble.
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Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
More good economic news. www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/ik...
Ikea raises prices as Trump's furniture tariffs hit retailer
The Trump administration's tariffs on imported furniture is leading Swedish retailer Ikea to pass increased costs to customers through higher prices.
www.foxbusiness.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
More good economic news. www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/ik...
Here's some jobs news. Note that even in the press release they call it "headcount reductions" instead of saying they're laying off a whole shit ton of employees affecting them and their families amid a really crappy job market. Just sayin'
www.cnn.com/2025/10/16/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/16/b...
World’s largest food company is cutting 16,000 jobs due partly to automation | CNN Business
Nestlé will cut around 16,000 jobs worldwide over the next two years as it works to slash costs, including through automation, the world’s largest food company said Thursday.
www.cnn.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Here's some jobs news. Note that even in the press release they call it "headcount reductions" instead of saying they're laying off a whole shit ton of employees affecting them and their families amid a really crappy job market. Just sayin'
www.cnn.com/2025/10/16/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/16/b...
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A library programmer/systems analyst and her university professor husband.
Hard to say what this is yet. But keep an eye on this. www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/l...
FBI, Homeland Security agents search house on Xavier Court in Bloomington
FBI, Homeland Security provide no details about Friday's raid at Bloomington home involving at least a dozen agents
www.heraldtimesonline.com
March 30, 2025 at 6:58 AM
A library programmer/systems analyst and her university professor husband.
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Also, a woman was handcuffed at a subway station in NYC (Franklin Ave) when she intervened asking why a delivery man was asked to show work permit by undercover agents. There is a video of that.
March 30, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Also, a woman was handcuffed at a subway station in NYC (Franklin Ave) when she intervened asking why a delivery man was asked to show work permit by undercover agents. There is a video of that.
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Trump has been president for 6 weeks.
Being able to drop a quarterly US GDP prediction by 5.1% from +2.3% to -2.8% in a single week is one of the most impressive economic developments in the history of the world.
March 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Trump has been president for 6 weeks.
...government of the people, by the people, for the people... going to call/email my Representative every day until he does his job.
March 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
...government of the people, by the people, for the people... going to call/email my Representative every day until he does his job.