Nearly three in five Americans wrongly believe the US is in an economic recession, and the majority blame the Biden administration, according to a Harris poll conducted exclusively for the Guardian. The survey found persistent pessimism about the economy as election day draws closer....
While I’m not going to blame Biden for the economic situation right now since his policies look more like they’ve cushioned us against a much worse economic situation by pumping money into state-side manufacturing, I absolutely fucking HATE how out of touch economists are these days. They look at productivity (the value of which barely gets to workers), the stock market, or at spending that’s driven by debt and rich people, and say “everything looks fine. Oh, most of you can’t afford to eat, or get a job? Sounds like a personal problem.”
If the conclusions that economists come to are so consistently out of touch with the experience of the average person, maybe they should fix their fucking outlook criteria!!
I think it was another post on here that had a bunch of [good] economists write a paper stating that if the inflation formula had accounted for borrowing costs like they USED TO, the inflation numbers would match much more closely with public sentiment, after having topped out at 18 fucking percent at the height in 21/22.
And of course there’s how, at the height of the pandemic, they blantantly changed the criteria for what counts as a recession at all to say “no worries guys, everythings fine” when we were absolutely in a recession based on the old criteria.
Democratic state Sen. Tim Kennedy won a special election in the deep blue 26th District in western New York to serve the rest of Brian Higgins’ term...
I guess it’s because since the seat was technically empty for a bit it wasn’t counting to the dem’s numbers and getting it back narrows the majority specifically from that period of time, but yeah super clickbaity way to say it. Wake me up when a red seat flips.
Today I was contacted by someone at work. She graduated school with me and our 20 year reunion was coming up. Why did she contact me at work? It was the only way they were able to track me down. I was included in promotional material by name. She told me I "was the hardest to track down"and I had to smile....
Golly gee, for the fiscal responsibility party those republicans sure do seem to be having a whole lot of money troubles lately. Sure do wonder what that all’s about.
Less than a month after New York Attorney General Letitia James said she would be willing to seize former Republican President Donald Trump’s assets if he is unable to pay the $464 million required by last month’s judgment in his civil fraud case, Trump’s lawyers disclosed in court filings Monday that he had failed to...
The MAGA-friendly federal judge who keeps siding with Donald Trump in his Mar-a-Lago classified records case has forced prosecutors to make a stark choice: allow jurors to see a huge trove of national secrets or let him go....
??? Okay I don’t know shit about shit, but isn’t having a top secret clearance like, a legal requirement for allowing anyone to access top secret documents? Is she saying to waive that requirement (which, is she even allowed to do that??) or is she telling them to get all of these jurors cleared just so the trial can proceed?
When Donald Trump posted the $91.6 million bond on Friday allowing him to appeal the E. Jean Carroll decision without paying her immediately, it set off an interesting scramble to unpack why Federal Insurance Company—a subsidiary of Chubb Insurance Company—would lend to a notoriously unreliable borrower....
The late-night talkshow host John Oliver has offered to pay Clarence Thomas $1m annually – as well as give him a $2m tour bus – if the Republican judge resigns from the US supreme court....
God, imagine making almost 300k a year and complaining thst it’s not enough. All the while actively making millions of people’s lives demonstrably worse, at that
She claims LGBTQ+ rights need to be restricted to “protect kids,” but she appointed a man who admitted to having sex with a minor to a high-level position....
Taylor Swift has shattered virtually every major record in the music industry, and as she lives her best life supporting her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, she’s also breaking the brains of right-wingers....
I wonder how conspiracy theorists rationalize their belief that the elections are rigged with their belief that the opposition needs to artificially drum up support in order to win elections.
Saw an article on getpocket while at work by an alleged programmer that was “mourning the art of coding” because ChatGPT was doing such a good job that his non-coder friend was able to setup a webpage.
To be fair I couldn’t tollerate reading past the first paragraph, but it definitely felt like the dude didn’t know the difference between funtional code and good code. Like, sure ChatGPT may be able to make a website, but good luck getting it to formulate anything non-generic.
I’m actually impressed. The Republicans are managing to strengthen my faith in Biden by trying, and failing miserably, to dig up any sort of scandal. While I wasn’t expecting billions in China money or anything, I really was just expecting literally every politician to have some level of financial fraud. I was going to vote for Biden again anyway because A. Solid tract record with Infrastructure Act, Green New Deal, and Safer Communities Act, and B. Not Trump, but I would actually even say I’m rather happy with him compared to my (admittedly very low) expectations.
Now, if only I could say the same for a large chunk of congress.
Sen. John Fetterman said Wednesday that America “is not sending their best and brightest” to represent them in Congress. “Sometimes you literally just can’t believe like, these people are mak…
Alternatively: They are 100% not interested in holding a position of power and dealing with beaurocratic drama garbage nonsense (which makes them objectively a better choice than the people we get)
When Congress voted in May to restart student loan payments this fall — and then the Supreme Court overturned President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan in…
And since you won’t be able to modify web pages, it will also mean the end of customization, either for looks (ie. DarkReader, Stylus), conveniance (ie. Tampermonkey) or accessibility....
Damn no integrated advanced AI-driven solution that analyzes patterns and just predicts the errors? 🤨 (lemmy.sdf.org)
Majority of Americans wrongly believe US is in recession – and most blame Biden (www.theguardian.com)
Nearly three in five Americans wrongly believe the US is in an economic recession, and the majority blame the Biden administration, according to a Harris poll conducted exclusively for the Guardian. The survey found persistent pessimism about the economy as election day draws closer....
Democrats win a New York special election, further narrowing the House GOP's majority (www.nbcnews.com)
Democratic state Sen. Tim Kennedy won a special election in the deep blue 26th District in western New York to serve the rest of Brian Higgins’ term...
Got tracked down for my school reunion
Today I was contacted by someone at work. She graduated school with me and our 20 year reunion was coming up. Why did she contact me at work? It was the only way they were able to track me down. I was included in promotional material by name. She told me I "was the hardest to track down"and I had to smile....
Ted Cruz Is Getting Nervous He's Going to Lose His Senate Seat (www.rollingstone.com)
The Texas senator’s questionable podcast deal with iHeartMedia is raising eyebrows amid his increasingly desperate fundraising efforts...
Several Trump supporters involved in Jan. 6 are running for office this year (www.nbcnews.com)
Advice on wall insulation
Hi all,...
Major Asset Seizure Likely as Trump Can't Afford Bond for NY Fraud Case (www.commondreams.org)
Less than a month after New York Attorney General Letitia James said she would be willing to seize former Republican President Donald Trump’s assets if he is unable to pay the $464 million required by last month’s judgment in his civil fraud case, Trump’s lawyers disclosed in court filings Monday that he had failed to...
Mar-a-Lago Judge: Jury Sees Top Secret Files or Trump Wins (www.thedailybeast.com)
The MAGA-friendly federal judge who keeps siding with Donald Trump in his Mar-a-Lago classified records case has forced prosecutors to make a stark choice: allow jurors to see a huge trove of national secrets or let him go....
E. Jean Carroll’s Lawyers Foil Trump’s Quiet Attempt to Stall $91 Million Payment (www.thedailybeast.com)
When Donald Trump posted the $91.6 million bond on Friday allowing him to appeal the E. Jean Carroll decision without paying her immediately, it set off an interesting scramble to unpack why Federal Insurance Company—a subsidiary of Chubb Insurance Company—would lend to a notoriously unreliable borrower....
Dean Phillips ends presidential campaign and endorses Biden (www.nbcnews.com)
What is a story were the main villain actually turned out to be the good guy?
John Oliver offers to pay Clarence Thomas $1m a year if he resigns from supreme court (lemmy.ml)
The late-night talkshow host John Oliver has offered to pay Clarence Thomas $1m annually – as well as give him a $2m tour bus – if the Republican judge resigns from the US supreme court....
Sarah Huckabee Sanders appoints man who had sex with a minor to top state post (www.lgbtqnation.com)
She claims LGBTQ+ rights need to be restricted to “protect kids,” but she appointed a man who admitted to having sex with a minor to a high-level position....
Nikki Haley: Texas has the right to secede from the United States if it wants to (news.yahoo.com)
Spoiler alert: No, it fucking doesn’t.
Right-Wingers Say Super Bowl Is Rigged So Taylor Swift Can Endorse Biden (www.rollingstone.com)
Taylor Swift has shattered virtually every major record in the music industry, and as she lives her best life supporting her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, she’s also breaking the brains of right-wingers....
House ethics probe of Gaetz seeks information from DOJ and woman who allegedly had sex with congressman as a minor (www.cnn.com)
I prefer to be the one who writes code (fed.dyne.org)
cross-posted from: fed.dyne.org/post/43780
HP executive boasts that its controversial ink subscription model is "locking" in customers (www.techspot.com)
Comer’s Latest Biden ‘Bombshell’ Appears to Be Nothing More Than Hunter Repaying $4,000 in Car Payments (www.mediaite.com)
Fetterman: America ‘not sending their best and brightest’ to Congress (thehill.com)
Sen. John Fetterman said Wednesday that America “is not sending their best and brightest” to represent them in Congress. “Sometimes you literally just can’t believe like, these people are mak…
what small physical gift would you give your past self?
I have some cool little key carabiners that I would have appreciated at any age
How Restarting Student Loan Payments Could Change Millions of Lives — And The Economy (fivethirtyeight.com)
When Congress voted in May to restart student loan payments this fall — and then the Supreme Court overturned President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan in…
The Single Most Jojo, non-Jojo thing I've ever seen (discuss.tchncs.de)
Google engineers want to introduce DRMs for web pages, making ad-blocking near-impossible in the browser (github.com)
And since you won’t be able to modify web pages, it will also mean the end of customization, either for looks (ie. DarkReader, Stylus), conveniance (ie. Tampermonkey) or accessibility....