"Voters Were Right About the Economy. The Data Was Wrong." https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/02/11/democrats-tricked-strong-economy-00203464 > In other words, nearly one of every four workers is functionally unemployed in America today — hardly something to celebrate. and > Our alternative indicator reveals that, since 2001, the cost of living for Americans with modest incomes has risen 35 percent faster than the CPI.
Local commercial greenhouse during sunset #photos #iceland
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Am thinking about the fact that 3-400 US troops are stationed in Iceland at any given moment
Brynhildur Jenný útskýrir afhverju hún teiknaði myndasöguna Kötturinn og ég í gráu, með smá snert af lit #bók #myndasaga #bækur Fáanleg í verslunum Pennans:
Penninn Eymundsson
Kötturinn og ég
Myndasagan, Kötturinn og ég, er þroskasaga stúlku sem er sögð í gegnum samskipti hennar við kisu. Hún fjallar um hvernig lítil fyndin kis...
 Brynhildur Jenný talks about why she drew the graphic novel The Cat and I in tinted gray-scale.
"Millions of people are using AI! It's the world's most popular technology. People clearly want it." Tech companies have been using every dark pattern available, every business deal and agreement, every subsidy they could find to jazz up numbers, so none of these user numbers can actually be trusted Anybody who trots out the "this is an incredibly popular tech used by millions, be careful about regulating its harms" is being a manipulative dick. They know it, so you should remember it too.
"Guest Gist: 2026, Our Already Rotting Future"
The Gist
Guest Gist: 2026, Our Already Rotting Future
Seamus O'Reilly warns of AI maximum bubbledrive this year.
 > The difference is I’ve not yet encountered a calculator which asks its users, every single time it is switched on: “how about 43 x 756 today?”, or “want to know the square root of 7,568?”. The idea would be preposterous, even if we could guarantee the numbers would be correct.
“Our frail thoughts. — Ethan Marcotte”
Our frail thoughts. — ethanmarcotte.com
I should be writing about a terrifically difficult year. Instead, I’m thinking about flowers and dead men.
 > I remain dismayed by what’s currently happening in tech, and at the same time I’m incredibly inspired by the people fighting for a better vision of it Many of us are mourning the industry we thought we were part of, careers we thought we had, and the societies we believed we were building