Huh, maybe if reddit wasn't overly restrictive to free speech they'd get more actively engaged users. Oh well, I guess they'll have to suffer the consequences of their actions. I know this article blames reliance on google and stagnant ads for this, but I can't help but think restricting speech and shutting down discussions also plays a role. Front page of the internet my ass.
It's hilarious to me that Israelis are becoming the very Nazis they once fled. This will only end badly for them. Remember, if you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.
I figured the owner class/military industrial complex pulling the levers would be most pissed about all of this and attempt something, but the market isn't super crazy and the only resistance is leftwing grassroots, which isn't neo-lib.
I hate that they even say this shit... Like I get this is just a blitz of information in the attempt to overwhelm us, but goddamn is it manufacturing anxiety. Wasn't it investing 101 that uncertainty is bad?
Huh interesting. Well I'm not affected because I stopped buying eggs when they went over $.30 per egg. Been egg free for 3 months and I don't even miss them anymore.
My father is in the same boat. His house is paid off and he has a small pension, but not survivable... I'm tempted to move back in to help him at this point.
Stream of consciousness, I once busted out a corvid joke during COVID in a company meeting when a dude was complaining about crows calling in the background... it fell flat AF.
I don't have any yet, I need to work out and go for a run, but after that I'll probably hang with some friends. Maybe have a drink or two.