> Amazon is trying to buy Globalstar to compete with SpaceX's Starlink https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/amazon-is-trying-to-buy-globalstar-to-compete-with-spacexs-starlink/
Looks like #CocoLisoBezos needs another purchase to compensate for the small thingie, feeling short in relation to #EliCologne. I guess the recently acquired bimbo was not enough.
I did read and review his book, #ICYMI
> Book Review: Barons
https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2024/07/book-review-barons.html
#BadEconomy #corruption #exploitation #BigAg #BigBusiness #RobberBarons #books #reading #BookReview #review #ItinerantLibrarian #Bookstodon #writing
> Naming and Shaming Food Barons: A Q https://ips-dc.org/naming-and-shaming-food-barons-a-qa-with-austin-frerick/
Interview with the author of the book 'Barons.'
#BadEconomy #corruption #exploitation #BigAg #BigBusiness #RobberBarons #books #reading #Bookstodon
> Why Loans Are Moving From Banks To Private Credit https://www.independent.org/article/2026/03/28/why-loans-are-moving-from-banks-to-private-credit/
In the #BadEconomy, where banks got regulated after the 2008 crash, but private capital did not. Result is capital said fuck it, we'll do it ourselves. TBH, soon not too different from the Mob.
> 45 Degrees North: 5 Big Tips About Rural Restaurants https://dailyyonder.com/45-degrees-north-5-big-tips-about-rural-restaurants/2026/03/26/
A nice, sort of nostalgic piece, but I have to wonder in the #BadEconomy where do a lot of these people find the money to eat out every day pretty much?
Meanwhile in the #BadEconomy
> ‘I can’t keep up:’ Many single moms were struggling to get by. Then gas prices shot up. https://19thnews.org/2026/03/iran-war-gas-prices-single-mothers/
Meanwhile, signs of the #BadEconomy.
> Mom-And-Pop Loan Sharks Being Driven Out By Big Credit-Card Companies
https://theonion.com/mom-and-pop-loan-sharks-being-driven-out-by-big-credit-1819566055/
PHILADELPHIA–Frankie "The Gorilla" Pistone leans wistfully on his bat. Then, without warning, he picks it up, swinging it furiously toward his deadbeat client’s leg. Just before the Louisville Slugger makes contact with the man’s kneecap, he pulls back, as only a real pro can, leaving the $250-in-the-hole man gasping in fear and relief. "Just get it to me by tomorrow, because next time, I ain’t gonna let up," Pistone says.
In signs of the #BadEconomy
> Economists Warn That Even Their Friend’s Son Who Went To Business School Can’t Find A Job https://theonion.com/economists-warn-that-even-their-friends-son-who-went-to-business-school-cant-find-a-job/
FTA: " If a smart kid like that can’t find a job, what hope do the rest of us have?”
NEW YORK—Raising the alarm about an increasingly unstable labor market, economists at Columbia University warned in a report published Wednesday that even their friend’s son who went to business school hadn’t been able to find a job. “Americans’ employment prospects must be truly dire if Natalie’s son Trevor is still stuck working at Best Buy,” […]
> Gallup survey shows most U.S. workers think it’s a bad time to change jobs https://qz.com/gallup-survey-us-workers-bad-time-change-jobs
Gee, I can't imagine why. Survey, so as usual, caveats may apply.
> Easter spending to hit record high of nearly $25 billion https://qz.com/easter-spending-record-highs
Because people are broke, allegedly, but #priorities man.
FTA: "On a per-person basis, the NRF said people celebrating will spend almost $200 each."
$200 bucks or so is a month of groceries (frugally). But hey, gotta have the eggs and chocolate bunnies. 🐰 🐣 . Do keep in mind they are projecting. Would love to see follow up.
A. Rivera
