> Hate Your Job? You're Probably Stuck With It. https://www.chronicle.com/article/hate-your-job-youre-probably-stuck-with-it

Meanwhile, in the #BadEconomy. I am pretty much stuck since, given #libraries notorious ageism, means my odds if I had to go back on the market are not good. But wait, there is more.

#academia #HigherEd #jobs #labor #employment #work

Opinion | Hate Your Job? You’re Probably Stuck With It.

The Great Resignation has become the Great Hunkering.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

> Kentucky ranks 4th nationwide for rising gas prices https://fox56news.com/news/kentucky/kentucky-ranks-4th-nationwide-for-rising-gas-prices/

Yea, gas is getting a bit pricey around here.

#BigOil #BigGas #warfare #ThisIsAmerica #BadEconomy #KentuckyProud

Horse urine perfume: Why online bargains may be dangerous

Experts warn of hidden risk of counterfeits, while the government consults on stricter product safety rules.

> Another Trillion Racks Up for the National Debt https://www.independent.org/article/2026/04/15/another-trillion-national-debt/

As that fine, upstanding mastermind of politics Dick Cheney said in 2002: "Deficits don't matter."

Yea, fuck it, just keep borrowing on the great credit card with no spending limit. Sooner or later the reckoning will come, and so the #CosmicJoker will laugh.

Blessed be the #DivineHumor.

#AmericanEmpire #ThisIsAmerica #BadEconomy #GOP #PartyOfStupid #RepublicanLite #USGovernment

Another Trillion Racks Up for the National Debt: News Article - Independent Institute

The U.S. government's total public debt outstanding is on the verge of permanently surpassing $39 trillion. In truth, it already has, first breaching it

Independent Institute

Pluralistic: A Pascal's Wager for AI Doomers (16 Apr 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/16/pascals-wager/ by @pluralistic

FTA: "In short, I worry that AI is the asbestos we're shoveling into our civilization's walls, and our descendants will be digging it out for generations"

#AISlop #sloperator #cogsucker #tech #BadEconomy #corruption #exploitation

Pluralistic: A Pascal’s Wager for AI Doomers (16 Apr 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

> China's economy beats forecasts, but war darkens outlook
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/chinas-economy-beats-forecasts-war-041313814.html

Kind of helps to have patience and planning for the long game.

js

#BadEconomy #China #warfare

China's economy beats forecasts, but war darkens outlook

China's economy expanded more than expected in the first three months of the year, with official data Thursday indicating resilience in the face of a Middle ...

Yahoo Finance UK

> As Postal Service Faces Cash Crisis, FedEx and UPS Spend Millions on Lobbying https://truthout.org/articles/as-postal-service-faces-cash-crisis-fedex-and-ups-spend-millions-on-lobbying/

If this country lets the #USPS die, it honestly deserves whatever else it gets down the road.

#mail #YouGetWhatYouVoteFor #BadEconomy #GOP #PartyOfStupid #RepublicanLite #RealOwners #corruption

As Postal Service Faces Cash Crisis, FedEx and UPS Spend Millions on Lobbying

Lobbying from private carriers has helped limit USPS expansion into new services like postal banking.

Truthout

> Pittsburgh Post-Gazette saved from closure https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2026/pittsburgh-post-gazette-saved-from-closure/

They are not quite out of the woods yet, but may be better than closure.

#Pittsburgh #news #journalism #BadEconomy

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette saved from closure - Poynter

Three weeks from it's scheduled closure, the nonprofit that owns The Baltimore Banner swooped in to save the historic daily paper.

Poynter
So, thanks to current supply chain issues and getting called in to do a couple of extra work shifts this week, the ability to have a working sink( and thus cook and eat food at home) has been pushed back to Monday at the earliest, which also probably means the extra money from the extra shifts is getting cancelled out by buying restaurant food. 🙃 #BadEconomy

And if that was not bad enough, hospitals and doctors want to be your #AISlop casino dealers. . .

> Americans ask AI for health care. Hospitals think the answer is more chatbots. https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/04/americans-ask-ai-for-health-care-hospitals-think-the-answer-is-more-chatbots/

#ThisIsAmerica #BadEconomy #sloperator #cogsucker #HealthCare #medicine #tech

Americans ask AI for health care. Hospitals think the answer is more chatbots.

Do you trust AI chatbots for health advice? What about one in your patient portal?

Ars Technica