> 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

> 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

> How online bargains may be dangerous https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gjjryvzg9o

#CaveatEmptor #BadEconomy #scams

> 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

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

> 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

> 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

> 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