Chill Links

The Limitation of GDP (As A Metric).

Silent cuts, loud consequences: How “forever layoffs” are replacing job security in America.

‘There’s Just No Reason to Deal With Young Employees’ AI is taking entry-level jobs. What happens when Gen-Z-ers can’t start their careers?

This is not the worst job market yet. This is the best it ever will be. Agreed.

The Enshittification of American Power.

Valar Atomics Says It’s the First Nuclear Startup to Achieve Criticality.

America’s path out of $38 trillion national debt crisis likely involves pushing up inflation and ‘eroding Fed independence,’ says JPMorgan Private Bank.

Seniors hit with 10 percent Medicare Part B cost increase in 2026.

They Rushed to Buy Homes During the Pandemic. Now, Some Feel Trapped.

Real purchasing power over time is not economic welfare over time.

This Is How Our Economy Comes Crashing Down.

P Narc

Chill Evil

Definite pscyho narcissist vibes. Unfortunately I know the type all too well.

Big Lunch

Chill Annoying, Political Economy

You know the inflation numbers are a lie when it’s right at $50 for two people to eat lunch at a lunch counter type place (not even a real sit-down restaurant). And yeah, sure, it’s California. But I go to a lot of other states and places and it’s nearly the same in all the others too.

Prices are mostly irrelevant to me, but damn that seems like a lot.

Bait Hate

Chill Annoying

Not quite for either person’s analysis, but close. The interviewer is baiting Sydney by attempting to be affiliative/friendly. She’s trying to incite Sydney into saying something provocative or damaging with a credible attempt at comity. And it failed utterly, though it would’ve worked on most people. Such a great clip. 999 out of a 1,000 people would’ve fallen right into that trap. It made me like and respect Sydney a ton more that she batted it aside effortlessly.

The interviewer is attempting to play her and got played instead. You love to see it.

Gap

Chill Amusing

Ha, that’s great.

Natural

Chill Annoying, Clowns

I’ve noticed that nearly all of the people who claim there is no such thing as human nature have never had kids. No kids for me and I will never have any, but there certainly is a human nature. It’s completely obvious if you spend even a little time around small children.

Chill Links

The Hidden Devastation of Hurricanes. Their health effects extend far beyond official death tolls.

NIH Directors: The World Needs a New Pandemic Playbook.

Friction Was the Feature. How AI killed prose as a signal.

The top Google results for almost all services are scams.

I’d suggest ‘mankeeping’ works in much the same way. The term is operating within a theoretical framework that sees women as the full human beings whose interests are paramount. Men are regarded as lesser beings whose needs are only worth considering in the context of how they affect women. So, all feminism now?

Stop Talking Nonsense About Culture. When progressives forget how progress works.

Ending Women’s Suffrage Is Not the Answer.

A new chapter begins for EV batteries with the expiry of key LFP patents.

Losing Time

Chill Evil

Hamas: *Start a big-ass war with brutal civilian slaughter and mass rape*

Israel: Ok, you want a war, here you go.

Hamas: *Starts losing badly* Owie, it’s a genocide! A genocide because Israel won’t stop killing fake reporters and winning.

Sucks to lose, doesn’t it?

Zoom Out

Chill Clowns, Evil

Goddamn, Gen Z is fucked.

If that’s “sexual assault” than I’ve been sexually assaulted by women 12,563 times and by men 5,981 times. (It’s not sexual assault.)

Trusted

Chill Evil

That’s true. It’s already moving that direction. It’ll get worse. Mass immigration is not compatible with high trust, especially from clan-based and tribal-based cultures. And Muslims will destroy your civilization altogether.