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@DerpsterFire1 @LeenAlphaXx @unusual_whales This!

@LeenAlphaXx @unusual_whales The real secret is that it can't handle normalized data, either.

Starbucks, $SBUX, is retiring its AI inventory system across North America after the tool reportedly miscounted and mislabeled store inventory.

Rom-com to the left of me, film noir to the right. #Riverwalk #LowerWacker

@financialjuice Can't imagine many emergencies costing $400 or less in 2026. Maybe a locksmith or a local tow truck.

Fed Survey: US Financial Wellbeing Steady, but Job Concerns Rise 73% of Americans were doing okay or comfortable financially in 2025, unchanged from 2024 63% of adults could cover a $400 emergency expense with cash or equivalent, unchanged from 2024 26% of adults rated the national economy as good or excellent, down from 29% in 2024 and 50% in 2019 77% of adults changed behavior due to higher prices, vs 79% in 2024 Price increase concerns eased slightly but remained the most common financial concern 42% of adults viewed finding or keeping a job as a minor or major concern, up from 37% in 2024 One in four workers used generative AI at work in the prior month AI users were more likely to expect it to improve their career than replace their jobs

@unusual_whales Changes nothing as long as their stock portfolios keep running.

BREAKING: The Senate has passed a resolution that would withhold lawmakers’ pay if the government shuts down.

@texasrunnerDFW MBAs from non-elite institutions are already worthless IMO (mine certainly is).

Are Master’s degrees worth it anymore?

I've never understood this strategy. Having a good day at the Indy 500 is so hard - why distract yourself? Guess it's a money grab. 1075thefan.com/726870/katheri…

@NewsLambert @ResidentialClub Chicago 2nd worst, can confirm. Just extended another lease after failing to find a home that fit our family.

Among the 50 largest metro housing markets, these 5 have the most inventory relative to pre-pandemic 2019: 1. Memphis, TN -> +65% 2. Denver, CO -> +61% 3. Austin, TX -> +57% 4. San Antonio, TX -> +52% 5. Seattle, WA -> +45%

Doctors say that fluoride helps build strong teeth. A guy who snorts cocaine off toilet seats and takes raccoon penises home for “further study” says it causes autism. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.

@dja013 @MaxMBJ @iowahawkblog Glad I'm not the only one who does this. It never gets old.

@MaxMBJ @iowahawkblog I like to take that tour every couple years. I’ve probably done it 15x and it never fails to bring joy

I love Texas, but my god the Dallas skyline is an aesthetic abomination. Worldwide skyline rankings: 1. Chicago 2. 4000-way tie of also-rans

Aurora and Cephalus, by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, 1810, 📸 by Jesse D. Garrabrant

@sunnkssdseraph Oh, this makes a lot of sense

Psychology says some people avoid socializing not because they hate people, but because they can read them too well. They walk into a room and immediately sense the fake laughs, the hidden agendas, the performances. Their nervous system doesn't misread the signal, it just refuses to ignore it. Small talk feels like a tax they didn't agree to pay. Forced smiles cost them energy that takes hours to recover. They're not broken. They're calibrated differently. They don't avoid people. They avoid emotional labor that leads nowhere. When they do connect, it's deep, intentional, real. No masks. No games. Fewer friends doesn't mean loneliness. It means higher standards. That's not antisocial behavior. That's emotional intelligence.

In case you were wondering what was at the end of a rainbow:

@stats_feed unemployment

What ages people real quickly?

May the 4th be with you.

@unusual_whales We're tired of bailing out banks & airlines over, and over, and over. Bye Spirit.

BREAKING: Spirit Airlines is preparing to shut down after a $500 million government bailout fell apart, per WSJ

@JimDMiller @conorsen No doubt. Elders need to do this at a much faster clip. We've been trying to find a SFH for a year. Many of our friends have looked even longer. We all have lost homes to all-cash offers from couples 60+. We could buy a condo today before dinner. But my kid suffers for it.

@rocket_4457 @conorsen It's very common for elderly people to move from homes that have staircases to ones that don't.

This is a subset of the affordability debate but I think there are a fair number of youngish Americans with $200-250k household incomes who feel like that should afford a nicer lifestyle than it actually can in top 10 metros (in part because retirees still have the good houses).

@PieIsPleasant @annbauerwriter Was looking for this! From what I remember - if you weren't a strong reader and used Cliffs Notes to "get by" - you still didn't do that well.

@annbauerwriter When I was growing up, we had Cliffs Notes.

"Americans aged 18 to 29 read an average of 5.8 books in 2025, the lowest of any generation." The industry has responded with "companion books" - AI summaries that allow people to pretend they've read. They're pushing you toward illiteracy. Push back! kristinmctiernan.com/companion-book…

@JimDMiller @conorsen Chicago has an endless supply of this. Boomers don't downsize into city apts. They're holding onto the SFH they raised their kids in, in school districts young families w/ kids are desperately trying to move into. No starter homes getting built there. Only luxury.

@conorsen There isn't a limited number of good houses. We can build more houses, we can build these things called skyscrapers and put an epic number of apartments in them.

This whole thread/article is just depressing. People are just fucking dumb now. They create their own realities because everyone just gets news from social media that is tailored to confirm their biases. Like this kid is like 'i hate the tariffs. if you know anything about tariffs the costs are paid by the consumer!' and yet he voted for the guy whose literal only economic proposal to combat rising prices was TARIFFS!!! Make it make sense...you can't.

its always a little blackpilling remembering that the fate of the countru is often determined by people who quite literally do not understand anything at all