JaneyAusten

The US has lost 21,000 manufacturing jobs since Trump took office. But why is bringing them back the goal? Why are we trying to push people into lower paying work? https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/manufacturing-is-what-rich-people

This is a really important thread about the re-use and mis-use of interview material.

Being heartless is bad for your heart

@noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social just gets better each week. Trenchant observations found nowhere else.

As many as 7 in 10 of the rooms reserved by FIFA in Boston, Dallas, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Seattle have been canceled, the American Hotel Association says. Oops.

I LOVE Bad Bunny.

@cafecliche.bsky.social

Perfection. @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social hits another home run.

A trend: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

The FBI uses a lot of shitty people as cooperators and informants but Trump is a great example of someone they wouldn’t use — a pathologically narcissistic braggart who could never keep a secret or maintain focus. It would be like asking the Trix rabbit to wear a wire.

Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children. “Florida is the first state to take the courageous step toward decluttering itself of excess children, but under the inexpert guidance of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., other states may follow.” [theatlantic.com]

Jon Stewart roasts CNN for their nonstop promotion of the Biden book.

*crab-walked

In news about fake news: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I dropped my subscription to @washingtonpost.com late in the election cycle, and I haven't missed it for a minute. My husband and son did the same. If the paper can't retain employees who have integrity, it's well on the way to irrelevance.

The situation in South Korea is amazing. Lawmakers scaled walls to get into the parliamentary building and used fire extinguishers to hold off troops trying to enforce martial law. Looking forward to the impeachment vote later this week. Can we get some of this courage going in Congress?

Happy to be here among friends. The Revolution will probably be televised and declared fake news.