'We're Fast Stumbling Into Stagflation,' Expert Warns as Unemployment Rolls Hit 4-Year High Under Trump
The flow of abysmal U.S. economic data continued Thursday with the release of figures showing that the number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits has reached its highest level in nearly four years, heightening concerns that the Trump administration is pushing the country toward a period of "stagflation."”Today's unemployment report, coupled with last week's jobs data, suggests that we're fast stumbling into stagflation, with fledgling jobs growth and rising prices," Andrew Stettner, unemployment insurance expert at The Century Foundation, said in a statement following the new Labor Department numbers.
'We're Fast Stumbling Into Stagflation,' Expert Warns as Unemployment Rolls Hit 4-Year High Under Trump
"In contrast with the president's assertion of bustling job creation," said The Century Foundation's Andrew Stettner, "Americans can't get off of unemployment benefits in an economy that has stopped adding jobs outside of healthcare."jake-johnson (Common Dreams)
Landlords fined for first time under WA’s new law capping rent increases
For the first time, Washington state’s attorney general has enforced the state’s new cap on rent hikes, fining eight landlords $2,000 each for violating the law.
House Bill 1217 took effect in early May. The landlords told tenants before that time about rent increases that would exceed the new maximums. But these increases were tied to leases that renewed after the law took effect, according to the attorney general’s office. For example, one rent increase for a tenant in Lakewood would have begun June 22.
In each case, the attorney general notified the landlords that their rent hikes were illegal. All the landlords rescinded them and refunded any payments tenants made under the unlawful increases, according to court filings.
Landlords fined for first time under WA’s new law capping rent increases
For the first time, Washington’s attorney general has enforced the state’s new cap on rent hikes, fining eight landlords $2,000 each for violating the law.Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard (KUOW Public Radio)
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For single-family homes, there's a really easy solution: only allow individuals to own them. This doesn't kill the rental market; it's just common sense. You personally want to build a rental empire? Fine. But no hiding behind an LLC or other corporate structure -- if you want to rent-seek, you shouldn't have the protections of a business.
Multifamily is of course a different beast, as individual ownership rarely occurs above very small complexes. Still, capping rent increases at inflation plus minimum-wage increase (we're talking Washington here; it goes up annually) would go a long way toward stabilizing budgeting for renters.
It astounds me how many homeowners who locked in mortgages at $800 at 3% simply refuse to believe there's an affordability crisis in the rental market. "Just make 15% more next year" isn't particularly useful advice in a deteriorating job market.
Corporations and the government are turning the usa into one giant ‘sacrifice zone’
Corporations and the government are turning the USA into one giant ‘sacrifice zone’
“This is not a ‘red state’ or ‘blue state’ problem, this is a working class problem,” TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez says in his 2025 Izzy Award acceptance speech.Maximillian Alvarez (The Real News Network)
What to watch next after ST: Voyager?
Slog AM: Wilson's Lead Grows, SPD Pays Millions in Discrimination Lawsuit, and Shut Up, Pete Buttigieg
Slog AM: Wilson's Lead Grows, SPD Pays Millions in Discrimination Lawsuit, and Shut Up, Pete Buttigieg
The Stranger's morning news roundup.Hannah Murphy Winter (The Stranger)
DOJ Has Lost So Many Lawyers It Might Not Have Enough Left To Help Trump Destroy America
DOJ Has Lost So Many Lawyers It Might Not Have Enough Left To Help Trump Destroy America
First, the Trump administration gutted the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, probably because it was too concerned about protecting constitutional rights. Whoever still remained was “allowed…Techdirt
Animals aren’t fleeing Yellowstone National Park in droves; the claims are baseless
Animals aren’t fleeing Yellowstone National Park
If you saw social media posts saying animals are leaving Yellowstone National Park in droves for mysterious reasons, don’t be fooled.@politifact
Food too expensive? It’s time for public grocery stores
Food too expensive? It’s time for public grocery stores
City-run stores could be an affordable alternative to large, corporate grocery chainsbriarpatchmagazine.com
Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x05 "Through the Lens of Time"
Written by: Onitra Johnson & Davy Perez
Directed by: Andi Armaganian
United Airlines halts flight departures across US over 'technology issues'
United halts flight departures across US over 'technology issues'
The technology issues affected flights going to Chicago, Denver, Houston and other major airports.BBC News
Is this happening more and more or is it just reported on more? I feel like in the last few years, I've heard of multiple ground stops from various US airlines due to technology issues.
Hopefully it's not a Crowdstrike-like "technology issue" like Delta dealt with last year. As a traveler during that time, it was a nightmare. Good luck to anyone traveling over the next 24hrs!
Fleet Street Pumping Station
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I was in Ottawa today and wanted to make sure I checked this place out.
How 150-year-old technology keeps Ottawa's water flowing
The Fleet Street pumping station just celebrated its 150th birthday, and we got peek inside.Blair Crawford (Ottawa Citizen)
Can we all agree that Julia Louis-Dreyfus is killing it as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine?
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I think you mean Contessa Selena Allegra de Meyer.
Seriously though, watch Veep, and if you've already seen it, watch it again. JL-D could play this level of self-justifying narcissist politician in her sleep.
And yes, she is killing it.
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Yes, but she's severely underutilized.
Originally she was supposed to appear in the Black Widow post-credits, but we got her a little early during Falcon & The Winter Soldier.
She also had a brief storyline in Wakanda Forever, but that hasn't really gone anywhere.
The Black Widow setup gave us a Hawkeye storyline that didn't really make sense, but it did get Yelana into the main story.
The Falcon & The Winter Soldier story gave us Thunderbolts.
Thunder is finally when she's really doing things, but that film needed a little more breathing room.
I expect she'll be wayyyy out of her element during Doomsday/Secret Wars. (Plus no need to be secretive when the world is falling apart.)
I hope she gets a chance to really shine in the future.
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'Fantastic Four' Box Office Dive Is a Bad Omen for Marvel's Future - The MCU’s appeal beyond its most hardcore fans is in question after its second-weekend “First Steps” drop
'Fantastic Four' Box Office Dive Is a Bad Omen for Marvel's Future
The 66% drop for Fantastic Four's second weekend at the box office is a bad sign for the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.Jeremy Fuster (TheWrap)
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They Came From Planet Happiness
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They Came From Planet Happiness
A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokeswww.existentialcomics.com
Not crazy about the hed here. There's a strong implication that this is A) full replacement and B) everyone terminated is just going to say, "sure, I'll come back ... surely, there's no chance something like this could happen again."
The net result is fewer positions held by less experienced people. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with entry-level jobs (god knows I've had way more than I should have), but NWS is -- much like a newsroom -- on a set schedule. Education is important, but there's no substitute for experience.
‘She needs to have a democracy to grow up in’: The moms who left Texas to defend its future
Texas Democratic lawmakers who are mothers flee the state to defend its future
Democratic lawmakers fled the state to protest a Trump-backed redistricting plan. For the mothers among them, leaving meant juggling summer milestones, first days of school — and showing their kids what democracy requires.Amanda Becker (19th News)
GitHub CEO delivers stark message to developers: Embrace AI or get out.
GitHub CEO delivers stark message to developers: Embrace AI or get out
Thomas Dohmke wrote that humans are often resistant to change. He said that's okay, but these people should probably find another profession.Alistair Barr (Business Insider)
Eliminators (1986)
MANDROID. MERCENARY. SCIENTIST. NINJA. EACH ONE A SPECIALIST. TOGETHER THEY ARE ELIMINATORS!
A mad scientist uses the body of a downed pilot to build a cyborg he calls Mandroid. He then uses Mandroid as a guinea pig for his time-travel experiments, and, after they prove successful, he decides to send the cyborg to the junk yard. Mandroid is not amenable to this idea, however, and escapes. He sets out to find Nora Hunter, a robotics scientist who might be able to help him get revenge against his maker.
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Eliminators (1986) - Trailer HD 1080p
Eliminators is a 1986 science fiction action film directed by Peter Manoogian, starring Andrew Prine, Denise Crosby and Patrick Reynolds. The plot centers ar...YouTube
Lol, right?
I love how they didn't even bother to make the prosthetic look like it's in his head, but tacked onto the outside.
Star Trek The Next Generation had better prosthetics at the time, hahaha.
Awesome.
Honestly, the thing I would be most afraid of isn’t landing and being deported: if they simply denied entry to these people and turned them around to where the came from more would be willing to take the chance.
No, what stops people from travelling to the US is the non zero chance that they may rub someone the wrong way, have the wrong social media post, or simply the wring colour skin, and end up incommunicado in a miserable wretched ‘detention facility’ or concentration camp for weeks on end.
Meanwhile Las Vegas is wondering, “Where did all the Canadians go?” 🙄
Steam data reveals PC gamers shifting from Windows to Linux
Steam data reveals PC gamers shifting from Windows to Linux
Steam Hardware & Software Survey results for July 2025 show Linux's market share growing ahead of a potential full SteamOS release for PC.Kosta Andreadis (TweakTown)
White House Orders NASA to Destroy Important Satellite that Collects Climate Data
One is attached to the International Space Station, and the other is collecting data as a stand-alone satellite. The latter would meet its permanent demise after burning up in the atmosphere if the mission were to be terminated.A 2023 review by NASA concluded that the data they'd been providing had been "of exceptionally high quality."
The observatories provide detailed carbon dioxide measurements across various locations, allowing scientists to get a detailed glimpse of how human activity is affecting greenhouse gas emissions.
(Ex NASA employee) David Crisp said it "makes no economic sense to terminate NASA missions that are returning incredibly valuable data," pointing out it costs only $15 million per year to maintain both observatories, a tiny fraction of the agency's $25.4 billion budget.
White House Orders NASA to Destroy Important Satellite
The White House has instructed NASA employees to destroy two major, climate change-focused satellite missions.Victor Tangermann (Futurism)
Microsoft gets EU hall pass despite admitting it can't protect European data
Microsoft gets EU hall pass despite admitting it can't protect European data
Regulators declare victory over contractual band-aids while Cloud Act elephant remains in room.Luis Rijo (PPC Land)
Gates Foundation commits $2.5 billion to 'ignored' women's health
Gates Foundation commits $2.5 billion to 'ignored' women's health
The Gates Foundation will spend $2.5 billion by 2030 on women’s health, it said on Monday, with founder Bill Gates saying the area, including conditions from preeclampsia to menopause, had been neglected for too longReuters (NBC News)
Better than staging coups.
But I am still uncomfortable with a monopolist billionaire controlling so much of medical research worldwide. Gates is the reason the Oxford COVID vaccine isn't open source. Gates' encouragement of irresponsible vaccine testing in underdeveloped nations with low accountability is a major reason conspiracy theories are able to take hold. Gates has also, for decades, exerted way too much influence on the direction of medical research in general. Him addressing women's health to a small degree serves only to begin to close a gap he himself has allowed to remain for too long.
He needs to remove himself from decision-making around the foundation.
"Frankly Impressed": Bill Gates On 3-Hour Dinner With Donald Trump
Donald Trump and Bill Gates' conversation touched on various topics, including HIV, polio, and the COVID-19 pandemic.NDTV News Desk (NDTV)
PieFed 1.1 is released
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Project background: https://join.piefed.social Demo site / Flagship instance: https://piefed.socialCodeberg.org
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What’s up, what’s down and what are you not sure about?
Let us know what you set up lately, what kind of problems you currently think about or are running into, what new device you added to your homelab or what interesting service or article you found.
Personally I'm finally reaping the fruits of my labour and enjoy my stable homelab without doing much. One node went down recently and the other took over until I restarted so I was not in a hurry to fix things. Enjoying family time and only running updates that aren't automated (yet). I'm about to dig a bit deeper into logging, probably setting up central log collection like Loki at some point, but not yet.
I'm running this #dockercompose setup of #Nextcloud since 2019/2020 and automatic and daily update checks without any big issue:
⚠️⚠️⚠️ This image is maintained by community volunteers and designed for expert use. For quick and easy deployment that supports the full set of Nextcloud Hub features, use the Nextcloud All-in-One docker container maintained by Nextcloud GmbH.
GitHub - nextcloud/docker: ⛴ Docker image of Nextcloud
⛴ Docker image of Nextcloud. Contribute to nextcloud/docker development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Federal Prisons Are Restraining People for Weeks on End, Investigation Reveals
Federal Prisons Are Restraining People for Weeks on End, Investigation Reveals
The Bureau of Prisons has failed to adequately document the use of restraints, despite their potentially deadly use.Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg (Truthout)
Spider-Punk Animated Feature From Daniel Kaluuya & Ajon Singh In Development At Sony
Spider-Punk Animated Feature From Daniel Kaluuya & Ajon Singh In Development
A Spider-Punk animated feature from Daniel Kaluuya & Ajon Singh is in development at Sony, Deadline has learned.Matt Grobar (Deadline)
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More than 40 arrested at protest against Gaza war at Trump hotel in New York
More than 40 people protesting the war and worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza were arrested outside the Trump International hotel in New York City on Monday evening.
The protest, organized by IfNotNow, a Jewish-American anti-occupation group, had begun earlier in the evening at Columbus Circle. Hundreds gathered under the banner “Trump: Jews Say No More” to demand an end to the war in Gaza and that the Trump administration pressure Israel to allow greater humanitarian aid to enter into the territory, as health officials there continue to report deaths from starvation and malnutrition.
“Let’s not mince words, the Israeli government’s blockade of Gaza is a policy of ethnic cleansing by way of forced mass starvation,” said Morriah Kaplan, IfNotNow’s interim executive director
More than 40 arrested at protest against Gaza war at Trump hotel in New York
Protest led by Jewish American group IfNotNow demand White House pressure Israel to let more aid into territoryAnna Betts (The Guardian)
Muscogee court affirms citizenship for descendants of people enslaved by tribe
Muscogee court affirms citizenship for descendants of people enslaved by tribe
Muscogee (Creek) Nation had earlier argued that only lineal descendants of tribe qualified for citizenshipAdria R Walker (The Guardian)
US citizens jailed in LA Ice raids speak out: ‘They came ready to attack’
Suddenly, she recalled, one of the men slammed her to the ground and placed her into his car. The men had “Police” vests, but otherwise were in plainclothes and didn’t identify themselves. She didn’t know why they had taken her.The men, it turned out, were Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) deportation officers. They were looking to question people about “whether they were lawfully present” in the US, an agent later wrote. Velez is a US citizen who grew up in downtown, not far from the incident.
”They just came out ready to attack anyone,” said Velez, in her first interview since her arrest. “I thought they were kidnapping me.”
US citizens jailed in LA Ice raids speak out: ‘They came ready to attack’
Exclusive: Andrea Velez and Adrian Martinez recount their capture by immigration officers and its effects on their livesSam Levin (The Guardian)
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in reply to greenfire • • •The sharpest sign yet I've seen that the hiring process is complete and utter bullshit.