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The U.S. Economy Is Insulated From High Oil Prices.
-- Americans Aren’t.
The overall economy has proved resilient in recent years,
even as many households have struggled.
The war with Iran is following the same pattern.
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The U.S. Economy Is Insulated From High Oil Prices. Americans Aren’t.
The overall economy has proved resilient in recent years, even as many households have struggled. The war with Iran is following the same pattern.

Filing: The Onion proposes a new deal for Infowars, licensing Infowars.com for $81,000 per month for six months initially; the deal requires a judge's approval (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/bus…

The Onion Signs New Deal to Take Over Infowars
A new deal, which would allow The Onion to use the Infowars name and website address, must be approved by a Texas judge.

Sometimes I watch a ton of flicks and sometimes I watch none (as is evidenced here- I did We Bury the Dead on Feb 4), but I can feel it picking up again. Finally saw Scary Movie 4 and 5 ahead of 6 that comes out in June. Not quite a #Last4Watched, but close. Last 3 watched.
#film

Bluesky raised a $100M Series B led by Bain Capital Crypto in April 2025, following a $15M Series A in 2024 and an $8M seed in 2023; it now has over 43M users (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/19/bluesky-announces-100m-series-b-af…

Bluesky announces $100M Series B after CEO transition | TechCrunch
The additional funds have been used to scale Bluesky's team, while the company continues to develop Bluesky's app and the underlying ATProto that powers it.

https://blog.mondediplo.net/les-collaborateurs

Les collaborateurs
Donc ils ont eu une éducation. Ils sont allés aux écoles — enfin à Sciences-Po, ou en école de journalisme. Donc on leur a enseigné. Donc, ils ont appris. Ils ont appris l’Histoire. L’ont régurgitée — dans des copies, puis dans des articles, dans des discussions mondaines. Ils ont vu des documentaires — sur Arte. Des films. Sur la montée. Sur ce qui s’est passé, les processus à l’œuvre, les accélérations. À quoi les processus ont conduit. Ils ont été invités — …

California lawmakers want to rename César Chavez Day following sexual abuse allegations (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/cesar-chavez-sexual-abuse-allegations-08264e63b6f594278239af1ad23ba1fc
http://www.memeorandum.com/260319/p83#a260319p83

PSA: if you're following @…, you might want to mute the account for a bit. i'm bulk editing the support section on all of my videos, which will cause a fuck ton of them to appear in your timeline. sorry! :P

Guardian article today about crappy jobs. I haven't read it and this post isn't commentary on it, but to lighten the atmosphere, which is sombre in our house following another bereavement, it might be fun to share our first jobs - Saturday jobs, holiday jobs etc, not careers.
Mine, dahlings, was in an art gallery in Guildford in the mid 80s when I was 15. £10 a day, thought I was paid handsomely, and netted a boyfriend with a car who was one of the framers 👍🚗🖼️ Got pissed at a …

In New York social circles, he was known as the “Jewish James Bond”:
a refugee from Nazi Germany whose gratitude to his American hosts was such that he volunteered to join the US army and became the CIA’s first station chief in Berlin as a mere twentysomething,
filing early warnings about Soviet activity that have been credited with ringing in the cold war.
Like 007, Peter Sichel also appreciated a fine tipple, and after leaving the US foreign intelligence service it was h…

This week's Failing to Read the Room award goes to...drum roll...the Hereford Times! #formerprinceandrew #andrewmountbattenwindsor