Sherlock Holmes, the famous detective, as portrayed by actor Basil Rathbone. Text: No shit.

> To Have Cheap Drugs, Stop Making Them Expensive cepr.net/publications...

#BadEconomy #ThisIsAmerica #corruption #exploitation #BigPharma #RealOwners

Pluralistic: Your boss wants to use surveillance data to cut your wages (06 Apr 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

> Pluralistic: Your boss wants to use surveillance data to cut your wages (06 Apr 2026) pluralistic.net/2026/04/06/e...

Just when you think employers can't be bigger #assholes, all enabled by the #RealOwners and the politicians they own.

#BadEconomy #surveillance #privacy #corruption (c)

White House seeks 10% cut to non-defense discretionary spending | Federal News Network President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget request to Congress would reduce discretionary spending for all but five agencies.

> White House seeks 10% cut to non-defense discretionary spending
federalnewsnetwork.com/budget/2026/...

#WhiteHouse #BadEconomy #GovDocs #PendejoInChief #GOP #PartyOfStupid (c)

#BringBackGuillotines
#BadEconomy

This 👇.

Let the #BadEconomy fucking collapse. Those of us with skills will be fine. The billionaires not so much when their underpaid security turns against them for food.

And the #CosmicJoker will laugh. Blessed be the #DivineHumor.

This. 👇

#BadEconomy #corruption #BringBackGuillotines

Amazon is trying to buy Globalstar to compete with SpaceX's Starlink Amazon wants in on the low-Earth orbit Internet action.

> Amazon is trying to buy Globalstar to compete with SpaceX's Starlink arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Looks like #CocoLisoBezos needs another purchase to compensate for the small thingie, feeling short in relation to #EliCologne

#BadEconomy

Book Review: <i>Barons</i> Austin Frerick, Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry . Washington DC: Island Press, 2024. ISBN: 978164283269...

I did read and review his book, #ICYMI

> Book Review: Barons
itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2024/07/book...

#BadEconomy #corruption #exploitation #BigAg #BigBusiness #RobberBarons #books #reading #BookReview #review #ItinerantLibrarian #writing

Naming and Shaming Food Barons: A Q&A with Austin Frerick - Institute for Policy Studies Naming and Shaming Food Barons: A Q&A with Austin Frerick

> Naming and Shaming Food Barons: A Q ips-dc.org/naming-and-s...

Interview with the author of the book 'Barons.'

#BadEconomy #corruption #exploitation #BigAg #BigBusiness #RobberBarons #books #reading

Meanwhile, in the #BadEconomy

The tragic story of getting bought out by some corporation that could not care less about the business they bought.

It's the #KissOfDeath 💋💀 for the small business.

#BadEconomy #ThisIsAmerica #corruption

What is this "summer vacation" thing the rich people magazine speaks of?

#BadEconomy #ThisIsAmerica

Meanwhile, in the #BadEconomy, and y'all know who to thank.

This. 👇

This is a big reason after a while I started avoiding travel for work. I can't fucking afford to give my employer said floating loan and then jump through the arbitrary gauntlet of death to see if I get reimbursed or not.

#BadEconomy #fuckery #corruption #academia #HigherEd #libraries

It's an insane number to broke ass people like me who will never see that in our lifetimes, but for them, that's just change under the couch.

#BadEconomy #tech #AISlop #sloperator

Meanwhile, in the #BadEconomy.

#ThisIsAmerica
#AmericanEmpire
#housing

In the #BadEconomy, where banks got regulated after the 2008 crash, but private capital did not. Result is capital said fuck it, we'll do it ourselves. TBH, soon not too different from the Mob. (e)

"I believe the children are our future. . . " 🎶

Not in this economy, fuck 'em.

#BadEconomy #corruption #Pokemon #children

#Iran
#Economy
#BadEconomy
#OperationEpsteinFury
#GasPrices
#FoodPrices
#Obama
@barackobama.bsky.social so are you ready to take one on the chin and just admit that this is all just your fault... 😆 😉

45 Degrees North: 5 Big Tips About Rural Restaurants | The Daily Yonder Most of us know someone who can be found daily (or even multiple times a day) at a rural restaurant: Retired farmers and widowers who breakfast at the

> 45 Degrees North: 5 Big Tips About Rural Restaurants dailyyonder.com/45-degrees-n...

A nice, sort of nostalgic piece, but I have to wonder in the #BadEconomy where do a lot of these people find the money to eat out every day pretty much?

#restaurants #rural #FoodService #ThisIsAmerica

‘I can’t keep up’: Many single moms were struggling to get by. Then gas prices shot up. Single mothers, many of whom are commuting to work and shuttling their kids around, are among the hardest hit by rising gas prices due to the Iran war.

Meanwhile in the #BadEconomy

> ‘I can’t keep up:’ Many single moms were struggling to get by. Then gas prices shot up. 19thnews.org/2026/03/iran...

#ThisIsAmerica #women #BigOil #warfare

Meanwhile, signs of the #BadEconomy.

#BarelySatire

Economists Warn That Even Their Friend’s Son Who Went To Business School Can’t Find A Job NEW YORK—Raising the alarm about an increasingly unstable labor market, economists at Columbia University warned in a report published Wednesday that even their friend’s son who went to business schoo...

In signs of the #BadEconomy

> Economists Warn That Even Their Friend’s Son Who Went To Business School Can’t Find A Job theonion.com/economists-w...

FTA: " If a smart kid like that can’t find a job, what hope do the rest of us have?”

#BarelySatire #work #jobs #labor

72% of US workers say it's a bad time to find a job Job market confidence has fallen 42 points since mid-2022, with college graduates and younger workers the most pessimistic

> Gallup survey shows most U.S. workers think it’s a bad time to change jobs qz.com/gallup-surve...

Gee, I can't imagine why. Survey, so as usual, caveats may apply.

#BadEconomy #work #jobs #labor #ThisIsAmerica

Easter spending to hit record high of $24.9 billion Despite economic uncertainty, people still plan to shell out on candy, food, gifts, and flowers, according to estimates

> Easter spending to hit record high of nearly $25 billion qz.com/easter-spend...

Because people are broke, allegedly, but #priorities man.

FTA: "On a per-person basis, the NRF said people celebrating will spend almost $200 each."

#Easter #BadEconomy #holidays (c)

Spam makes a comeback as pinched shoppers embrace the cheap canned meat With global turmoil rattling nerves, employment uncertainty looming, and wallet-busting grocery bills hitting home, anxious and humbled shoppers are turning to the canned meat for sustenance and sa…

In signs of the #BadEconomy. Though at about $4 a can, not sure how much cheaper it is than other options.

> Spam makes a comeback as pinched shoppers embrace the cheap canned meat nypost.com/2026/03/21/u...

#Spam #ThisIsAmerica #food

Trump Threatens Airstrikes On U.S. Gas Stations WASHINGTON—In a promise to address the pain Americans were feeling at the pump as his war with Iran approached its fourth week, President Donald Trump threatened Friday to launch airstrikes against U....

> Trump Threatens Airstrikes On U.S. Gas Stations theonion.com/trump-threat...

#BarelySatire, or is it?

#BadEconomy #AmericanEmpire #warfare #BigOil #PendejoInChief #PartyOfStupid #GOP

Education Dept hands federal student loan portfolio to Treasury, in latest step to dismantle agency | Federal News Network The Treasury Department will take over the collection of defaulted federal student loan debt, and will support efforts to bring borrowers back into repayment.

> Education Dept hands federal student loan portfolio to Treasury, in latest step to dismantle agency federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2...

Meanwhile, the Wrastlin' Lady keeps working to fuck up the DoE.

#BadEconomy #academia #HigherEd #corruption #exploitation

Of course they are because they are the #RealOwners and they got lawmakers in their pockets. Neither the companies nor the "elected" officials care a fig about the rest of us.

#BadEconomy #corruption #ThisIsAmerica #energy