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A. Rivera> The Fallout from “Liberation Day” <a href="https://rooseveltinstitute.org/roosevelt-rundown/the-fallout-from-liberation-day/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://rooseveltinstitute.org/roosevelt-rundown/the-fallout-from-liberation-day/</a>I bet y'all out there feeling tired of all that liberation. Hot dang (/s).<a href="https://mas.to/tags/PartyOfStupid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PartyOfStupid</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PendejoInChief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PendejoInChief</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadEconomy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ThisIsAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThisIsAmerica</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AmericanEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmericanEmpire</a>

A. Rivera> This is why you can't have nice things in a trade war <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/04/03/tariffs-trade-war-vanilla" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.axios.com/2025/04/03/tariffs-trade-war-vanilla</a>FTA: "When nice things more get expensive, we consume less of them, or move to cheaper alternatives." Duh. And the big deal in the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AmericanEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmericanEmpire</a> is buying and consuming. Oh well. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadEconomy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PartyOfStupid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PartyOfStupid</a>

A. Rivera> Sublimating the Grief of the Left Behind <a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/04/01/yes-academic-job-loss-really-different-opinion" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/04/01/yes-academic-job-loss-really-different-opinion</a>Meanwhile, in the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadEconomy</a>. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HigherEd</a>

A. RiveraA pretty good overview of the significance of Amazon's <a href="https://mas.to/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#greed</a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fuckery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fuckery</a>. Part of it is the usual by now <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> bullshit. > Pluralistic: Amazon annihilates Alexa privacy settings, turns on continuous, nonconsensual audio uploading (15 Mar 2025) <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/15/altering-the-deal/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/15/altering-the-deal/</a> by <a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@pluralistic</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadEconomy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BoycottAmazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoycottAmazon</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DumpAlexa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DumpAlexa</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a>

A. Rivera> ‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners. From loyalty cards, to restaurant meal deals or simply parking your car – it is harder and harder to get by without signing up to a multitude of apps<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/feb/22/the-tyranny-of-apps-those-without-smartphones-are-unfairly-penalised-say-campaigners" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/feb/22/the-tyranny-of-apps-those-without-smartphones-are-unfairly-penalised-say-campaigners</a> In the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadEconomy</a>, the odious pain in the ass that are every business wanting you to get their fucking app to give you a measly piddly discount. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fuckery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fuckery</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apps</a>

A. RiveraThe real nature of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USAID</a>, and no it's not to be helpful. > The Demise of USAID: Few Regrets in Latin America <a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/02/17/the-demise-of-usaid-few-regrets-in-latin-america/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/02/17/the-demise-of-usaid-few-regrets-in-latin-america/</a><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadEconomy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LatinAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LatinAmerica</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AmericanEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmericanEmpire</a> (c)

A. Rivera> Voters Were Right About the Economy. The Data Was Wrong. <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/02/11/democrats-tricked-strong-economy-00203464" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/02/11/democrats-tricked-strong-economy-00203464</a>Every so often when I pointed to articles about the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadEconomy</a> I often got some Internet economist wannabe, online pundit, or other "operative" mewling "how dare you? the numbers are fine." My answer, after blocking them is they are often asking the wrong questions and the wrong people.But as I also often say, unlike those people, I am not a pundit nor play one on TV. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadEconomy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ThisIsAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThisIsAmerica</a>

A. Rivera> An Oligarchy Expert Answers Our Questions About Wealth and Empowerment <a href="https://inequality.org/article/an-oligarchy-expert-answers-our-questions/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://inequality.org/article/an-oligarchy-expert-answers-our-questions/</a>FTA: "Oligarchs and elites will never give that which is not taken. We cannot wait for them to share their wealth and power. Any sharing of wealth and power and equality and justice has been won by meeting power with power. It’s the only way politics works. Any time we have seen major advances of people from below it’s because they organize."<a href="https://mas.to/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RealOwners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RealOwners</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadEconomy</a>

A. RiveraHey, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/priorities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#priorities</a>, man. Speaking of the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadEconomy</a> that internet economists and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ThinkTanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThinkTanks</a> wonks keep telling us is fine and I should shut up about it. > ‘Chose rent over his medicine’: Parents of 22-year-old who died from asthma attack sue pharmacy over inhaler price jump <a href="https://lawandcrime.com/lawsuit/chose-rent-over-his-medicine-parents-of-22-year-old-who-died-from-asthma-attack-sue-pharmacy-over-inhaler-price-jump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lawandcrime.com/lawsuit/chose-rent-over-his-medicine-parents-of-22-year-old-who-died-from-asthma-attack-sue-pharmacy-over-inhaler-price-jump/</a>

A. RiveraYou can't have la <a href="https://mas.to/tags/chusma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chusma</a> (unwashed undesirable mob) soiling the city and the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SuperBowl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SuperBowl</a>. Might distress the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RealOwners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RealOwners</a>.> Governor forces out homeless people by New Orleans Superdome before Super Bowl <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/governor-forces-homeless-people-new-orleans-superdome-super-117728230" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/governor-forces-homeless-people-new-orleans-superdome-super-117728230</a><a href="https://mas.to/tags/homelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homelessness</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NewOrleans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewOrleans</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sportsball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sportsball</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadEconomy</a>

A. RiveraIn the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadEconomy</a> in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Floriduh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Floriduh</a>. Puerto Ricans in Florida finding gentrification and landlords price gouging among other things (though can happen to anyone).They even mention people who work for <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Disney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disney</a> but sleep in their cars at night. > Crisis de vivienda en Florida: el rostro boricua de los desahucios <a href="https://periodismoinvestigativo.com/2025/01/desahucios-puertorriquenos-orlando-florida/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://periodismoinvestigativo.com/2025/01/desahucios-puertorriquenos-orlando-florida/</a><a href="https://mas.to/tags/PuertoRico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PuertoRico</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MastodonPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastodonPR</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BackInTheUSColony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BackInTheUSColony</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/homelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homelessness</a>

A. RiveraI can't even. . . (but I am not surprised). > Crypto Platforms Like Polymarket Now Taking Bets on Los Angeles Fire Devastation <a href="https://futurism.com/the-byte/crypto-platforms-polymarket-bets-fire" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://futurism.com/the-byte/crypto-platforms-polymarket-bets-fire</a><a href="https://mas.to/tags/gambling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gambling</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadEconomy</a>

A. Rivera> Why Bidenomics Was Such a Bust <a href="https://scheerpost.com/2024/12/17/why-bidenomics-was-such-a-bust/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://scheerpost.com/2024/12/17/why-bidenomics-was-such-a-bust/</a>I've said this before, but I am not a pundit nor play one on TV. The "numbers" can be all great, but they are asking the wrong questions. But it was easy for Dems to just say "y'all are too stupid to get it, damn it! you ungrateful twits" (Krugman did just that, for example). <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RepublicanLite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RepublicanLite</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadEconomy</a>

A. Rivera> ‘A Luxury That We Can’t Afford’ Why one university axed its entire library faculty. <a href="https://stephenslighthouse.com/2024/12/12/a-luxury-that-we-cant-afford-why-one-university-axed-its-entire-library-faculty/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stephenslighthouse.com/2024/12/12/a-luxury-that-we-cant-afford-why-one-university-axed-its-entire-library-faculty/</a>In the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadEconomy</a>, this <a href="https://mas.to/tags/college" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#college</a> said fuck it, let all the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#librarians</a> go. In a weasel move, "the university would like to hire some staff librarians who are not members of the faculty, or perhaps subject professors who can also serve as part-time librarians. " I have a thought or two, but need to ponder a bit. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HigherEd</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WesternIllinoisUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WesternIllinoisUniversity</a>

A. RiveraAnd speaking of failing to learn lessons, Enron is back, baby! Fuck! > Two decades after Enron’s bankruptcy, the company is back as a crypto firm? <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/12/a-crypto-firm-apparently-bought-the-enron-name-to-sell-an-energy-coin/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/12/a-crypto-firm-apparently-bought-the-enron-name-to-sell-an-energy-coin/</a><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadEconomy</a>

A. RiveraMeanwhile, in the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadEconomy</a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publishing</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fuckery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fuckery</a> edition. > Pluralistic: Penguin Random House, AI, and writers' rights (19 Oct 2024) <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/19/gander-sauce/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/19/gander-sauce/</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monopoly</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corporations</a> (c)

A. Rivera"Ahoy mates, Scurvy be makin' a comeback!" 🏴‍☠️ > Scurvy in the Age of Billionaires <a href="https://jacobin.com/2024/10/scurvy-return-economic-inequality-poverty/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://jacobin.com/2024/10/scurvy-return-economic-inequality-poverty/</a><a href="https://mas.to/tags/ScurvyComeback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScurvyComeback</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#health</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poverty</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/nutrition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nutrition</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadEconomy</a>

A. RiveraOf interest, the title article on CEO's which explains why those hoity toity think tank economists are full of shit 💩 when defending CEO pay. >Pluralistic: America's best-paid CEOs have the worst-paid employees (09 Sep 2024) <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2024/09/09/low-wage-100/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pluralistic.net/2024/09/09/low-wage-100/</a> by <a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@pluralistic</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadEconomy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FollowTheMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FollowTheMoney</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#exploitation</a>

A. Rivera> "Hunger in America is getting worse, not better" according to an explosive new USDA report <a href="https://www.salon.com/2024/09/05/hunger-in-america-is-getting-worse-not-better-according-to-an-explosive-new-usda-report/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.salon.com/2024/09/05/hunger-in-america-is-getting-worse-not-better-according-to-an-explosive-new-usda-report/</a>But but, the hoity toity economist from the think tank and the Internet pundits all say the economy is fine, numbers are good, wages are up, etc. What is this hungry people bullshit? How dare they starve? Can they just die off already, decrease the surplus population so the numbers don't look bad?<a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadEconomy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ThisIsAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThisIsAmerica</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FoodInsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FoodInsecurity</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/hunger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hunger</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/GovDocs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GovDocs</a>

A. RiveraDude, the site by now is a shit hole of cheap knock offs from abroad. You're a day late and a dollar short at this point. >Etsy CEO Josh Silverman says Etsy is positioning itself "to answer the call for original goods and real people" by overhauling its policies and adding labels (Annie Palmer/CNBC) <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/09/etsy-escaping-race-to-the-bottom-and-getting-back-to-artisan-roots.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/09/etsy-escaping-race-to-the-bottom-and-getting-back-to-artisan-roots.html</a><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadEconomy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/retail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retail</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Internet</a>

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