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Yes, it depends on how long it lasts. In the US, recessions tend to have political repercussions, so exaggerated or not there is an impact. Personally I thought we had a brief recession in 2022, but the (unpopular) administration seemed to white-washed it. The difference this time is we may see increased inflation as a result of the tariffs; the last time we had a lengthy recession with increased inflation (stagflation) was under J. Carter, which led to the election of R. Reagan. With the current administration's handling of government data, we may not even know for certain what's happening. But that results in business uncertainty, causing more conservative behavior and less growth. Worse case, the economy tanks, the AI bubble bursts, and we have long, deep recession.

Economic related news: Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says Yes, you are feeling it: 22 states are officially in a recession — is yours on the list? It’s not just Sam Altman warning about an AI bubble. Now Mark Zuckerberg says a ‘collapse’ is ‘definitely a possibility’ I get the sense that the only reason the economy isn't fully in the tank is the billions being spend on technology and data centers. That investment is heading for bubble perhaps greater than the dot com era. Once that goes, we may be in deep doo-doo. When that happens, whomever is President at the time will be dealing with a mess. Interesting times.

Nanotech ‘switch’ reverses Alzheimer’s in mice by restoring brain’s protective barrier If this works in humans, it would be a revolutionary medical treatment.

It's decent; more story than combat, IIRC. Some likeable characters. I enjoyed the concept of the hobbits as migrating eco-tribes.

I found Paramount+ has a lot of old reruns, which is both good and bad. The Halo series was decently done, although I think it didn't get good ratings and lacked a proper resolution. Not sure if you've seen Killing Eve, but that was a really good series. There's also Yellowjackets, which may or may not be to everybody's taste. I didn't much care for the remake of The Stand. They also have everything Star Trek, of which I enjoyed Lower Decks, an amusing spoof of the genre.

I don't have overly high expectations; I'm just hoping for a fun game. My interest comes from the Starfinder rules/setting and the turn-based combat. Some people have complained about the cartoony graphics, but the tactical look seems fine thus far.

That's one of those "funny once" jokes. Doing it to the nth power is just annoying, alas.

I started watching the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba series and I thought, "hey, this is pretty good, and it doesn't have the usual Anime goofery". Then Zenitsu Agatsuma showed up... are you freaking kidding me?

I see the government has found a new use for a belt sander: Treasury Department considers minting a $1 Trump coin

Napoleonic column tactics? Well I suppose they can lower the crime rate in a one block radius.

I have to wonder about the types of conversations American parents are having with their kids about being recruited into the military forces at the moment. This delusional president wants the armed forces to wage war on mostly unarmed American civilians. I mean that is the very definition of terrorism. What a (figuratively) crazy situation.

Apparently armed troops are being sent to Portland to protect the ICE building there with permission to use "full force". It has suffered some damage from protests and has windows boarded up with plywood, so typical left-wing protest tactic. Meanwhile, since January, 15 people have died while being detained by ICE. Narry a peep about that from the government though. So, long story short: protests and some physical damage to a building = war ravaged city requiring a full force response 15 dead in detention = crickets

If it's so war ravaged, shouldn't he be paying a state visit? I don't believe he's ever even been. Time for El Jefe to see the ruins in person. But TACO.

Heading for the Autobahn?

Ruh-roh Ferdinand Trump is planning to send troops to peaceful Portand in order to deal with so-called "domestic terrorists". I've visited Portland several times and it is hardly a bastion of crime or terrorism; it's just a nice place to live. Trump says he’ll send troops to Portland, Oregon, in latest deployment to US cities Maybe he's hoping the Proud Boys stir up some activist behavior? How Portland Stopped the Proud Boys

That AI video is surreal... and a little disturbed.

Good news for military barber careers, and for the American Barber Association. An army of one... barber.

A more recent example of a ruler flipping a democracy is Ferdinand Marcos. Like Trump, he was re-elected to a second term. He responded to protests with military power, then after two years he declared martial law, suspended habeas corpus, and rewrote the constitution. The country remained under martial law for almost a decade.

I'm not sure it shows anything of the sort. People are simply curious to see what type of response he had.

Yes, that type of large scale conspiracy is entertaining but ultimately implausible. Somebody somewhere is going to slip up, and there goes the entire scheme. It's not that different from large scale election conspiracies, which require control of all forms of media to successfully pull off.

Trump is about to escalate the situation...

It's back, but I can't watch it on the local network station per Sinclair management decision. Well I'm awful glad they're deciding for me, because of all the negative impact satire might have. Whew.

Basically ET with a predatory alien. Not sure if it's any good.