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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

"Consumer confidence has cratered to its lowest level since the 1970s, according to the University of Michigan’s index. The numbers tell a grim story: record-low sentiment, record-high pessimism, and a staggering 62 percent of households now expecting unemployment to rise in the coming year—the highest since 1980. The reason is clear."

#Trump #Republicans #BlueWave #economy #recession #unemployment #jobs #affordability
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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
skinnylatte@hachyderm.io ("Adrianna Tan") wrote:

Whenever I’m not actively admiring her, she finds it puzzling and strange

#Cats #CatsOfMastodon #Torties

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

if I understand the data correctly:

- JBS USA Holdings is a subsidiary of JBS S.A., Brazilian-owned
- National Beef is majority owned (at least 81%) by Marfrig Global Foods, a Brazilian company.
- Tyson Foods, Inc. is U.S.-based
- Cargill Meat Solutions is U.S.-based (Cargill)

and together, these four companies “process” approximately 85% of all beef in the United States.

and the US gov is giving the Brazilian beef industry more money because… why again?

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Trump accuses foreign-owned meat packers of inflating US beef prices and calls for investigation

https://apnews.com/article/trump-beef-justice-department-c6c57effee6ef1a8c1088d4e5edcc60a?utm%5Fsource=onesignal&utm%5Fmedium=push&utm%5Fcampaign=2025-11-07-Breaking+News

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
chris@video.thepolarbear.co.uk ("Chris Were but on PeerTube") wrote:

Why wages are flat since the 70s & how fast food survives

https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/drwnjERQMqm2YV9pLnHox2

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
chris@video.thepolarbear.co.uk ("Chris Were but on PeerTube") wrote:

Discord users are among first victims of UK's Online Safety Act

https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/125hXcfoVBomzygE1bZTqU

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
chris@video.thepolarbear.co.uk ("Chris Were but on PeerTube") wrote:

What happened to 24-hour supermarkets? Retail secrets & multi-pack laws explained

https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/n3NCSSCMVmT3dn1zsw2Met

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
chris@video.thepolarbear.co.uk ("Chris Were but on PeerTube") wrote:

I tried Goodrays CBD drink - Delicious passion fruit pomelo sparkling water review

https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/rBULZKBtZ5nGedSAuPRANB

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
mgrinder ("Michael Grinder") wrote:

@fromjason I'm hoping that all of these cowards get primaried.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
SolenedeM@piaille.fr ("Solène de Montmarin 🇲🇲💚🇵🇸🫏") wrote:

#Gaza

Message de Médecins Sans Frontières sur Instagram du 21 mai 2025 :

"ARRÊTEZ de MILITARISER la nourriture, les médicaments et l'aide humanitaire à Gaza, dès MAINTENANT"

[Edit 7 novembre 2025 : MSF qui n'est pas présent sur le Fediverse car vous etes trop mou, a posté ça le 21 mai. Quand allez vous enfin comprendre !!! Vous êtes d'accord avec le fait de sacrifier 2 millions de personnes pour créer un monde de bisounours ??]

#StopGenocide #Palestine #MSF #MedecinsSansFrontieres

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

I'm tired of the dems do-nothing-say-nothing strategy; waiting, hoping that Rigged System Pro gets bad enough that we vote back in Rigged System Classic(tm). Then it's back to gaslighting the poor that the system is working for them.

#NoKings, sure. But also, I don't want #NoScrubs — Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, Nancy Pelosi, get the fuck out and let us get to work.

#democraticsocialism

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

It's upsetting to watch #Democrats scramble to downplay Mamdani's victory by implying he only works as a leader in #NYC

As if people in Virginia, or the mid-west don't also want affordable housing and healthcare, or for billionaires to pay their fair share in taxes.

This is why so many of us on the left are mad at the Dems. They are obstructionists for wealthy interests, and if we don't vote for neoliberalism they're okay with #fascism

Their donors want anything but #democraticSocialism

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

James Watson has died, after years of sullying his own memory.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/07/james-watson-is-dead-at-97/

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

our friend staying dry

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

You mean…the Pink Panther was a documentary about Parisian security?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/07/inspector-clouseau-is-still-employed-i-see/

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Paying your #freelancers on time is not only the right thing to do, it's the best thing for your business.

Freelancers sell their *time* so they prioritize what gets done based on who pays first.

If you work in a corporate office speak up— in meetings, retreats, email, water coolers. Accounting depts shouldn't have free rein to inflict financial pain on freelancers.

If you need it in Q4, then pay in Q4. Need it this week, then pay this week. I can't think of a more reasonable request.

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

This administration is really upset it can't just starve a bunch of American citizens like it wants to

https://share.google/4hM5LxHPVpXFlxfd2

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

This type of deal also runs cover for the high-income liberals who will use this deal to lecture poor people about how the democrat's tried their best.

If you want people to call their senators more, then this is a great chance to do so.

#democrats #NoKings

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Corporate #Democrats are making backroom deals with #Republicans that will devastate the working class, while pretending they tried.

The deal would mean democrats get to write a health bill and bring it to a vote; a bill they know will not pass under any circumstance. In exchange, they will vote to reopen the government by passing #Trumps Big Beautiful Bill.

Corporate dems prove time and time again that they are the enemy of the working class.

#NoKings

https://youtu.be/rqYFZHAYTQ8

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
zeldman@front-end.social wrote:

They say AI will replace the web as we know it, and this time they mean it. Here follows a short list of previous times they also meant it, starting way back in 1997.

https://zeldman.com/2025/10/25/receipts-a-brief-list-of-prominent-articles-proclaiming-the-death-of-the-web/?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=jetpack%5Fsocial

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

Funny how early Muslim settlers could be neglected by history, while a temporary Scandinavian invasion got all the press…

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/07/a-neglected-or-hidden-history/

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Wild turkeys appear in my dad’s neighborhood every year around Thanksgiving. They have chased me many times. They know.

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

I'm feeling somewhat more protected today.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/07/i-got-my-sticker/

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺"):
cmconseils ("Laura Manach :bongoCat:") wrote:

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

'Ms. Ríos Pérez de Velásquez’s children range from 11 months to 17 years, and her youngest will turn 1 this month, her brother said.

“She thought she would have a better future here and give a better future to her children,” he said. “But it was just the opposite.”'

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Nonilex@masto.ai wrote:

Cleaning Woman Killed Through Door After Arriving at Wrong Home, Police Say

The shooting of the woman, Maria Florinda Ríos Pérez de Velásquez, an #immigrant from Guatemala, took place on Wednesday in Indiana, a state with a “stand your ground” law.

#law #GunLaws #guns #racism #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/whitestown-indiana-shooting-cleaner-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

"... were going to clean a new client’s home on Wednesday. The husband... said that he had struggled to open the door and that his wife had then taken the keys from him, teasing him for not being able to get it unlocked. Seconds later, she was shot in the head...

The family later discovered that the house they had been hired to clean was behind the one they had tried to enter, he said."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/whitestown-indiana-shooting-cleaner-dead.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.zU8.%5FBSF.jLjz%5FYJrs5as&smid=url-share

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
streetartutopia@mastodon.online ("Street Art Utopia") wrote:

everyonehateselon_ : 🚨 BREAKING: Tesla shareholders just voted to make Elon Musk the world's first TRILLIONAIRE.
Only the world’s biggest loser would would have the ability to end world hunger several times over and choose not to.
Just tax billionaires. Duh.

📍 Tottenham, near Tesla's flagship London dealership

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Kinda looking forward to this series https://youtu.be/iqtE21HQ-KU

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

"Michael Wolff, a longtime chronicler of Trump’s White House who conducted extensive interviews with Epstein prior to his death, told The Daily Beast last month that Epstein had shown him photos of Trump with half-naked 'young girls' in his lap."

#Trump #Republicans #MikeJohnson #Epstein #coverup #pedophiles
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