*Welcome to the Great Inflation — Or, Why We Have to Pay for the Hidden Costs The article argues that inflation is going to run fast for quite a while. Alongside increasing poverty. This argument seenms plausible to me. If you know of a reputable counterargument, I'd like to see it. No conspiratorial explanations, please -- I am very skeptical of them. I don't think this explains all of what is happening -- for instance, although some jobs have disappeared, that doesn't explain why millions of job offers are unfilled while millions of people need work. The perverse and dangerous concentration of industry over the past few decades has exacerbated the problems we face now. For instance, if we produced chips in 50 places rather than a handful, most of them would not have problems at once.

(satire) *Trump Testing 2024 Waters By Burn State Capitol To Ground.*

A judge in England ruled that using an Amazon Ring snooping device that watched and listened to a neighbor's property violated her privacy, so he awarded her substantial damages.

(She had actually moved to another home to avoid the surveillance.) As I see it, what makes these "security" cameras in fact surveillance cameras is that they can transmit the video and audio over the network. That capability makes them _surveillance_ cameras rather than _security_ cameras.

The latest Republican pretext for sabotaging public school is the demand for parents to control the curriculum. I would guess that they demand this only where the parents are white and right-wing.

*Chicago mayor files complaint against [thug] union for defying vaccine mandate.*