Some Randomized Craziness
Not everything is rosy out there. Quoting @bulwarkonline@newsie.social: https://newsie.social/@bulwarkonline/110019522841620525 #retoot
The referenced post can be found at https://www.thebulwark.com/the-problem-with-right-wing-regime-talk/.
It looks like we’re not out of the woods yet with the incipient banking crisis here in the USA. Even though the Financial Stability Oversight Council made a statement on Monday they don’t have control over events. Quoting @Techmeme@techhub.social: https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/110019462416367870 #retoot
The original post on Techmeme is at http://www.techmeme.com/230313/p33#a230313p33. I think that this will spook people and create instability again. We’ll see what happens. First Commonwealth, PNC, Fifth Third, Huntington, and other regional banks serving my immediate area got pounded quite hard in stock trading Monday.
Steve Herman at the Voice of America brought news over the weekend that we’re in bad shape as to news-seeking behavior by the public. Facebook is a farrago of lies and deceit. Where do most Americans go online to get their news? Facebook! Quoting @w7voa@journa.host: https://journa.host/@w7voa/110012130279790977 #retoot
The linked report can be seen at https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/06/27/twitter-is-the-go-to-social-media-site-for-u-s-journalists-but-not-for-the-public/.
I agree with Alan Pope that the news is not good right now.