May Jobs Report "Unexpectedly" Smashes "Expert" "Expectations"

Good news. Not enough to reverse the public's sour impressions of the economy, I'm afraid.

And inflation is still a problem.

A new jobs report exceeded expectations despite the U.S. economy facing inflation and record debt.
U.S. payrolls rose by 172,000 last month, far above the Dow Jones' 80,000 estimate that CNBC reported Friday. Unemployment remained steady at 4.3%.
"Almost every industry is hiring again except tech and finance. There are a lot of encouraging signs for the labor market heading into summer. (Unfortunately, inflation is a lot worse)," Navy Federal Credit Union chief economic Heather Long stated in a June 6 X post.
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This jobs increase follows a period of increased inflation. The cost of everyday goods rose 0.9% in March and 0.6% in April since the start of the Iran War, according to Consumer Price Index data.

Honestly, it looks like the hiring recession is over.

US average job gains in 2025: 10,000 a month
US average job gains in 2026: 114,000 a month
Job gains in the past 3 months: 188,000

Almost every industry is hiring again except tech and finance. There are a lot of encouraging… https://t.co/nSzdmJYljz
— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) June 5, 2026

Amazing how President Trump’s opponents keep attributing this all to “luck.” As if lower taxes and reductions in government red tape had no role? Even if it were “luck,” I’d rather gamble with Trump than a communist Democrat. https://t.co/ERqvmUBeqy
— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) June 5, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:20 PM

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1 More than DOUBLED expectations from the 'experts,' and oh, by the way, last month's numbers got revised UP 97,000.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 02:21 PM (Kdi1r)

2 most voters have jobs, so things like inflation and the stock market matter more than job growth politically (as they should)

Posted by: Jose at June 05, 2026 02:21 PM (V6W16)

3 Report: 94% of all American jobs created in the past year have gone to women

https://tinyurl.com/3a6hycvy

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 05, 2026 02:22 PM (ndZc7)

4 "And inflation is still a problem."

Thank you for acknowledging it.

Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 02:22 PM (Jr5Lq)

5 I'm beginning to think these experts are not so expert.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 05, 2026 02:22 PM (FxH7T)

6 Nice. Someone got the Gentleman's First.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 05, 2026 02:22 PM (bss/y)

7 meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 05, 2026 02:23 PM (w3u3d)

8 Oligachy!

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at June 05, 2026 02:23 PM (PiwSw)

9 "And inflation is still a problem."

Yes, but becoming less so.

Wages kept pace slightly ahead of inflation, so that's moving in the right direction.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 02:23 PM (Kdi1r)

10 Almost every industry is hiring again except tying a mule dick in a knot.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 05, 2026 02:24 PM (Kt19C)

11 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 02:24 PM (Zz0t1)

12 I'm beginning to think these experts are not so expert.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 05, 2026 02:22 PM (FxH7T)

Imagine a group made up of 20 Beakers and 20 Elmos. This group would outthink "experts".

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 02:24 PM (qx7Zg)

13 Washington Nearsider with the First and Gentleman's first.

The Gentleman's First is when someone finds the post empty of comments, but Noods in the previous thread BEFORE commenting and grabbing the first.

I saw Washington Nearsider's nood and then clicked on the post, but still no comments.

This is how it's done folks. Bravo. *golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 05, 2026 02:24 PM (bss/y)

14 Q: Why are statistics like the Spanish Inquisition?
A: Nobody ever exoects them.

Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 02:24 PM (Av6i5)

15 Not sure if you can claim you are an "expert" if every single prediction you make turns out to be wrong. Just sayin......

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 05, 2026 02:24 PM (0N4FZ)

16 Nice. Someone got the Gentleman's First.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 05, 2026 02:22 PM (bss/y)

Now wait just a minute with all that 'Gentleman' talk!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 02:25 PM (Kdi1r)

17 10. Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 05, 2026

Welp. Guess I better rewrite the old resume.

Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 02:25 PM (hftzA)

18 Inflation is being driven by the government conjuring two trillion dollars in spending out of thin air every year. And that is not going to change.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 05, 2026 02:26 PM (f0sNM)

19 Welp. Guess I better rewrite the old resume.

Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 02:25 PM (hftzA)

Wait...

You have 'tying a mule dick in a knot' on your resume?!

I think that's worse than being dead...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 02:26 PM (Kdi1r)

20 The cost of everyday goods rose 0.9% in March and 0.6% in April

A bit of deflation would be nice, but that's certainly a better rate than the, what 5% per month inflation? under Biden

Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 05, 2026 02:27 PM (vJrRc)

21 So it was the mule that got her? Makes sense.

That's a trick for the fast and young.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 05, 2026 02:27 PM (bss/y)

22 Ace, if your'e looking for a juicy red-meat post today, this should fill the bill:

Karmelo Anthiony supporters threaten to kill white reporters utside trial courthouse:

https://x.com/AbeTheShinzo/status/2062616298954142177

“We kill crackas!”

“I like the smell of burning flesh!”

“We’re gonna do some Nat Turner shit on you”

Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 02:28 PM (Av6i5)

23 Willowed?

Anyway, last thread 95.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 01:45 PM (p4NUW)

Definitely seems like you've made good decisions for your children and yourself, and your family is doing well.

That's what matters. 👍

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 05, 2026 02:28 PM (NFX2v)

24 Not enough to reverse the public's sour impressions of the economy,"

We're doing our part!

/MSM

Posted by: man at June 05, 2026 02:28 PM (cGjQu)

25 That little CNBC fella looks like an invisible man punched him in the stomach.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 05, 2026 02:29 PM (k9OZB)

26 Inflation is a problem because the government pours deficit spending into the economy in a flood.

That simple.

The private economy is trying to mop up all that money, in the form of improved productivity, but it is hard because there is just so damn much of it.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 05, 2026 02:29 PM (8zt2q)

27 Unfortunately I'm on the *seeking* end again as corporate shut down the site I worked at. Hopefully next report I'll be on the *gained* side.

Posted by: Bete at June 05, 2026 02:31 PM (LX4y3)

28 Not enough to reverse the public's sour impressions of the economy,"

We're doing our part!

/MSM
Posted by: man at June 05, 2026 02:28 PM (cGjQu)

AKA The Sour Patch Kids

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 02:32 PM (qx7Zg)

29 Inflation? Gas is $3.26 / gallon today.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 05, 2026 02:32 PM (qFwJc)

30
That little CNBC fella looks like an invisible man punched him in the stomach.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 05, 2026 02:29 PM (k9OZB)

Wazzup, bitchez.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand of Doom at June 05, 2026 02:32 PM (FkdoK)

31 A lot of economic research lately has focused on "regime uncertainty" as a cause of economic slowdowns. Regime uncertainty is basically when the government keeps changing the rules and businesses, being uncertain how to plan for the future, essentially retreat to their safest plans. Hence you get hiring slowdowns, sometimes recessions, etc.

Regime uncertainty is considered the one of the main causes of the Great Depression (tm). While Hoover's and Roosevelt's policies in and of themselves were bad, it was the constant change of rules that kept businesses behaving ultra-conservatively. With the Supremes ruling on tariffs and the settling in of the Trump administration we've seen a lot less regime uncertainty this year.

Anyway, that's what I believe is one of the reasons for the improvement in hiring.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at June 05, 2026 02:33 PM (+48wn)

32 Let he who does not borrow 40% of what they spend every year cast the first stone.

Posted by: Reforger at June 05, 2026 02:33 PM (ZxzYs)

33 Let he who does not borrow 40% of what they spend every year cast the first stone.

Posted by: Reforger at June 05, 2026 02:33 PM (ZxzYs)

YEET!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 02:33 PM (Kdi1r)

34
Whoa.

The new "Fuckaduck" hash is stylin'.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 05, 2026 02:34 PM (FkdoK)

35 "Let he who does not borrow 40% of what they spend every year cast the first stone."

Puts hand up.

Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 02:34 PM (Jr5Lq)

36 >>> Inflation is a problem because the government pours deficit spending into the economy in a flood.

That simple.

The private economy is trying to mop up all that money, in the form of improved productivity, but it is hard because there is just so damn much of it.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 05, 2026 02:29 PM (8zt2q)

Also it doesn't help that a lot of that deficit spending is actually being transferred to various warlords in Somalia and other shitholes.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 02:34 PM (3uBP9)

37 Greatly overlooked is the fact the biggest gains are in leisure and hospitality.

That doesn’t match the consumer sentiment report, which is garbage.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 05, 2026 02:35 PM (OnLUs)

38 Biggest problem with the job market is it's flooded with useless shits. For every good one we hire we have to go through 8 or 10 others.

Posted by: Reforger at June 05, 2026 02:35 PM (ZxzYs)

39 "Not enough to reverse the public's sour impressions of the economy, I'm afraid."

I don't think our side has a sour impression of the economy. The Democraps are desperate for us to believe everything sucks, but we don't.

Everything is much better than it was under Biden. Prices are still high, but lower. Taxes and red tape are down, at least a little. Jobs are better and there are more of them for Americans.

Stock market is on fire. Anyone with a 401k or even a little money in the market has seen the brokerage statements. They must smile when they see their money increase each month.

Is there room for improvement? Of course. Gas is still too expensive and interest rates should be lower, among things.

But we are clearly on the right track, I think our side is almost universally optimistic, and all the naysayers in the enemy camps can suck my big phat dick until they choke to death.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 02:36 PM (iFTx/)

40 Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 02:28 PM (Av6i5)

You know, if I were a defendant in a murder trial, I would not want supporters that are just openly pro-murder. People might wonder why, if I'm innocent, that's the kind of people attracted to my cause.

Posted by: SciVo at June 05, 2026 02:36 PM (Sy6m/)

41
>>except tech and finance

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Tech I MIGHT get, but why finance? Because it's half tech?

By the way, those tech people know how to make noise. Watching youtube, you get the impression that no one can find work anywhere. And it really does seem that there are 1000+ applicants for every opening.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:36 PM (n7rxJ)

42 Wait...

You have 'tying a mule dick in a knot' on your resume?!

I think that's worse than being dead...
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 02:26 PM (Kdi1r)

It was just too easy of a shot. I couldn’t help it. lol.

But we all know my resume is not in circulation. Heck, I am not even consulting anymore. I just get to play at my studio. I would probably be in a world of hurt if I had to get a real job right now, I have been out of the game a long time.

Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 02:37 PM (hftzA)

43
cpys8

Damned Joos and their corporations, being corporationy and doing corporation things.

OOGA BOOGAH OOGAH!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 05, 2026 02:37 PM (FkdoK)

44 52,000 new jobs in state government. Hooray?

Posted by: Marcus T at June 05, 2026 02:38 PM (OnLUs)

45 39 Biggest problem with the job market is it's flooded with useless shits. For every good one we hire we have to go through 8 or 10 others.

Posted by: Reforger at June 05, 2026 02:35 PM

This.

We're running at about a 1 in 6 good to useless ratio.

Posted by: Frank Barone at June 05, 2026 02:39 PM (OkYzo)

46 no one can find work anywhere. And it really does seem that there are 1000+ applicants for every opening.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:36 PM (n7rxJ)

This is about me isn't it?

Posted by: Buggy whip union local 3 at June 05, 2026 02:39 PM (ZxzYs)

47
Unfortunately I'm on the *seeking* end again as corporate shut down the site I worked at. Hopefully next report I'll be on the *gained* side.
Posted by: Bete

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Good luck. I, unfortunately, am in tech -- as in "Almost every industry is hiring again except tech and finance."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:40 PM (n7rxJ)

48 "For every good one we hire we have to go through 8 or 10 others."

"We're running at about a 1 in 6 good to useless ratio."

What jobs are you guys hiring for, and where do I apply?

Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 02:40 PM (Jr5Lq)

49 You have 'tying a mule dick in a knot' on your resume?!

The Festus gambit.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 05, 2026 02:41 PM (Kt19C)

50 I am hiring another instructor or two!

You can’t live off the wages, it’s just spending money. But it’s flexible and the team is AMAZING!

Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 02:42 PM (hftzA)

51
This is about me isn't it?
Posted by: Buggy whip union local 3

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lol I don't know whether it's AI or whether there's simply been a mad education bubble in computer science. It seems new STEM grads are moving back in with their parents in droves.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:42 PM (n7rxJ)

52 Report: 94% of all American jobs created in the past year have gone to women
Oh yeah? Are you a biologist?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 05, 2026 02:42 PM (/jglT)

53

Honestly, I would rather they not hire anyone than hire foreigners. We're overfull already, having trouble assimilating the ones already here, can't take any more. As long as tech is openly discriminating against the native born, I'm rooting against them.

Posted by: SciVo at June 05, 2026 02:43 PM (Sy6m/)

54 Didn't we need 250k jobs a month to keep even with population growth during the Obama years? Am I misremembering that, or is there another reason sub 200k is considered good?

Posted by: Methos at June 05, 2026 02:43 PM (vSvIl)

Posted by: SciVo at June 05, 2026 02:44 PM (Sy6m/)

56 54 Didn't we need 250k jobs a month to keep even with population growth during the Obama years? Am I misremembering that, or is there another reason sub 200k is considered good?
Posted by: Methos at June 05, 2026 02:43 PM (vSvIl)

We have reduced our population growth greatly...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 05, 2026 02:44 PM (tOcjL)

57 My place is hiring. Tech,... ish. Aerospace defense. engineering. It actually surprised me when I heard. "People want to work here? Oh wait, I said that out loud didn't I?"

Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 02:44 PM (3uBP9)

58 I am hiring another instructor or two!

You can’t live off the wages, it’s just spending money. But it’s flexible and the team is AMAZING!

Posted by: Piper
_______

Your workers' comp better be paid up if you hire any of us geezers.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 05, 2026 02:45 PM (XvL8K)

59 45 39 Biggest problem with the job market is it's flooded with useless shits. For every good one we hire we have to go through 8 or 10 others.

Posted by: Reforger at June 05, 2026 02:35 PM

This.

We're running at about a 1 in 6 good to useless ratio.
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 05, 2026 02:39 PM (OkYzo)

Is this in simply human characteristics like showing up on time not obviously hung over with Mom and Dad coming in to make sure the workplace is safe?

Or is it a skills discrepancy?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 02:45 PM (Sco7b)

60 Good luck. I, unfortunately, am in tech -- as in "Almost every industry is hiring again except tech and finance."

they will - or similar new entities will - after the restructuring.

tech and fin overhired LIKE CRAZY

it will be fine. "creative destruction" needs to happen. a lot of rot needs to clear.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 05, 2026 02:45 PM (j+aD2)

61 The internals are interesting.

-- 70k of the added jobs were "hospitality" (restaurants, bars, vacation destination, etc). That's encouraging on a larger scale because presumably it means those doing the hiring for these jobs are expecting busy summer travel and recreational spending.

-- On the downside, local government added 55k. These are taxpayer funded, not private sector demand. We need to shop government to the bone, not expand it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 02:45 PM (iFTx/)

62 57 My place is hiring. Tech,... ish. Aerospace defense. engineering. It actually surprised me when I heard. "People want to work here? Oh wait, I said that out loud didn't I?"
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 02:44 PM (3uBP9)

So, government funded? That's the tech that is hiring - dept of war spending, dept of homeland spending, etc...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 05, 2026 02:45 PM (tOcjL)

63 "We're running at about a 1 in 6 good to useless ratio."

I am 70. I used to write embedded system software for data communications. After all the drama in my life, and being a shitty golfer such that I want to quit, I want to find employment. No. Menial work won't do. I don't want to write software again. I need to get busy. But what?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 05, 2026 02:46 PM (qFwJc)

64 they will - or similar new entities will - after the restructuring.

tech and fin overhired LIKE CRAZY

it will be fine. "creative destruction" needs to happen. a lot of rot needs to clear.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 05, 2026 02:45 PM (j+aD2)

Problem is tech and finance are middle to upper middle class jobs that support families.

Hospitality jobs are minimum and low wage jobs that do not.

We really kinda need the former to get back on track, not just the latter...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 05, 2026 02:47 PM (tOcjL)

65 Good luck. I, unfortunately, am in tech -- as in "Almost every industry is hiring again except tech and finance."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:40 PM (n7rxJ)

Nice important H1-B's your company have there.

They must be incredibly important and skilled for the new 2027 $250,000 a person fee on each and every one of them.

/dreaming mode off

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 02:47 PM (Sco7b)

66 >Good luck. I, unfortunately, am in tech -- as in "Almost every industry is hiring again except tech and finance."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:40 PM (n7rxJ)

I'm retiring at the end of July. Likely consulting a few hours a week until the end of the year. My company is quietly slashing capex budgets and reducing new hire headcount by half. Glad I'm almost out of the machine.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at June 05, 2026 02:47 PM (Ys9p5)

67
Overheated economy!!!

*jumps out window*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 02:48 PM (O0L8i)

68 Good luck. I, unfortunately, am in tech -- as in "Almost every industry is hiring again except tech and finance."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:40 PM (n7rxJ)

Me too. Manufacturing side of it. We will be hiring around 2000 people over the next year.

What jobs are you guys hiring for, and where do I apply?
Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 02:40 PM (Jr5Lq)

My company is world wide but the division I work for is in the Reno/Carson City area. We hire through temp agencies. Well have shipping, recieving, QA, Rework, Machinist, Operator, Sawmen, CNC, IT.... Everything.

Posted by: Reforger at June 05, 2026 02:48 PM (ZxzYs)

69 This is about me isn't it?
Posted by: Buggy whip union local 3

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lol I don't know whether it's AI or whether there's simply been a mad education bubble in computer science. It seems new STEM grads are moving back in with their parents in droves.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:42 PM (n7rxJ)
_______

Drastic over-hiring and a bubble in STEM education. Not to mention the foreign invaders. A correction was inevitable and probably good for the long run.

Every industry has periods of over-hiring and over-education, followed by a correction. Tech has been mostly immune to this because it's been on a tear for years.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 02:48 PM (iFTx/)

70 Tech I MIGHT get, but why finance? Because it's half tech?

By the way, those tech people know how to make noise. Watching youtube, you get the impression that no one can find work anywhere. And it really does seem that there are 1000+ applicants for every opening.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:36 PM

Finance is losing jobs because ai can run a mortgage in about 1/1,000 the time a broker can do it in. And it's accuracy rate is beyond anything a human can accomplish.

I wish it wasn't true but that's where we are at this time.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 05, 2026 02:48 PM (0N4FZ)

71 "We hire through temp agencies."

Which ones do you recommend?

Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 02:49 PM (Jr5Lq)

72 Genie is out of the bottle. While inflation may decrease incrementally....the prices for goods and services rarely (very rarely) go down relative to an inflation drop.

The only real thing that lowers prices overall is competition between manufacturers ( and retailers). In other words...capitalism.

Posted by: Orson at June 05, 2026 02:49 PM (dIske)

73 hobo ass is the best tasting ass

Posted by: Sid at June 05, 2026 02:49 PM (dqKQJ)

74 One of my brilliant sons told me "H1B is dead. AI can do their work. " He is smarter than me.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 05, 2026 02:50 PM (qFwJc)

75 OT
I gotta say this, but I have new computer and am not logged in anywhere so I will say it here.

A lot of comments around the net about the carmel anthony trial and the protesters.

No one understands that they are paid for by the defense, and their goal is jury tampering -- to create the impression that there are masses of people outside, angry people, protesting that he is innocent. They are attempting nullification. Paid by defense and probably NGOs. This needs to be investigated by DOJ.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 05, 2026 02:50 PM (lf2F9)

76 The entire hiring process is fucked up. It’s AI bots writing resumes which are then read by other AI bots. There are now AI interviews. And if you do happen to pass those, there are 4 or 5 additional rounds of interviews. Only be to be told 6 weeks later the role is on pause or an internal candidate was hired.

If you have ‘t been in the market in the past 5-7ish years it’s an entirely different world than what you experienced. Much like dating today vs 10 years ago. It’s insane.

Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 02:50 PM (tNkpt)

77 Unfortunately, shrinkflation is still a thing.

The poptarts I've eaten over the years (yeah, yeah, shaddup!) are recently noticeably shorter than they used to be. And at our Walmart shopping expedition last weekend, the Gain detergent we use went from 88 fl. oz. to 81 while claiming the product is cheaper. I need to dig out some old receipts, but I'd lay a $20 on the counter than the savings are not commensurate with the shrinkage.

Folks notice this stuff while they're shopping and it won't help the administration.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 05, 2026 02:51 PM (/HDaX)

78
GFY yourself sid.

Posted by: four seasons at June 05, 2026 02:51 PM (x4yF4)

79 5 years max for Our Precious Foreigners smuggling 113 vials of an untreatable virus into the country.

Aren't they precious?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 05, 2026 02:51 PM (BI5O2)

80 " Un-skilled People need to work multiple jobs to afford Trump's economy. Things are very bleak.

Learn a trade. Mary Tiles Texas.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 05, 2026 02:52 PM (qFwJc)

81
If you have ‘t been in the market in the past 5-7ish years it’s an entirely different world than what you experienced. Much like dating today vs 10 years ago. It’s insane.

Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 02:50 PM (tNkpt)

____________

What's "dating"?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 02:52 PM (O0L8i)

82 Sawmen ride to work on sawhorses.

Posted by: banana Dream - and paid in sawbucks at June 05, 2026 02:52 PM (3uBP9)

83 Tech I MIGHT get, but why finance? Because it's half tech?

By the way, those tech people know how to make noise. Watching youtube, you get the impression that no one can find work anywhere. And it really does seem that there are 1000+ applicants for every opening.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:36 PM
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Big over-hire in finance the last few years, especially in areas not known to be big finance hubs. And lots of H1Bs in that mix. Finance is crawling with Indians, Asians, Africans, etc. So without knowing exactly which finance jobs were affected, and where, it's hard to know what to make of it all.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 02:52 PM (iFTx/)

84 This is with interior deportations at the highest levels they've ever been, keeping us on the verge of net-out migration.

And new H1-B's crashing 80%.

These are good numbers. Probably great.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 02:53 PM (KbEzc)

85 Which ones do you recommend?
Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 02:49 PM (Jr5Lq)

I'm permanent hired (finally) the one I went through sucked. The name I keep hearing from all these new-hires that clog up the parking lot every Monday is employnet.

Posted by: Reforger at June 05, 2026 02:53 PM (ZxzYs)

86 "Folks notice this stuff while they're shopping"

And when they get their healthcare bills. And prop tax assessments. And insurance premium bills. And when they're looking for a new car. A new home or apartment. Etc.

Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 02:53 PM (Jr5Lq)

87 Crude oil is dipping below $80/bbl. No idea what is happening in Iran anymore, the ceasefire and negotiations and Hormuz are near impossible to follow or believe. Yet crude is dropping.

Posted by: Ripley at June 05, 2026 02:54 PM (GUOwU)

88 lol I don't know whether it's AI or whether there's simply been a mad education bubble in computer science. It seems new STEM grads are moving back in with their parents in droves.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:42 PM (n7rxJ)

I am/was a software engineer. I can keep huge systems in my head, and often isolate issues to the correct subsystem before trying to reproduce it. AI reduces my effectiveness.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 02:54 PM (qx7Zg)

89 "The name I keep hearing from all these new-hires that clog up the parking lot every Monday is employnet."

Thanks! I will check it out, although if they are sending you so many bad hires, you'll prolly stop using them soon.

Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 02:54 PM (Jr5Lq)

90 83 Big over-hire in finance the last few years, especially in areas not known to be big finance hubs. And lots of H1Bs in that mix. Finance is crawling with Indians, Asians, Africans, etc. So without knowing exactly which finance jobs were affected, and where, it's hard to know what to make of it all.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 02:52 PM (iFTx/)

=======

https://x.com/AndrewKolvet/status/
2062610823013707981

Why won't anyone think of the H1-Bs who are leaving at such a high rate that Dallas' real estate economy is seeing contraction and deflation?!

Also, Trump's not doing anything about housing costs!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 02:54 PM (KbEzc)

91 Report: 94% of all American jobs created in the past year have gone to women

https://tinyurl.com/3a6hycvy
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 05, 2026 02:22 PM (ndZc7)
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Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 02:55 PM (iFTx/)

92 #75 more
They are aggressive toward anyone who approaches. They are loud and incoherent. They are paid thugs. The defense went around and hired the most violent and angry people and I would not be surprised if they all get a bonus if the jury hangs.

They did the same at the Chauvin trial to get the jury to find him guilty. There are probably more I can't think of. This a big problem This has to be nipped in the bud.

What to do? Can't send water cannons of National Guard, as that would only feed the goal of creating a scene. They need to be investigated and find some law that justifies arresting them for tampering (and their funders) and putting them in graybar for 30 days.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 05, 2026 02:55 PM (lf2F9)

93 I am 70. I used to write embedded system software for data communications. After all the drama in my life, and being a shitty golfer such that I want to quit, I want to find employment. No. Menial work won't do. I don't want to write software again. I need to get busy. But what?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 05, 2026 02:46 PM (qFwJc)

Look of Fiverr, ask AI to summarize what the best-paying gigs are for skills similar to yours. You might not need formal employment at all, but the alternative is unfortunately dealing with people yourself.

Posted by: SciVo at June 05, 2026 02:56 PM (Sy6m/)

94 OT - great piece by Chadwick Moore in the NY Post exposing the young DSA operatives behind the scenes:

https://tinyurl.com/jjts3kp4

Posted by: beckster at June 05, 2026 02:57 PM (kX27y)

95 I’ve been casually looking for the last 3-4 months. I’ve been ghosted by recruiters, stood up by hiring managers at scheduled interviews. I’ve had recruiters contact me directly then after an hour conversation they sent me a link to apply via their ATS which of course just sends the resume into a black box never to be seen again.
My favorite is I got a “thanks but no thanks” email for a job I applied for in 2022 LOL.

It’s a miracle anyone gets hired in this landscape.

Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 02:57 PM (tNkpt)

96 87 Crude oil is dipping below $80/bbl. No idea what is happening in Iran anymore, the ceasefire and negotiations and Hormuz are near impossible to follow or believe. Yet crude is dropping.

Posted by: Ripley at June 05, 2026 02:54 PM (GUOwU)

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Kuwait announced it's building a new pipeline.

https://x.com/TonerousHyus/status/
2062952317725343970

Iraq is going to triple oil exports in the next few months.

https://t.co/bMbhmzCVex

The Gulf States are hardening and expanding strait alternatives, all while demand destruction has hit hard in Africa and China and overproduction that started more than a month ago is outpacing the declined demand.

The negotiations are theater for political purposes and don't matter on the ground. What matters is the Gulf States and the rest of the world finding workarounds all while Iran has culled all of its chickens and will be facing nationwide malnutrition from lack of protein in weeks with 25% inflation per week.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 02:58 PM (KbEzc)

97 I'm beginning to think these experts are not so expert.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 05, 2026 02:22 PM

*Never* think that!

Posted by: Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize in Economics winner at June 05, 2026 02:58 PM (0sNs1)

98 I practically ran out into the street and cheered when Sid said something half stupid.
That was once. Over a week ago.
Probably the last time that happened was when he brought home a test where he'd scored 55%. A true-or-false test.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 02:58 PM (kj+jH)

99 What's "dating"?

I had a recent experience with that. It was great for 3 weeks. Then it turned horribly bad.

Never going to do that again.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 05, 2026 02:58 PM (qFwJc)

100 88 lol I don't know whether it's AI or whether there's simply been a mad education bubble in computer science. It seems new STEM grads are moving back in with their parents in droves.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:42 PM (n7rxJ)

Cost of living also plays a role here. Few college kids are going to graduate into a low level career type job that makes them enough money to support themselves within weeks. My kid is now fully supporting herself after a year on her job (car purchase/car insurance/car tax taken over as of this month - hurray!), but she still pays me way below market rent for housing, with the goal that she'll be moving out at 28-29 and buying a townhome/condo that she can afford with all her savings (b/c she could not pay a full rental fee right now, or probably until she gets 2-3 promotions, let alone buy an attached house here without a few years to max save)...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 05, 2026 02:58 PM (tOcjL)

101
AI reduces my effectiveness.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

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Is it doing the work of entry-level engineers though? I'm getting a very dark impression of employment in tech right now.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:59 PM (n7rxJ)

102 95 It's been like that since at least 1990. Applicants have to be at their very best, open kimono, while the recruiters treat them like crap. You give respect, you get the back of their hands.

Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 02:59 PM (Jr5Lq)

103

Jobs? WTH is a job?

We are living off you white people who pay taxes.

Life is good.

Posted by: four seasons at June 05, 2026 02:59 PM (x4yF4)

104 “Strong"?
> Nonfarm payrolls increased by 172,000 jobs last month
These numbers were called anemic under Biden. And they’re down from April (179,000 added)

70k of those jobs were restaurants and bars. Local government added 55k, taxpayer funded, not private sector demand. Financial activities lost 22k and is down 107k since May 2025. Transportation down 92k from its peak.

Imagine uncritically reporting BLS numbers after a Commissioner was fired for revising them down lol. Thanks for your "reporting" reuters

Who the hell is traveling that the Leisure and hospitality jobs are up? People can't afford to travel. And personal experience in my area - I can say that hotels aren't filled and local attractions aren't very busy.
So let's assume this is true, what the hell is going on?
They are basically saying: Leisure and hospitality led all sectors while gas prices are wicked high and nobody can afford life. Make it make sense.

I’ll wait for the revisions, thank you very much. Also, if 1 person takes multiple jobs, each of those jobs counts as individual employment, which in a gig economy is becoming much more common place.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 05, 2026 02:59 PM (ycI94)

105 Siege warfare for the win!

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 05, 2026 02:59 PM (qFwJc)

106 Report: 94% of all American jobs created in the past year have gone to women

Maybe I should start wearing a skirt.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 03:00 PM (kj+jH)

107 104 70k of those jobs were restaurants and bars. Local government added 55k, taxpayer funded, not private sector demand. Financial activities lost 22k and is down 107k since May 2025. Transportation down 92k from its peak.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 05, 2026 02:59 PM (ycI94)

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I wonder how particular these people were about the number of government jobs in Biden's jobs reports.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:00 PM (KbEzc)

108 lol I don't know whether it's AI or whether there's simply been a mad education bubble in computer science. It seems new STEM grads are moving back in with their parents in droves.

aw I wish mine were

they somehow all got employed

and apartments, which I mean ... I have the space? save money?

is it me?

lol

anyway I dunno here in PA things are pretty hot with STEM and engineering and getting hotter as Manufacturing keeps growing and we also have energy ... it's all right

I'm busy and should not be posting. I didn't think I'd be still working so much!

and AI just helps me. it force multiplies me. lol take some time with that thought

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 05, 2026 03:00 PM (j+aD2)

109 If you have ‘t been in the market in the past 5-7ish years it’s an entirely different world than what you experienced. Much like dating today vs 10 years ago. It’s insane.

Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 02:50 PM (tNkpt)

Can confirm.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 03:00 PM (Kdi1r)

110 104 I’ll wait for the revisions, thank you very much. Also, if 1 person takes multiple jobs, each of those jobs counts as individual employment, which in a gig economy is becoming much more common place.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 05, 2026 02:59 PM (ycI94)

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The funny thing is, the revisions of the past two months went up.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:00 PM (KbEzc)

111 I’ll wait for the revisions, thank you very much. Also, if 1 person takes multiple jobs, each of those jobs counts as individual employment, which in a gig economy is becoming much more common place.

oh yeah the revisions that always get revised up?

dumbass

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 05, 2026 03:01 PM (j+aD2)

112 ..."dating"? I had a recent experience with that. It was great for 3 weeks. Then it turned horribly bad.

We warned you about the One Wish Willow, but noooo

Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 03:01 PM (kj+jH)

113 OnlyFans must be rocking!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 02:55 PM (iFTx/)
____________________

Which coincides with Face Filter programs, and in some extreme cases, wide-angle camera lenses.

Posted by: Orson at June 05, 2026 03:01 PM (dIske)

114 Is this in simply human characteristics like showing up on time not obviously hung over with Mom and Dad coming in to make sure the workplace is safe?

Or is it a skills discrepancy?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 02:45 PM

It's both. People with skills but have little experience using them in the real world, and people who can't follow simple rules like staying off your phones, or having to have ear buds in your ears like your life has to have a soundtrack playing at all times.

Posted by: Frank Barone at June 05, 2026 03:01 PM (OkYzo)

115 Big over-hire in finance the last few years, especially in areas not known to be big finance hubs. And lots of H1Bs in that mix. Finance is crawling with Indians, Asians, Africans, etc. So without knowing exactly which finance jobs were affected, and where, it's hard to know what to make of it all.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 02:52 PM (iFTx/)

=======

https://x.com/AndrewKolvet/status/
2062610823013707981

Why won't anyone think of the H1-Bs who are leaving at such a high rate that Dallas' real estate economy is seeing contraction and deflation?!

Also, Trump's not doing anything about housing costs!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 02:54 PM (KbEzc)
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Also: new FHA loan regulations made it harder (but not impossible) for foreigners to get mortgages.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:01 PM (iFTx/)

116 "and AI just helps me. it force multiplies me."

It saves me time on every tech problem I apply it to.

Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 03:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

117 Crude oil is dipping below $80/bbl. No idea what is happening in Iran anymore, the ceasefire and negotiations and Hormuz are near impossible to follow or believe. Yet crude is dropping.
Posted by: Ripley at June 05, 2026 02:54 PM (GUOwU)

The Iran situation will be less of a deal as it goes on. At some point shipping will divert to safer ports and sources and the demand will be filled.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 05, 2026 03:02 PM (8avO+)

118 115
Also: new FHA loan regulations made it harder (but not impossible) for foreigners to get mortgages.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:01 PM (iFTx/)

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"H1-B isn't a permanent residency visa. No, you can't have a 30 year loan on a visa that maxes out at 6 years."
-common sense

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:02 PM (KbEzc)

119 Also: new FHA loan regulations made it harder (but not impossible) for foreigners to get mortgages.

how on earth are visa holders getting MORTGAGES!!!!

has to end what insanity

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 05, 2026 03:03 PM (j+aD2)

120 I’ll wait for the revisions, thank you very much. Also, if 1 person takes multiple jobs, each of those jobs counts as individual employment, which in a gig economy is becoming much more common place.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 05, 2026 02:59 PM (ycI94)

Good idea.

May's numbers were just revised UP 97,000.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 03:03 PM (Kdi1r)

121
Kuwait announced it's building a new pipeline.

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Should have been done ages ago. This is clearly a result of Trump's putting an end to kick-the-can.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 03:03 PM (n7rxJ)

122 102 95 It's been like that since at least 1990. Applicants have to be at their very best, open kimono, while the recruiters treat them like crap. You give respect, you get the back of their hands.
Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 02:59 PM (Jr5Lq)

In the 00s and I to the mid 10s I switched jobs every 2-3 years. The process was straight forward, apply 2 maybe 3 round of interviews, get hired or get rejected. Maybe 3 weeks tops for end to end.
It never took me more than 6ish weeks to find something.

Something happened in the late 2010s and this straightforward process got blown up.

Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 03:03 PM (tNkpt)

123 What's "dating"?

I had a recent experience with that. It was great for 3 weeks. Then it turned horribly bad.

Never going to do that again.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 05, 2026 02:58 PM (qFwJc)
________

Don't tell her to rub the lotion on the skin ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:03 PM (iFTx/)

124 The funny thing is, the revisions of the past two months went up.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:00 PM

Unlike those heady days of Brandon's yore, when they always went down.

* wistful smile *

Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at June 05, 2026 03:04 PM (0sNs1)

125 It's both. People with skills but have little experience using them in the real world, and people who can't follow simple rules like staying off your phones, or having to have ear buds in your ears like your life has to have a soundtrack playing at all times.
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 05, 2026 03:01 PM (OkYzo)

Interesting. Thank you.

My late mother loved Raymond btw. Some very funny episodes - like Marie's sculpture - but too much screaming for my tastes.

Great nic...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 03:04 PM (Sco7b)

126 What I think the US needs is more government jobs, that way the labor market will look awesome. What’s that you say, government jobs have been rolled back. Gee, I wonder why the monthly jobs numbers are lower? Let’s go back to the Biden wys and add 100,000 new IRS agents. Maybe a few thousand elsewhere.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at June 05, 2026 03:04 PM (2NHgQ)

127 117 Crude oil is dipping below $80/bbl. No idea what is happening in Iran anymore, the ceasefire and negotiations and Hormuz are near impossible to follow or believe. Yet crude is dropping.
Posted by: Ripley at June 05, 2026 02:54 PM (GUOwU)

The Iran situation will be less of a deal as it goes on. At some point shipping will divert to safer ports and sources and the demand will be filled.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 05, 2026 03:02 PM (8avO+)

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All of that has already happened.

11.5 million of the 20 million barrels that went out through the strait were replaced within days (pipelines like the Saudi pipeline that went from 500,000 a day to 7 million + per day, for example).

It's now common for tankers to go around the Saudi Arabia and pick up oil over there rather than dealing with the Oman Gulf, much less the strait.

All while Venezuela has tripled its oil exports (under American ownership again).

In fact, it's been going on so long, that the bubble from it is already deflating. American exports have been declining for a couple of weeks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:05 PM (KbEzc)

128 Something happened in the late 2010s and this straightforward process got blown up.
Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 03:03 PM (tNkpt)

Once you get to a certain age, employers stop hiring.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 05, 2026 03:05 PM (/HDaX)

129 AI reduces my effectiveness.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

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Is it doing the work of entry-level engineers though? I'm getting a very dark impression of employment in tech right now.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 02:59 PM (n7rxJ)

Personally, I doubt it. My take is it can deal with basic scripting and report generation, but I wouldn't trust it in fields where I've worked since 2005 - hospitals and senior care.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 05, 2026 03:06 PM (qx7Zg)

130 121
Kuwait announced it's building a new pipeline.

===============

Should have been done ages ago. This is clearly a result of Trump's putting an end to kick-the-can.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 03:03 PM (n7rxJ)

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Infrastructure is expensive, and inertia won out.

Until it didn't, and Iran was blocking revenue and even attacking Kuwaiti airports.

Then the governing economic philosophy went from "go along to get along" to "fuck Iran, we're not dealing with those inbred terrorists anymore."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:06 PM (KbEzc)

131 The experts should one time predict like a 500,000 job gain and then all the headlines can say a deflated Trump fails expectations with a shitty in comparison 250,000 jobs report.

Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:06 PM (Fyaxu)

132 "Once you get to a certain age, employers stop hiring."

I wish I had learned that before I got old.

Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 03:07 PM (Jr5Lq)

133 126 What I think the US needs is more government jobs, that way the labor market will look awesome. What’s that you say, government jobs have been rolled back. Gee, I wonder why the monthly jobs numbers are lower? Let’s go back to the Biden wys and add 100,000 new IRS agents. Maybe a few thousand elsewhere.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at June 05, 2026 03:04 PM (2NHgQ)

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Deportations is the big item that no one talks about.

3 million have been deported (voluntarily and involuntarily) since the start of Trump's term.

If 2/3 of those are job holders of some kind, that's 2 million over 12 months, which is 160,000 jobs per month gone. If only half, it's 100,000 per month gone.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:07 PM (KbEzc)

134
"H1-B isn't a permanent residency visa. No, you can't have a 30 year loan on a visa that maxes out at 6 years."
-common sense
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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You'd think a bank would think this way. I know that bail bondsmen do.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 03:08 PM (n7rxJ)

135 Energy prices go up everything else goes up. Even a fool can understand that.

Posted by: Case at June 05, 2026 03:08 PM (4Pn+V)

136 The weekend is here

Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 03:08 PM (Ia/+0)

137
It's been like that since at least 1990. Applicants have to be at their very best, open kimono, while the recruiters treat them like crap. You give respect, you get the back of their hands.

Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 02:59 PM (Jr5Lq)

_____________

20 years ago, you applied for a job and got either an interview or a polite rejection. By the time I stopped 5 years ago, I was lucky if I got an acknowledgement that I applied.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 03:08 PM (O0L8i)

138 Nobody would trust AI with their field.

Hell ask an AI expert if he would trust AI to do his job.

There's your answer.

Doesn't mean it doesn't have its uses. Overall I like it. I have high expectations for the future.

But there's a lot of Gell-Mann with it. The moment you get into something you know about, AI kinda sucks.

Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:09 PM (Fyaxu)

139 134
You'd think a bank would think this way. I know that bail bondsmen do.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 03:08 PM (n7rxJ)

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Subsidizing loses and regulatory capture create particular incentive structures unrelated to profits by traditional means.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:09 PM (KbEzc)

140 Deportations is the big item that no one talks about.

3 million have been deported (voluntarily and involuntarily) since the start of Trump's term.

If 2/3 of those are job holders of some kind, that's 2 million over 12 months, which is 160,000 jobs per month gone. If only half, it's 100,000 per month gone.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:07 PM (KbEzc)

Not quite - job holders paid under the table never counted...and a LOT of those folks would fit those categories...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 05, 2026 03:09 PM (tOcjL)

141 Gas in se Pa has dropped some, seeing $4.20

Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 03:09 PM (Ia/+0)

142 anyway I dunno here in PA things are pretty hot with STEM and engineering and getting hotter as Manufacturing keeps growing and we also have energy ... it's all right

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 05, 2026 03:00 PM (j+aD2)

A local small manufacturing place is getting consolidated to its Philly location. Sucks for local workers, but tracks with what you're saying.

Posted by: pookysgirl, semi-related to two workers at June 05, 2026 03:10 PM (Wt5PA)

143 he experts should one time predict like a 500,000 job gain and then all the headlines can say a deflated Trump fails expectations with a shitty in comparison 250,000 jobs report.
Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:06 PM

Cut. Jib. Newsletter?

Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at June 05, 2026 03:10 PM (0sNs1)

144 The weekend is here
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 03:08 PM (Ia/+0)

Most excellent. You get your truck fixed?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 05, 2026 03:10 PM (/HDaX)

145 Not enough to reverse the public's sour impressions of the economy, I'm afraid.

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The economy is doing extremely well, and people who know about such things say that all indicators are very good. ME stuff had minimal impact and is already absorbed into the markets, stock and bond both. Infrastructure investment are through the roof, AI scare is all it is , a scare, it is creating more entry level jobs not less. I think "the public" surveys are all fake, the Ds are trying to build a narrative ahead of mid-terms cause they have nothing else. Trump and co, better get on top of these nasty lies and build their own narrative.

Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 03:10 PM (GD0B3)

146
Gas was 3.45 here yesterday. It was 3.89 a month ago.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 03:11 PM (O0L8i)

147 20 years ago, you applied for a job and got either an interview or a polite rejection. By the time I stopped 5 years ago, I was lucky if I got an acknowledgement that I applied.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 03:08 PM (O0L8i)

Acknowledgments have stopped (at least when my daughter was looking 12 months ago).

Funny enough, she got hired the old school way = showed up in person at a hiring event. She was the only one hired at her event.

Posted by: Nova Local at June 05, 2026 03:11 PM (tOcjL)

148 Good news. Not enough to reverse the public's sour impressions of the economy, I'm afraid.

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Remember, months is forever in politics.

Except for gas prices.

Those are forever.

Or something.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:11 PM (KbEzc)

149 Pretty easy to be successful in America's economy. Finish school and be literate, get a job, work, don't buy a bunch of stupid shit you don't need. But most people are stupid, selfish and greedy, so they buy a new SUV, drive around to Walmart buying junk while eating out and getting fat from Starbuck's sugary children's drinks and hoping the government will pay for their Ozempic.

Posted by: Mr. Lebowski at June 05, 2026 03:12 PM (z20w/)

150 One reason for slow job hires in tech field (and probably others) is AI generated resumes or CV's.

HR is totally bogged down in the tech world, at least, per my son who was laid off from a software job but has a new one.

They are now hiring people with AI experience to help weed this mess out. Unreal.

I guess, however, since Congress critters got away with fake resumes and stolen valor, it is normal in DC.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 03:12 PM (WONhk)

151 146
Gas was 3.45 here yesterday. It was 3.89 a month ago.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 03:11 PM (O0L8i)

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RBOB (gas futures) have been declining for a couple of weeks.

Hovering over $3 for about a week, but it'll break under that soon.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:12 PM (KbEzc)

152 By the way:

In the United States, "full employment" does not mean zero unemployment. It refers to a theoretical maximum employment rate where the economy is operating without generating unwelcome inflation. Economists and the Federal Reserve typically estimate this natural, healthy rate of unemployment to be in the range of 4.0 to 4.5%.

Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2026 03:12 PM (5rh/l)

153 Not enough to reverse the public's sour impressions of the economy, I'm afraid.

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The economy is doing extremely well, and people who know about such things say that all indicators are very good. ME stuff had minimal impact and is already absorbed into the markets, stock and bond both. Infrastructure investment are through the roof, AI scare is all it is , a scare, it is creating more entry level jobs not less. I think "the public" surveys are all fake, the Ds are trying to build a narrative ahead of mid-terms cause they have nothing else. Trump and co, better get on top of these nasty lies and build their own narrative.
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 03:10 PM (GD0B3)
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Agree, see my comment above

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:12 PM (iFTx/)

154
Finish school and be literate, get a job, work, don't buy a bunch of stupid shit you don't need.

__________

*looks with irritation at RV*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 03:12 PM (O0L8i)

155 153 Agree, see my comment above

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:12 PM (iFTx/)

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We're at the point where leftists are arguing about McJobs, or something.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:13 PM (KbEzc)

156 20 years ago, you applied for a job and got either an interview or a polite rejection. By the time I stopped 5 years ago, I was lucky if I got an acknowledgement that I applied.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 03:08 PM (O0L8i)

That’s a bingo!

Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 03:13 PM (tNkpt)

157 154 *looks with irritation at RV*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 03:12 PM (O0L8i)

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"Oh, you know we needed it."
-Younger Hadrian

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:13 PM (KbEzc)

158 Pop star Madonna posted a video of herself crawling around on all fours in front of her toilet whilst letting her breasts hang out of her dress, and smoking a cigarette, for her Pride Month message.

In other news, today is National Donut Day.

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at June 05, 2026 03:13 PM (0sNs1)

159 140 Deportations is the big item that no one talks about.

3 million have been deported (voluntarily and involuntarily) since the start of Trump's term.

If 2/3 of those are job holders of some kind, that's 2 million over 12 months, which is 160,000 jobs per month gone. If only half, it's 100,000 per month gone.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:07 PM (KbEzc)

Not quite - job holders paid under the table never counted...and a LOT of those folks would fit those categories...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 05, 2026 03:09 PM (tOcjL)

If they're not on payroll their wages can't be deducted.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at June 05, 2026 03:13 PM (okun6)

160 "Finish school and be literate, get a job, work, don't buy a bunch of stupid shit you don't need."

Like a Lamborghini?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:13 PM (iFTx/)

161 Agree, see my comment above
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:12 PM (iFTx/)

don't tell me what to do! you are not my supervisor!

Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 03:14 PM (GD0B3)

162 "11.5 million of the 20 million barrels that went out through the strait were replaced within days (pipelines like the Saudi pipeline that went from 500,000 a day to 7 million + per day, for example).

It's now common for tankers to go around the Saudi Arabia and pick up oil over there rather than dealing with the Oman Gulf, much less the strait.

All while Venezuela has tripled its oil exports (under American ownership again).

In fact, it's been going on so long, that the bubble from it is already deflating. American exports have been declining for a couple of weeks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison"

I have to laugh about all the "experts" I heard claiming just a week or two ago that even if the war ended today and Hormuz opened it would take until the end of the year for supplies to normalize and prices drop significantly. I had to roll my eyes at that, I doubt it would take 60 days. They may even return to below $70/with the current status quo.

Posted by: Ripley at June 05, 2026 03:14 PM (GUOwU)

163 In the United States, "full employment" does not mean zero unemployment. It refers to a theoretical maximum employment rate where the economy is operating without generating unwelcome inflation. Economists and the Federal Reserve typically estimate this natural, healthy rate of unemployment to be in the range of 4.0 to 4.5%.

Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2026 03:12 PM (5rh/l)

NAIRU!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 03:14 PM (Kdi1r)

164
Gas price here in SW Wyoming is $4.50 a gallon .

Posted by: four seasons at June 05, 2026 03:15 PM (x4yF4)

165 Pop star Madonna
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Ummm

Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:15 PM (Fyaxu)

166
"Oh, you know we needed it."
-Younger Hadrian

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:13 PM (KbEzc)

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Who's this "we"? I didn't need it. But I have the backbone of a banana.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 03:15 PM (O0L8i)

167 162 I have to laugh about all the "experts" I heard claiming just a week or two ago that even if the war ended today and Hormuz opened it would take until the end of the year for supplies to normalize and prices drop significantly. I had to roll my eyes at that, I doubt it would take 60 days. They may even return to below $70/with the current status quo.

Posted by: Ripley at June 05, 2026 03:14 PM (GUOwU)

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What if I told you oil experts are a combination of bulls who desperately want their calls to pay off and paid off oil men who are just trying to get people to buy energy stocks?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:15 PM (KbEzc)

168 don't tell me what to do! you are not my supervisor!
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 03:14 PM

I don't get it.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 05, 2026 03:15 PM (0sNs1)

169 144 The weekend is here
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 03:08 PM (Ia/+0)

Most excellent. You get your truck fixed?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 05, 2026 03:10 PM (/HDaX)

Nevermind, you said that was next Monday.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 05, 2026 03:16 PM (/HDaX)

170 I forgot McJobs. It's of a piece with Funemployment, and Julia becoming a beat poet or whatever, as a path to self-actualization.

Every time, their message to their voters is: "WORK IS FOR THE SLAVES."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 05, 2026 03:16 PM (BI5O2)

171 If gas can get back to around 2.50 and stay that way, then people will feel better about the baked in inflation that the Biden regime and the COVID Op gifted us.

The Administration can't really do much about the world wide labor reorg that's happening vis-a-vis AI and other measures being taken.

My wife's friend is still looking for a logistics job after being fired over 6 months ago.

And the thing is, she has been sending out resumes by the truck load, but only a handful of interviews.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 05, 2026 03:17 PM (XV/Pl)

172 Pop star Madonna posted a video of herself crawling around on all fours in front of her toilet whilst letting her breasts hang out of her dress, and smoking a cigarette, for her Pride Month message.

In other news, today is National Donut Day.
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at June 05, 2026 03:13 PM (0sNs1)
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Well, at least this old whore understands what "pride month" is all about: sick, perverted sex that involves toilets and shit and piss -- and tetanus shots.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:18 PM (iFTx/)

173 CME finally got here, a day late. Don Faraday cages, and check the integrity of your grounding.

Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 03:18 PM (Jr5Lq)

174 Funny enough, she got hired the old school way = showed up in person at a hiring event. She was the only one hired at her event.
Posted by: Nova Local at June 05, 2026 03:11 PM (tOcjL)
******
The best way, now, is a personal recommendation to a company. This opens windows if you can do this.

As a RN I got hired for any job I applied to. The last job, within the med center who knew me well, was weird. I was fleeing from a horrid job (workman's comp...that I took for the job share to have long weekends to fly to see my dying father). It was idiotic.

They did not want me to leave and I applied for a job I'd already held over a decade prior. Interview went well. My experience was much more than most nurses. I did not get the job, the only one in 3 decades. I was well known and highly respected by docs and all.

Why? Because of inter-hospital crap and a bad verbal recommendation from the fat manager who was not a RN.

The result? I quit nursing and cheered as one thing I don't do is play with mean girls or take BS from anyone. I was mainly supplementing our income for our college kids and they were done.

Loud cheers as I patched outta there for the last time in my gold sports car.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 03:18 PM (WONhk)

175 There is talk that all anti-AI scares are coming from overseas, Russia, China (most likely), Turkey, Qatar, whatever, who are pushing this anti-AI nonsense to their favorite "scarefluencers" , and are meant to cause trouble, slow US down. Russia and China especially are fully aware of what tremendous push forward AI can bring. Kinda like the great green scare with so called environmentalists who were funded by Roosha/China.

Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 03:18 PM (GD0B3)

176 I’ll wait for the revisions, thank you very much. Also, if 1 person takes multiple jobs, each of those jobs counts as individual employment, which in a gig economy is becoming much more common place.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 05, 2026 02:59 PM (ycI94)

Huh. Why didn't I hear Karine John-Peter or Big Joe himself ever say this while touting humongous monthly job gains during Joe's regime? I wonder why they didn't?

Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2026 03:19 PM (5rh/l)

177 "Finish school and be literate, get a job, work, don't buy a bunch of stupid shit you don't need."

Like a Lamborghini?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:13 PM (iFTx/)
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At least that serves a relatively useful purpose...

WTF am I supposed to do with 65,000+ Magic: The Gathering cards?

I guess I'll never run out of coasters or bookmarks...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 03:19 PM (gnNyN)

178 176 Huh. Why didn't I hear Karine John-Peter or Big Joe himself ever say this while touting humongous monthly job gains during Joe's regime? I wonder why they didn't?

Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2026 03:19 PM (5rh/l)

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The vast majority of those job went to foreigners.

Biden was also giving out SSNs like candy. Not to mention illegals stealing SSNs.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:19 PM (KbEzc)

179

DURING PRIDE MONTH???

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at June 05, 2026 03:19 PM (och2J)

180 177 At least that serves a relatively useful purpose...

WTF am I supposed to do with 65,000+ Magic: The Gathering cards?

I guess I'll never run out of coasters or bookmarks...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 03:19 PM (gnNyN)

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You could play Magic the Gathering.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:20 PM (KbEzc)

181 Well, at least this old whore understands what "pride month" is all about: sick, perverted sex that involves toilets and shit and piss -- and tetanus shots.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:18 PM (iFTx/)

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Not only an old and disgusting whore, but I really believe she's demonic and evil.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 03:20 PM (WONhk)

182 Gas price here in SW Wyoming is $4.50 a gallon .

Gas here was, until this Tuesday (I noted it because it was unexpected), $4.50. Tuesday it fell to $4.00.

I don't know if that will continue, but that's almost as much as it was at it's highest during the Biden error. $4.50 was HIGHER than it ever got during Biden, which is a problem.

It needs to drop precipitously for people to not feel it before the midterms.

Posted by: GMan at June 05, 2026 03:21 PM (GfWuY)

183 "Finish school and be literate, get a job, work, don't buy a bunch of stupid shit you don't need."

Like a Lamborghini?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:13 PM (iFTx/)
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At least that serves a relatively useful purpose...

WTF am I supposed to do with 65,000+ Magic: The Gathering cards?

I guess I'll never run out of coasters or bookmarks...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 03:19 PM (gnNyN)
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You could play the game with a few thousand people and make a run at Guinness?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:21 PM (iFTx/)

184 DURING PRIDE MONTH???

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at June 05, 2026 03:19 PM (och2J)

It's never not PRIDE MONTH.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 05, 2026 03:21 PM (/HDaX)

185 183 You could play the game with a few thousand people and make a run at Guinness?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:21 PM (iFTx/)

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I prefer to buy my Guinness from Costco rather than winning them in massive Magic The Gathering tournaments.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:21 PM (KbEzc)

186 It's Friday. It's June. It's a beautiful day. And narcissist mother and narcissist brother are playing up and they think (wrongly) they are going to control me with money, so if you have a very small prayer within you - I realize people many more important things they need prayer for - I would appreciate it. I don't even know for what at this point but these people need to get a fucking life.

Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:22 PM (Fyaxu)

187 You could play Magic the Gathering.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:20 PM (KbEzc)
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Nah...Modern M:TG is ridiculously overpowered with stupid expansions for every IP under the sun. (Fallout? Really?)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 03:22 PM (gnNyN)

188 WTF am I supposed to do with 65,000+ Magic: The Gathering cards?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 03:19 PM

Enter the NM:TGL draft and go pro?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 05, 2026 03:22 PM (0sNs1)

189 187 You could play Magic the Gathering.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:20 PM (KbEzc)
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Nah...Modern M:TG is ridiculously overpowered with stupid expansions for every IP under the sun. (Fallout? Really?)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 03:22 PM (gnNyN)

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Well, I tried nothing and I'm all out of ideas.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:22 PM (KbEzc)

190 Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:22 PM (Fyaxu)

I'm sorry, man.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 05, 2026 03:23 PM (dK+Kv)

191 186 It's Friday. It's June. It's a beautiful day. And narcissist mother and narcissist brother are playing up and they think (wrongly) they are going to control me with money, so if you have a very small prayer within you - I realize people many more important things they need prayer for - I would appreciate it. I don't even know for what at this point but these people need to get a fucking life.

Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:22 PM (Fyaxu)

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Crazy idea:

You have them send me the money because I can control you.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:23 PM (KbEzc)

192 Well, at least this old whore understands what "pride month" is all about: sick, perverted sex that involves toilets and shit and piss -- and tetanus shots.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:18 PM (iFTx/)

*****************
Not only an old and disgusting whore, but I really believe she's demonic and evil.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 03:20 PM (WONhk)
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She's been mentally ill for years. Heavy drug and booze abuse, plus probably 100 venereal diseases. It's amazing she's still alive. How she avoided AIDS with her lifestyle is beyond me.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:24 PM (iFTx/)

193 "There is talk that all anti-AI scares are coming from overseas, Russia, China (most likely), Turkey, Qatar, whatever, who are pushing this anti-AI nonsense to their favorite "scarefluencers", and are meant to cause trouble, slow US down.
Posted by: runner "

I am quiet certain the scare stories about the huge, massive, humongous amount of electricity (and water) required for these facility are way overblown. Definitely seems like organized disinformation to me.

Posted by: Ripley at June 05, 2026 03:24 PM (GUOwU)

194 You have them send me the money because I can control you.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:23 PM (KbEzc)

Well you did get me to subscribe three or four times.

Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:25 PM (Fyaxu)

195 22 Ace, if your'e looking for a juicy red-meat post today, this should fill the bill:

Karmelo Anthiony supporters threaten to kill white reporters utside trial courthouse:

“We kill crackas!”

“I like the smell of burning flesh!”

“We’re gonna do some Nat Turner shit on you”
Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 02:28 PM (Av6i5)

I am growing ever more fatigued.

Posted by: It's getting harder to not be racist at June 05, 2026 03:25 PM (TbWk/)

196 194 You have them send me the money because I can control you.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:23 PM (KbEzc)

Well you did get me to subscribe three or four times.

Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:25 PM (Fyaxu)

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SEE?!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:25 PM (KbEzc)

197 And the thing is, she has been sending out resumes by the truck load, but only a handful of interviews.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 05, 2026 03:17 PM (XV/Pl)

Per my son who just got a new job after a layoff, software engineer, he said it is due to the bog down of companies trying to screen fake AI resumes.

His BIL works for a big company in FL. Said he's requested certain software engineers for over 47 days. The employers are frustrated as well.

If she has a friend in another company to make a recommendation it will help her jump hurdles. After my son was hired where he starts Monday, he got a call from a large defense contractor due to a friend recommend.

There is also a way to make your resume stand out by it not being 5 pages long or somehow showing up in person. I read that recently. Not to list every detail but concise.

I hope she finds a new job soon.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 03:26 PM (WONhk)

198 195
“We kill crackas!”

“I like the smell of burning flesh!”

“We’re gonna do some Nat Turner shit on you”
Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 02:28 PM (Av6i5)

I am growing ever more fatigued.

Posted by: It's getting harder to not be racist at June 05, 2026 03:25 PM (TbWk/)

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The protest being like 8 people warms my heart.

No one wants to touch this thing except the craziest of the crazy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:26 PM (KbEzc)

199 There is talk that all anti-AI scares are coming from overseas, Russia, China (most likely), Turkey, Qatar, whatever, who are pushing this anti-AI nonsense

Well, as a senior software engineer that's been in the field for 26 years, I can tell you that the AI "scare" is both true and not true.

I can use an AI agent to do large parts of my job that would normally charge as an hour of labor for FAR cheaper. That's terrifying in a personal way because that makes a LOT of software engineer jobs obsolete or unnecessary. You need an AI manager instead of a developer.

BUT you also need to have the knowledge to know wtf the thing is producing and say "no" when it goes off the rails.

AI is going to demolish junior developer roles, and a lot of senior roles are going to go away. Period. There's a TON of software devs, a lot of it due to the "learn to code" mantra. A lot of those people are going to end up out of work.

The problem is

Posted by: GMan at June 05, 2026 03:26 PM (GfWuY)

200 You could play the game with a few thousand people and make a run at Guinness?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:21 PM (iFTx/)

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I prefer to buy my Guinness from Costco rather than winning them in massive Magic The Gathering tournaments.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:21 PM (KbEzc)
________

[Makes "L" sign on forehead]

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:26 PM (iFTx/)

201 "Once you get to a certain age, employers stop hiring."

No, they only stop hiring for the good jobs.

Now, if your up to cleaning the shitters at the highway rest areas or at Mickey D's, well, the sky is the limit!

Posted by: American Sani-Can Services Inc. at June 05, 2026 03:26 PM (z20w/)

202 Thanks flounder. You're a pal.

Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:27 PM (Fyaxu)

203 200 [Makes "L" sign on forehead]

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:26 PM (iFTx/)

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This shit is bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:27 PM (KbEzc)

204 It's Friday. It's June. It's a beautiful day. And narcissist mother and narcissist brother are playing up and they think (wrongly) they are going to control me with money, so if you have a very small prayer within you - I realize people many more important things they need prayer for - I would appreciate it. I don't even know for what at this point but these people need to get a fucking life.
Posted by: ... at June 05, 20

Prayers for fortitude and your continued charity toward your difficult family members. The Lord's prayer, especially the last half, helps me in similar situations.

Posted by: LASue at June 05, 2026 03:28 PM (lCppi)

205 I am growing ever more fatigued.

Posted by: It's getting harder to not be racist at June 05, 2026 03:25 PM (TbWk/)

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The protest being like 8 people warms my heart.

No one wants to touch this thing except the craziest of the crazy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:26 PM (KbEzc)

Don't hate the game; hate the player. Or something.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 05, 2026 03:28 PM (dK+Kv)

206 Bah, I hit post by acccident.

The problem is that in a couple of years, all those roles being removed and no junior devs to gain the senior level of experience they need to manage the AIs is going to backfire.

I don't know what'll happen, but I'll hopefully be retired by then.

Posted by: GMan at June 05, 2026 03:28 PM (GfWuY)

207 She's been mentally ill for years. Heavy drug and booze abuse, plus probably 100 venereal diseases. It's amazing she's still alive. How she avoided AIDS with her lifestyle is beyond me.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:24 PM (iFTx/)
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If I had to guess I would assume she has HIV and is on a lot of meds.

She's pure evil and disgusts me.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 03:28 PM (WONhk)

208 Thanks flounder. You're a pal.

Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:27 PM (Fyaxu)

Whatever you say, friendo.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 05, 2026 03:29 PM (dK+Kv)

209 Posted by: LASue at June 05, 2026 03:28 PM (lCppi)

Ah yes your sister I believe it was? I only remember because it was similar to my other brother. Thanks

Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 03:29 PM (Fyaxu)

210 Economists and the Federal Reserve typically estimate this natural, healthy rate of unemployment to be in the range of 4.0 to 4.5%.
Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2026 03:12 PM (5rh/l)

So said my econ class 30+ years ago, but I'm not sure it's entirely applicable anymore and should be revised upward to about 7%

Sounds weird? Consider the percentage of absolutely useless people who've managed to steal air for the entirety of their lives. Pretty close to 4% already, no?
If you want marginally useful people, it'll be like finding a needle in a haystack below 5.5%

Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 05, 2026 03:29 PM (zafwz)

211 206 Bah, I hit post by acccident.

The problem is that in a couple of years, all those roles being removed and no junior devs to gain the senior level of experience they need to manage the AIs is going to backfire.

I don't know what'll happen, but I'll hopefully be retired by then.

Posted by: GMan at June 05, 2026 03:28 PM (GfWuY)

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I strongly suspect that most of the AI firings is a combination of AI costs exploding, requiring quick monetary fixes, and over-hiring after COVID.

Plus, tech was probably over-employed in general, thinking of Musk firing so many engineers from Twitter and X largely not changing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:29 PM (KbEzc)

212 Per my son who just got a new job after a layoff, software engineer, he said it is due to the bog down of companies trying to screen fake AI resumes.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 03:26 PM (WONhk)
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I can believe that. Last fall, my department hired a new person and we had to screen over 70 applicants for one position. It sucked.

Nearly ALL of the resumes were written by AI. Full of industry buzzwords, but lacking in details or specific achievements.

On the plus side, relatively few of them were written by foreign applicants who were looking to get a foot in the door before moving on in six months.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 03:29 PM (gnNyN)

213 “We kill crackas!”

“I like the smell of burning flesh!”

“We’re gonna do some Nat Turner shit on you”
Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 02:28 PM (Av6i5)

I am growing ever more fatigued.

Posted by: It's getting harder to not be racist at June 05, 2026 03:25 PM (TbWk/)

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The protest being like 8 people warms my heart.

No one wants to touch this thing except the craziest of the crazy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:26 PM (KbEzc)
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Nat Turner? LOLOLOL. Tell me that some sleazy white NGO funded these losers, without telling me that. These idiot protestors have no idea who Nat Turner is. They were told to say that.

Maybe one or two of them then said "well who is that guy," and looked him up. The rest? They're too dumb and ideological to care.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 03:29 PM (iFTx/)

214 Nood,y'all.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 03:29 PM (WONhk)

215 Very interesting reports from the Karmelo trial.

Eyewitness said Anthony told Metcalf (the vixtim), "Touch me and find out."

To justify using deadly force, the jury would have to believe that Anthony had "a reasonable fear for his life." I can't see a jury (esp THIS jury) buying into that.

Otoh, I don't see premeditated murder here-- 1st degree murder requires premeditation.

Sounds to me more like Murder 2nd-- "heat of passion" murder.

Posted by: mnw at June 05, 2026 03:31 PM (RCjYY)

216
I am growing ever more fatigued.

Posted by: It's getting harder to not be racist at June 05, 2026 03:25 PM (TbWk/)

____________

We like best the people who share our values. Trash is trash, regardless of what they look like.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 03:31 PM (O0L8i)

217 What drives me nuts is that the fate of the country hinges on the price of gas in the weeks before the elections. "Hey man, I just paid $4 a gallon to fill-up and even though I'm a rock-ribbed conservative I'm gonna vote for the commie Democrats so they can open up the borders and flood my country with illegals again! That'll show Trump!"

FFS.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 05, 2026 03:31 PM (BN9Gq)

218 "If I had to guess I would assume she has HIV and is on a lot of meds.

She's pure evil and disgusts me.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky"

I always found Madonna foul and sleazy and disgusting even when she was supposedly some sex symbol on the level of Marilyn Monroe. Never understood what people saw in her.

Now Blondie...

Posted by: Ripley at June 05, 2026 03:31 PM (GUOwU)

219 217 What drives me nuts is that the fate of the country hinges on the price of gas in the weeks before the elections. "Hey man, I just paid $4 a gallon to fill-up and even though I'm a rock-ribbed conservative I'm gonna vote for the commie Democrats so they can open up the borders and flood my country with illegals again! That'll show Trump!"

FFS.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 05, 2026 03:31 PM (BN9Gq)

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It doesn't.

Gas prices have weirdly low effects on elections.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:32 PM (KbEzc)

220 WTF am I supposed to do with 65,000+ Magic: The Gathering cards?

I guess I'll never run out of coasters or bookmarks...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 03:19 PM (gnNyN)

Every Friday for the past couple of months, there's been a long line outside Best Buy near the wife's work. Finally asked a BB employee why. They're lining up before the store closes the night before to get Pokemon cards the next day.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 05, 2026 03:32 PM (1Ff7Z)

221 Finish school and be literate, get a job, work, don't buy a bunch of stupid shit you don't need

Did that in spades. Ended up burned, burnt out, broke, blackballed and utterly beaten. Sometimes life has other plans even if you do all the right things.

Posted by: Some people are here to be broken at June 05, 2026 03:32 PM (TbWk/)

222 On the plus side, relatively few of them were written by foreign applicants who were looking to get a foot in the door before moving on in six months.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 03:29 PM (gnNyN)

He was only without a job for a few weeks as he's a Level 3 or something, something engineer.

AI is why it takes so long and it made sense once he told me. He fairly quickly got phone interviews and local interviews.

It's a mess out there,that's for sure.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 05, 2026 03:33 PM (WONhk)

223 ...Otoh, I don't see premeditated murder here-- 1st degree murder requires premeditation.

Sounds to me more like Murder 2nd-- "heat of passion" murder.

Yeah, but the fucker did bring a knife to a track meet.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 05, 2026 03:33 PM (BN9Gq)

224 And the thing is, she has been sending out resumes by the truck load, but only a handful of interviews.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 05, 2026 03:17 PM (XV/Pl)

Applying to jobs is almost useless. Every posting gets 100 applications in an hour.

Only way that works is through a network or trying to communicate with the job poster directly. On LinkedIn that’s doable for most jobs.

But clicking Apply is almost not worth bothering with.

Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 03:34 PM (tNkpt)

225 I got called by the company I work for. I'd been out of work 8 months and had pretty much quit looking. I guess someone dropped my name to HR and said this is the guy you are looking for. I was called on a Friday and working Monday. They already had permissions at manager level on the laptop they gave me.

Then they discovered my other talents. The ones I really never wanted to use again. Now my job is to keep the whole thing running. I have 10's of millions of dollars in high tech equipment I'm responsible for. All because I was a heavy equipment mechanic for oh those so many long years.

Posted by: Reforger at June 05, 2026 03:34 PM (ZxzYs)

226 I strongly suspect that most of the AI firings is a combination of AI costs exploding, requiring quick monetary fixes, and over-hiring after COVID.

Plus, tech was probably over-employed in general, thinking of Musk firing so many engineers from Twitter and X largely not changing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 03:29 PM (KbEzc)

Not so sure he fired that many engineers. "STEM" people making reports for meetings. HR and admin people going to meetings and eating the free donuts in the morning.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 05, 2026 03:36 PM (8avO+)

227 217 What drives me nuts is that the fate of the country hinges on the price of gas in the weeks before the elections. "Hey man, I just paid $4 a gallon to fill-up and even though I'm a rock-ribbed conservative I'm gonna vote for the commie Democrats so they can open up the borders and flood my country with illegals again! That'll show Trump!"

FFS.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 05, 2026 03:31 PM (BN9Gq)

It’s not that. It’s the mushy middle 5% that swings one way or another based on the latest shiny object. Gas at $4/5 will make those people vote Democrat because Trump made gas expensive. It’s retarded but it’s how the world works.

Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 03:36 PM (tNkpt)

228 Gas was 3.45 here yesterday. It was 3.89 a month ago.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I don't know what gas prices are doing in my area either.

NEP has been pretty consistently $5.09 where I buy it, and $5.39 where I live. Diesel, same price, and regular is $4.39.

All I can guess is that somehow we are being infected by the ridiculous gas prices from nearby Blue State.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 05, 2026 03:42 PM (vJrRc)

229 Until the systematic wage suppression that's been the norm for more or less my entire lifespan is done away with and the average worker can finally see proper compensation for what they do, the economy will continue to be perceived to be bad.

Because for those people? It's bad.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at June 05, 2026 03:42 PM (N5734)

230 And in movie news, I finished watching Spider Noir, it's pretty darn good, Nicholas Cage should win easily win an Emmy.

My main complaint is that even though it's presented in black and white, you can tell it's simply a de-colored digital "print." as well as the atmospherics, ie smoke, haze, fog are CGI.

If they had actually shot it on film and did everything practically, it would have moved from really good to great.

Definitely in the top 10 of super hero things.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 05, 2026 03:45 PM (XV/Pl)

231 AI is going to demolish junior developer roles,

Posted by: GMan

Cutting off the bottom rungs of the ladder rarely works out well for an industry.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 05, 2026 03:46 PM (vJrRc)

232 There is also a way to make your resume stand out by it not being 5 pages long or somehow showing up in person. I read that recently. Not to list every detail but concise.

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5 pages?
2 max. Concentrate on the most 5 recent years with details. Anything older than that just summaries. And don’t go more than 15 years back, it’ll tell the ats you’re old.

Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 03:53 PM (tNkpt)

233 @224

>>Applying to jobs is almost useless. Every posting gets 100 applications in an hour.

I can't imagine what it's like to be a regular person trying to find a job.

I have been fortunate that I've never had to interview for a job and luckily I'm getting close to retirement, so there's that.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 05, 2026 03:53 PM (XV/Pl)

234 I need assistance
For the life of me I cannot figure out Annie’s Stew email as want to desperately send her a message

Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 03:58 PM (Ia/+0)

235 Ace doing the SPLC.

I never thought I'd live to see the sight of it.

Wow.

Something strange must be transpiring behind the curtain.

https://i.___ur.com/SngnBNK.jpeg

Very very strange.

Posted by: David Ben Gurion at June 05, 2026 04:13 PM (mcvmf)

236 Looks like Ace got some unexpected kick back on his evaluation of the job market.
Ace
The economy sucks for most Americans.
Myself personally I am doing well with zero financial stress.
We graduate 2 million kids from high school and college each year. They need 2,000,000 new jobs a year. Plumber openings per year? 50,000
Dont try to say it is because 1000 college students graduate each year with a major in gender studies(most who major in gender studies have double majors of premed or psychology) and that is why there are no good jobs and college grads are working at Starbucks.

The Trump economy sucks OWN IT

Posted by: Paul at June 05, 2026 04:39 PM (59BGO)

237 275000 federal workers lost their jobs I do not think that is a good thing where are the jobs for them

Posted by: Paul at June 05, 2026 04:42 PM (59BGO)

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