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1 in 4 unemployed people, or 1.8 million Americans, have been job searching for over half a year. Goldman Sachs says it is using AI to “limit future head count growth,”

1 in 4 unemployed Americans is stuck in the trap. After 6 months:→ Employer callback rates drop ~45%→ ATS systems flag the gap automatically→ Network connections go cold→ Savings run out The job market seems to be structurally punishing people for being in it too long.… pic.twitter.com/QqSI4m4Osb — RANTZINE (@rant_zine) February 17, 2026 Factcheck: Yes, …

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New mortgage rules let rent count toward home loans

The Federal Housing Finance Agency just cleared a major shift in mortgage qualification rules. Rent payments can now be counted toward mortgage applications, a change aimed at broadening access for renters hoping to buy homes. This move coincides with the return of 40-year adjustable-rate mortgages, offering longer terms but variable interest costs down the line. …

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Gold is now classified as a Tier 1 asset under U.S. Basel III rules, meaning banks can count it at full value.

Gold just got promoted. As of July 1, 2025, physical gold is now officially classified as a Tier 1 asset under U.S. Basel III banking regulations. That means banks can count gold at 100% of its market value toward their core capital reserves. No haircut. No markdown. Same treatment as cash or Treasuries. This is …

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Sperm Count Has Declined Almost 50% In Men Across The Globe In Recent Decades

Imagine if humanity’s future were slipping through our fingers—literally. For decades, the world has been fixated on the threats we can see: climate change, pandemics, economic upheaval. Yet, quietly, an invisible crisis has been brewing inside our bodies. Sperm counts in men have plummeted by nearly 50% worldwide in just a few decades. This isn’t science fiction; …

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Georgia Supreme Court Blocks Republican Push to Hand Count Ballots in Key Swing State

The Georgia Supreme Court blocked a Republican effort Tuesday to require poll workers to hand-count the number of ballots cast, upholding a lower court’s decision. A Georgia judge previously blocked a state election board rule that would have required counties to hand-count ballots on Election Day. The Republican National Committee (RNC) and Georgia GOP appealed …

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US judge blocks Georgia order to count votes by hand!

What is wrong with hand counting the votes to see if the counts match the voting machines counts? Opinions? It would be an excellent audit trail in my opinion. US judge blocks Georgia order to count votes by hand https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2kv219d2go A judge in the US state of Georgia has blocked an order for ballots in …

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ANDY KESSLER: The Lost Era of Reliability: We can no longer count on politicians, media or even the latest technology.

“Photoshopping the then-missing princess of Wales. The press twisting Donald Trump’s “bloodbath” comment out of context. AT&T Wireless down for hours. And (gasp!) Instagram offline. Is anything reliable anymore? Reliability is a lost art. Our electricity used to be so steady that plugged-in wall clocks rarely needed adjusting. That’s funny now because power outages are …

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10,659 ballots omitted from unofficial vote count in Chicago, rectified later.

The Chicago Board of Elections revealed on Saturday that more than 10,000 ballots hadn’t been included in previous vote totals by mistake, making unofficial counts lower than expected. In a news release, a spokesperson for the CBOE explained that while adding up vote-by-mail ballots, he accidentally left out additional ballots that had been delivered by the U.S. …

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Russia tops historic sanctions count at 17,937, while achieving 3.5% GDP growth in 2023.

Officially : Russia ends the year 2023 as the country with the most sanctions imposed in human history, with 17,937 sanctions. At the same time, Russia’s GDP growth for this year reached 3.5%. pic.twitter.com/6wzJOcqagY — Sprinter Press (@SprinterPress) December 20, 2023 “To apply sanctions against another country is automatically to apply sanctions to oneself” EU …

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Rickards: Things will get worse. Count on it.

The Chinese are ramming Philippine vessels in the South China Sea. That's on top of wars in Ukraine and Gaza. See what happens when there's no one home at the White House except a senile husk? Things will get worse. Count on it.https://t.co/bUIiWTYxOh — Jim Rickards (@JamesGRickards) October 24, 2023 Escalation of the Israel-Hamas War …

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Gen-Z shoppers think using cash doesn’t count as spending, that anything under $5 is effectively FREE and that riding a $400 bike 400 times means it only costs a dollar

Gen-Z shoppers think using cash doesn’t count as spending, that anything under $5 is effectively FREE and that riding a $400 bike 400 times means it only costs a dollar The new phenomena of ‘girl’ and ‘boy’ math is taking TikTok by storm as Gen Z shoppers bizarrely claim using cash doesn’t count as spending …

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The rig count is still in plunge mode… The United States drained its strategic reserve… Crude oil prices rise above $87.00 for the first time since November 2022 as Saudi Arabia extends production cuts

The rig count is still in plunge mode… *A cumulative $4.9T of investments in global upstream oil and gas are needed by 2030 to meet market needs and prevent a supply shortfall" —International Energy Forum (IEF) and S&P Global Commodity Insights. https://t.co/8mRu56mQ9e pic.twitter.com/EoXmE1DPHd — Lawrence McDonald (@Convertbond) September 4, 2023 BREAKING: Crude oil prices rise …

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From SEC staff Memorandum: Figures 9B and 10B display daily counts of gross positions that surpass 7% and 10% of a U.S. listed security’s market cap, respectively. A single participant can hold multiple large positions, hence the count can exceed the total number of market participants…

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: Memorandum from the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis My understanding is figures 9 and 10 outline the daily market participants’ gross positions in securities exceeding 7% and 10% of the security’s market capitalization. On average, 65 participants exceed the 7% threshold daily, and 46 exceed the 10% threshold. The highest recorded numbers …

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