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If AI driven layoffs keep spreading across major firms, the real risk is no longer just job loss but a broader spillover into housing demand and consumer stability. You are already seeing early stress signals in labor data and forced restructuring across sectors that used to feel stable. Most people are not prepared for what …
This is insane The US economy is now reliant on older Americans more than ever before pic.twitter.com/PE0U2wf7sI — Cheddar Flow (@CheddarFlow) February 20, 2026 US Consumer Sentiment collapses to levels not seen since the Great Financial Crisis pic.twitter.com/kMt4jDRY50 — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) February 20, 2026 Sam Altman just admitted AI will make most humans economically …
Amazon shares sunk more than 9% on Friday after the company’s hefty spending forecast surprised investors who were already wary that the artificial intelligence boom is at risk of becoming a bubble. The e-commerce company on Thursday was the latest tech giant to announce plans for a massive increase in capital expenditures, after Google parent …
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New tech I'd sh*t. What's your story of an older technology that got rebranded to rob us all blind? by inconspiracy Basically old technology from computers and TV’s that were once free or just stored in a server someonewhere to sell back to you. They are basically selling modern versions of the same shit remotely. …
No one expecting 3% real growth in the US any time soon. pic.twitter.com/dAc96aKccl — Bob Elliott (@BobEUnlimited) May 24, 2025 The structural problem for the US is simple. Long-term GDP growth rate is falling. US Debt has been ballooning which has caused US Federal Interest Payments to skyrocket. Hence, the conundrum for the US Economy …
More and more older Americans are finding themselves stuck in a reality they never expected—working minimum wage jobs deep into their 60s and 70s. In this video, we take a closer look at the growing trend of baby boomers and Gen Xers who simply can’t afford to retire. With little to no savings or investments, …
HOW old do you feel? A new study has found Americans over 45 feel 12 years older than their actual age, on average. The poll of 2,000 Americans ages 28 and older, split evenly by generation, found 55% of people who feel older than their actual age blame joint pain, and 45% have held back …
According to the CDC’s latest statistics on STDs in the United States, chlamydia, hepatitis C, and syphilis are among the diseases affecting Americans aged 55 and older at an alarming rate. The numbers, which are as recent as 2022, demonstrate how STD rates have risen dramatically since 2000. Chlamydia, Hepatitis C, and syphilis are some …
Scientists have found a new old kid on the block that predates the existence of Homo sapiens, according to Nature. Dating back to 476,000 years ago, primitive wooden tools and structures were found at a site in Kalambo Falls, Zambia that provide significant insight into the lives of our early ancestors. Tools and various structures …
Report finds falling happiness among youth of North America and western Europe, but rise in sub-Saharan Africa and eastern Europe Vivek Murthy: the US surgeon general highlighting unhappiness ‘You have to stand out’: six Dagenham teenagers on their future prospects Young people are becoming less happy than older generations as they suffer “the equivalent of …
At a time when retirees should be enjoying leisure activities and travel, they’re instead grappling with putting food on the table. According to a new study featured in the Journal of the American Medicine Association (JAMA), food insecurity has greatly increased over the past 20 years for American families with adults over the age of …
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/01/massive-lost-city-found-covered-vegetation-site-older/ With the deployment of airborne laser sensors as well as more traditional excavation techniques, archeologists have discovered evidence of a massive and sophisticated lost city in the dense Amazon rain forest region of eastern Ecuador in the Andes foothills. Lead researcher Stephen Rostain of the National Center for Scientific Research in France told the …
It must be hard for older people to watch the country they once loved deteriorating economically and socially. Political polarization contributes to feeling of despair and turns people away from each other rather than towards. The pandemic also really isolated people and increased depression in people. via YAHOO: Rising rates of suicide among older adults …
Inflation in essential areas, including car insurance, car repair, transportation, rent, homeowner costs, and food away from home, far exceeds the 3.2% CPI headline rate, challenging the notion of a broader decline in prices and signaling an ongoing affordability crisis for consumers. While CPI inflation is at 3.2%, inflation is much higher in many basic …
Reverse mortgages: 15,000 older Florida homeowners at risk of foreclosure and homelessness Already, 16,654 reverse mortgage holders have gone into foreclosure in the five years that ended December 2017, the most by far in the U.S. and nearly double the second-most — in California. Those figures are based on an analysis by USA TODAY in …
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by EuphoricTrilby The boomers have held onto power for much longer than any other generation. We now have a Senate whose median age is the retirement age. Where was the turning point in our political system that gave this particular generation a green light to rule forever?
When a fragrance wafted through the bedrooms of older adults for two hours every night for six months, memories skyrocketed. Participants in the study by neuroscientists reaped a 226% increase in cognitive capacity compared to the control group. The University of California researchers in Irvine said the finding transforms the long-known tie between smell and …
One in five Americans think they will never retire, according to a new poll. Some 20 percent of adults in the US fear they will never be able to retire – of them 70 percent said the reason was that they wouldn’t be able to afford it. The survey – by Axios and research group …
Former BlackRock Exec, Ed Dowd, says younger people began dying at a higher rate than older people in 2021, according to excess mortality data and the data shows the trend seems to be continuing. Why is this not front page news in the US?pic.twitter.com/sYWQyhXz4x — TexasLindsay™ (@TexasLindsay) June 12, 2023 h/t MonkeyWrangler