FORTUNE: Consumer prices pushed up mostly by corporate profits, new Groundwork Collaborative study finds
"Corporate profits drove 53% of inflation during the second and third quarters of 2023 and more than one-third since the start of the pandemic, the report found, analyzing Commerce Department data. That’s a massive jump from the four decades prior to the pandemic, when profits drove just 11% of price growth." #greedflation#economy#inflation
@SwiftOnSecurity Oh 35 is old now? Add twenty years to that and you'll be in my neighborhood youngun. I make sounds now when I get up, and I started the new year with a kidney stone. I've been reading up on low impact stool softeners and anti-spasmodics, I take a children's aspirin once a day for my heart.
And I'm probably not even the oldest person who'll be replying to your toot.
I've been holding off on deleting my Twitter account, mostly for sentimental reasons, but the news about a "marketplace for unused handles" is making me reconsider.
I am not a public figure, so this might be less likely, but I still don't like the idea of having my account sold for a few bucks to promote crypto, or other scams.
I don't really link to it anywhere, but there's a few old embedded tweets on my site.
@stefan when I deleted my account I let go of any attachment to my handle there which is the same as it is here. Nothing links to it and no one would be interested in using it.
Interesting note for Fediverse/Mastodon users: you do not get a "view" count here, which makes some new folks (ie journalists/others) feel like they aren't being seen, even though their message is being read by lots of people. They only see the boosts and stars... So hit the "star" button often, especially on new people finally migrating here! #Feditips
@ai6yr I read a lot of posts but only star things that interest me because I also use them as bookmarks. Yes I know there's a bookmark feature but I never use it. If the bookmarking feature auto-added stuff to some sort of editable list I would use it.
In 1944 a kitten named George (short for General Electric) was saved from drowning by a U.S. Navy crew member. George was then photographed and given a liberty card and detailed health record. https://battleshipnc.catalogaccess.com/archives/28073
@CatsOfYore I love the art on that card. It feels like some sort of throwback therianthrope registry on Ellis Island in an America that never was. Therianthropes being the first wave of inhuman immigrants from their old world Europe. No Blacks, No Irish, and No Vamps. Vamps being vampire bat therianthropes.
They would probably be persecuted. Because of all the blood drinking, and the biting, and the pheromone glamoring, and the biting. Also the hepatitis.
@evacide a bunch of fake videos about Denzel Washington's death in 2022 popped up for me yesterday, couldn't figure why they hadn't been deleted because he is still very much alive.
@zleap@rockstorm@ElleGray humans have been licking frogs to get high ever since we were closer to apes than we are now. It's not something we'll ever stop doing.
Adding in-app registrations to the @pixelfed app is challenging, and not for technical reasons
The decentralized nature means anyone can start an instance, but what happens when the admin decides they want to shut it down, or shut it down without notice?
I think the app should limit in-app sign-ups to trusted instances that won't disappear overnight
A potential compromise could be invite QR codes, or app links