After SpaceX restores high-speed service, Musk claims Ukraine violated Starlink agreement
Saturday, October 24, 2026
10 days later
Ukraine says Starlink and Starshield high speed restrictions have been lifted
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said Starlink and Starshield connectivity is again stable on equipment moving above 400 km/h (249 mph). ...
The low hire, low fire economy: People who work don't realize how good they've got it compared with the past
Just 0.066% of the civilian population made first time claims for unemployment in 3Q2026, a number which has never been lower.
IT'S A NEW RECORD LOW.
Average 3Q claims were 0.182549m.
Average 3Q civilian population was 275.417m.
% = 0.06628.
Never been equaled.
Meanwhile the unemployment level at 2.62% of civilian population in 3Q has very rarely been lower. It's been low like this so much recently that we forget how rare this level has been.
The 2025 average was higher at 2.67%, same as it was in the year 2000, but still remarkably low.
There have been just 16-years averaging lower than 2.62% from 1948 inclusive, including two years under Trump I and three years under Joe Biden.
80% OF THE TIME IT'S WORSE.
And the downward ten year trend for the measure, whether quarterly or monthly, remains intact, which is saying a lot given what we did to ourselves during the COVID-19 panic.
... a low-hire, low-fire environment, where there is little job growth but where employers are reluctant to cut workers. ... “Despite extremely pessimistic views expressed in consumer confidence surveys regarding the economy overall, countless headlines describing job cuts from a variety of businesses, and the phantom job-stealing power of AI, the claims data suggests that labor market conditions are stable,” Thomas Simons, chief U.S. economist at Jefferies, said in a client note. ...
Most GLP-1 users say they no longer recognize themselves in a mirror
Most GLP-1 Users Say They No Longer Recognize Themselves In Mirror...
... 72% of GLP-1 users said they no longer recognized themselves in the mirror.
... 68% said they would still choose to take it.
... 56% reported a loss of identity at some point. ...
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