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Economic news and the job market dominate the news this week. Image from Midjourney v 6.1

Plenty of news this week about artificial intelligence, branding changes at the Department of Defense, and wealthy people discussing the anti-Christ.

What the latest jobs report means for you … buckle up | CNN Business
After years of plentiful employment opportunities, healthy pay bumps and pandemic savings-fueled spending sprees, American workers now face a sobering economic reality: It’s getting harder and harder to find work, and more and more industries are shedding jobs.
Executives love their AI rollouts, but employees aren’t buying it
Less than half of workers see their organizations’ approach to gen AI as strategic and successful. CIOs must embrace the change management challenge to ensure clear direction and organization-wide AI literacy.
Hegseth Teases New Name for Department of Defense
When leaving a military facility on Thursday, Hegseth told reporters: “Thank you for traveling with the War Department!”
‘Godfather of AI’ says the technology will create massive unemployment and send profits soaring — ‘that is the capitalist system’
“We are at a point in history where something amazing is happening, and it may be amazingly good, and it may be amazingly bad.”
There’s a reason Dear Leader ‘loves the poorly educated.’
J. Basil Dannebohm observes, “The MAGA movement haplessly takes fraudster bait and consistently fails its own litmus test. Just look at who they anointed as ‘Dear Leader.’ There’s a reason he ‘loves the poorly educated.’”
The Warning Signs In Trump’s Crusade Against Wind
By targeting investments that are already in train, Trump’s move strikes against the core of the free market.
Peter Thiel Antichrist Obsession Roasted on Joe Rogan
Peter Thiel gets roasted on Joe Rogan’s podcast for his four-part Antichrist lecture series, with even conservative allies questioning the optics
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