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18 thoughts on “Friday Cat Blogging – 5 May 2023”

  1. DaBunny

    Mr. Drum, how do you sleep at night? Depriving such a handsome and clearly deserving creature of the morsel of tuna taco he needs to persevere. For shame, sir!

    Sincerely,
    Charlie's communications team

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  3. KawSunflower

    Intrusion into Charlie's beautiful green solitude doesn't seem to perturb him.

    And OT to this photo but related to KD's photography of the heavens, the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History's exhibit, "Lights Out: Recovering Our Night Sky" is featured in The Washington Post's Weekend Section today). (Would provide the link, but the O/L print edition isn't convenient).

    1. Salamander

      Also in Friday's WaPo: Dana Milbank's piece on being visited by "the Light Police" (not to be confused with the Light Brigade) for having too bright a floodlight in his ne country estate. He elaborates on the ecological consequences of humanity's over-lighting. Very interesting.

  4. D_Ohrk_E1

    Hey, GPT-3.5 is now able to skip the rhymes. They manually fixed it, apparently. Also, the release notes state that 3.5 will be deprecated. Not sure if this means 4.0 will become the free version and the paid version will be 4.2 or straight to GPT-5?

  5. Traveller

    Charley really doesn't mind...He knows that you will do justice by him and put forth nothing but an excellent image....I wonder if this is why he seems to be such a patient model? Best Wishes, Traveller

  9. D_Ohrk_E1

    I think by now, everyone has recognized that someone is not feeling well. To fill in the gap:

    Employment is holding up quite well - https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=13d8I

    Unemployment rate continues to drop - https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=13d8Y

    Hourly wages did well - https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=13d9k

    Average weekly hours worked appears to have returned to normal - https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=13d9G

    Gains in employment is broad across trades - https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=13dal

    Notable that yesterday, despite the Fed raising rates one more time, Powell reiterated that recession was unlikely. I strongly urge people to ignore Romer and instead, think about all the oddities of this business cycle, including the vertical movement of the Phillips Curve and the Beveridge Curve.

    1. CAbornandbred

      Thanks for standing in for Kevin. I am missing the charts a lot. Maybe you can help us out? 🙂

    2. Vog46

      Thanks D_Ohrk !!

      One thing to keep in mind here is even IF there is a recession this one would be very different.
      As boomers leave the workforce there are far FEWER bodies to replace them
      Using 20 year olds as a standard for entering the workforce -
      The peak of our workforce was in the early 70 (baby boom of the early 50s PLUS 20 years)
      The birthrate in 2003 was HALF that of the early 50s. Add 20 years to that to get to THIS year and as the boomers leave there's only 1 person entering the workforce for every 2 boomers that are leaving.
      And the problem will get worse over time
      It's why unemployment has remained stubbornly low
      Its why our military recruitment efforts have generally failed
      Its why China is importing labor from African nations
      Its why Macron raised the retirement age in France

      In 10 to 20 years "we" will look very different economically speaking

    3. Vog46

      Electrician shortages are beginning to affect construction speeds and repair jobs - same for plumbing. A/C installation and repair has always been a "hot" job field here in the SE corner of NC so right now that field is busy as ever but they are holding their own.

      Many other fields are hiring whoever they can to fill slots.

    1. KawSunflower

      So this insect can shoot its output far away, keeping its immediately vicinity clean - but only by spending HOURS repeating the process? Aren't nature's solutions are usually more efficient than that?

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