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  • The tough job market for new college grads probably isn’t all due to AI

    Current Job Market Reality

    • Unemployment for college degree-holders aged 22-27 is almost 6%, the highest since the pandemic
    • This rate is significantly worse than the overall unemployment rate of 4%, creating an unusual inversion rarely seen in the past three decades
    • Recent graduates are struggling to find work despite having degrees, with some considering service jobs while waiting out the market

    AI’s Role (Mixed Impact)

    • Only about 6% of firms across the economy have adopted AI technology according to Goldman Sachs The tough job market for new college grads probably isn’t all due to AI
    • In tech specifically, AI impact is more significant – new graduate hires by Big Tech fell 25% since 2023
    • AI can now handle entry-level coding tasks that were traditionally learning opportunities for junior developers
    • Tech companies increasingly brag about AI-generated code while simultaneously announcing layoffs

    source: https://www.marketplace.org/story/2025/06/30/why-college-grads-are-struggling-to-find-work

  • WordPress to Threads

    Announcing WordPress to Threads. A WordPress plugin that will publish your blog to Threads.

    Features

    • Automatic Posting: Posts to Threads when you publish a new blog post
    • Character Limit Handling: Automatically truncates long posts to fit Threads’ 500 character limit
    • URL Shortening: Uses Bitly to shorten URLs for long posts
    • Manual Posting: Post existing blog posts to Threads with one click
    • OAuth Integration: Secure authorization flow compliant with Meta’s API requirements
    • Duplicate Prevention: Tracks which posts have been shared to prevent duplicates
    • GDPR Compliance: Includes data deletion endpoints for user privacy

    Currently it’s not for muggles, but if you’re comfortable with setting up a developer account on developer.facebook.com then this will likely work for you.

    If there’s broader interest in making a plug and play version that doesn’t require any developer setup (just oauth to Threads and begin posting) then I’ll see about setting up a service for that, but it will cost some small amount of money.

    More details here: https://github.com/Xatter/WordpressToThreads/blob/main/README.md

  • Selling your bath water is still better than pumping a crypto coin to capitalize on the attention creepy men give you

  • Kinks worked out!

  • This is worth a read

    https://hipcrime.substack.com/p/the-end-of-growth-and-the-zero-sum?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=115421&post_id=167074277&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=bl2i2&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

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  • Duck Library Refresh

    There are regular refreshes at the duck library. We exchanged a ninja duck for a Dino duck

  • Makes sense, the less economic growth you experienced in your first 20 years of life the more likely you are to believe everything is zero sum

    That’s a big problem when US economic growth has gone from 3% to barely 2% over the last 10-15 years. Might not seem like much but it actually makes a huge difference in the psychology of markets

  • Still working out the kinks