https://qz.com/federal-reserve-fomc-january-2026-interest-rate-decision-powell-trump The Federal Reserve decided Wednesday to keep interest rates steady. The decision followed three consecutive rate cuts in 2025, with the Fed cutting rates by 25 basis points at its September meeting, again at its October meeting, and one more time at its December meeting. Inflation has held relatively steady in recent weeks, even appearing to trend down, while labor market numbers have also come in within targets that officials widely regard as acceptable. Prediction markets, as well as traders and analysts, widely expected Wednesday’s pause. Yet it came even as White House pressure on the Fed has reached into unprecedented territory that, Fed Chair Jerome Powell himself has said, “should be seen in the broader context of the administration's threats and ongoing pressure.”

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@jon-nyc said in The Womanosphere Movement: @Axtremus said in The Womanosphere Movement: “Now comes the ‘womanosphere’: the anti-feminist media telling women to be thin... And yet... [image: 20161105_USP508.jpg] To be fair, they are pretty thin when compared to their lord and saviour.

Seems that Bessent finds Carney’s superior competence as statesman and candid remarks at Davos need to be checked by employing an extortionist response: "I would just encourage Prime Minister Carney to do what he thinks is best for the Canadian people, not his own virtue signalling, because we do have a USMCA negotiation coming up," Bessent said, using the American acronym for the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/us-treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-mark-carney-9.7064976 Everyday the Trump Adminstration marvellously confirms the essential truth behind Carney’s remarks at Davos. No wonder it garnered a standing ovation. Bessent again makes an ass of himself.

Trade schools were already covered by Pell. This is covering very short term training programs (8 weeks instead of 15 week). I’ve been advocating for this for years, and if you truly want the Pell Grant to have an impact on poverty, remove 4 year colleges eligibility for Freshmen. MAKE the recipients have a vocational training degree in hand before exploring 4 year colleges eligibility degrees.

Cutie!

@Mik LOL

The Ambre is not terrible in price, but that's a really good house. I used to buy it. Probably still could if I went to Kentucky. Yep - still about $50. Very close to an XO but much cheaper.

Canada in second place? Who ever complied that list has not travelled public transit in Edmonton in the past five years. Edit. I see now that it is about technical safety standards.

Seems fair enough. If the seat could have been filled by a paying passenger I see no justification for a refund.

Light weight.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/tiktok-claimed-bugs-blocked-anti-ice-videos-epstein-mentions-experts-call-bs/ TikTok wants users to believe that errors blocking uploads of anti-ICE videos or direct messages mentioning Jeffrey Epstein are due to technical errors—not the platform seemingly shifting to censor content critical of Donald Trump after he hand-picked the US owners who took over the app last week. However, experts say that TikTok users’ censorship fears are justified, whether the bugs are to blame or not. Ioana Literat, an associate professor of technology, media, and learning at Teachers College, Columbia University, has studied TikTok’s politics since the app first shot to popularity in the US in 2018. She told Ars that “users’ fears are absolutely justified” and explained why the “bugs” explanation is “insufficient.”

I did not either. Saw something similar on high priced Italian purses. Something like 95% is made in China, and then they do the final sowing of the zipper in Italy and attach the label. That is considered sufficient manufacturing so that they can call it "made in Italy"

@blondie Me too. I probably shouldn't bring back old forum threads. LOL

@Klaus said in Today’s fresh hell from academia: Surely none of you made up their minds … About what?

@89th said in Winter Storm 2026 Memes: LOL that is great. Yeah lots of folks in Northern Virginia are dealing with a thick coat of ice on top of it all. After a day or two, that becomes like concrete if temps stay low. AMIRIT @lufins-dad ? Oh yeah. Got to the showroom today to discover that much of our front walkway is only getting cleared with a sledgehammer.

So how long did it take before they started using it for porn? 72 hours?

It’s basically true in the English colonies. Not so much in the Spanish. It basically came down to whether the local tribesmen were more hunter-gatherer or agricultural. By the way, by and large the hunter-gatherer tribes were wiped out and the agricultural societies were functionally enslaved or at least systematically exploited. I used to think that was primarily an English vs Spanish thing but it again had to do with the development state of the local tribesmen. Hunter gathers in the pampas were wiped out just like the North American ones.

@jon-nyc said in Next after GLP-1s?: @Klaus said in Next after GLP-1s?: I think the next best thing after GLP-1s will be oral GLP-1s. The injections are scaring off many people. Approved in the US earlier this month. I know. And I think this is big. If this becomes a pill you can swallow every day and the costs come down <$100 a month, then you'll have 100M daily users in no time.