Yes - I had to work during Uni and it was hellish. By the end, I came very close to burnout (but not failure, although I did have to cut corners at times to keep my head above water).
I think America is eventually headed for a major crisis probably touched off by the bond markets as was the case in the early 1980s. It will get skittish once we have the dynamic of the Fed easing short term rates again in the face of high inflation. But rates shooting to the moon won't make the situation better unless they spark a deep, deflationary recession.
America's fiscal situation is abominable. One of the things I've been tracking is CMS (Medicare/Medicaid), and to say that's unsustainable is very polite. It was fairly recently only 20% funded and since this summer, judging from the MTS, it's at about 13% now. The medical-industrial complex is collapsing because of these absurd cost increases and it has hardly been noticed in the mainstream.
Damn, the next 10 years give me an uneasy feeling. There's going to be such a temptation to take us to war to distract from hard times here. And a lot of people are in a warlike mood too...
This was the stormiest summer I can remember since I was a kid. Very erratic weather patterns and high heat/humidity. This is in the Upper Midwest. By contrast the summers before - 2nd half of 20 & all 21/22/23 were summers of absolutely parched drought. We have had wild swings in this part of the world owing to increasing climate instability.
Huge proliferations of wildflowers along with the moist conditions.
There seem to be ongoing crackdowns on homelessness and various kinds of unlawful behavior such as speeding, drunk driving, etc - there is a very strong feeling of a police state again after a lax period during and after Covid.
Hello, I was a regular reader of all the Collapse communities going back to Reddit. I was mightily distressed when Lemm.ee shut down. Glad you've collected the small lifeboat remnants of that community here again!
Yes - I had to work during Uni and it was hellish. By the end, I came very close to burnout (but not failure, although I did have to cut corners at times to keep my head above water).