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06/05/2026

Here is my analysis derived from today's Labor Department, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Job Numbers:
1. 172,000 (+57,000 versus last month) non-farm jobs were created in in May.
2. 13.8 million (-300,000 versus last month) = 7.3 mil. (-100,000 versus last month) Unemployed + 4.8 mil. (-100,000 versus last month) Involuntarily working part-time + 1.7 mil (-100,000 versus last month) are not even counted = 13.8 million workers (-300,000 versus last month)who are either unemployed or underemployed!
3. The broad measure of unemployment and underemployment (also known as U6: https://www.macrotrends.net/1377/u6-unemployment-rate) that includes Americans stuck in part-time jobs or too discouraged to look for work is at 8.2% = about 1 in 12 persons you meet!
4. BLS said that the National Unemployment rate stayed the same again in May at 4.3%
5. Illinois unemployment stayed the same at 5.1% in April (latest figures).
6. The labor participation stayed the same at 61.8%.
7. Average hourly earnings ROSE another 12 cents to $37.53 in May.
8. The average work week stayed the same at 34.3 hours in May.
9. The JOB GAINS were in a) Healthcare adding another 35,000 jobs (-2,000 versus last month) in May (average monthly gain of 38,000 jobs over the past 12 months) b) Leisure & Hospitality, which added 70,000 jobs c) Local Government, which added 55,000 jobs d) Social Assistance rose by another 12,000 (-5,000 versus last month) and e) Mining, Quarrying and Oil & Gas Exploration rose by 5,000.
10. Major losses were in Financial Activities which lost 22,000 jobs in May!

06/03/2026

Were you aware that by eating a diet high in ultra processed foods is associated with an increased risk of dementia, according to new research

A new study showed that those who ate the highest amount of such foods had a 58% higher risk of later developing dementia.

06/01/2026

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05/31/2026

Did you know that a very famous mathematics problem that stumped human mathematicians for OVER 80 YEARS has been SOLVED by artificial intelligence?

The math world is losing its mind over the new solution to an Erdős problem. This is what AI found, how we missed it—and why it matters.

05/30/2026

Duke R&D scientists engineer an optimum sea-urchin-like robotic creature with 20 telescopic legs, which offers a blueprint for more versatile future robots

A sea-urchin-like robot could offer a new blueprint for making more versatile robots, research suggests.

05/30/2026

Who do you feel is stronger militarily the U.S. or Russia? According to similar wars with similarly matched opponents (Iran & Ukraine) the U.S. wins 'hands down.' The U.S. crushed Iran which was rated higher in military metrics than Ukraine. This is versus Russia that according to The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and other Western officials place the total number of Russian military casualties at approximately 1.1 million to 1.2 million! The Economist pushed that estimate higher, ranging up to 1.5 million total casualties! Furthermore, after 4 years of war with Ukraine they have no 'light at the end of the tunnel' to look forward to!

Comparison of two world military powers in side-by-side format.

05/29/2026

What do you think about China's answer to luxury cars: Their robot manufactured, battery-powered, Maextro S800 sedan ('Rolls-Royce clone') which is stuffed with gadgets? It is engineered by 1,000 robots in Hefei, China, and runs on tech from Huawei, best known as a maker of mass-market phones.

The Maextro, which runs on Huawei technology, parks by itself and costs about $173,000 with extras such as a 40-inch screen.

05/29/2026

What do you think about Vladimir Putin's MAJOR QUEST for longevity including SPENDING $26 billion to fund Russian state scientists research on many questionable longevity technologies (Caveat: unlike similar research funded by Bezos, Altman or Thiel, the work promoted by Putin’s circle has produced little peer-reviewed research in major international journals): primarily focused on two key technologies: bioprinting, or 3D-printing living tissue, and xenotransplantation, or growing human organs inside mini-pigs, a porcine breed deemed genetically compatible to humans?

From mini-pigs and organ printing to cryotherapy and genetics, Russia’s president has turned antiaging research into a Kremlin priority.

05/29/2026

Latest $65 billion Anthropic funding round led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks and Sequoia Capital, ups its valuation to $965 billion and pushes it past OpenAI in the artificial intelligence valuation race!

The latest $65 billion fundraising round was led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks and Sequoia Capital.

05/29/2026

Per former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, speaking at an industry conference, software engineer jobs are no longer typing out code line by line. Instead, they are acting coding supervisors for their 'AI friends'

The era of software engineers writing code line by line is officially over, according to former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Speaking at a recent industry conference, the tech veteran revealed that a massive shift hit the software industry late last year, completely altering how computer engineers work.