🌞 Good morning #fediverse! This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It’s 69F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.
At the #DNC last night in Chicago, the state-by-state roll call of delegate votes was turned into a dance party.
An amphibious tour vehicle (Duck Boat, IKYKYK) rescued a man and his son from the Charles River yesterday.
The US added 818,000 fewer jobs than reported in the 12 months through March. #economy
asking the real questions:
@[email protected] The only thing Mastodon agrees on even more strongly than the poll I saw the other day about whether you’ve heard of xkcd.
@[email protected] ooh that one was probably a blowout too
@[email protected] A mere 92% instead of 94.
@[email protected] It’s very frustrating that stories reporting the “818,000 fewer jobs” don’t say how many jobs were created in the year April 2023 to March 2024, only giving the numbers for a few specific months. 818,000 sounds like a lot out of context.
One might almost think that the editors of these “news” outlets - including, sadly, WGBH, don’t want to provide the public with information that might be a positive reflection on the Democratic administration.
