This will be the last News Roundup. Thank you all for the love and contributions, it has always mattered to me Do you like this replacement idea? To still scratch this itch for you and keep current events centralized in one place, we plan on creating a blank News Roundup forum thread at the beginning of every week where you/anyone can share news as a top-level comment and then talk about it in the replies. So, in a way, we got the ball rolling and are now putting it in your hands. Why this is changing: Creating these posts takes >20 hours per week, which I can’t keep doing as a volunteer ..read more

In short: Major supply chain disruptions avoided as diesel shortages are easing. Lake Powell could reach ‘minimum power pool’ status as early as July. Repeat Covid infections might be the cause of current high respiratory infections. Infant formula shortage could last until spring; Diesel still in short supply but prices dropped and refineries have been reactivated; Britain’s economy on course to shrink next year Reckitt Benckiser, the maker of the infant formula Enfamil believes that the formula shortage could last until spring. Diesel fuel is still in short supply across the US, but a sli ..read more

In short: US Senate approves bill to enforce railroad labor agreement ahead of strike. Eurozone inflation eased a little to 10% as energy prices are cooling. Water shortages could hit 20% of California’s urban water agencies in the coming months. December 1 is the first day of meteorological winter. Read here about Winter survival kits, extreme cold weather gear, and winterizing your home and car, and How to survive winter emergencies. It's the first day of meteorological winter! Try adding layers of clothing to stay warm as temperatures drop. Make sure you & your loved ones are bundl ..read more

In short: Fed officials expect to switch to smaller interest rate increases “soon.” Property catastrophe reinsurance premiums will be higher in Australia, Florida, and France. Drought is shrinking California’s farmland. Fed officials expect to switch to smaller interest rate increases “soon”; Property catastrophe reinsurance premiums will be higher in Australia, Florida, and France; Drought is shrinking California’s farmland Federal Reserve officials expect to switch to smaller interest rate increases “soon,” according to minutes from the November meeting. Biden said the WH administration i ..read more

(Editor’s note: There will be no news roundup Friday 25 — will be back Tuesday 29. Be safe, sane, and have a memorable Thanksgiving — if celebrating. Or come say on Discord!) In short: Texas, the central US, New England, and the Carolinas are at risk of winter blackouts. Supply chain stresses are returning to pre-Covid levels. The UK faces the biggest fall in living standards on record. Texas, the central US, New England, and the Carolinas at risk of winter blackouts; US gasoline prices falling; UK facing the biggest fall in living standards on record The dollar has tumbled from a 20-year h ..read more

In short: The UK is in a recession and its inflation hit a new high of 11.1%. CDC conducted tabletop exercises to deal with an Ebola outbreak. Edible drones could help disaster victims survive. The UK is in a recession and inflation hit a new high of 11.1%; Thanksgiving will be 20% more expensive this year; Help is available for people that earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but too little for a subsidized ACA UK’s inflation hit another high of 11.1%. Food, transport, and energy prices are the biggest contributors. Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt said the economy was already in recession an ..read more

In short: East Coast and Gulf Coast on alert for more tropical activity, while the south and east US could flood. EIA expects US gasoline prices to start falling in Nov and be flat through 2023. Some Generac generators recalled after finger amputations. Wheat products, lunch meat, lettuce, and eggs are more expensive; US gasoline prices could start to fall in Nov; Excess inventories could mean big discounts this holiday season The price of certain foods has peaked, but prices of cereals, baked products, lunch meat, lettuce, and eggs have risen: October #Food Prices, Food at home. pic.twitt ..read more

In short: Early signs that US inflation might be cooling down. UK testing contingency plan to deal with nationwide power blackouts. US and Russia will restart nuclear arms control talks. US inflation might be peaking; UK food inflation hit new highs and it’s not peaking yet; UK testing contingency plan Programme Yarrow to deal with nationwide power blackouts The US consumer price index (CPI) increased less than expected in October, and underlying inflation appears to have peaked, which should allow the Federal Reserve to reduce interest rate hikes. Via St. Louis Fed (click for interactive l ..read more

In short: Storm Nicole will strengthen into a hurricane and hit Florida and the southeastern US on Wednesday. The US is officially in a flu epidemic and the CDC is ready to deploy ventilators. One in three senior execs expects supply chain issues to last until the end of summer 2023. One in three senior execs expects supply chain issues to last until the end of summer 2023; US Ag exports up 14% from last year, setting new records. Here are the sectors that added all those jobs in October: A survey by SAP SE shows that 49% of execs expect current supply chain issues to last through the end ..read more

Excited to finally share that we’ve rebuilt TP from scratch, are in final testing/tweaking now, and expect the first version to go live over the coming weeks. You won’t need to do anything. Ya’ll have been so patient while we worked on this, so I wanted to share a preview and some of our thinking. Context: I started TP as a weekend side project, thinking it would only ever be me blogging my thoughts at small scale. That’s why I launched it on WordPress, which is a great off-the-shelf tool for common, simple blogs. But, as TP grew into something much more and we experimented with new features ..read more