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The past week was one of the most joyous – and scary – of my life. (a 🧵)
I gave birth to my daughter and my heart grew several sizes.
Then the “silent killer” after childbirth hit me and I nearly died.
Heather Long
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Heather Long
@byHeatherLong
Chief economist @NavyFederal | Marketplace contributor | Data aficionado | Views my own | Email: [email protected]
- Jonathan Smith, 30, saved ~30 people last night before he was shot in the neck. He might live w/the bullet for rest of his life. #vegasstrip
- Roughly 275,000 federal workers lost their jobs this week. That's over 10% of the federal workforce. ~75,000 took the "buyout" ~200,000 probationary workers were let go (the WH has not confirmed the total, but this is how many were on probationary status) That's a lot of lives
- Harris has proposed giving $6,000 (via refundable tax credit) to families in the 1st year of a baby's life. Flint, Michigan has been doing exactly that for the past year. The results are incredible: -Fewer babies born with low birthweight -No families evicted in baby 1st year
- Groceries +11.9% y/y -->Biggest inc. since 1979 Chicken +17.4% ->Largest ever Restaurants +9% -> Largest ever Fuel oil +107% ->Largest ever Electricity +12% ->Largest since '06 Rent +5.2% ->Largest since 1987 Airfare +37.8% ->Largest since 1980 Services +5.7% ->Largest since 1990
- Wow. What a jobs report! JUST IN: The US economy added 336,000 jobs in September – that’s another strong month of hiring that blows away the 170,000 forecast. Unemployment rate: 3.8% (same as August) Wage growth: 4.2% y/y (above 3.7% inflation)
- BREAKING: US economy added back 531,000 jobs in October – beating expectations and a big rebound from September. Unemployment rate falls to 4.6 (down from 6.3% in Jan.) **The US has recovered ~80% of jobs lost during the pandemic**
- What makes @katelyn_ohashi 's "perfect 10" this weekend even more inspiring is that she almost quit the sport a few years ago b/c she was so burned out from Olympic training. Today her joy is back. She took care of herself and found her passion again.
- Where are Americans seeing inflation? A lot of places: Rental cars +43% over last Sept Gas 42% Used cars 24% Bacon 19% Hotels 18% Beef 18% Pork 13% Eggs 13% TVs 13% Kids' shoes 12% Furniture 11% New cars 9% Chicken 8% Apples 8% Restaurant prices: 5% Electricity 5% Rent 2.9%
- Wow. I think Biden’s commuting the sentence of this disgraced Pa judge is a big mistake. I covered this in my Pa media days. He was one of 2 judges receiving $$ to sentence kids to lengthy sentences in a for-profit juvenile prison. He ruined a lot of kids’ lives. Good summary
- BREAKING: U.S. inflation was up 6.2% in October over a year ago. That’s the highest inflation in 31 years. Inflation was up 0.9% in Oct. alone, a much higher increase than 0.4% in Sept. and 0.3% in August. Prices are rising for food, energy, shelter, used cars and new cars.
- Big red flag: K-12 education lost more than 21,000 workers in September. Public education remains one of the least recovered industries from the pandemic. **There are 309,000 fewer teachers and support staff than pre-pandemic**
- "Delete your DNA from 23andMe right now" From tech reporter Geoffrey Fowler: Unless you take action, there is a risk your genetic information could end up in someone else’s hands — and used in ways you had never considered. It took me just 1 minute to delete my data on the
