Sun. Jun 15th, 2025

Bad new abounds.

Financial companies? Publishing houses? Newspapers? Magazines? Consumer electronics corporations? Manufacturers? Detroit automotive? Et cetera…

Whatever.

But when you read something like this, it catches your attention.

Starbucks to close 300 more stores, lay off 6,700 workers

It’s time to embrace the inevitable: the Dark Ages are here.

(Of course, Ian Anderson saw this coming 30 years ago, when Starbuck was just a character in Moby Dick.)
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