Nod-Crafty
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Why is consumer sentiment inverted? Shouldn't it go down during recessions? I believe it should look something like this, which (just eyeballing, not doing a statistical analysis), looks like an uptrend in GINI and a slight downtrend in sentiment since the early 80s.
Just eyeballing a trendline, but it looks like consumer sentiment (maybe not the best proxy, but still) *has* trended slightly down since the early 80s, with a lot of ups and downs along the way. There are certainly a lot of confounding variables, but I don't think you're obviously correct.
Angels of the Central West End In-camera multiple exposure sketches taken with the Ricoh GR IV Monochrome
Here's mine, which I absolutely do not stand by and could change my mind completely about.
St. Alphonsus Liguori, Cathedral Basilica and St. Francis de Sales Oratory #stl
Protesters took to the streets in St. Louis' Central West End in solidarity with the residents of Minneapolis, Jan. 30, 2026. #stl #abolishice
The last full moon of the year rises over Busch Stadium and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. #stl
I was half-way through watching a very good YouTube video posted by Alec Soth talking about social media and photography and making photo books for specific people, when YouTube removed it, I think for showing a grainy self portrait by Allen Ginsberg? Our tech overlords suck.