Author Archives: Veterans Support Syndicate

While American workers face “forever layoffs” and struggle to find work in today’s tumultuous job market, some are reframing this era of unemployment and finding a silver lining in their personal economic meltdowns.  “Laid off in June and the job market is so bad I decided to have a funemployed summer,” one TikTok creator postedContinueContinue reading “On social media, everyone’s in their funemployment era”

Under President Trump, it’s becoming clear that doing business with China is fine — under the right, lucrative conditions. In a post on Truth Social, the president said this week that his administration will allow Nvidia to sell one of its most powerful AI chips, the H200, to China. The H200 is said to beContinueContinue reading “Nvidia’s Washington charm offensive has paid off big”

Some days, starting feels effortless. A clear challenge or opportunity presents itself, an idea crystallizes, and then contracts into a single coherent thought. Today, frankly? That’s not happening. I’m staring at a pristine white canvas while the cursor mocks me. That uncomfortable space—the blinking cursor, the first messy draft, the false starts—isn’t a nuisance. It’s whereContinueContinue reading “The beauty of a blank canvas —and other secrets of creativity”

Lurking on sites like LinkedIn and Indeed, or among your incoming text messages and emails, lies yet another disappointment to dodge in the already lacking job market: fake recruiters.  Posing as representatives from top companies, they’ll contact you out of the blue, offering a job so tempting, that 40% of targets ignore the warning signsContinueContinue reading “‘Urgent hiring need—no interview required.’ How to spot and avoid fake recruiters from major companies”

We talk about time at work as if it’s a fixed resource: something outside of us and something we either “manage well” or “never have enough of.” People genuinely believe the clock is the problem. But the more you look at how the brain processes experience, the less true this becomes. People don’t feel pressuredContinueContinue reading “The neuroscience of why you’re always feeling behind at work”