Issues
Here’s Why Housing Is Unaffordable for the Bottom 90%
This is the direct consequence of the Federal Reserve’s decades of unprecedented stimulus: extremes of wealth and income inequality that gave the wealthiest households the means to bid up housing to the point it’s no longer affordable to the bottom 90%.
#AxisOfEasy 314: Key Cracking Concerns Emerge From LastPass Breach
Key cracking concerns emerge from LastPass breach,
X updates its privacy policy to include biometric data verification from premium users to combat identity fraud,
Threat actors published the scraped data of 2.6M Duolingo users in August 2023… this and more in AofE #314
Reinventing Democracy
The whole point of democracy and free markets is to force competition on elites who are desperate to eliminate competition.
We’re Living in a Neofeudal Bubble
If you want to understand the neofeudal reality, study these charts.
#AxisOfEasy 313: IoT Devices Under Attack: KmsdBot Malware Evolves With Enhanced Capabilities
IoT Devices Under Attack: KmsdBot Malware Evolves with Enhanced Capabilities,
Potential Transformation of UN Cybercrime Treaty into a “Surveillance Pact” Raises Concerns,
Activists Hijack Facebook’s Fact-Checking Program… this and more in AofE #313
September 1, 2025: Fed Reaches Inflation Target, Cheese Sandwich Costs $120
In stock market news, toilet paper manufacturers continued rallying while tech and luxury-brand stocks continued their slide to decade lows.
Contributors
Mark E. Jeftovic
Mark is the co-founder of easyDNS and the editor-in-chief of #AxisOfEasy. He is the author of Managing Mission Critical Domains & DNS (Packt UK, 2018) and Unassailable: Protect Yourself from Deplatform Attacks & Cancel Culture.
Jesse Hirsh
Futurist, researcher and public speaker, Jesse Hirsh has been active in technology and commenting on it across the media for 25 years. His premium newsletter service operates from Metaviews.ca.
Charles Hugh Smith
Charles Hugh Smith is the author of numerous books and writes from OfTwoMinds.com.


