Well it keeps people very busy, it seems. So what's the point I am clearly missing here? It feels like we are living in that rabbit asking the bakery for a carrot cake joke.

Capital flight takes time because investors must liquidate assets, navigate regulatory hurdles, and identify safer investments, all of which are complex and time-consuming processes. Population decay in Massachusetts due to current policies is expected as high taxes and living costs push residents to more affordable states, shifting the supply and demand curves for housing and labor. The supply curve for housing may increase, lowering prices, while the demand curve for labor may decrease, reducing wages. Over time, these economic adjustments can significantly impact population dynamics and economic stability in the state.

It's not in the article. Unless you're referring to their speculation:

Then there’s the bizarro version of delete where you’re quite convinced you’ve gone through every single device and deleted your photos permanently, and then a restore from an old iCloud backup or a pernicious little iOS bug resurfaces those photos. Surprise! That appears to be what triggered this latest incident.

Which is not what this bug was about at all.

Yeah it's bad news reporting from Wired, but people seem to gobble it up as facts.

Do you have a source for that?

Meat eaters will never challenge the status quo.

Edit: As usual, those friendly and loving fellas have nothing but downvotes. Keep on killing them!