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From the July 12 @TheEconomist@flipboard.com: This #AI #politics punk'd episode continues.
July 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Just listened to Köhler's second sermon at General Conference, his first speaking as president. If he maintains this focus and tone, I'd say his selection was the nominating committee's best decision in 20 years. #Adventist
July 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Coping with tax day by making lists and setting up a notebook for a group study: a couple Pilots, an Asvine, a Desiderata, and a Darail, all on surprisingly well-performing Moleskine paper.

#FountainPens
April 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Woah.

Timnit Gebru of DAIR comments on Google's acquisition of Wiz. #security

Original post: dair-community.social/@timnitGebru...
April 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
"Between 1790 & 1810, the period of cotton's initial rise, wealthy merchants throughout the North incorporated [nearly] 900 businesses (banks, insurance companies, shipping, construction, etc) with combined capital of nearly $45M." —David Montero

Just under 3x the wealth cotton crops produced.
February 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"Within just its first fifteen years of cultivation, cotton generated more than $17.5M* in new wealth for white men... By 1800, it accounted for more than 15% of all the wealth the new republic made in export trade." —David Montero

*$372M today, Montero says
February 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM