we did it guys, we created a new gilded age

"By 2021, the top 1% income share has reached an all-time high of 27.4% much higher than the previous record of 23.9% in 1928"

https://eml.berkeley.edu/~saez/saez-UStopincomes-2021.pdf

A streaming service without ads for under $10 was a zero interest rate phenomenon. Unless you’re Apple in which case the losses are a rounding error.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/25/23889917/youtube-premium-lite-subscription-discontinued-retired

GOOD NEWS! #Trump got another #gagOrder.

Trump Hit With Surprise Gag Order in Colorado Disqualification Case.
Judge Sarah Wallace Issues Order Prohibiting Threats and Intimidation.

This is good to see. I believe this is the 3rd. Here is the order.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23990046-9_22_23-protective-order

Elon Musk’s grandfather “believed that apartheid South Africa was destined to lead ‘White Christian Civilization’ in its fight against the ‘International Conspiracy’ of Jewish bankers and the ‘hordes of Coloured people’ they controlled.”

Damn, why didn’t Ashlee Vance or Walter Isaacson mention that part?

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/09/joshua-haldeman-elon-musk-grandfather-apartheid-antisemitism/675396/

#tech #elonmusk

⏱️ Time of discovery 🔭 of #asteroids ☄️ which passed within 1 #lunar distance from #Earth in 📆 2023

After closest approach 37.90%
< 24 hours before 20.70%
up to 7 days before 34.50%
> one week before 6.90%
> 7 weeks before 0.00%
> one year before 0.00%

List of #asteroid #close approaches to #Earth 🌏 in 📆 2023 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_asteroid_close_approaches_to_Earth_in_2023

#AsteroidThreat

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