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Financial Activist - hikes and dances. Gratitude and outdoors. I like to read tarot and journal. The financial system, let’s talk about it!
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@kingrat @RoscoAmerican when was SVB sold? Are we talking about selling it to HSBC for $1?
THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE
1. Private School
2. Legacy Ivy admission
3. Nepotism hire
4. Seed capital from family money
5. Club memberships
6. Personal assistant, nanny, ghostwriter
7. Journalists who ask “what’s your secret?” and uncritically publish the lame answer
Tonight proved to be an interesting experience. Decided to go out on my own to underwear night at the local bar and made the conscious decision not to drink. I probably had one of the best times in a long time, and knowing that I was completely sober the entire time is a wonderful revelation.
Our Congress is being held hostage by a bunch of seditious traitors.

Hey Philly folks --- SEPTA is doing a pilot of a system supposedly uses "AI" to call the cops when the "AI" detects a gun.

This is terrifying. What kind of civil oversight do you all have going on out there?

https://tpinsights.com/philadelphia-is-allocating-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-to-address-mounting-gun-violence/

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Philadelphia is Allocating Hundreds of Millions of Dollars to Address Mounting Gun Violence

KEY INSIGHTS: Philadelphia has allocated over $200 million to violence prevention this year to address soaring gun violence; there were over 2,000 shooting

The Plug

U.S. Moves to Bar Noncompete Agreements in #Labor Contracts

A sweeping proposal by the Federal Trade Commission would block companies from limiting their employees’ ability to work for a rival. #FTC #news

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/05/business/economy/ftc-noncompete.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

U.S. Moves to Bar Noncompete Agreements in Labor Contracts

A sweeping proposal by the Federal Trade Commission would block companies from limiting their employees’ ability to work for a rival.

The New York Times

This is a good time to point out that SF used to have many surface creeks that could handle a lot of water without flooding. But we've covered the entire city in impermeable placement and disrupted natural drainage

Islais Creek used to be on the surface all the way from Glen Park to the Bay, but they covered it to build Alemany Boulevard and put it in a culvert.

Bring back Laguna Dolores. Daylight Mission Creek, Islais Creek, Precita Creek, the creek under the Wiggle

https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Islais_Creek_Remembered

Islais Creek Remembered - FoundSF

2023 thoughts

My life now spans the distance from "What's a DVD?" to "You can get it on DVD" to "What's a DVD?"

@pootriarch thank you.
Hi all. I am flying back to San Francisco today. Any news of the airport is flooded. I know there are problems in my neighborhood (marina)