Cystedtwister
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'Edwards added that he fears the “super-normal profit margins” of corporations in the U.S. and abroad could eventually “inflame social unrest” if consumers continue to struggle with inflation.'
Yup, Al, we are getting pretty sick of it.
Unbridled greed is destroying the banking system.
'... a January study ... found that “markup growth”—the increase in the ratio between the price a firm charges and its cost of production—was a far more important factor driving inflation in 2021 than it has been throughout economic history.'
"Such is the 'universal irony' that Schiller and Schlegel saw in Cervantes and Shakespeare, and that I think one can see in McCarthy: the capacity to contemplate the human catastrophe from the perspective of a minor deity who knows—and loves—the hearts of mortals and yet cannot save them, but may well console them."
https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/cormac-mccarthy-late-style/
#mccarthy #literature #reading #books #bookstodon @bookstodon @thenation
The same day Wyoming appears in a Jeopardy! answer as "The Equality State" for being the first state in the US to give women the right to vote, it becomes the first state the ban the use of pills for abortion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/17/us/wyoming-abortion-pills-ban.html
Ricardo Lourenço💻 ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web 💻
Artigo do escritor de ficção científica Ted Chiang:
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/chatgpt-is-a-blurry-jpeg-of-the-web
Sheril KirshenbaumBorn in 1914, Hedy Lamarr was a famous American actress who pioneered the technology that would lead to WiFi, GPS, cell phones & Bluetooth communication.
Lamarr was brilliant. Among many fascinating inventions, she developed a new communication system with composer George Antheil that used “frequency hopping” among radio waves.
Once called the “most beautiful woman in the world," Lamarr is now remembered as "the mother of Wi-Fi."
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/thank-world-war-ii-era-film-star-your-wi-fi-180971584/ #science #history #HistoryRemix
Red Dwarf ShuffleSeries III - Marooned
Link: https://smegadrive.ganymede.tv/memelab/422443/VGhhdCdzIHdoYXQgbWFrZXMgbGlmZSBzbyBleGNpdGluZy4/26
dansupI tweaked the #pixelfedApp in-app registration logic to randomize the order instead of sort by highest user counts.
Larger servers shouldn't be prioritized, and this gives each server an equal chance at appearing first or higher up!
Mark RuffaloHey everyone. Just wanted to eliminate the confusion and let you know that this is actually me. 😂 Hope you are having an awesome Thursday!
