Rich

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software dev at bitovi (https://www.bitovi.com/)
Oh! It's me.https://limnous.com
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Archaeologists discovered in a small niche in the Verteba Cave (western Ukraine) 5,000 year old clay figurines covered by wild boar tusks.

Photo credit: Mykhailo Sokhatskyi (figurines found in previous excavations)
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-05-09/ty-article/female-figurines-sheltered-by-boar-tusks-discovered-in-ukraine-cave/00000188-002e-dc7e-a3fe-22ef62e30000

I wrote a short modernization of an apparently misunderstood parable. https://armoxon.substack.com/p/the-good-one
The Good One

An apparently necessary update on a classic.

The Reframe
I didn’t want to grow up; I just wanted to be able to reach the cookies.

When I was five my father brought home a little store-bought plastic magic trick that appeared to convert one silver dollar into two.

The magic trick was cool, but my thoughts immediately went to more practical matters. We were going to be immeasurably wealthy! I just needed some time with the magic box and we've be rolling in silver.

Generative AI feels like magic, too, and a lot of people seem to think it'l be an endless font of epistemic wealth.

By five, I had already learned the hard way.

Archaeologists have discovered 2,000 fragments of an ancient Roman mural in the city of Cartagena on the south-eastern coast of Spain. The researchers claim that the findings inside an ancient theater are among the best preserved pieces of wall painting from the Roman Empire.
📷Felipe G. Pagan https://news.artnet.com/art-world/fragments-roman-mural-ancient-theater-2290356
Museum Workers Have Stumbled on 2,000 Missing Fragments of a Roman Wall Painting While Restoring an Ancient Theater | Artnet News

Over 2,000 fragments of a wall painting found in a Roman theatre in Spain are some of the best preserved pieces from the era.

Artnet News
Beyond just functioning as a tool to upholding political power, white vigilante violence also serves as a way to enforce the underlying vision for a society in which some people - white men, in particular - have the absolute right to defend their place, status, and “comfort.”
Text(ile) Swatch, Print on Fabriano Paper
"It slammed into the Hopewell Township house, dented the floorboard, punched two holes in the ceiling and was still warm when it was discovered by Suzy Kop in her father's bedroom." #meteorite #NewJersey https://www.space.com/meteorite-strike-new-jersey-house-confirmed
Rock that punched hole in New Jersey house confirmed to be 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite

'It was clear it was not an Earth rock.'

Space
Opinion | The Case for Violating the Debt Limit Is Dangerous Nonsense

The president does not have the authority to exceed the limit, regardless of what his advisers are telling him.

The New York Times