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ICYMI - Bitcoin Breaches $60K – Nearing All-Time High of $68K

wdlindsy , to random
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"Trump is almost certain to lose millions, if not billions, unwinding his real estate portfolio to cover the cost of judgments, mounting legal bills, and a presidential campaign….

It's difficult to imagine anyone under such a high level of financial distress gaining access to the levers of power."

~ Marlon Weems


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https://thejourneyman.substack.com/p/trumps-empire-has-entered-a-death

wdlindsy OP ,
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"And yet, the Republican Party believes Donald Trump, a man on the verge of financial ruin, and under multiple criminal indictments, should be given the key to the White House."


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thejoliesfleurs , to random French
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👀👉🏼 “Technology is not something that’s introduced by some god in heaven who has our best interests at heart. Technological development is shaped by , it’s shaped by , and it’s generally targeted towards the interests of those in power as opposed to the interests of those without it”

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/feb/17/humanitys-remaining-timeline-it-looks-more-like-five-years-than-50-meet-the-neo-luddites-warning-of-an-ai-apocalypse

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Nonilex , to random
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🧵 #Thread: this the first #toot in a series of #toots that will eventually be stitched together into a #megathread related to 📚#books and 📘#ebooks. (1)

bibliolater OP ,
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"In The Currency of Empire, Jonathan Barth explores the intersection of money and power in the early years of North American history, and he shows how the control of money informed English imperial action overseas."

Barth, J. (2022). The Currency of Empire: Money and Power in Seventeenth-Century English America. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501755781 #OpenAccess #OA #History #Histodon #Histodons #English #England #America #Empire #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon #Money #Currency #Academia #Academic #Academics @histodon @histodons @bookstodon (55)

Nonilex , to random
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Billionaire Bought Property From . The Justice Didn’t Disclose the Deal

The is the first known instance of flowing from Crow to the justice. The sale netted the two vacant lots & the house where Thomas’ was living (& still is).

by Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan and Alex Mierjeski
@ProPublica

https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-real-estate-scotus

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