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JP @lojikul.bsky.social · 7h

かっこいい！

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JP @lojikul.bsky.social · 11h

And the contents were kinda bs you AHOLES!

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JP @lojikul.bsky.social · 1d

Linked in same Wikipedia page…

Robert E. Lee: His Brutality to His Slaves

By Wesley Norris; edited by Parker Pillsbury
National Anti-Slavery Standard, Vol. XXVI. No. 49 (April 14, 1866). Whole No. 1,349. 4.
Robert E. Lee.

His Brutality To His Slaves.

It has frequently been represented by the friends and admirers of Robert E. Lee, late an officer in the rebel army, that, although a slaveholder, his treatment of his chattels was invariably kind and humane. The subjoined statement, taken from the lips of one of his former slaves, indicates the real character of the man: (¶ 1)

My name is Wesley Norris; I was born a slave on the plantation of George Parke Custis; after the death of Mr. Custis, Gen. Lee, who had been made executor of the estate, assumed control of the slaves, in number about seventy; it was the general impression among the slaves of Mr. Custis that on his death they should be forever free; in fact this statement had been made to them by Mr. C. years before; at his death we were informed by Gen. Lee that by the conditions of the will we must remain slaves for five years; I remained with Gen. Lee for about seventeen months, when my sister Mary, a cousin of ours, and I determined to run away, which we did in the year 1859; we had already reached Westminster, in Maryland, on our way to the North, when we were apprehended and thrown into prison, and Gen. Lee notified of our arrest; we remained in prison fifteen days, when we were sent back to Arlington; we were immediately taken before Gen. Lee, who demanded the reason why we ran away; we frankly told him that we considered ourselves free; he then told us he would teach us a lesson we never would forget; he then ordered us to the barn, where, in his presence, we were tied firmly to posts by a Mr. Gwin, our overseer, who was ordered by Gen. Lee to strip us to the waist and give us fifty lashes each, excepting my sister, who received but twenty; we were accordingly stripped to the skin by the overseer, who, however, had sufficient humanit…

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JP @lojikul.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe something that is used as a silly example of the risk from runaway AI, so they can make it less scary to the average user

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JP @lojikul.bsky.social · 2d

When all you have is a hammer

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JP @lojikul.bsky.social · 2d

Gonna be wild when this becomes a big enough issue that those outside manufacturing supply chains take note…
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Japan, Spain, South Korea warn over unsustainable copper processing fees

Japan, Spain and South Korea issued a rare joint statement on Wednesday expressing deep concerns over tumbling copper treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs), warning both smelters and miners cannot develop sustainably under current conditions.

www.reuters.com

JP @lojikul.bsky.social · 3d

Incrustables

JP @lojikul.bsky.social · 3d

a man is wearing a ring on his finger and adjusting his ear buds .

Alt: John Malkovich twisting an Oreo in Rounders

media.tenor.com

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JP @lojikul.bsky.social · 3d

Mollie blocked me on Twitter because I pointed out that she had mis-quoted herself, and for that she’ll always be a headline speaker.

JP @lojikul.bsky.social · 3d

And if mother was there?!?

JP @lojikul.bsky.social · 4d

Also a good resource…
global-tipping-points.org/resources-gtp/

Resources - Global Tipping Points

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 4d

Du Bois basically did a version of this in his bibliography in Black Reconstruction

BIB L I OGRAPH Y
STAN DARD - A N TI-NEGRO
(These authors believe the Negro to be sub-human and congenitally un-
fitted for citizenship and the suffrage.)
Burgess, John W., Reconstruction and the Constitution, 1 866-1 876.
Coulter, E. Merton, Civil War and Reconstruction in Kentucky.
Davis, William W ., The Civil War and Reconstruction in Florida.
Dunning, William A., Reconstruction, Political and Economic .
Eckenrode, F. Hamilton, Political History of Virginia During Reconstruc·
tion.
Fertig, James Walter, The Secession and Reconstruction of Tennessee.
Ficklen, John R., History of Reconstruction in Louisiana.
Fleming, Walter F., Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama.
--, Documentary History of Reconstruction, 1 906, 1907.
Hamilton, Joseph G. de R., Reconstruction in North Carolina.
Hollis, John Porter, The Early Period of Reconstruction in South Carolina.
Lonn, Ella, Reconstruction in Louisiana after 1 868 .
Ramsdell, Charles W., Reconstruction in Texas .
Rhodes, James F., History of United States from the Compromise of 1 850.
Scott, Eben G., Reconstruction During the Civil War.
Staples, Thomas S ., Reconstruction in Arkansas .
Studies in Southern History and Politics . Inscribed to William Archibald
Dunning.
Carpet-Baggers in the United States Senate. By C. Mildred Thompson.
The Literary Movement for Secession. By Ulrich B. Phillips.
Negro Suffrage in the South. By W. Roy Smith.
Some Phases of Educational History in the South Since 1 865. By Wil-
liam K. Boyd.
Southern Legislation in Respect to Freedmen, 1 865- 1 866. By J. G. de
Roulhac Hamilton.
The Federal Enforcement Acts . By William Watson Davis.
The New South, Economic and Social . By Holland Thompson.
Grant's Southern Policy. By Edwin C. Woolley.
Taylor, Richard, Destruction and Reconstruction.
Thompson, Clara M., Reconstruction in Georgia, Economic, Social, Po-
litical, l 805-1 872.
Wooley, Edwin C., The Reconstruction of Georgia.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 4d

Elon Musk is doing Enron the right way.

by Ezra Klein

electrek.co/2025/10/13/e...

Elon Musk's SpaceX and xAI are buying Tesla's unsold Cybertrucks

Hundreds of Tesla Cybertrucks have been spotted being delivered Elon Musk’s private companies, SpaceX and xAI, as Tesla is having...

electrek.co

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JP @lojikul.bsky.social · 4d

Because people keep talking about the other really big bubble

JP @lojikul.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks!

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JP @lojikul.bsky.social · 4d

Do you have a recommendation?

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JP @lojikul.bsky.social · 4d

One battle after another…
www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...

How Trump's Cuts Hit Worker Safety

The Trump administration’s funding cuts gutted NIOSH, the federal agency that has protected miners, firefighters, and millions of workers for over 50 years. Once the backbone of U.S. workplace safety ...

www.bloomberg.com

JP @lojikul.bsky.social · 4d

Definitely…
www.barrons.com/news/indones...

Indonesia Halts Development Of Estate Hosting Trump Properties

The Indonesian government has blocked a billion-dollar real estate development outside Jakarta that was to include luxury properties under US President Donald Trump's brand, citing environmental damag...

www.barrons.com

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 5d

AB 93 was one of four bills meant to regulate data centers and their enormous usage of resources. Two others that didn’t make it out of the legislature would have required data centers to publicize their energy consumption and would have given a tax exemption to centers that used renewable energy. The fourth, Senate Bill 57, was signed by the governor on Saturday in a watered-down form. It was originally intended to protect electricity ratepayers from having to shoulder the costs of data centers in their communities, but now simply authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to study whether the cost-shift is happening.

Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article312472459.html#storylink=cpy

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JP @lojikul.bsky.social · 5d

Link to full reports
global-tipping-points.org/resources-gtp/

Resources - Global Tipping Points

Tipping Points Briefing Papers Download the Tipping Points Policy Brief here. Download A positive tipping cascade in power, transport and heating Download the study here. Download something here Plane...

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JP @lojikul.bsky.social · 5d

You’re the VP, but acting like a bish, so we’ll be right back

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JP @lojikul.bsky.social · 5d

And even within governance -as if Elinor Ostrom's body of work does not exist- that his whipsawing of funds and government based on the whims of “these guys” is somehow going to be more efficient, rather then the flaming disaster it is shaping up to be.

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JP @lojikul.bsky.social · 6d

One day!

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JP @lojikul.bsky.social · 6d

You are so right. If he HAD died of a drug overdose instead, it likely would not have even made news, despite the cruelty it implies regardless.

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JP @lojikul.bsky.social · 6d

The glow effect is definitely cool. Still hoping for a Kraken creature 3rd jersey one day

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