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it's all gavagaï to me

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Reposted by Willard
"The one who possessed silver,
The one who has possessed lapis,
The one who has possessed oxen,
The one who has possessed sheep --
At the gate of the one who has possessed barley,
Will spend the day there."
- Sumerian proverb

Translation in 2026: you can't eat money.

cdli.earth/artifacts/34...
January 16, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Reposted by Willard
Fun fact: at one point in the 1800s, ice was America’s second largest export, after cotton

www.rmpbs.org/blogs/scienc...
How ice harvesting thrived — and then disappeared — in southern Colorado | Rocky Mountain PBS
For decades, laborers cut cakes of ice from frozen lakes to store for pre-appliance refrigeration.
www.rmpbs.org
January 28, 2026 at 9:01 AM
"widespread" is doing too much work
January 28, 2026 at 4:53 AM
Tuta est ok et pas trop cher.
January 27, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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A who’s who of “who?”
January 27, 2026 at 4:53 PM
As for Junior, well, he's not Junior for no reason.

Here he is, resurfacing in contrarians' emails:

bsky.app/profile/andr...

5/5
Naturally, the Honest Broker makes an appearance when he shows up for a private briefing with the DOE Secretary's staff.
January 27, 2026 at 4:22 PM
MatthewK, perhaps the less problematic figure, might be a fan of GRRRRROWTH, e.g.

"there is a limit to adaptation, but"

dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories...

4/n
January 27, 2026 at 4:18 PM