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How AI Tokens Challenge Broadband Economics
The parallel evolution of two foundational commodities in a new economic layer.
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One too many hits on the AI pipe amirite? The Matter With Things by Iain McGilchrist https://amzn.to/4taEvgt Sources: Main essay: https://ift.tt/q7jwt3H (note however that they edited out the part with his restless foot and him falling in love, archive here:… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/ovMYGsX Abandon Ship! Topics: midterm elections, Spring thaw in US economic data, Strait of Hormuz oil rationing timeline, AI and data center update, Gulf State pipe dream, Congressional redistricting and Mythos update Summary: Despite improving US leading indicators and… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/pxcuXBv What happened to the Caribs, the indigenous people of the Caribbean? Why did indentured labour become so prominent? What is the current Dutch monarchy's approach to slavery? Did Native Americans keep slaves? Listen as William and Anita answer… more ›
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Long before Rob Zombie, KISS, and even Alice Cooper, there was Screamin’ Jay Hawkins. This is the crazy real-life story of music’s first shock rocker. https://www.grunge.com/332212/the-crazy-real-life-story-of-screamin-jay-hawkins-musics-first-shock-rocker/ more ›
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In 1791, enslaved Haitians ousted the French and founded a nation. But France made generations of Haitians pay for their freedom. How much it cost them was a mystery, until now. https://web.archive.org/web/20240920212234/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/americas/haiti-history-colonized-france.html more ›
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A firebrand Haitian president tried to hold France to account for its years of exploitation. He soon found himself ousted from power. https://web.archive.org/web/20240714100559/https:/www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/americas/haiti-aristide-reparations-france.html?utm_source=perplexity more ›
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In 1825, fourteen French gunboats sailed into the harbor of the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, and forced the government to pay an indemnity of 150 million francs. This threw Haiti into a cycle of debts that reduced the majority of… more ›
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Haitian essayist and speaker Monique Clesca urges President Emmanuel Macron to acknowledge the ‘injustice’ committed two centuries ago when the nation achieved independence and France imposed a heavy debt burden on the young republic. https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/04/17/haiti-still-plagued-by-independence-debt-after-200-years-we-continue-to-pay-the-ransom-through-underdevelopment_6740342_4.html?utm_source=perplexity more ›