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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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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 ›
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https://binuh.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/2026-01/Quarterly%20Report%20on%20the%20human%20rights%20situation%20in%20Haiti%20%28july%20%E2%80%93%20september%202025%29.pdf more ›
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Haitian security forces and private contractors working with them have conducted extensive and apparently unlawful lethal drone strikes. https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/03/10/haiti-drone-strikes-put-residents-at-risk?utm_source=perplexity more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/6YKiP0E In the month since Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was overthrown by a coalition of rebel forces, thousands of political prisoners have been released while many more remain missing, assumed lost to the regime. The most powerful group among… more ›
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Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Köln, January 24, 1975, Part I (Live) · Keith Jarrett The Köln Concert ℗ 1975 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin Released on: 1975-11-30 Composer: Keith Jarrett Producer:… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/aCPMid6 Freedom is one of the few ideas everyone agrees on. Surely more choice and autonomy is a good thing, right? But what if our endless pursuit of freedom is actually making us more anxious, less creative, and holding… more ›
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The world’s economy is completely dependent on petrochemicals. Is there any way to avoid them? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/02/24-hours-without-oil-based-products?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/JIECfhz That’s what the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang wanted to learn. So he turned Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations into an oratorio. We tag along as Lang’s piece heads toward its world premiere with the New York… more ›