John Eckstein

National retail federation says "average shrink rate in FY 2022 increased to 1.6%, up from 1.4% in FY 2021 and in line with shrink rates seen in 2020 and 2019" if you are looking for your crisis

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Does it ever make sense for an unlevered investor to buy MBS? When is a time that an MBS index did much better than duration matched investment grade credit?

Why Apple’s 2nd Gen UWB Chip is Exciting? With over 10 years of experience in spatial and location technologies, including Bluetooth, Ultra Wideband, and Cellular IoT, we at Estimote are thrilled about the newly announced iPhone 15 and its up...

What is apples ultra wideband chip and what might the new one be able to do

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From this substack: substack.com/inbox/post/1...

Which also has a great explanation of how this article was written: worksinprogress.co/issue/why-we...

This is a great example of how tech is never enough. If it was other vaccinations would have quickly followed smallpox instead of the huge gap

World trade. Not great!

from John Kemp Energy from Reuters. Not on here maybe?

A grid of various Simpsons screenshots as Chinese Dynasties, from the first: "Xia, a reporter screams with the text Dramatization, may not have happened"; "Shang, Homer dismisses Lisa in the car by saying You can't stop progress because of some moldy old bones. Bones Schmones."; "Zhou, Homer tells Bart at the dinner table, Your ideas are intriguing and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter"; "Warring States, Grandpa Abe types a letter saying, 'Dear Mr. President, there are too many states nowadays, please eliminate 3"; "Qin, Homer angrily tells Bart, we live in a society of laws! Why do you think I took you to all those Police Academy movies?"; "Han, Homer reads a list to Lisa's disappiontment reading, 'Literacy programs, preserving our beloved covered bridges, world domination"; 3 Kingdoms, Grandpa Abe says, 'In fact, I've got a real funny story about that, actually not so much funny as it is long'; Jin, I'm sorry I've run out of room and Bluesky won't allow me to post more.

the dynasties and periods of China as Simpsons Quotes

My phone 100% died and I keep reaching for my phone to tweet about it.

Admitting you need help is the first step

very cool

Marsha Blackburn Makes It Clear: KOSA Is Designed To Silence Trans People It still amazes me that KOSA has any Democratic co-sponsors, let alone 21 Democratic co-sponsors in the Senate led by lead Democratic sponsor (and embracer of any bill that will undermine the inter…

I wrote about Senator Blackburn making it quite clear that she intends KOSA to silence "the transgender," and wondering how the hell Democrats like @schatz.bsky.social can still support the law.

OMG this is amazing

Queer meetup to see the Hannah Gadsby curated Picasso show Sunday 9/10, Brooklyn. DM for invite

Are people still going to the ASSA?

San Antonio? Some state where people like me are second class citizens? Fuck this

The most successful drone in Ukraine This will ruffle feathers but it’s how I see it. Quietly being assembled and flown in Ukraine in a variety of roles the Corvo Precision Payload Delivery System (PPDS). There are multiple ways…

Cardboard drones in use in Ukraine
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From Benedict Evens' newsletter.

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Huh. Why try again

never heard of these! What a cool artifact

New here!

a swiss stamp depicting a concrete wall. it says helvetia 110 on the top and die post and 2023 on the bottom

Swiss Post issued a concrete stamp to demonstrate its policy in support of arts. It is produced with cement pigments with an "ultra-matt" finish, and is available in single, 4-, or 8-stamp sheets. [s/o Bruno] https://greg.org/archive/2023/08/26/concrete-stamp-from-swiss-post.html