Diego Segura
@diegosegura
designer, writer, founder. currently obsessed with monetary theory, high finance, corporate law, regretting dropping out of high school, and sudoku. author of a 2018 book, “the dropout manifesto.”
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Untangling the Mystery of the World’s First Rooftop Solar Panel - bellingcat
Foeke Postmabellingcat.com
nothing really to gain from this article, just very interesting, and i had no idea that there were even mentions let alone prototypes of solar energy like this as early as the 1880s. also hilarious that at the time, they said it wouldn't be commercially viable for some of the same challenges we face today: energy storage.
also cool that this all happened on Nassau and Maiden Lane, just a few blocks from my apartment — “FiDi”, as we call it now, is the epitome of Lower Manhattan, as it should be called, and it's a beautiful place, with massively rich history
maybe this is some reference imagery for “Lower Manhattan”, the brand
That was seen in March when violence erupted across India during Ram Navami, which marks the birth of Ram. Over 20 people were injured in different parts after groups of Hindus marched through Muslim neighbourhoods waving saffron flags and swords as they danced and shouted along to anti-Muslim songs blasting from loudspeakers.
One of the songs with... See more
One of the songs with... See more
Pooja Chaudhuri • YouTube is Autogenerating Videos for Songs Advocating the Expulsion of Muslims from India - bellingcat
Both ships have a carrying capacity of 28,000 deadweight tons (DWT) so if they were operating at full capacity, and if they offloaded their full cargo, then 56,000 tons of grain from occupied Ukraine has been transferred to Iran in the last eight weeks alone.
Bellingcat Investigation Team • Russia’s Ghost Ships and the Evolution of a Grain Smuggling Operation - bellingcat
The magazine’s patented celebrity-on-celebrity dialogues compounded the formula, like mixing colors on a palette. Instead of a journalist to interview Jack Nicholson, get Julian Schnabel. (For the results, see the April, 2003, issue.)
Michael Schulman • The Legacy of Interview Magazine and a Trip to 1988
I’m a very trusting person by nature, and I tend to believe people more readily than is sometimes wise. In this business, you must trust people to a degree, but it is crucial you make sure what you’re buying is not only legitimate, but that the account debtors have received the goods or services, intend to pay without any issues or offsets, and... See more
Jeff Callender • Tips For Starting a Small Business Factoring Company
What if you and your friends had your own little internet, the size of a room? No outside influence, no outside information, no viral trends, no content-suggesting algorithms; just the machines and the people within the physical space. What would you do on your little internet?
An Internet the Size of a Room: Berlin Review
images are still powerful if they are used to tell a story. It’s not that one image on Instagram blows me away, but rather the entire grid, or the persona. How much a person actually keeps up the world building with a 360 immersive narrative.
Claire Koron Elat • The New American Dream Is Sponsored by Meta: ANA VIKTORIA DZINIC
3G had taken Burger King private in a 2010 leveraged buyout for $4.1 billion, using $1.6 billion of its own equity. At the time, Burger King had one brand—Burger King—and 12,000 restaurants in 70 countries and some $15 billion in revenue. In short order, 3G transformed Burger King into Restaurant Brands International, comprising 30,000 restaurants... See more
Ackman in Full
Forerunner Ventures’ Kirsten Green , Into the Gloss co-founder Nick Axelrod (now at UTA Ventures), or Emily’s former assistant, Morgan Von Steen
After the Gloss: What’s Next for Emily Weiss
some people to note