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Steven Schlafman • 1 card
D Newberger
@dbn
When Clark died after a short illness in the spring of 1873, his brokers liquidated his UP holdings, causing a sharp price drop. Gould’s broker snapped it up, and Gould unexpectedly found himself in a control position. It was only at that point, he said, that he learned that the road had serious problems, including $5 million in unsecured call debt
... See moreCharles R. Morris • The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
Daniel
@danielslahar
“Quiet Quitting” started as a way for Gen-Zers to communicate with each other the reality that you can, in fact, not sublimate your entire identity and all of your time to a job and not get fired…..that you can just treat your job as a j-o-b, not as the sole determent of your value as a person…and that you can especially do this if your job treats
... See moreAnne Helen Petersen • Bed Rotting and Loud Quitting
“No one wants to die,” said Becka. “But some people don’t want to live in any of the ways that are allowed.”
Margaret Atwood • The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale
All of it, including the 10,000 Mexican pesos they hadn’t been able to exchange. Freddy laughed. So Susan had skipped out on him, taken some of her clothes, the money, and gone home.
Charles Willeford • Miami Blues (Hoke Moseley Detective Series Book 1)
What if, for example, you decided to quiet quit a single season each year: maybe July and August, or that distracted period between Thanksgiving and the New Year? You wouldn’t make a big deal about this decision. You would just, for lack of a better word, quietly implement it before returning without fanfare to a more normal pace.