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@Richie10015 @Monica55dzrh Tipped workers get a “special” minimum wage—like $2-3 per hour. If you think they should work for that you’re delusional. If enough people don’t tip, no one will be willing to work at restaurants and you’ll have to eat at home. In your case, probably the best option.

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@OmahSadiki @AJEnglish Some of these monuments are centuries old. Don’t be a douche.

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@CBSNews Lots of pants on fire in DC lately.

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@Matt_Pinner Irregardless?

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@fasc1nate I paid $6.50 to see them at MSG that same year! Tickets were $5.50, 6.50 and 7,50.

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Do you AGREE with Adam Kinzinger?

Yes or No

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@cryptopeng1 @curiosityonx More like a curtain ya think?

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@otokyo Irregardless is hurting my brain.

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@nvbroncofn @archeohistories It’s all fun and games until they get elected.

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

JUSTINIAN AND THE SILKWORM HEIST

Justinian was determined to increase the economic potential of his empire, and one of the ways he did this was through perhaps history's first act of corporate espionage; that's the theft of the secret of silk from China.
For centuries silk had been the sole reserve of Chinese craftsmen. The product of their silkworms had spread throughout the world, long before any diplomatic contact with China was established.

In 551, two Byzantine monks who had been preaching in India made their way to China and observed the intricate methods used in the raising of silkworms and the production of silk. They hurried back to Constantinople and sought an urgent audience with the Emperor Justinian. They told him that they had found the source of the miracle material silk, and the emperor was impressed. He offered them a great fortune if they were able to smuggle some of these mysterious worms back to the capital. The monks set out once again, likely travelling along a northern route along the Black Sea. They would have passed through the Tarim Basin and the Taklamakan Desert, through the Gate of Jade, and down the Hexi Corridor into the heartlands of China. With them they carried bamboo canes, hollowed out on the inside with hidden compartments.

In China, they convinced others to smuggle the silkworms out for them, likely in the form of eggs or very young larvae, since adult silkworms are very delicate and easily killed by temperature variations. The entire expedition may have taken up to two years but they eventually returned successful and established a breeding population of silkworms on the other end of the Silk Road. Their actions began a Byzantine trade in silk, with silk factories setting up in Constantinople as well as Beirut, Antioch, and Thebes. Byzantine Empire quickly established a monopoly on silk in Europe, and this formed one of the bases for their economy throughout the Medieval Period, swelling the wealth of Byzantium to unprecedented size.

© The Eye of Change

#archaeohistories

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@DisavowTrump20 💙

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Researchers at Apple have released a damning paper that throws cold water on the "reasoning" capabilities of modern AIs.

Source: Futurism https://t.co/5BEY3YoP8y

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

It's not a campaign.
It's a MOVEMENT.

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👀 Final PBS/NPR/Marist poll shows Harris wiping out Trump’s lead among men

Trump down from +16 among men last month to just +4 now

Harris still leads among women by double digits (+11)

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@KamalaHQ I thought felons couldn't vote?