One of the main Hawaiian islands has been privately owned by the descendants of a Scottish woman since 1864. Remarkably, her family *still* controls who can live there and who can visit.
The result is one of the most unusual communities in modern America.
This is Niʻihau.
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🇵🇱 Poland’s lower house has voted to ban takeaway alcohol sales nationwide from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. starting in 2027, and the bill still needs Senate approval and the president’s signature.
Happy #WorldPostDay 📮 Did you know there's an international organisation based in #Switzerland that runs the global postal network?
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@StevenEdginton@MorlandDemog "warn" about what?
and why?
I don't recall the white British giving us Africans any "warning" before they came to rape | pillage | and plunder
“Being democratic is not enough, for a majority cannot turn what is wrong into right. In order to be considered truly free, countries must also have a deep love of liberty and an abiding respect for the rule of law.”
— Margaret Thatcher
“When I was born, I was colored. I soon became a Negro. Not long after that, I was Black. Most recently, I was African American. It seems we’re on a roll here. But I am still first and foremost in search of freedom.”
—Harry Belafonte
The Oldest Chart in the Room
Once a quarter, I force myself to spend ten minutes with a chart that is older than every institution I trust. Older than the Federal Reserve. Older than the S&P 500 itself. Older, in its opening decades, than photography, the telegraph, and the germ theory of disease.
It is the US stock market since 1800, adjusted for inflation. On its left edge, Napoleon is marching on Moscow.
The S&P 500 (1800–2025), yearly, inflation-adjusted. Two centuries of secular bulls and bears — every major bear driven by inflation.