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50 years ago tonight, the new godchaux-era jerry garcia band begin more than a month of touring in encinitas. early & late shows, with the mighty moe opening.
early show: https://archive.org/details/jg76-02-21.032834.jgb.early.sbd.ladner.sbeok.t-flac16…

Harry S. Truman was the first U.S. president to formally propose a comprehensive, national universal health insurance plan
In 1945 he proposed a single, federally run system for all Americans.
While Truman is the most prominent historical advocate, Presidents Richard Nixon and Theodore Roosevelt also supported different forms of universal healthcare coverage. 

69 years ago, a president pitches his idea for national health care
Back in 1945 -- a mere seven months into a presidency he inherited from Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Truman proposed a “universal” national health insurance program. In his remarks to Congress, he declared, “Millions of our citizens do not now have a full measure of opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health. Millions do not now have protection or security against the economic effects of sickness. The time has arrived for action to help them attain that opportunity and that protection.”

This thread, which is a significant contribution in recapitulating LLM processes, is worth keeping.
https://vt.social/@lina/116198976928184530

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城市鬼魂 VII 👻
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Paolo Ardoino says Tether now holds ~140 tons of gold, worth ~$23B, has been buying one to two tons a week, and plans to keep doing so for the next few months (Jack Ryan/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-0…

#bluesky is going the way of #twitter
with new leadership due to financial pressure, they are going to cave and ruin some aspect of it
My unfounded speculation is some #crypto tie-in shit, since it's owned and run by

Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down
Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky’s board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.

50 years ago tonight, the jerry garcia band in columbus. spring ’76, show #6.
audience tape: https://archive.org/details/jg76-03-14.141590.jgb.aud.docwest.andrewf.t-flac16
recently surfaced soundboard of the late show:

Chances are, you’ve seen Richard Tsong-Taatarii’s photo.
Taken Wednesday in Minneapolis,
it shows an unidentifiable protester face down on the ground;
two Border Patrol agents are on top of him,
holding him there,
while a third unloads pepper spray into his face from just inches away.
The photo ran on the front page of The Minnesota Star Tribune on Friday
and already feels like a defining image of the long ICE incursion in Minneapolis
—a powerf…

Believe Your Eyes
People are risking their lives to document agents in Minneapolis.

50 years ago today, the jerry garcia band in atlanta, closing out their spring tour, the dead starting rehearsals the next day back in san rafael for their comeback shows. spring ’76, show #19, a fun tape if you like multiple flavors of analog warp: https://archive.org/details/jg76-04-05