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In the late 1800s, oil tycoon John D Rockefeller invested in railroads and other supporting industries like the Northwest Equipment Co in Minnesota to diversity his wealth beyond oil. In the 1880s, his fortune was so vast it would be like controlling ~$430 billion today, more influence than any present-day billionaire. He was diversifying well before antitrust scrutiny hit, Rockefeller made sure he’d stay rich even if, and eventually when, Standard Oil was broken up in 1911.

@harleyf i like the look of it...

Merchants should know exactly what every app costs. Devs should have a simpler billing experience. Shopify App Pricing delivers both.

@seempaq It's been a big week

3 Ws BACK TO BACK!!!

@biglawbro oh stop they're bots

@TickerHistory holy shit you actually have followers. im gonna be rich

in 24 hrs, my first tik tok video has over 40k views, 4k likes, 155 comments and 573 bookmarks. this character is basically the monologue in my head that i don't let out in polite society.

@FormerCFTCGC Former logo

They changed the f&€&!ng seal?????

@KettlebellDan Remember modding out the antenna on one of these puppies at the mall?

remember when ring tones were a thing

@gilgNYC Aw man we should pop up! (Tribeca!)

Experimenting with mixing Shopify’s catalog api with Apple MapKit + MKLocalSearch to show which brands are physically nearby. A little disappointed with how limited MapKit data is. No hours?!

"Jaywalking" was propaganda created by big auto, resulting in one of the fastest shifts in public opinion ever recorded. In 1905, if you stood on a busy American city block, the street was a commons. Vendors worked the middle of the road. Kids chased each other between horse carts. Nobody owned it. Then came the car, along with lawyers, the lobbyists, and the propaganda. In 1923, newspapers blamed drivers for pedestrian deaths. By 1924, they were blaming jaywalkers. The secret weapon was a slur. Calling someone a "jay" in the 1920s meant calling them a hick. Too dumb for city life. Stick it in front of "walker" and you didn't have a victim anymore. You had an idiot who deserved what he got, a Jaywalker. Historians call it one of the most dramatic shifts in public opinion ever recorded.

@Shopify Hell yes! Been waiting for this

manage your store inside ChatGPT or Claude get insights, add products, look up orders, and more without ever leaving the chat

“The true administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good government.” - George Washington

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@EventDrivenEddy @TheSzef Yeah -- that sounds super dope.

The way bankers used to flex in the 80s needs to be studied. 😂

@ShakerBall_Cap @TheSzef I bought and framed some cool old stock certificate from Ticker History if that’s what you’re into

@MarkAHalverson @packers @leap36 epic!

@packers @leap36 I have his signature on my stock certificate!

In recognition of the late Bob Harlan's contributions to the Green Bay Packers, we will install his name in a place of honor on Lambeau Field's northeast façade.

@david_andrew123 beauties

A pawn ticket and a century-old stock certificate from old Shanxi 📜✨. One held a family’s hope, the other an industrial dream. Finance has always been about trust—trust in time, trust in tomorrow 🕰️. #OldFinance #ShanxiHistory #TrustInPaper

Brutalist Toys “R” Us in Woking, UK. Credit veronicadelica8 on IG

“I am an optimist because I don't see the point in being anything else” - Abe Lincoln. Born 217 years ago, today.

If you're a NYer who fled to Florida via the Auto Train, you'd appreciate this youtu.be/7MZpRoC4g5w?si…

bring back the booths

"You have to have something powerful for transportation. Purple and red are something you remember. We talked about the feeling we would like people to have on the train. Finally, we coined a phrase that we wanted the cars to be 'conservatively groovy.'" Carolyn Settles, Auto-Train Designer, 1970s (h/t Peter Dibble YT)