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Jul 3, 2021

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This day in history

2006, 2016, 2020

#15yrsago T-shirt design: “The Internet, a Series of Tubes” https://web.archive.org/web/20060705033614/http://eightchainedourangoutangs.com/tubes/internettubes.jpg

#5yrsago Low income US households get $0.08/month in Fed housing subsidy; 0.1%ers get $1,236 https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/who-benefits-most-from-housing-subsidies-the-wealthy/

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