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“If we want to consider the ecological function of our yard, a water source is a foundational habitat element.…[A] self-sustaining above ground wildlife container pond increases biodiversity by offering food and shelter in addition to water.”

This looks like a great guide on adding a native plant container pond. Especially if you’re in the Atlanta area as she has some location-specific plant notes.

https://www.nurturenativenature.com/post/how-to-make-a-wildlife-container-pond

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#contentisking #atlanta #nativeplants #wildlife

Wettach (WGW) @[email protected] · 2023-10-25 · 16:41 UTC

While I like creative use of tech, especially IT, that always means the need for real competition which allows growth space for start-ups beyond "being bought by one of the few big players", it always means the need for #FOSS, for IT that isn't greenwashed but running on renewables, & where #ContentIsKing it means the need for a #CreativeCommons and #PublicDomain - and a crackdown on copyright violations by #GenerativeAI companies: am I a #Luddite ? https://creativegood.com/blog/23/luddites-warned-us-about-google.html #ChatGPT #Midjourney

#foss #contentisking #creativecommons #publicdomain #generativeai #luddite

Doc Edward Morbius ⭕ @[email protected] · 2020-08-12 · 21:11 UTC

Though it's often misattributed to Bill Gates, Sumner Redstone popularised the phrase "content is king" which was used in a 1974 book, and pre-dates even that.

https://lgkmarketingcc.com/content-king-said-better/

The book seems to be J. W. Click, Russell N. Baird, Magazine Editing and Production. W. C. Brown Company, 1974, 274 pages

https://www.worldcat.org/title/magazine-editing-and-production/oclc/1009138

https://books.google.com/books?id=lMpHwLnvsvAC&q=%22content+is+king%22&dq=%22content+is+king%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiwiLK2q5brAhVOK80KHdbBDu0Q6AEILTAB

Earlier appearances in the 1960s refer to educational films:

https://www.worldcat.org/title/toward-improved-learning-a-collection-of-significant-reprints-for-the-medical-educator/oclc/855419713

https://books.google.com/books?id=LiQgAQAAMAAJ&q=%22content+is+king%22&dq=%22content+is+king%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi87Kaoq5brAhUYCs0KHdwWC2QQ6AEIMDAB

Aguments over provenance notwithstanding, my view is that the aphorism is a convenient bit of stage distraction attractive to media monopolists themselves aware of the real truth: network control is emperor.

And this goes beyond just getting the proprietor's cut, the vigorish, skimming your 5, or 10, or 30%.

Central control of a network means deciding what that network is. Where it begins, where it ends, what goes in, what comes out, who can receive, who can send, what interactions are possible, speeds and latencies, what messages are heard, what are not, who pays, who gets paid, who plays for free.

These factors are wholly ignored by contemporary US (Borkian) antitrust doctrine.

It's not just the vig.

#ContentIsKing #NetworkIsEmperor #SumnerRedstone #media #power #monopoly #obituary

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