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For those that care, posting to The Cramped has ticked up again in the past couple of days. Assuming you don’t already have it in your RSS, consider checking it out.

It’s low frequency and goes in spurts.

Uniqlo is actually good? – cliophate.wtf

I’ve always thought Uniqlo was one of these fast fashion brands, like H&M or Zara, that produces mostly okay clothing. But apparently, they use Japanese craftsmanship mixed with cheaper materials leading to quality pieces at decent prices. Huh, who knew?

Agreed. The embedded video is very enlightening. I have purchased all of my undergarments at Uniqlo (their AIRism line). I’ve found them to be fantastic as far as longevity, comfort, and value. Especially great for travel.

Berkshire Hathaway hit $1 trillion market value, making it the first US non-tech company to achieve the milestone | CNN Business

“Berkshire should do a bit better than the average American corporation and, more important, should also operate with materially less risk of permanent loss of capital,” he wrote. “Anything beyond ‘slightly better,’ though, is wishful thinking.”

However, since his February 24 letter was published, shares of the company are up more than 13%, and year-to-date they’re up a whopping 28%.

Amazing.

The Bookshelf Tells All – by David Coggins

A good bookshelf should be full. Or nearly full anyway. An empty bookshelf has so much more to offer the world. It sits like an empty closet, an empty museum, an empty stadium, unfulfilled, not reaching its potential. Trust our strength, the bookshelf begs us, let us show off, baby!

Love this whole thing.

It’s Not Just Shein: Why Are ALL Your Clothes Worse Now? – YouTube

“I want you to think about how many new pieces of clothing you bought last year. If you’re anything like the average American, it was around 68. In 1980 that number was 12. But wait, it gets crazier. In the ’80s, Americans spent about 7% of their annual income on clothes. Today, it’s just 3%. We spend half as much, even though we’re buying five times more.”

I found this video enlightening.

Stock and flow / Snarkmarket

Flow is the feed. It’s the posts and the tweets. It’s the stream of daily and sub-daily updates that reminds people you exist.

Stock is the durable stuff. It’s the content you produce that’s as interesting in two months (or two years) as it is today. It’s what people discover via search. It’s what spreads slowly but surely, building fans over time.

An oldie but a goodie and something I’m thinking about again. Worth consideration.