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If AI doesn’t pan out or become profitable, or if people don’t start paying for it, we’ll have a lot of chips with which to measure our food rations.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
"We spent so many months with no fresh rations as the ships failed to reach here, or the limited vegetables they were carrying were spoiled during the long journey," she recalled.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
In 1941, the company purchased distilling facilities in Virginia and Lyons, N.Y., to increase production, then during the war it made pectin, a vital preservative used in military food rations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
While men continued to do state-sanctioned jobs, even as their pay and rations dwindled, it was women who looked for ways to feed their families.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026
I only knew what one looked like because the miller’s daughter had a spinning wheel and she would spin people’s wool for some extra gold or some of their rations.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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