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   On Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 8:45:40 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:   
   > On Friday, February 16, 2024 at 2:23:56 PM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > On Friday, February 16, 2024 at 8:45:10 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > On Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at 8:33:58 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard   
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   > > > > On Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 8:32:27 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard   
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   > > > > > On Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 1:47:16 PM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard   
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   > > > > > > On Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 9:00:18 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard   
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   > > > > > > > On Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 1:04:51 PM UTC-8, Jeffrey   
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   > > > > > > > > On Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 9:14:42 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey   
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   > > > > > > > > > On Friday, February 9, 2024 at 12:57:04 PM UTC-8, Jeffrey   
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   > > > > > > > > > > On Friday, February 9, 2024 at 8:46:59 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey   
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   > > > > > > > > > > > On Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 12:09:22 PM UTC-8,   
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   > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 8:26:34 AM UTC-8,   
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   > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 9:05:42 AM UTC-8,   
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   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 2:01:01 PM UTC-8,   
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   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 9:19:09 AM   
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   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Friday, February 2, 2024 at 12:17:12 PM   
   UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, January 31, 2024 at   
   8:37:18 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at   
   9:01:01 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at   
   2:45:14 PM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, December 16, 2023 at   
   2:02:58 PM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, December 16, 2023 at   
   8:38:52 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Friday, December 15, 2023 at   
   8:24:35 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thursday, December 14, 2023   
   at 12:30:58 PM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, October 1, 2023 at   
   8:27:50 AM UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, September 24,   
   2023 at 8:34:33 AM UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, September 23,   
   2023 at 1:10:38 PM UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, September 10,   
   2023 at 2:32:06 PM UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From Chapter 15: "Kill   
   All the Americans"    
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   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It took Dearborn's   
   purchasing agents some effort to find a factory whistle that wouldn't rust   
   from the jungle humidity. Once they did, they shipped it to Fordlandia, where   
   it was perched on top of    
   the water tower, above the tall trees, giving it a seven-mile range. The   
   whistle was piercing enough not only to reach dispersed road gangs and   
   fieldhands but to be heard across the river, where even those not affiliated   
   with Fordlandia began to pace    
   their day to its regularly scheduled blows. The whistle was supplemented by   
   another icon of industrial factory work: pendulum punch time clocks, placed at   
   different locations around the plantation, that recorded exactly when each   
   employee began and ended    
   his workday.    
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   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In Detroit, immigrant   
   workers by the time they got to Ford's factories, even if they were peasants   
   and shepherds, had had ample opportunity to adjust to the meter of industrial   
   life. The long lines    
   at Ellis Island, the clocks that hung on the walls of depots and waiting   
   rooms, the fairly precise schedules of ships and trains, and standardized time   
   that chopped the sun's daily arc into zones combined to guide their motions   
   and change their inner    
   sense of how the days passed.    
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   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But in the Amazon, the   
   transition between agricultural time and industrial time was much more   
   precipitous. Prior to showing up at Fordlandia, many of the plantation's   
   workers who had lived in the    
   region had set their pace by two distinct yet complementary timepieces. The   
   first was the sun, its rise and fall marking the beginning and end of the day,   
   its apex signaling the time to take to the shade and sleep. The second was the   
   turn of the seasons:    
   most of the labor needed to survive was performed during the relatively dry   
   months of June to November. Rainless days made rubber tapping possible, while   
   the recession of the floods exposed newly enriched soils, ready to plant, and   
   concentrated fish,    
   making them easier to catch. But nothing was set in stone. Excessive rain or   
   prolonged periods of drought or heat led to adjustments of schedules. Before   
   the coming of Ford, Tapajos workers lived time, they didn't measure it —   
   most rarely ever heard    
   church bells, much less a factory whistle. It was difficult, therefore, as   
   David Riker, who performed many jobs for Ford, including labor recruiter,   
   said, "to make 365-day machines out of these people."    
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