Keith Drummond
@severalcatslater.com
Partner, father, pet parent (1 dog, 6 cats), proud European 🇪🇺. Sci-fi enthusiast & renaissance soul.
Past lives: soldier, sailor, lecturer/researcher (PoliSci & political violence), GSM, briefly deceased (2019).
Web: https://severalcatslater.com
Past lives: soldier, sailor, lecturer/researcher (PoliSci & political violence), GSM, briefly deceased (2019).
Web: https://severalcatslater.com
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The Continuum: A Theory of Circulation – Several Cats Later
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My latest oddly-shaped thought: The Continuum.
A working theory of circulation — how wealth, power, ideas, and neglect move through systems rather than vanish.
If scarcity is redirected abundance, who does the economy really serve?
Read more here: severalcatslater.com/the-continuu...
A working theory of circulation — how wealth, power, ideas, and neglect move through systems rather than vanish.
If scarcity is redirected abundance, who does the economy really serve?
Read more here: severalcatslater.com/the-continuu...
Greece is launching a digital property registry where ownership, rent, and tenancy agreements are visible and updated live. Tenants can see if the declared details match what they signed up for.
Radical thinking. Come on Ireland — EU tech hub and all — catch up.
greekreporter.com/2025/12/16/g...
Radical thinking. Come on Ireland — EU tech hub and all — catch up.
greekreporter.com/2025/12/16/g...
Greece Launches Digital Property Registry Enhancing Transparency for Owners - GreekReporter.com
Greece is rolling out a new digital property registry to unify tax, cadastral, and utility data, reshaping taxation and housing policy.
greekreporter.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Greece is launching a digital property registry where ownership, rent, and tenancy agreements are visible and updated live. Tenants can see if the declared details match what they signed up for.
Radical thinking. Come on Ireland — EU tech hub and all — catch up.
greekreporter.com/2025/12/16/g...
Radical thinking. Come on Ireland — EU tech hub and all — catch up.
greekreporter.com/2025/12/16/g...
Reposted by Keith Drummond
“The true measure of our [European] union isn’t just written in treaties,” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez writes in today’s op-ed.
“It must be demonstrated by ensuring every person can live with dignity and have a place to call home.”
“It must be demonstrated by ensuring every person can live with dignity and have a place to call home.”
Sánchez: We need urgent action on housing
The true measure of our union must be demonstrated by ensuring every person can live with dignity and have a place to call home.
www.politico.eu
December 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
“The true measure of our [European] union isn’t just written in treaties,” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez writes in today’s op-ed.
“It must be demonstrated by ensuring every person can live with dignity and have a place to call home.”
“It must be demonstrated by ensuring every person can live with dignity and have a place to call home.”
Reposted by Keith Drummond
🇬🇧 UK & 🇦🇺 Australia have the worst anti-encryption laws.
🇨🇦 Canada risks joining with Bill C-2.
🇺🇸 US still relies on secret orders under FISA & CLOUD Act.
🇨🇭 Switzerland is no longer the privacy paradise it was claimed to be.
Check the #encryption overview: tuta.com/blog/encrypt...
#PrivacyMatters
🇨🇦 Canada risks joining with Bill C-2.
🇺🇸 US still relies on secret orders under FISA & CLOUD Act.
🇨🇭 Switzerland is no longer the privacy paradise it was claimed to be.
Check the #encryption overview: tuta.com/blog/encrypt...
#PrivacyMatters
December 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
🇬🇧 UK & 🇦🇺 Australia have the worst anti-encryption laws.
🇨🇦 Canada risks joining with Bill C-2.
🇺🇸 US still relies on secret orders under FISA & CLOUD Act.
🇨🇭 Switzerland is no longer the privacy paradise it was claimed to be.
Check the #encryption overview: tuta.com/blog/encrypt...
#PrivacyMatters
🇨🇦 Canada risks joining with Bill C-2.
🇺🇸 US still relies on secret orders under FISA & CLOUD Act.
🇨🇭 Switzerland is no longer the privacy paradise it was claimed to be.
Check the #encryption overview: tuta.com/blog/encrypt...
#PrivacyMatters
Brussels is starting to treat housing as a democratic risk.
EU-wide building standards could enable cross-border construction.
Will Ireland lean in — or dig in?
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
EU-wide building standards could enable cross-border construction.
Will Ireland lean in — or dig in?
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
Brussels to free up cash, target tourist flats in EU’s first-ever Affordable Housing Plan
Housing Commissioner Dan Jørgensen warns member countries to take home affordability seriously — or prepare to cede power to far-right populists.
www.politico.eu
December 15, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Brussels is starting to treat housing as a democratic risk.
EU-wide building standards could enable cross-border construction.
Will Ireland lean in — or dig in?
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
EU-wide building standards could enable cross-border construction.
Will Ireland lean in — or dig in?
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
The EU found X (Twitter) in breach of its rules.
Musk responded by cutting the EU’s ads account and refusing fines.
He also called for the dissolution of the EU.
Europe needs an open standard channel for official news — not platforms owned abroad or prone to tantrums. A governance risk.
Musk responded by cutting the EU’s ads account and refusing fines.
He also called for the dissolution of the EU.
Europe needs an open standard channel for official news — not platforms owned abroad or prone to tantrums. A governance risk.
December 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The EU found X (Twitter) in breach of its rules.
Musk responded by cutting the EU’s ads account and refusing fines.
He also called for the dissolution of the EU.
Europe needs an open standard channel for official news — not platforms owned abroad or prone to tantrums. A governance risk.
Musk responded by cutting the EU’s ads account and refusing fines.
He also called for the dissolution of the EU.
Europe needs an open standard channel for official news — not platforms owned abroad or prone to tantrums. A governance risk.
My latest oddly-shaped thought: The Continuum.
A working theory of circulation — how wealth, power, ideas, and neglect move through systems rather than vanish.
If scarcity is redirected abundance, who does the economy really serve?
Read more here: severalcatslater.com/the-continuu...
A working theory of circulation — how wealth, power, ideas, and neglect move through systems rather than vanish.
If scarcity is redirected abundance, who does the economy really serve?
Read more here: severalcatslater.com/the-continuu...
The Continuum: A Theory of Circulation – Several Cats Later
severalcatslater.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
My latest oddly-shaped thought: The Continuum.
A working theory of circulation — how wealth, power, ideas, and neglect move through systems rather than vanish.
If scarcity is redirected abundance, who does the economy really serve?
Read more here: severalcatslater.com/the-continuu...
A working theory of circulation — how wealth, power, ideas, and neglect move through systems rather than vanish.
If scarcity is redirected abundance, who does the economy really serve?
Read more here: severalcatslater.com/the-continuu...
I like this idea.
Treat social media for under-18s like old TV rules: no algorithms, no ads, nothing pushed for profit.
They can follow people.
They can read.
But their attention isn’t a marketplace.
Let “social” mean social.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/opini...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/opini...
Treat social media for under-18s like old TV rules: no algorithms, no ads, nothing pushed for profit.
They can follow people.
They can read.
But their attention isn’t a marketplace.
Let “social” mean social.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/opini...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/opini...
Opinion: Banning under-16s from social media is a half-measure. We should ban toxic algorithms
Australia is trying to ban teens from social media, but that only scratches the surface as a solution to the problems tech companies are causing us, writes Killian Mangan.
www.thejournal.ie
December 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I like this idea.
Treat social media for under-18s like old TV rules: no algorithms, no ads, nothing pushed for profit.
They can follow people.
They can read.
But their attention isn’t a marketplace.
Let “social” mean social.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/opini...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/opini...
Treat social media for under-18s like old TV rules: no algorithms, no ads, nothing pushed for profit.
They can follow people.
They can read.
But their attention isn’t a marketplace.
Let “social” mean social.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/opini...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/opini...
The government has slid current and next generations into managed scarcity for life.
High rents.
Renting into old age.
Multi-generational homes.
Smaller footprints doing more work.
They’re not idiots.
They’re just solving the problem from the wrong side.
www.thejournal.ie/renting-into...
High rents.
Renting into old age.
Multi-generational homes.
Smaller footprints doing more work.
They’re not idiots.
They’re just solving the problem from the wrong side.
www.thejournal.ie/renting-into...
Ireland's true housing disaster emerges - renting into old age
The pension system works on the assumption that people have little ongoing housing costs by the time they retire. If that no longer holds true, it’s a major worry.
www.thejournal.ie
December 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The government has slid current and next generations into managed scarcity for life.
High rents.
Renting into old age.
Multi-generational homes.
Smaller footprints doing more work.
They’re not idiots.
They’re just solving the problem from the wrong side.
www.thejournal.ie/renting-into...
High rents.
Renting into old age.
Multi-generational homes.
Smaller footprints doing more work.
They’re not idiots.
They’re just solving the problem from the wrong side.
www.thejournal.ie/renting-into...
Reposted by Keith Drummond
Anyone interested in the rise of techno-authoritarianism/broligarchs and why they're targeting Europe, I've stumbled on this great resource. Use it. authoritarian-stack.info cc @francescabria.bsky.social
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
authoritarian-stack.info
December 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Anyone interested in the rise of techno-authoritarianism/broligarchs and why they're targeting Europe, I've stumbled on this great resource. Use it. authoritarian-stack.info cc @francescabria.bsky.social
I have a feeling that Epstein has just told us how huuuuge he is.
All 4.5 of him.
All 4.5 of him.
December 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I have a feeling that Epstein has just told us how huuuuge he is.
All 4.5 of him.
All 4.5 of him.
Reposted by Keith Drummond
Putin sits in Moscow claiming that his armies have taken a town that the Ukrainian president is personally visiting. There are cowardly tyrants and there are courageous elected leaders and it is good to know the difference.
Putin said Russia had taken Kupiansk weeks ago.
Today, Zelenskyy visited Ukrainian troops there.
Today, Zelenskyy visited Ukrainian troops there.
December 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Putin sits in Moscow claiming that his armies have taken a town that the Ukrainian president is personally visiting. There are cowardly tyrants and there are courageous elected leaders and it is good to know the difference.
What a rabbit hole I’ve been down today.
24 EU official languages.
Zero EU translation layer.
We mandate multilingualism, enforce GDPR, fund digital projects — yet outsource translation of our own voices to US and Chinese platforms.
That’s governance failure, not a technical one.
24 EU official languages.
Zero EU translation layer.
We mandate multilingualism, enforce GDPR, fund digital projects — yet outsource translation of our own voices to US and Chinese platforms.
That’s governance failure, not a technical one.
December 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
What a rabbit hole I’ve been down today.
24 EU official languages.
Zero EU translation layer.
We mandate multilingualism, enforce GDPR, fund digital projects — yet outsource translation of our own voices to US and Chinese platforms.
That’s governance failure, not a technical one.
24 EU official languages.
Zero EU translation layer.
We mandate multilingualism, enforce GDPR, fund digital projects — yet outsource translation of our own voices to US and Chinese platforms.
That’s governance failure, not a technical one.
Thinking of buying Assassin’s Creed Shadows on The Nintendo Switch? Wait.
Right now the Switch version is basically unplayable – crashes every 5–10 minutes and performance is rough.
If you’ve already bought it for kids for Christmas, brace yourself.
#AssassinsCreedShadows #NintendoSwitch
Right now the Switch version is basically unplayable – crashes every 5–10 minutes and performance is rough.
If you’ve already bought it for kids for Christmas, brace yourself.
#AssassinsCreedShadows #NintendoSwitch
December 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Thinking of buying Assassin’s Creed Shadows on The Nintendo Switch? Wait.
Right now the Switch version is basically unplayable – crashes every 5–10 minutes and performance is rough.
If you’ve already bought it for kids for Christmas, brace yourself.
#AssassinsCreedShadows #NintendoSwitch
Right now the Switch version is basically unplayable – crashes every 5–10 minutes and performance is rough.
If you’ve already bought it for kids for Christmas, brace yourself.
#AssassinsCreedShadows #NintendoSwitch
In two of the shows I’ve loved this year, Severance S2 and Pluribus, one thing stands out: slowed-down communication.
Severance’s camcorder scene. Pluribus with the camcorder and the billboard.
People taking time to communicate.
And slowness has its own kind of emotional voltage.
Severance’s camcorder scene. Pluribus with the camcorder and the billboard.
People taking time to communicate.
And slowness has its own kind of emotional voltage.
December 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
In two of the shows I’ve loved this year, Severance S2 and Pluribus, one thing stands out: slowed-down communication.
Severance’s camcorder scene. Pluribus with the camcorder and the billboard.
People taking time to communicate.
And slowness has its own kind of emotional voltage.
Severance’s camcorder scene. Pluribus with the camcorder and the billboard.
People taking time to communicate.
And slowness has its own kind of emotional voltage.
Reposted by Keith Drummond
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Non-boring news from Europe, from the team behind The Europeans, a non-boring podcast about Europe. Click to read Good Week Bad Week, by The Europeans, a Substack publication.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
We've launched a newsletter!
- Big *and* underreported stories from Europe that didn't make it to this week's podcast;
- Updates on stories we've covered recently;
- Recommendations for the best new European music, films and TV.
Subscribe here!
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- Big *and* underreported stories from Europe that didn't make it to this week's podcast;
- Updates on stories we've covered recently;
- Recommendations for the best new European music, films and TV.
Subscribe here!
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Who would have thought that when given the choice billionaires all want to be Dr Doom, not Iron Man or Batman.
A new set of billionaires with an interest in higher education has helped oust college presidents and even assisted the Trump administration in its effort to overhaul the industry. nyti.ms/3KcUYAr
Billionaires Have a Bigger Role in Higher Education Under President Trump
A new set of billionaires with an interest in higher education has helped oust college presidents and even assisted the Trump administration in its effort to overhaul the industry.
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Who would have thought that when given the choice billionaires all want to be Dr Doom, not Iron Man or Batman.
To be fair, when someone says they will have the job done in 1 day and you are still waiting almost 11 months later…
Trump accuses Ukraine of showing 'zero gratitude' for US support
Trump accuses Ukraine of showing 'zero gratitude' for US support
US President Donald Trump on Sunday accused Ukraine of showing "zero gratitude" for US efforts to bring an end to the war with Russia in a post on his Truth Social platform. Trump also repeated his claim that Russia would not have invaded Ukraine in 2022 if he had been in office instead of former president Joe Biden.
www.france24.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
To be fair, when someone says they will have the job done in 1 day and you are still waiting almost 11 months later…
Reposted by Keith Drummond
as Phillips O'Brien also points out, this plan has been in negotiation for a long time, probably since Trump took office.
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The Long Con Comes To An End
The Trump Administration Takes Off The Mask (Again)
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
as Phillips O'Brien also points out, this plan has been in negotiation for a long time, probably since Trump took office.
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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France has added Musk’s Grok to an ongoing cybercrime investigation after it produced French-language posts echoing Holocaust denial about Auschwitz.
November 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
France has added Musk’s Grok to an ongoing cybercrime investigation after it produced French-language posts echoing Holocaust denial about Auschwitz.
Ireland’s remote-work rules are being reviewed.
If we don’t speak up, someone else will decide how (and where) we work.
Consultation link: enterprise.gov.ie/en/consultat...
If we don’t speak up, someone else will decide how (and where) we work.
Consultation link: enterprise.gov.ie/en/consultat...
Public consultation on the review of the operation of the right to request remote working legislation
The Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment is seeking the views of stakeholders and interested parties on the operation of the right to request remote working provisions of the Work Life Bal...
enterprise.gov.ie
November 22, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Ireland’s remote-work rules are being reviewed.
If we don’t speak up, someone else will decide how (and where) we work.
Consultation link: enterprise.gov.ie/en/consultat...
If we don’t speak up, someone else will decide how (and where) we work.
Consultation link: enterprise.gov.ie/en/consultat...
Reposted by Keith Drummond
Gardaí were involved in an international operation targeting a money laundering network used to support Russian military efforts.
The operation involved close collaboration between the UK, gardaí, US law enforcement, and partners across France, Finland, the Netherlands and Spain.
jrnl.ie/6881653
The operation involved close collaboration between the UK, gardaí, US law enforcement, and partners across France, Finland, the Netherlands and Spain.
jrnl.ie/6881653
Gardaí part of international operation targeting money laundering funding Russian war effort
Crime networks TGR and Smart were identified as being at the centre of this criminal network, which has also been used by the Kinahans.
jrnl.ie
November 21, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Gardaí were involved in an international operation targeting a money laundering network used to support Russian military efforts.
The operation involved close collaboration between the UK, gardaí, US law enforcement, and partners across France, Finland, the Netherlands and Spain.
jrnl.ie/6881653
The operation involved close collaboration between the UK, gardaí, US law enforcement, and partners across France, Finland, the Netherlands and Spain.
jrnl.ie/6881653
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there's just ONE WEEK left to order our adorable and only semi-murderous Watcher plushie... so let's do a ✨ giveaway ✨
to enter, just follow @makeship.bsky.social and @sunsetvisitor.studio and repost this post!
the giveaway ends in 2 days! hekki grace and good luck!!
to enter, just follow @makeship.bsky.social and @sunsetvisitor.studio and repost this post!
the giveaway ends in 2 days! hekki grace and good luck!!
November 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
there's just ONE WEEK left to order our adorable and only semi-murderous Watcher plushie... so let's do a ✨ giveaway ✨
to enter, just follow @makeship.bsky.social and @sunsetvisitor.studio and repost this post!
the giveaway ends in 2 days! hekki grace and good luck!!
to enter, just follow @makeship.bsky.social and @sunsetvisitor.studio and repost this post!
the giveaway ends in 2 days! hekki grace and good luck!!
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I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Reposted by Keith Drummond
The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage: