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Companies / governments / institutions went from zero Zoom usage ("we can't assess the security issues of remote working" etc etc) to full-on ALL ZOOM EVERYWHERE in the space of about a month during Covid.
Turns out if it's important, you can just do the thing.
Turns out if it's important, you can just do the thing.
“The French government announced that it will stop using American video conferencing platforms such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom, and replace them with Visio, a French platform.”
Zoom Is the First Casualty in France's War on American Big Tech
Homebrewed video conferencing may not be a moonshot, but you gotta start somewhere.
gizmodo.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Companies / governments / institutions went from zero Zoom usage ("we can't assess the security issues of remote working" etc etc) to full-on ALL ZOOM EVERYWHERE in the space of about a month during Covid.
Turns out if it's important, you can just do the thing.
Turns out if it's important, you can just do the thing.
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The one thing that is growing extremely fast is the wealth of the top billionaires:
The top 0.00001% used to own the equivalent of 3% of national income in wealth in 2010
Now they own the equivalent of 12% of national income!
The top 0.00001% used to own the equivalent of 3% of national income in wealth in 2010
Now they own the equivalent of 12% of national income!
January 20, 2026 at 8:59 PM
The one thing that is growing extremely fast is the wealth of the top billionaires:
The top 0.00001% used to own the equivalent of 3% of national income in wealth in 2010
Now they own the equivalent of 12% of national income!
The top 0.00001% used to own the equivalent of 3% of national income in wealth in 2010
Now they own the equivalent of 12% of national income!
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We hear it all the time:
Since the turn of the 2010s, thanks to the rise of tech, the US has pulled ahead economically.
This idea is everywhere from Washington to Davos—and it's paralyzing Europe
But it's simply not true!
Let's look at what's really happening, with charts🧵
Since the turn of the 2010s, thanks to the rise of tech, the US has pulled ahead economically.
This idea is everywhere from Washington to Davos—and it's paralyzing Europe
But it's simply not true!
Let's look at what's really happening, with charts🧵
January 20, 2026 at 8:59 PM
We hear it all the time:
Since the turn of the 2010s, thanks to the rise of tech, the US has pulled ahead economically.
This idea is everywhere from Washington to Davos—and it's paralyzing Europe
But it's simply not true!
Let's look at what's really happening, with charts🧵
Since the turn of the 2010s, thanks to the rise of tech, the US has pulled ahead economically.
This idea is everywhere from Washington to Davos—and it's paralyzing Europe
But it's simply not true!
Let's look at what's really happening, with charts🧵
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Denny Carter writes that the primacy of feeling good and the politics of pleasure run counter to the sort of sustainability and hearty civic life of a functional democratic society.
https://badfaithtimes.com/there-is-no-you/
https://badfaithtimes.com/there-is-no-you/
There Is No You
The politics of never-ending pleasure favors the right wing and makes democracy (almost) impossible
badfaithtimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Denny Carter writes that the primacy of feeling good and the politics of pleasure run counter to the sort of sustainability and hearty civic life of a functional democratic society.
https://badfaithtimes.com/there-is-no-you/
https://badfaithtimes.com/there-is-no-you/
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There’s a line here whereby carving out techno-libertarian ‘zones’ in your jurisdiction (ala Honduras) becomes a viable territorial self-defence strategy against Trump’s global ambitions.
3/In case of Honduras, drug kingpin president pardoned. Why? Because tech interests in libertarian city.
www.wired.com/story/startu...
www.wired.com/story/startu...
‘Startup City’ Groups Say They’re Meeting Trump Officials to Push for Deregulated ‘Freedom Cities’
The architects of projects like Próspera are drafting legislation to create US cities that would be free from federal regulations.
www.wired.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:17 PM
There’s a line here whereby carving out techno-libertarian ‘zones’ in your jurisdiction (ala Honduras) becomes a viable territorial self-defence strategy against Trump’s global ambitions.
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6/Again that is why the repeated claims to Greenland. This is not a world of sovereign equality or of balancing against China. It is about extraction. Why the interest in Greenland, it is about the resources and tech network state fantasies.
bsky.app/profile/clae...
bsky.app/profile/clae...
From the wife of a Trump advisor following the Venezuela invasion.
Sick.
Sharing here bc it illustrates the mindset.
Sick.
Sharing here bc it illustrates the mindset.
January 4, 2026 at 3:09 PM
6/Again that is why the repeated claims to Greenland. This is not a world of sovereign equality or of balancing against China. It is about extraction. Why the interest in Greenland, it is about the resources and tech network state fantasies.
bsky.app/profile/clae...
bsky.app/profile/clae...
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What do Greenland, Honduras, Venezuela, and Nigeria have in common? The “network state” cabal—which includes Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, & Joe Lonsdale—has been circling them like vultures. 1/
December 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
What do Greenland, Honduras, Venezuela, and Nigeria have in common? The “network state” cabal—which includes Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, & Joe Lonsdale—has been circling them like vultures. 1/
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4/Enough of the uncomfortably laughs. We need to stop thinking about this as states interacting with states or through the lens of great power politics.This is not just silly freelancing or Trump being Trump but an effort to rewire the norms of international politics. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Exclusive: Greenland ‘Freedom City’? Rich donors push Trump for a tech hub up north
It is described as 'a libertarian utopia with minimal corporate regulation.'
www.reuters.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
4/Enough of the uncomfortably laughs. We need to stop thinking about this as states interacting with states or through the lens of great power politics.This is not just silly freelancing or Trump being Trump but an effort to rewire the norms of international politics. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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2/There is a multiyear campaign on the part of the tech broligarchy to establish a 'network state' in Greenland similar to what was done in Honduras (Prospera). Trump/Vance are pushing this agenda forward on multiple fronts (see also pardon past Honduran president).
techcrunch.com/2024/11/15/i...
techcrunch.com/2024/11/15/i...
'I went to Greenland to try to buy it': Meet the founder who wants to recreate Mars on Earth | TechCrunch
Praxis co-founder Dryden Brown wants to build a city in Greenland that emulates what a community on Mars could be like.
techcrunch.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
2/There is a multiyear campaign on the part of the tech broligarchy to establish a 'network state' in Greenland similar to what was done in Honduras (Prospera). Trump/Vance are pushing this agenda forward on multiple fronts (see also pardon past Honduran president).
techcrunch.com/2024/11/15/i...
techcrunch.com/2024/11/15/i...
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1/More head scratching over Trump Greenland threats. Remember there is nothing about great power politics or spheres of influence that says you antagonize an ally/other great power (Europe). The motivation and goal is about neo-royalism: assert dominance/extract resources for the insider clique.
Trump says he’s appointing Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as “special envoy” to Greenland.
Landry has previously expressed support for Trump’s plan to invade Greenland.
Landry has previously expressed support for Trump’s plan to invade Greenland.
December 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
1/More head scratching over Trump Greenland threats. Remember there is nothing about great power politics or spheres of influence that says you antagonize an ally/other great power (Europe). The motivation and goal is about neo-royalism: assert dominance/extract resources for the insider clique.
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Det er en skandale, at Den Danske Ordbogs fremtid er usikker - uanset om det skyldes, at den skal fungere som en luns til et eller andet parti i finanslovsforhandlingerne eller ej.
Jeg har netop skrevet under på dette borgerforslag. Det bør du også gøre.
www.borgerforslag.dk/se-og-stoet-...
Jeg har netop skrevet under på dette borgerforslag. Det bør du også gøre.
www.borgerforslag.dk/se-og-stoet-...
October 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Det er en skandale, at Den Danske Ordbogs fremtid er usikker - uanset om det skyldes, at den skal fungere som en luns til et eller andet parti i finanslovsforhandlingerne eller ej.
Jeg har netop skrevet under på dette borgerforslag. Det bør du også gøre.
www.borgerforslag.dk/se-og-stoet-...
Jeg har netop skrevet under på dette borgerforslag. Det bør du også gøre.
www.borgerforslag.dk/se-og-stoet-...
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Hi BlueSky. For weeks I've been writing a daily brief on Israel's genocide in Gaza and beyond, condensing ~50 pages of news from around the world into one piece each day. It's in Danish, but machine translation makes it readable anywhere. 🫵👇
September 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Hi BlueSky. For weeks I've been writing a daily brief on Israel's genocide in Gaza and beyond, condensing ~50 pages of news from around the world into one piece each day. It's in Danish, but machine translation makes it readable anywhere. 🫵👇
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Languages are systems. They can most certainly have biases, but they do not and cannot have goals. Exactly the same is true for the mathematical models of language that are produced by transformers ... the English language ... is never going to become conscious and decide to turn us into paperclips.
Cultural theory was right about the death of the author. It was just a few decades early
How old theories explain the new technology of LLMs
www.programmablemutter.com
July 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Languages are systems. They can most certainly have biases, but they do not and cannot have goals. Exactly the same is true for the mathematical models of language that are produced by transformers ... the English language ... is never going to become conscious and decide to turn us into paperclips.
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We need to escape the Gernsback Continuum. How @greatdismal.bsky.social 1980s short story anticipates the dreams of Silicon Valley today.
We need to escape the Gernsback Continuum
Outdated science fiction is hobbling our dreams.
www.programmablemutter.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We need to escape the Gernsback Continuum. How @greatdismal.bsky.social 1980s short story anticipates the dreams of Silicon Valley today.
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“you’re not americannn, why do u care about U.S politicssss?”
November 16, 2024 at 1:37 PM
“you’re not americannn, why do u care about U.S politicssss?”
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Pust liv i din halvtræge Bluesky-oplevelse med denne kortfattede guide med tips og tricks: tveskov.com/bluesky-guide/
Kom godt igang med Bluesky – t v e s k o v . c o m
tveskov.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Pust liv i din halvtræge Bluesky-oplevelse med denne kortfattede guide med tips og tricks: tveskov.com/bluesky-guide/
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Look, I understand the impulse to continue saying it doesn't make any sense but these people are not very secretive about what they want and why. Their theory of how it will all come together is frequently insane or idiotic but *they think it's achievable* which is why they are doing it.
2/ This is a reply to Dryden’s post (above). Note Dryden’s response.
March 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Look, I understand the impulse to continue saying it doesn't make any sense but these people are not very secretive about what they want and why. Their theory of how it will all come together is frequently insane or idiotic but *they think it's achievable* which is why they are doing it.
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👀 Praxis is a Thiel-backed “network state” project that aims to build its OWN COUNTRY. In Nov, Praxis founder Dryden Brown wrote about wanting Greenland 4 Praxis. In Dec, Trump named Thiel partner Ken Howery as ambassador to Denmark & said the US shld buy Greenland. Praxis & Dryden are thrilled...1/
January 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
👀 Praxis is a Thiel-backed “network state” project that aims to build its OWN COUNTRY. In Nov, Praxis founder Dryden Brown wrote about wanting Greenland 4 Praxis. In Dec, Trump named Thiel partner Ken Howery as ambassador to Denmark & said the US shld buy Greenland. Praxis & Dryden are thrilled...1/
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BREAKING: Trump dodges trade war, citing bone spurs
March 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
BREAKING: Trump dodges trade war, citing bone spurs
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Hear the sirens.
If the warfare state replaces the welfare state, this will further fuel the extreme right. More countries falling in the hands of extreme right nationalists would weaken Europe in an existential way.
If the warfare state replaces the welfare state, this will further fuel the extreme right. More countries falling in the hands of extreme right nationalists would weaken Europe in an existential way.
March 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Hear the sirens.
If the warfare state replaces the welfare state, this will further fuel the extreme right. More countries falling in the hands of extreme right nationalists would weaken Europe in an existential way.
If the warfare state replaces the welfare state, this will further fuel the extreme right. More countries falling in the hands of extreme right nationalists would weaken Europe in an existential way.
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