@VeeRat I was in that spot too decades ago, and “you’re good at writing notes” was not really a compliment from the source, it’s a dig masked as “you spend too much time writing notes”. Now the same people have AI.
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The day is over and I didn’t get as much done as I’d have liked.@oscarfalcon tell me about it. In some ways it barely scratches the surface given the rest of the news. But at least for software, the good news is that there are plenty of alternatives. We are not powerless and things aren’t as hopeless, but it does start with awareness that hurts.
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The day is over and I didn’t get as much done as I’d have liked.Anyway, to end on the best thing I’ve read lately:
“Where does it all end? is the big question. […] The implication is that it may have already gone too far and probably has. The clear call to action is to stop exposing so much abuse, to avoid the moral dangers of looking at all of it. Where does it all end? is the sort of question that somebody asks when they don't want it to end, and they don't even want the process of ending it to begin.
So often the question is “have we gone too far?" So rarely is it the statement: "They have gone too far." So often the question posed is "where does it all end?" So rarely is the question “how will we make this end?”
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It ends with justice and liberation from the abuses of supremacy and the tyranny of the supremacist billionaire mindset.
This destination is where our compass must point, and we should accept none other, even as we acknowledge the challenges and gird ourselves for the journey.”
Where It Ends
Answering the enabler's constant question, and contemplating the depraved depths of the billionaire mindset.
The Reframe (www.the-reframe.com)
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The day is over and I didn’t get as much done as I’d have liked.But then I see some people legit praising these “business geniuses” instead of looking at where their money and power comes from and where it’s going.
I don’t like where things are going and I don’t want their values in Europe.
Plus, the moment Trump is gone, something worse will replace him too.
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The day is over and I didn’t get as much done as I’d have liked.In 2025, Big Tech—just ten major companies—spent €49 million lobbying Brussels. That’s more than pharma, finance, and automotive combined.
Google funds all sixteen major European think tanks shaping EU policy. Not *some* of them. All of them. Amazon and Meta fund most of the rest.
This is no longer “poor old me, I need a bit of help,” this is full regulatory capture. With a view to becoming even more embedded into businesses and governments, and getting whatever favorable legislation passed or diluted to suit them.
Big Tech lobby budgets hit record levels | Corporate Europe Observatory
New figures show that the digital industry as a whole is now spending €151 million a year on lobbying the EU, a major increase to what was already considerable firepower.
Corporate Europe Observatory (corporateeurope.org)
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The day is over and I didn’t get as much done as I’d have liked.Some days I wish j could just turn it off and not care. But the rot extends—predictably—deep into tech leaders.
And if only it was just their software leaking and spilling into Europe. That would be “easy” to remove. But it’s their mindset too, and their unhinged desire to see it all burn and return to tribalism while they laugh all the way to the bank.
Their hate of EU is now interfering with the laws of the continent we live on and threatening to break it up.
The same Thiel winking at the idea of Brexit, who also explains why democracy and freedom are incompatible in mainstream financial papers and journals.
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The day is over and I didn’t get as much done as I’d have liked.The day is over and I didn’t get as much done as I’d have liked.
A bit hard to concentrate given the breadth and extent of the Epstein files revelations. These aren’t people I will ever meet or interact with, but the depravity and brazenness of it all just got to me. Toddler life was rough too. So I gave myself a break and some grace.
The horrors of it all. Truly ew, ew, ew and more ew. And it’s barely scratching the surface of the yuck. Inescapable, on every news website, touching so many things.
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Despite the Single-Use Plastic Directive bans, litter persists!@EUCommission by far, outside the major cities, people throwing cigarettes, energy drinks, McDonald’s packaging and other drinking cans
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🧵 My sense of justice was triggered by #Palantir corporate gaslighting two Swiss investigative journalists on LinkedIn.🧵 My sense of justice was triggered by #Palantir corporate gaslighting two Swiss investigative journalists on LinkedIn.
This is something most people won’t even see, but I was angry, so I looked while my kid was still asleep.
Here’s what it looks like when tech bros attack journalists while you and I have too much food over Christmas.
Two Swiss journalists spent a year filing 59 #FOIA requests to document Palantir’s 7-year campaign to sell surveillance software to Swiss authorities (army and health services in particular).
: https://www.republik.ch/2025/12/09/warum-palantir-zum-risiko-fuer-die-schweiz-wirdThe Swiss army’s internal report concluded they couldn’t rule out US intelligence accessing data through Palantir systems, despite reassurances.
Their story hit The Guardian, and #UK MPs are now questioning £825M in Palantir contracts.
The journalists were rejoicing on LinkedIn. It’s a big deal to have your story picked up by mainstream UK media, especially after a year of hard work.
This is where it gets ugly.