Cori Crider
@coricrider.com
Build better tech. Break monopoly power. Back law enforcement.
Executive Director, Future of Tech Institute & Tech@Meliore. Hon. Prof. UCL. Fellow, Open Markets. Ex Foxglove, Reprieve.
https://futureinstitute.tech/about-us
https://www.coricrider.com
Executive Director, Future of Tech Institute & Tech@Meliore. Hon. Prof. UCL. Fellow, Open Markets. Ex Foxglove, Reprieve.
https://futureinstitute.tech/about-us
https://www.coricrider.com
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I know we have work to do before the full potential is unleashed,
but can we talk about the fact that any social experience built on atproto now has automatic access to standards-based E2EE DMs on Germ?
that's frickin revolutionary
but can we talk about the fact that any social experience built on atproto now has automatic access to standards-based E2EE DMs on Germ?
that's frickin revolutionary
February 16, 2026 at 5:42 PM
I know we have work to do before the full potential is unleashed,
but can we talk about the fact that any social experience built on atproto now has automatic access to standards-based E2EE DMs on Germ?
that's frickin revolutionary
but can we talk about the fact that any social experience built on atproto now has automatic access to standards-based E2EE DMs on Germ?
that's frickin revolutionary
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"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
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#R4Today
Palantir's Swiss Exit Highlights Global Data Sovereignty Challenge | NewsCase
Switzerland's military has terminated its contract with Palantir Technologies Inc. following a security audit. The review concluded that U.S. intelligence ag
www.newscase.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:05 AM
"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
The speech is a red herring.
Rubio skipped a meeting with European leaders on Ukraine in Munich due to scheduling conflicts, according to the Financial Times.
One European official called it madness, while another politician remarked that without Rubio, the meeting was pointless.
🤔
One European official called it madness, while another politician remarked that without Rubio, the meeting was pointless.
🤔
February 15, 2026 at 6:41 AM
The speech is a red herring.
Tell that to China.
Google’s top legal officer Kent Walker warned that Europe risks undermining its own competitiveness drive by restricting access to foreign technology by ‘erecting walls’ as Brussels steps up efforts to reduce its reliance on US tech giants.
Interview ⬇️
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Interview ⬇️
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Google warns EU against ‘erecting walls’ in tech sovereignty push
[FREE TO READ] Europe risks undermining its own competitiveness drive through curbs on US groups, tech company says
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February 13, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Tell that to China.
"Let the techbros bark, Sancho, it's a sign that we're riding."
Classic Spanish clap-back to Durov from Sanchez here.
Classic Spanish clap-back to Durov from Sanchez here.
February 5, 2026 at 9:24 AM
"Let the techbros bark, Sancho, it's a sign that we're riding."
Classic Spanish clap-back to Durov from Sanchez here.
Classic Spanish clap-back to Durov from Sanchez here.
I want to add something this morning. Watching the folks who are building open social - @seabass.bsky.social and @sherif.eurosky.social and the whole Eurosky team - is one of the genuinely inspiring stories in Europe right now. It's not easy to take territory from Big Tech. But we can, and we will.
Friends, I did it. I'm posting this from #Eurosky. 🚀🇪🇺♥️
I have not joined a beta test since *1997* - but for the sake of you all, and for a future of open social media that is Big Tech-free and fully European, I had a go. It's working fine. Watch this space!!
I have not joined a beta test since *1997* - but for the sake of you all, and for a future of open social media that is Big Tech-free and fully European, I had a go. It's working fine. Watch this space!!
Hello! Update on eurosky[.]social accounts.
- PDS is ready with backups and observability
- We've onboarded a small number of testers to see how things are holding up
- We'll start sending invites to folks who registered in the next few days
We're doing this slowly, here's why 👇
#eurosky
- PDS is ready with backups and observability
- We've onboarded a small number of testers to see how things are holding up
- We'll start sending invites to folks who registered in the next few days
We're doing this slowly, here's why 👇
#eurosky
February 5, 2026 at 9:04 AM
I want to add something this morning. Watching the folks who are building open social - @seabass.bsky.social and @sherif.eurosky.social and the whole Eurosky team - is one of the genuinely inspiring stories in Europe right now. It's not easy to take territory from Big Tech. But we can, and we will.
Ok the funniest part of this is the class analysis about NYT reporters
QUIZ FOR ACTIVISTS: ID THE SECURITY RISK
“Hi, I’m Sven Svenson! Longtime resident! I may have voted for Jacob Frey!”
“Hi, I’m Brindley Mountbatten-Dodds, credentialed reporter from the NYT! Here’s my press card!”
“Hi, I’m Gary Smith! I drove from Oregon to help out! Someone gave me a chat link!”
“Hi, I’m Sven Svenson! Longtime resident! I may have voted for Jacob Frey!”
“Hi, I’m Brindley Mountbatten-Dodds, credentialed reporter from the NYT! Here’s my press card!”
“Hi, I’m Gary Smith! I drove from Oregon to help out! Someone gave me a chat link!”
February 4, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Ok the funniest part of this is the class analysis about NYT reporters
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6/ The Post has lost over 375,000 subscribers in just over a year. If 10% of those readers subscribed to The 51st instead, we could hire 10 reporters and five editors, dramatically scaling our coverage of the city at this critical time. 51st.news/signup
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February 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
6/ The Post has lost over 375,000 subscribers in just over a year. If 10% of those readers subscribed to The 51st instead, we could hire 10 reporters and five editors, dramatically scaling our coverage of the city at this critical time. 51st.news/signup
Friends, I did it. I'm posting this from #Eurosky. 🚀🇪🇺♥️
I have not joined a beta test since *1997* - but for the sake of you all, and for a future of open social media that is Big Tech-free and fully European, I had a go. It's working fine. Watch this space!!
I have not joined a beta test since *1997* - but for the sake of you all, and for a future of open social media that is Big Tech-free and fully European, I had a go. It's working fine. Watch this space!!
Hello! Update on eurosky[.]social accounts.
- PDS is ready with backups and observability
- We've onboarded a small number of testers to see how things are holding up
- We'll start sending invites to folks who registered in the next few days
We're doing this slowly, here's why 👇
#eurosky
- PDS is ready with backups and observability
- We've onboarded a small number of testers to see how things are holding up
- We'll start sending invites to folks who registered in the next few days
We're doing this slowly, here's why 👇
#eurosky
February 4, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Friends, I did it. I'm posting this from #Eurosky. 🚀🇪🇺♥️
I have not joined a beta test since *1997* - but for the sake of you all, and for a future of open social media that is Big Tech-free and fully European, I had a go. It's working fine. Watch this space!!
I have not joined a beta test since *1997* - but for the sake of you all, and for a future of open social media that is Big Tech-free and fully European, I had a go. It's working fine. Watch this space!!
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(AP) — The Paris prosecutors’ office said a search was underway Tuesday at the French offices of Elon Musk’s social media platform X as part of a preliminary investigation into a range of alleged offences, including spreading child pornography and deepfakes.
@apnews.com
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February 3, 2026 at 11:15 AM
(AP) — The Paris prosecutors’ office said a search was underway Tuesday at the French offices of Elon Musk’s social media platform X as part of a preliminary investigation into a range of alleged offences, including spreading child pornography and deepfakes.
@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/fran...
@apnews.com
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Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Google continues its multi-pronged assault on accurate & independent news:
"AI-generated headlines in Discover sometimes state the opposite of what the news articles report and summaries routinely misrepresent information within those stories."
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/disc...
"AI-generated headlines in Discover sometimes state the opposite of what the news articles report and summaries routinely misrepresent information within those stories."
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/disc...
Discover isn’t the only place Google is experimenting with AI-generated snippets
On Friday, The Verge’s Sean Hollister reported that Google is now calling AI-generated headlines in Discover a “feature,” not just an experiment.
For several months now, Google has been rewriting hea...
www.niemanlab.org
January 27, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Google continues its multi-pronged assault on accurate & independent news:
"AI-generated headlines in Discover sometimes state the opposite of what the news articles report and summaries routinely misrepresent information within those stories."
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/disc...
"AI-generated headlines in Discover sometimes state the opposite of what the news articles report and summaries routinely misrepresent information within those stories."
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/disc...
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A spark of action from the European Commission on social media recommender algorithms at long last ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission investigates Grok and X\'s recommender systems under the Digital Services Act
The European Commission has launched a new formal investigation against X under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
ec.europa.eu
January 26, 2026 at 11:16 AM
A spark of action from the European Commission on social media recommender algorithms at long last ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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We are watching great power implosion in real time.
Trump on NATO: "Until the last few days when I told them about Iceland, they loved me. They called me daddy."
(He means Greenland.)
(He means Greenland.)
January 21, 2026 at 2:44 PM
We are watching great power implosion in real time.
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The EU should not “renounce anything that may be necessary to defend its interests” if US President Donald Trump delivers on his threats, the bloc’s competition chief @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu told the FT.
With @andybounds.bsky.social
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With @andybounds.bsky.social
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EU should not hold back on Trump retaliation, says bloc’s competition chief
[FREE TO READ] Also in this newsletter: Europe replaces one gas dependency for another
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January 21, 2026 at 6:20 AM
The EU should not “renounce anything that may be necessary to defend its interests” if US President Donald Trump delivers on his threats, the bloc’s competition chief @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu told the FT.
With @andybounds.bsky.social
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With @andybounds.bsky.social
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It is an excellent speech.
Great speech.
@mark-carney.bsky.social
“Risk management comes at a price, but that cost of strategic autonomy can also be shared. Collective investments in resilience are cheaper than everyone building their own fortresses. Shared standards reduce fragmentations”.
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
@mark-carney.bsky.social
“Risk management comes at a price, but that cost of strategic autonomy can also be shared. Collective investments in resilience are cheaper than everyone building their own fortresses. Shared standards reduce fragmentations”.
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
Read the full transcript of Carney’s speech to World Economic Forum - National | Globalnews.ca
Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a forceful speech in Davos, Switzerland, on the 'new world order' and how middle powers like Canada can benefit by working together.
globalnews.ca
January 20, 2026 at 10:22 PM
It is an excellent speech.
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*DANISH PENSION FUND AKADEMIKERPENSION TO EXIT US TREASURIES
January 20, 2026 at 1:37 PM
*DANISH PENSION FUND AKADEMIKERPENSION TO EXIT US TREASURIES
SCOTUS watchers: are we expecting a ruling on the tariffs today?
January 20, 2026 at 12:54 PM
SCOTUS watchers: are we expecting a ruling on the tariffs today?
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I watched part of the debate. There’s general agreement (with the exception of some far-right MEPs, as one would guess) that Grok/X is incompatible with EU values and law.
📺 LIVE NOW: watch the European Parliament debate how to respond to the Grok/X deepfake abuse scandal here: www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/h...
Below: Zeit reports >50 MEPs urging Europe to invest in its own social media and build bridges out of toxic social www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra...
Below: Zeit reports >50 MEPs urging Europe to invest in its own social media and build bridges out of toxic social www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra...
January 20, 2026 at 9:16 AM
I watched part of the debate. There’s general agreement (with the exception of some far-right MEPs, as one would guess) that Grok/X is incompatible with EU values and law.
📺 LIVE NOW: watch the European Parliament debate how to respond to the Grok/X deepfake abuse scandal here: www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/h...
Below: Zeit reports >50 MEPs urging Europe to invest in its own social media and build bridges out of toxic social www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra...
Below: Zeit reports >50 MEPs urging Europe to invest in its own social media and build bridges out of toxic social www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra...
January 20, 2026 at 8:26 AM
📺 LIVE NOW: watch the European Parliament debate how to respond to the Grok/X deepfake abuse scandal here: www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/h...
Below: Zeit reports >50 MEPs urging Europe to invest in its own social media and build bridges out of toxic social www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra...
Below: Zeit reports >50 MEPs urging Europe to invest in its own social media and build bridges out of toxic social www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra...
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Does anyone have a bsky list of all EU MEPs who are already on Bluesky?
January 17, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Does anyone have a bsky list of all EU MEPs who are already on Bluesky?
Who says Europe doesn’t innovate
At Michelin-starred Aqua Crua, Giuliano Baldessari cooks wearing rubber — and it’s the least interesting thing about his restaurant ft.trib.al/jzPMyNx
Postcard from Italy: a trip to the outer limits of dining with the latex-clad chef
At Michelin-starred Aqua Crua, Giuliano Baldessari cooks wearing rubber — and it’s the least interesting thing about his restaurant
ft.trib.al
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Who says Europe doesn’t innovate
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Starmer’s US policy lies in tatters. Trump is now punishing the UK and NATO allies just for doing the right thing.
Time for the PM to stand firm against the bully in the White House, and work with European and Commonwealth allies to make him back down from this reckless plan.
Time for the PM to stand firm against the bully in the White House, and work with European and Commonwealth allies to make him back down from this reckless plan.
January 17, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Starmer’s US policy lies in tatters. Trump is now punishing the UK and NATO allies just for doing the right thing.
Time for the PM to stand firm against the bully in the White House, and work with European and Commonwealth allies to make him back down from this reckless plan.
Time for the PM to stand firm against the bully in the White House, and work with European and Commonwealth allies to make him back down from this reckless plan.
The best time to have done this was in early 2025. The second best time…
*pounding the table rhythmically*
anti-coercion instrument!
Anti-Coercion Instrument!
ANTI-COERCION INSTRUMENT!
anti-coercion instrument!
Anti-Coercion Instrument!
ANTI-COERCION INSTRUMENT!
Trump announces a 10% tariff on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, Netherlands, and Finland beginning February 1st.
This tariff will be increased to 25% beginning on June 1st.
Tariffs will remain in effect until the US reaches a deal to buy Greenland.
This tariff will be increased to 25% beginning on June 1st.
Tariffs will remain in effect until the US reaches a deal to buy Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 5:35 PM
The best time to have done this was in early 2025. The second best time…