Kristian Hoareau Foged
@kristianhfoged.bsky.social
Founder of a comms analytics and strategy consultancy called Simply Thought. Here to deliver lukewarm takes on anything comms, tech, business and politics
In a philosophical nutshell:
- The US legislates to benefit corporations.
- The EU legislates to benefit citizens.
- China legislates to benefit the state.
Each has benefits and drawbacks, but when we think of the EU as a tech laggard, I think this helps frame why.
- The US legislates to benefit corporations.
- The EU legislates to benefit citizens.
- China legislates to benefit the state.
Each has benefits and drawbacks, but when we think of the EU as a tech laggard, I think this helps frame why.
November 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
In a philosophical nutshell:
- The US legislates to benefit corporations.
- The EU legislates to benefit citizens.
- China legislates to benefit the state.
Each has benefits and drawbacks, but when we think of the EU as a tech laggard, I think this helps frame why.
- The US legislates to benefit corporations.
- The EU legislates to benefit citizens.
- China legislates to benefit the state.
Each has benefits and drawbacks, but when we think of the EU as a tech laggard, I think this helps frame why.
This is huge news and underreported. @microsoft is following Trump's executive orders by blocking the emails of key staff at the IJC, this for investigating war crimes committed in Gaza.
Orgs using US software have to be ready to be cut off for doing their job
www.heise.de/en/news/Crim...
Orgs using US software have to be ready to be cut off for doing their job
www.heise.de/en/news/Crim...
Criminal Court: Microsoft's email block a wake-up call for digital sovereignty
Microsoft blocked the email account of Chief Prosecutor of the International Court of Justice after Trump's sanctions. Critics: “We urgently need alternatives.”
www.heise.de
May 20, 2025 at 5:59 AM
This is huge news and underreported. @microsoft is following Trump's executive orders by blocking the emails of key staff at the IJC, this for investigating war crimes committed in Gaza.
Orgs using US software have to be ready to be cut off for doing their job
www.heise.de/en/news/Crim...
Orgs using US software have to be ready to be cut off for doing their job
www.heise.de/en/news/Crim...
My stocks are losing less than your stocks today.
That's what counts as a W in unprovoked trade war land 😎🫠😂
That's what counts as a W in unprovoked trade war land 😎🫠😂
April 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
My stocks are losing less than your stocks today.
That's what counts as a W in unprovoked trade war land 😎🫠😂
That's what counts as a W in unprovoked trade war land 😎🫠😂
Everybody hoping to get added to the next top secret group chat 😂
Signal sees its downloads double after scandal
Signal sees its downloads double after scandal
Encrypted messaging app Signal continues to see spiking downloads in the wake of the messaging scandal, which saw The Atlantic’s editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg added to a group chat where high-ranking officials in the Trump administration were discussing an attack on Houthi rebels in Yemen. The resulting press coverage around the leak of these […]
tcrn.ch
March 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Everybody hoping to get added to the next top secret group chat 😂
This project is an international, EU-funded academic collaboration - and they need private investment partners now to validate scale this tech.
Europe, let's fucking go and make some homegrown, scalable innovation with positive impact 👊🏾
Europe, let's fucking go and make some homegrown, scalable innovation with positive impact 👊🏾
Researchers have set a new efficiency world record for converting sunlight into electricity using transparent solar cells.
The breakthrough is a huge boost for renewable energy, allowing entire skyscrapers to serve as power stations by transforming their windows into solar panels.
The breakthrough is a huge boost for renewable energy, allowing entire skyscrapers to serve as power stations by transforming their windows into solar panels.
See-through solar panels could turn skyscrapers into power stations
See-through solar cells could turn entire skyscrapers into renewable energy power stations
www.independent.co.uk
March 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This project is an international, EU-funded academic collaboration - and they need private investment partners now to validate scale this tech.
Europe, let's fucking go and make some homegrown, scalable innovation with positive impact 👊🏾
Europe, let's fucking go and make some homegrown, scalable innovation with positive impact 👊🏾
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Researchers have set a new efficiency world record for converting sunlight into electricity using transparent solar cells.
The breakthrough is a huge boost for renewable energy, allowing entire skyscrapers to serve as power stations by transforming their windows into solar panels.
The breakthrough is a huge boost for renewable energy, allowing entire skyscrapers to serve as power stations by transforming their windows into solar panels.
See-through solar panels could turn skyscrapers into power stations
See-through solar cells could turn entire skyscrapers into renewable energy power stations
www.independent.co.uk
March 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Researchers have set a new efficiency world record for converting sunlight into electricity using transparent solar cells.
The breakthrough is a huge boost for renewable energy, allowing entire skyscrapers to serve as power stations by transforming their windows into solar panels.
The breakthrough is a huge boost for renewable energy, allowing entire skyscrapers to serve as power stations by transforming their windows into solar panels.
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Let's GOOOO!
www.uawire.org/eu-eyes-eute...
www.uawire.org/eu-eyes-eute...
EU eyes Eutelsat's OneWeb as Starlink replacement in Ukraine
Reports from various media indicate that the Franco-British satellite services firm, Eutelsat, is in talks with the European Union to potentially replace Starlink in Ukraine with its OneWeb satellites...
www.uawire.org
March 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Let's GOOOO!
www.uawire.org/eu-eyes-eute...
www.uawire.org/eu-eyes-eute...
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What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
February 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk really went from water park campaign photo opp gags to be the strongest voice pro-Ukraine and democracy voice in the UK 👏🏾
Calling Zelensky a “Dictator” must be where the line is drawn.
It is my sincere hope that the whole political spectrum in the United Kingdom will speak with one voice in opposition to Trump’s lies.
It is my sincere hope that the whole political spectrum in the United Kingdom will speak with one voice in opposition to Trump’s lies.
February 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk really went from water park campaign photo opp gags to be the strongest voice pro-Ukraine and democracy voice in the UK 👏🏾
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Three days after I posted this
February 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Three days after I posted this
Imagine if you read this as an Interpublic Group or Omnicom client, and then get a call from your account teams pushing you to spend on X.
I'd be fuming if my ad budgets were not being directed to grow my business, but instead to smoothen my agency's merger.
I'd be fuming if my ad budgets were not being directed to grow my business, but instead to smoothen my agency's merger.
'Spend money on our platform or our boss will talk to his new best friend and slow down your merger'
This is what happens when capitalism meets a protection racket, I guess?
archive.is/qeCpp
This is what happens when capitalism meets a protection racket, I guess?
archive.is/qeCpp
February 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Imagine if you read this as an Interpublic Group or Omnicom client, and then get a call from your account teams pushing you to spend on X.
I'd be fuming if my ad budgets were not being directed to grow my business, but instead to smoothen my agency's merger.
I'd be fuming if my ad budgets were not being directed to grow my business, but instead to smoothen my agency's merger.
Strikes me that no one seems to be talking about the biggest cudgel Trump can use to force Ukraine to accept a deal; Starlink through Elon Musk.
Us in Europe can (and should) step up on the funding and security commitments, but I'm not sure we have an adequate replacement for Starlink
Us in Europe can (and should) step up on the funding and security commitments, but I'm not sure we have an adequate replacement for Starlink
February 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Strikes me that no one seems to be talking about the biggest cudgel Trump can use to force Ukraine to accept a deal; Starlink through Elon Musk.
Us in Europe can (and should) step up on the funding and security commitments, but I'm not sure we have an adequate replacement for Starlink
Us in Europe can (and should) step up on the funding and security commitments, but I'm not sure we have an adequate replacement for Starlink
Strong growth on the continent. Time to invest in the emerging market of them all
Africa’s economy is expected to grow by 4.1% this year, the African Development Bank projects, a 0.9-percentage-point rise from 2024.
African Development Bank projects 4.1% growth for the continent
The improvement will be driven by economic reforms in several countries, the Bank wrote.
www.semafor.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Strong growth on the continent. Time to invest in the emerging market of them all
In case you were wondering whether the oligarchy was real
The State Department's "procurement forecast for 2025, which details purchases the agency expects to make, includes $400 million for armored Tesla vehicles."
State Dept. Plans $400 Million Purchase of Armored Tesla Cybertrucks
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 8:40 AM
In case you were wondering whether the oligarchy was real
@theonion.com never misses 😂
Drake Drops New Track Inviting Kendrick Lamar Out To Coffee So They Can Clear Things Up
theonion.com/drake-drops-...
theonion.com/drake-drops-...
Drake Drops New Track Inviting Kendrick Lamar Out To Coffee So They Can Clear Things Up
TORONTO—In a stunning twist to the feud between the two hip-hop artists, Drake reportedly dropped a new track Monday inviting Kendrick Lamar out to coffee so they could clear things up. “The truth is,...
theonion.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:32 AM
@theonion.com never misses 😂
A reminder that this is exactly why DEI is important. It's not about unfairly disadvantaging white men, it's about treating minorities like equal humans who are not "filtered out" of healthcare and opportunity for life.
This is a rather telling statement. Nearly a third of women in Louisiana are Black. www.businessinsider.com/gop-senator-...
Maternal death rate isn't as bad if you don't count Black women, GOP senator says
Louisiana's Bill Cassidy said the state's maternal death rate isn't so high if you "correct our population for race," Politico reported.
www.businessinsider.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A reminder that this is exactly why DEI is important. It's not about unfairly disadvantaging white men, it's about treating minorities like equal humans who are not "filtered out" of healthcare and opportunity for life.
Accurate @theneweuropean.bsky.social
February 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Accurate @theneweuropean.bsky.social
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⚡️Baltic states to cut energy ties with Russia, join European power grid, AFP reports.
Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia will disconnect from Russia’s power grid this weekend and synchronize with the Western European network.
Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia will disconnect from Russia’s power grid this weekend and synchronize with the Western European network.
Baltic states to cut energy ties with Russia, join European power grid, AFP reports
Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia will disconnect from Russia’s power grid this weekend and synchronize with the Western European network.
kyivindependent.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
⚡️Baltic states to cut energy ties with Russia, join European power grid, AFP reports.
Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia will disconnect from Russia’s power grid this weekend and synchronize with the Western European network.
Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia will disconnect from Russia’s power grid this weekend and synchronize with the Western European network.
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Markets open red across the board.
And the markets aren't radical-left-wing-DEI-lovers. This is money markets, and they think tariffs and trade wars are bad for business.
And the markets aren't radical-left-wing-DEI-lovers. This is money markets, and they think tariffs and trade wars are bad for business.
February 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Markets open red across the board.
And the markets aren't radical-left-wing-DEI-lovers. This is money markets, and they think tariffs and trade wars are bad for business.
And the markets aren't radical-left-wing-DEI-lovers. This is money markets, and they think tariffs and trade wars are bad for business.
Imagine, the only thing Costco had to do for this business impact was say "we continue to commit to not being racist, sexist or ableist" 👌🏾
February 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Imagine, the only thing Costco had to do for this business impact was say "we continue to commit to not being racist, sexist or ableist" 👌🏾