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Mike O'Neill
@mikeoneillcloud.bsky.social
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With minabird.bsky.social created very first website consent platform (which actually worked). From 2012 worked on DoNotTrack spec as invited expert in W3C TPWG https://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/
anti-authoritarian socialist internationalist. 🇺🇦🇪🇺🏴
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Mike O'Neill @mikeoneillcloud.bsky.social · Nov 9
The European Commission's "GDPR simplification" package proposal mandates a browser level signal to allow data subjects’ to refuse a request for consent, and exercise the right to object and potentially to give their consent, see Article 88b, page 57.
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anarchoterran.bsky.social
Drumpf, drumpf, drumpf...

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LITTLE DUFFER BOY (Parody of Little Drummer Boy) | Don Caron
YouTube video by Parody Project
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December 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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edzitron.com
SoftBank is genuinely destroying itself trying to afford to pay OpenAI $22.5bn. There isn’t enough money to fund this company!
www.reuters.com/business/med...
NEW YORK/TOKYO/SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 19 (Reuters) - SoftBank Group (9984.I) • is racing to close a $22.5 billion funding commitment to OpenAl by year-end through an array of cash-raising schemes, including a sale of some investments, and could tap its undrawn margin loans borrowed against its valuable ownership in chip firm Arm Holdings, sources said. The "all-in" bet on OpenAl is among the biggest yet by SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, as the Japanese billionaire seeks to improve his firm's position in the race for artificial intelligence. To come up with the money, Son has already sold SoftBank's entire $5.8 billion stake in Al chip leader Nvidia (NVDA.O)E, offloaded $4.8 billion of its T-Mobile US (IMUS.O) a stake, and slashed staff. c
December 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
mikeoneillcloud.bsky.social
Wallowing in poverty, by @chrisdillow.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/chrisdil...
Wallowing in poverty
Why we're not bothered about economic growth.
open.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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edzitron.com
Meta projected that 10% of its revenue was from scams in 2024. This company has major problems we will see unfold in the next few years
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
mikeoneillcloud.bsky.social
"Most politicians remain oblivious to the threat of war and hybrid attack - Putin could do to us what he’s done to Ukraine..." by @paulmason.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/pauol-mason-...
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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paulmason.bsky.social
The Socialist Case for Rearmament 1
December 18, 2025 at 7:32 AM
mikeoneillcloud.bsky.social
This is Europe’s secret weapon against Trump: it could burst his AI bubble, by @johnnyryan.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is Europe's secret weapon against Trump: it could burst his AI bubble | Johnny Ryan
Growth in the US economy – and the president’s political survival – rest on AI. The EU must use its leverage and stand up to him, says the Irish Council for Civil Liberties’ Johnny Ryan
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
mikeoneillcloud.bsky.social
CalPrivacy cppa.ca.gov has dropped a bombshell on the data surveillance industry by targeting them in a new advisory.

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California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA)
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December 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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noyb.eu
🚨 noyb has filed complaints against #TikTok and #Grindr. As it turns out, TikTok even tracks you while you're using other apps. For example, TikTok was able to track a person’s Grindr usage - which allows it to draw conclusions about his sexual orientation and sex life

👉 noyb.eu/en/tiktok-un...
TikTok unlawfully tracks your shopping habits – and your use of dating apps
TikTok tracks its users even if they're using other apps. The video platform therefore also knows what dating app you use
noyb.eu
December 17, 2025 at 7:25 AM
mikeoneillcloud.bsky.social
The Socialist Case for Rearmament by @paulmason.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/t...
The Socialist Case for Rearmament
MI6 and the UK military are ringing alarm bells. Listen and act
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
mikeoneillcloud.bsky.social
Start fixing the economy - tax (& farm) the tech bros and the tech. "Rachel Reeves’s biggest crisis isn’t over", by @peterkellner.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
Rachel Reeves’s biggest crisis isn’t over
Productivity remains a headache. Blame big tech, not just the Tories
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:42 AM
mikeoneillcloud.bsky.social
Sir Keir Wants Growth: Begin by Learning Spanish by open.substack.com/pub/denismac...
Sir Keir Wants Growth: Begin by Learning Spanish
MADRID: “UK economy flatlines in November as Labour growth push fails” were newspaper headlines on the eve of the the UK’s November budget. Meanwhile in Spain, the only other European state with a dem...
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
My former hardcore Brexit friend tonight:

Words to the effect

'we need a stronger and more united Europe, and leaving the EU was a massive mistake'
December 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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edzitron.com
Jensen is next level, I'm telling you. He says stuff that would wilt under even the slightest pushback and analysts smile and say "great :)"
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karlbode.com Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 16d
this is basically every U.S. earnings call I've ever listened to
December 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
mikeoneillcloud.bsky.social
The majority opposed to Brexit has reached eight million, by @peterkellner.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
The majority opposed to Brexit has reached eight million
Ministers need courage to keep it that way
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
"In the ashes of war... Europe pulled together to create collaborative bodies designed to prevent a repeat of the horrors of Nazi Germany.

One such body was the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)."
Remembrance: 75 years of the ECHR
The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) celebrates its 75th birthday this month – like all elders, it has a lifetime of wisdom to share
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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edzitron.com
Oh really
economist.com The Economist @economist.com · 27d
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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peterjukes.bsky.social
Charges against 5 people for acting for the benefit of foreign intelligence www.gov.pl/web/prokurat...
Zarzuty dla 5 osób za działania na rzecz obcego wywiadu - Prokuratura Krajowa - Portal Gov.pl
www.gov.pl
November 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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adambienkov.bsky.social
Robbie Gibb describes the BBC's Political Editor Chris Mason as the "unsung hero of covering politics" and "absolutely first rate"
November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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stellacreasy.bsky.social
The Daily Telegraph is being bought by the Daily Mail. With columnists who write this kind of incel style bilge about someone they disagree with on immigration think it’s unnecessary tbh …
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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bylinepodcast.bsky.social
"The clear willingness of millions and millions of people to vote tactically is really bad news for #ReformUK ..."

@peterkellner.bsky.social talks #Farage with @adambienkov.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social and @goldbergradio.bsky.social

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BYLINE TIMES PODCAST: How To Keep Farage Out Of Downing Street
Adrian Goldberg discusses whether tactical voting or even a 'progressive partnership' of parties on the centre and left of UK politics could frustrate Nigel Farage's hopes of becoming PM, despite R...
podfollow.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
This is an important and heartfelt letter. Unfortunately there has been a real blindspot among some people on the British and European left. We should oppose imperialism and fascism, wherever they occur.
heckle.scot/2025/11/an-o...
An Open Letter to Zarah Sultana
Galina Rymbu, an activist living in Ukraine, responds to Zarah Sultana's recent remarks on support for Ukraine.
heckle.scot
November 23, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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edzitron.com
Monday Premium: The 12.7k word Hater's Guide To NVIDIA: how it makes money, how millions of GPUs are likely sitting uninstalled, and how its entire future relies on companies raising hundreds of billions in debt.

Here's $10 off annual.
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NVIDIA's Future Success Is Predicated On The Ability For Everybody To Keep Feeding It Tens Of Billions Of Dollars Every Quarter, Requiring Endless Debt, Space, and Actual AI Demand To Exist Here are some thoughts I have had: A 25MW data center takes about $1 billion, with $600 million of that being GPUs - 200 GB200 racks, to be specific. It needs about 20 acres - 100,000 square feet for the data center, roughly. NVIDIA sells about $50 billion of GPUs and associated hardware in a quarter, so let's say that $40 billion of that is just the GPUs and $10 billion is the hardware, so around 13,333 GB200 racks. I realize that NVIDIA sells far more than that (GB300 racks, singular GPUs, and so on). Deep-pocketed hyperscalers like Microsoft, Google, Meta and Amazon representing 41.32% of NVIDIA's revenue in the middle of 2025, funneling free cash flow directly into Jensen Huang's pockets... ...for now. Amazon ($15 billion), Google ($25 billion), Meta ($30 billion) and Oracle ($18 billion) have all had to raise massive amounts of debt to continue to fund AI-focused capital expenditures, with more than half of that (per Rubenstein) spent on GPUs. Otherwise, basically anybody buying GPUs at any scale has to fund doing so with either venture capital (money raised in exchange for part of the company) or debt. NVIDIA, at this point, around 8% of the value of the S&P 500 (the 500 leading (meaning they meet certain criteria of size, liquidity (cash availability) and profitability) companies on the US stock market). Its continued health - and representative value as a stock, which is not necessarily based on its actual numbers or health, but in this case kind of is? - has led the stock market to remarkable gains. It is not enough for NVIDIA to simply be a profitable company. It must continue beating the last quarter's revenue, again and again and again and again, forever. If that sounds dramatic, I assure you it is the truth. NVIDIA's continued success - and ability to continue delivering outsized beats of Wall Street's revenue estimates - depends on: The willingness of a few very large, cash-rich companies (Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and Google) to continue buying successive generations of NVIDIA GPUs. The ability of said companies to continue buying successive generations of GPUs. The ability of other, less-cash-rich companies like Oracle to continue being able to raise debt to buy massive amounts of GPUs - such as the $40 billion of GPUs that Oracle is buying for Stargate Abilene. This is becoming a problem. The ability of unprofitable, debt-ridden companies like CoreWeave, AI "neoclouds" that use the GPUs they purchase from NVIDIA as collateral for loans to buy more GPUs, to to continue raising that debt to buy more GPUs. The ability of anybody who buys these GPUs to actually install them and use them, which requires massive amounts of construction...and more power than is currently available, even to the most well-funded and conspicuous projects. In simple terms, for the debt markets to continue propping up its revenues, because there is not really enough free cash in the world to continue pumping it into NVIDIA at this rate. And after all of this, Large Language Models, the only way to make any money on any of these GPUs, must prove they can actually produce a profit. Per my article from September, I can find no compelling evidence (outside of boosters speciously claiming otherwise) that it's profitable to sell access to GPUs. Based on my calculations, there's likely little more than $61 billion of actual AI revenue in 2025 across every single AI company and hyperscaler. Note that I said "revenue." Absolutely nobody is making a profit. The NVIDIA situation is one of the most insane things I've seen in my life. The single-largest, single-most-valuable, single-most-profitable company on the stock market has got there through selling ultra-expensive hardware that takes hundreds of millio…
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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One hundred ways to thwart Reform, by @peterkellner.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
One hundred ways to thwart Reform
How tactical voting could stop Nigel Farage becoming prime minister
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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econliberties.bsky.social
"We had several decades of elite impunity where if you... were in a C-suite, the government would go light on you."

"We were very clear that we were going to enforce the law in an even-handed way."

ICYMI: Lina Khan on her work as FTC chair holding corporate elites accountable👇
November 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM