Mike O'Neill
@mikeoneillcloud.bsky.social
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. 🇺🇦🇪🇺🏴
anti-authoritarian socialist internationalist. 🇺🇦🇪🇺🏴
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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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Exclusive: Based on documents viewed by this newsletter, OpenAI spent over $12.4 billion on inference from 2024 to September 2025. As part of its Microsoft revenue share, it sent $493.8m in 2024/$865.8m Jan-Sep 2025, implying lower revenues than previously reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
Exclusive: Here's How Much OpenAI Spends On Inference and Its Revenue Share With Microsoft
As with my Anthropic exclusive from a few weeks ago, though this feels like a natural premium piece, I decided it was better to publish on my free one so that you could all enjoy it. If you liked or f...
www.wheresyoured.at
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Exclusive: Based on documents viewed by this newsletter, OpenAI spent over $12.4 billion on inference from 2024 to September 2025. As part of its Microsoft revenue share, it sent $493.8m in 2024/$865.8m Jan-Sep 2025, implying lower revenues than previously reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
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Yeah, really, that’s the thing: don’t assume that OpenAI has a strategy or a masterstroke idea. This is a company that is basically running a 24/7 no IT loads refused multi-billion dollar burn rate hackathon until it runs out of cash and investors to swindle
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Only $15m?
I must be cynical as I expected that number to be much larger. My experience on Tiktok these days and blocking every 3 accounts due to Sora slop invading my feed.
Do you suppose the strategy is to kill Tiktok by flooding it with slop?
Never mind, that assumes they have strategy.
I must be cynical as I expected that number to be much larger. My experience on Tiktok these days and blocking every 3 accounts due to Sora slop invading my feed.
Do you suppose the strategy is to kill Tiktok by flooding it with slop?
Never mind, that assumes they have strategy.
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Yeah, really, that’s the thing: don’t assume that OpenAI has a strategy or a masterstroke idea. This is a company that is basically running a 24/7 no IT loads refused multi-billion dollar burn rate hackathon until it runs out of cash and investors to swindle
bsky.app/profile/chan...
bsky.app/profile/chan...
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Iodine deficiency impairs learning and lifelong productivity...
...yet the UK ranks among the worst globally for iodine intake and well below what the WHO considers adequate.
...yet the UK ranks among the worst globally for iodine intake and well below what the WHO considers adequate.
Iodine, UK policy and brain growth: a question of intelligence
While we fixate on AI, government has neglected natural intelligence: iodine, crucial for children's brains and their future potential
centralbylines.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Iodine deficiency impairs learning and lifelong productivity...
...yet the UK ranks among the worst globally for iodine intake and well below what the WHO considers adequate.
...yet the UK ranks among the worst globally for iodine intake and well below what the WHO considers adequate.
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⚖️📚 The #EUCommission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the #GDPR. If internal drafts become reality, this would have significant impact on people's fundamental right to #privacy and data protection.
👀 Read more here 👉 noyb.eu/en/eu-commis...
👀 Read more here 👉 noyb.eu/en/eu-commis...
EU Commission about to wreck core principles of the GDPR
The EU Commission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the GDPR. noybs first overview of the proposed changes.
noyb.eu
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
⚖️📚 The #EUCommission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the #GDPR. If internal drafts become reality, this would have significant impact on people's fundamental right to #privacy and data protection.
👀 Read more here 👉 noyb.eu/en/eu-commis...
👀 Read more here 👉 noyb.eu/en/eu-commis...
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"Other voices point at recent reporting by Politico, that Virkkunen's message to US businesses in direct meetings was that the EU will review its rules and become more business-friendly."
Left-leaning EP groups should call for resignation and ask her why she's prioritizing
noyb.eu/en/eu-commis...
Left-leaning EP groups should call for resignation and ask her why she's prioritizing
noyb.eu/en/eu-commis...
EU Commission about to wreck core principles of the GDPR
The EU Commission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the GDPR. noybs first overview of the proposed changes.
noyb.eu
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
"Other voices point at recent reporting by Politico, that Virkkunen's message to US businesses in direct meetings was that the EU will review its rules and become more business-friendly."
Left-leaning EP groups should call for resignation and ask her why she's prioritizing
noyb.eu/en/eu-commis...
Left-leaning EP groups should call for resignation and ask her why she's prioritizing
noyb.eu/en/eu-commis...
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🚨📉 Major new paper by Stanford professor Nick Bloom and coauthors.
They find Brexit has:
⬇️ Reduced UK GDP by 6-8%
⬇️ Reduced investment by 12-18%
⬇️ Reduced employment by 3-4%
⬇️ Reduced productivity by 3-4%
They find Brexit has:
⬇️ Reduced UK GDP by 6-8%
⬇️ Reduced investment by 12-18%
⬇️ Reduced employment by 3-4%
⬇️ Reduced productivity by 3-4%
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
🚨📉 Major new paper by Stanford professor Nick Bloom and coauthors.
They find Brexit has:
⬇️ Reduced UK GDP by 6-8%
⬇️ Reduced investment by 12-18%
⬇️ Reduced employment by 3-4%
⬇️ Reduced productivity by 3-4%
They find Brexit has:
⬇️ Reduced UK GDP by 6-8%
⬇️ Reduced investment by 12-18%
⬇️ Reduced employment by 3-4%
⬇️ Reduced productivity by 3-4%
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This is absolutely nuts
Trump did incite the January 6 riot. Splicing a video to make that point is shoddy editorial but hardly a resignation event
When BBC is needed more than ever, Telegraph/Boris Johnson running the show
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
Trump did incite the January 6 riot. Splicing a video to make that point is shoddy editorial but hardly a resignation event
When BBC is needed more than ever, Telegraph/Boris Johnson running the show
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
BBC director general Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness resign over Trump documentary edit
Davie says
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This is absolutely nuts
Trump did incite the January 6 riot. Splicing a video to make that point is shoddy editorial but hardly a resignation event
When BBC is needed more than ever, Telegraph/Boris Johnson running the show
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
Trump did incite the January 6 riot. Splicing a video to make that point is shoddy editorial but hardly a resignation event
When BBC is needed more than ever, Telegraph/Boris Johnson running the show
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
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Tim Davie and Deborah Turness both resigning at the BBC. 💥
November 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Tim Davie and Deborah Turness both resigning at the BBC. 💥
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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One has to admire the chutzpah of a spokesperson, who when faced with a 46% error rate, expresses confidence in the system because they believe the majority of cases were validly decided.
#DataQuality #DataGovernance
#DataQuality #DataGovernance
Bug or Feature?
Digital welfare system incorrectly cut entitlements to thousands of citizens saving the government millions of pounds.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Digital welfare system incorrectly cut entitlements to thousands of citizens saving the government millions of pounds.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
Exclusive: Almost half of families flagged as emigrants based on Home Office travel data were still living in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
One has to admire the chutzpah of a spokesperson, who when faced with a 46% error rate, expresses confidence in the system because they believe the majority of cases were validly decided.
#DataQuality #DataGovernance
#DataQuality #DataGovernance
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.
November 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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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So while Musk is busy attacking democracy in Europe, and while European governments are scrambling to find budget for social security, housing and defense, Musk gets a 1 trillion dollar bonus, tax breaks and velvet enforcement of EU rules?
November 8, 2025 at 9:43 AM
So while Musk is busy attacking democracy in Europe, and while European governments are scrambling to find budget for social security, housing and defense, Musk gets a 1 trillion dollar bonus, tax breaks and velvet enforcement of EU rules?
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The EU is defunding the anti abortion World Youth Alliance, after last year me and @soitakw.bsky.social exposed how its founder compared abortion to the Holocaust!
www.opendemocracy.net/en/eu-fundin...
www.opendemocracy.net/en/eu-fundin...
EU funding anti-abortion charity
EU hands €1.2m to charity that spreads disinformation about sexual and reproductive rights to teens and women globally
www.opendemocracy.net
November 6, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The EU is defunding the anti abortion World Youth Alliance, after last year me and @soitakw.bsky.social exposed how its founder compared abortion to the Holocaust!
www.opendemocracy.net/en/eu-fundin...
www.opendemocracy.net/en/eu-fundin...
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FYI this is what you do when your business is great and you are very liquid and creditworthy
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
FYI this is what you do when your business is great and you are very liquid and creditworthy
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They’re calling it “the most well-taken comment in history”
November 6, 2025 at 5:31 AM
They’re calling it “the most well-taken comment in history”
"Like Starmer, Thatcher inherited a country in trouble: high inflation, low growth, public sector strikes ... but unlike him she used her victory more as a springboard to shape the future than a charge sheet to litigate the past." by @peterkellner.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
Thatcher’s victories have lessons for us all
Progressives, and not just her fans, have much to learn from her electoral victories
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November 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
"Like Starmer, Thatcher inherited a country in trouble: high inflation, low growth, public sector strikes ... but unlike him she used her victory more as a springboard to shape the future than a charge sheet to litigate the past." by @peterkellner.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
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Breaking news: US stocks have dropped as jitters over highly elevated valuations for many artificial intelligence companies intensified and top Wall Street executives said markets were vulnerable to a pullback. on.ft.com/4hIMmhj
November 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Breaking news: US stocks have dropped as jitters over highly elevated valuations for many artificial intelligence companies intensified and top Wall Street executives said markets were vulnerable to a pullback. on.ft.com/4hIMmhj
Third-party web servers must also respect universal opt-out signals.
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Google to pay $1.375B in Texas privacy lawsuit settlement - Austin Business Journal | Mike O'Neill
Interesting that such a large settlement can be won by a single US State.
While this was under a specific Texas regulation governing biometric data, Google and similar adtech and big tech companies c...
www.linkedin.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Third-party web servers must also respect universal opt-out signals.
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Google has agreed to pay $1.375 billion to settle a case that Texas brought against it for allegedly tracking and collecting user data and geolocation without proper consent.
www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
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Google to pay $1.375B in Texas privacy lawsuit settlement - Austin Business Journal
Texas and Google have finalized a huge settlement tied to a privacy lawsuit.
www.bizjournals.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Google has agreed to pay $1.375 billion to settle a case that Texas brought against it for allegedly tracking and collecting user data and geolocation without proper consent.
www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...
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Cause for Complaint: Assessing the ICO’s Proposed New Approach to Data Protection Complaints – David Erdos
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)’s data protection complaint handling performance is currently in very clear crisis. Despite its pledge to assess and respond to 80% of such…
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)’s data protection complaint handling performance is currently in very clear crisis. Despite its pledge to assess and respond to 80% of such…
Cause for Complaint: Assessing the ICO’s Proposed New Approach to Data Protection Complaints – David Erdos
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)’s data protection complaint handling performance is currently in very clear crisis. Despite its pledge to assess and respond to 80% of such complaints within 90 days, the percentage of cases where such an outcome has not been achieved has ballooned from 15.2% in 2023/ 24 to 70% in 2024/25 (a 360% increase).
inforrm.org
October 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Cause for Complaint: Assessing the ICO’s Proposed New Approach to Data Protection Complaints – David Erdos
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)’s data protection complaint handling performance is currently in very clear crisis. Despite its pledge to assess and respond to 80% of such…
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)’s data protection complaint handling performance is currently in very clear crisis. Despite its pledge to assess and respond to 80% of such…
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Here’s the panel I did with Cory Doctorow a few days ago in Seattle!
youtu.be/Tz71pIWbFyc?...
youtu.be/Tz71pIWbFyc?...
Enshittification and the Rot Economy: A Deep Dives Conversation with Cory Doctorow and Ed Zitron
YouTube video by Clarion West
youtu.be
October 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Here’s the panel I did with Cory Doctorow a few days ago in Seattle!
youtu.be/Tz71pIWbFyc?...
youtu.be/Tz71pIWbFyc?...
Coventry South needs a by-election soon by @paulmason.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/c...
Coventry South needs a by-election soon
Zarah Sultana has no mandate for disarming the people of Britain and betraying Ukraine
open.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Coventry South needs a by-election soon by @paulmason.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/c...
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Sorry to interrupt your afternoon, but I felt you should see this.
A rare foray into video as I ask, "Monarchy... what the hell is it all about, eh?"
A rare foray into video as I ask, "Monarchy... what the hell is it all about, eh?"
October 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Sorry to interrupt your afternoon, but I felt you should see this.
A rare foray into video as I ask, "Monarchy... what the hell is it all about, eh?"
A rare foray into video as I ask, "Monarchy... what the hell is it all about, eh?"
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Sadly, there's a lot to be said for Marina Hyde's analysis here. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
October 22, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Sadly, there's a lot to be said for Marina Hyde's analysis here. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...