DanMygind
@mygind.bsky.social
Computer Scientist, journalist, author.
Democracy dies in the shadow of tech oligarchs.
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Democracy dies in the shadow of tech oligarchs.
https://www.sciencefiction.dk/udgivelser/bog/verdensfortaellerne
https://www.abbeybuildings.co.uk/
http://writeit.dk/
“I think you might suggest to Putin that Lavrov can get insight on talking to me,” Epstein wrote in an email to Thorbjørn Jagland, the former Norwegian prime minister who was at the helm of the Council of Europe at the time.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The banality of evil: how Epstein’s powerful friends normalised him
Long after his conviction for sexual abuse, people in royalty, academia, business, journalism and politics sought his ear
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“I think you might suggest to Putin that Lavrov can get insight on talking to me,” Epstein wrote in an email to Thorbjørn Jagland, the former Norwegian prime minister who was at the helm of the Council of Europe at the time.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
If you want a picture of Trump's America, imagine a boot stamping on a clergyman's face – forever
November 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
If you want a picture of Trump's America, imagine a boot stamping on a clergyman's face – forever
Epstein was, of course, instrumental in and advising the MAGA movement
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon during 2018 pro-Trump media campaign
Text messages released by US House show convicted sex offender coaching Maga influencer on political messaging
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Epstein was, of course, instrumental in and advising the MAGA movement
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
It's difficult to keep track of all the tories embedded in BBC management. I didn't know the UK media regulator @ofcom.bsky.social also had been captured by the right. But considering its inaction against the rightwing @gbnewsonline.bsky.social very biased "news", it's not a surprise
November 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It's difficult to keep track of all the tories embedded in BBC management. I didn't know the UK media regulator @ofcom.bsky.social also had been captured by the right. But considering its inaction against the rightwing @gbnewsonline.bsky.social very biased "news", it's not a surprise
What data has been collected about the pupils? Who developed and runs the AI model? @theguardian.com
"The target a school is given will be based on attendance levels achieved by others in similar circumstances, including deprivation, location and pupils’ needs"
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
"The target a school is given will be based on attendance levels achieved by others in similar circumstances, including deprivation, location and pupils’ needs"
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
All schools in England to be given AI-generated pupil attendance targets
Unions decry move, saying it will put more pressure on headteachers without tackling absence from classrooms
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
What data has been collected about the pupils? Who developed and runs the AI model? @theguardian.com
"The target a school is given will be based on attendance levels achieved by others in similar circumstances, including deprivation, location and pupils’ needs"
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
"The target a school is given will be based on attendance levels achieved by others in similar circumstances, including deprivation, location and pupils’ needs"
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
The right wing takeover and destruction of BBC is happening. Sure, there's people like Dimbleby raising their voice of reason but Robbie Gibb will still be on the board, the right wing UK media will cheer on and Trump/Farage/Johnson can't wait to dance with Murdoch on BBC's grave.
Politico: "Veteran BBC presenter David Dimbleby told Channel 4 last night that it is “one of the most violent assaults on the BBC’s independence that I’ve seen in my lifetime,” while Playbook is told staff have been voicing “a lot of anger towards [right wing BBC board member] Robbie Gibb.”
November 11, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The right wing takeover and destruction of BBC is happening. Sure, there's people like Dimbleby raising their voice of reason but Robbie Gibb will still be on the board, the right wing UK media will cheer on and Trump/Farage/Johnson can't wait to dance with Murdoch on BBC's grave.
And a bit more about BBC's impartiality problem and the people who decide what should be defined as impartiality.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
And a bit more about BBC's impartiality problem and the people who decide what should be defined as impartiality.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
Funny how even @theguardian.com fails to mention in its profile of the resigned BBC Director General that Tim Davie twice was a conservative candidate
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Tim Davie: the marketing man who became the BBC’s director general
The media boss navigated the corporation through years of crisis and controversy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Funny how even @theguardian.com fails to mention in its profile of the resigned BBC Director General that Tim Davie twice was a conservative candidate
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
"Prescott, whose PR firm Hanover was involved in advising media companies such as Sky, has also a friend of Robbie Gibb, a former Conservative government head of communications who joined the BBC board after helping to launch the rightwing GB News"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it has given in | Jane Martinson
The corporation should have stood up to the Telegraph, Trump and the Tories. Now, its enemies know how little it takes for it to fold, says Jane Martinson, professor of financial journalism
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"Prescott, whose PR firm Hanover was involved in advising media companies such as Sky, has also a friend of Robbie Gibb, a former Conservative government head of communications who joined the BBC board after helping to launch the rightwing GB News"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Seems I didn't miss anything by not watching traitors:
"Ed Gamble, who hosts the show’s companion programme, Uncloaked, said he considered the viral moment of Celia Imrie’s fart to be the highlight of the series, joking it had “altered the dynamic of guffs”
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
"Ed Gamble, who hosts the show’s companion programme, Uncloaked, said he considered the viral moment of Celia Imrie’s fart to be the highlight of the series, joking it had “altered the dynamic of guffs”
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
The Celebrity Traitors result revealed after dramatic finale
The episode, featuring the final five celebrities competing for the £87,500 prize for charity, was accidentally released early in Canada before being pulled
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Seems I didn't miss anything by not watching traitors:
"Ed Gamble, who hosts the show’s companion programme, Uncloaked, said he considered the viral moment of Celia Imrie’s fart to be the highlight of the series, joking it had “altered the dynamic of guffs”
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
"Ed Gamble, who hosts the show’s companion programme, Uncloaked, said he considered the viral moment of Celia Imrie’s fart to be the highlight of the series, joking it had “altered the dynamic of guffs”
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
A reminder that @nytimes.com already back in 2011 didn't do journalism, Palantir was evil, and Bank of America had a bad consciousness
November 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
A reminder that @nytimes.com already back in 2011 didn't do journalism, Palantir was evil, and Bank of America had a bad consciousness
And @teamlabouruk.bsky.social is not mentioning @taxjustice.net research about the multinational comoanies' tax cheating at all.
Instead the government will likely raise basic income rate
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Instead the government will likely raise basic income rate
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
And @teamlabouruk.bsky.social is not mentioning @taxjustice.net research about the multinational comoanies' tax cheating at all.
Instead the government will likely raise basic income rate
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Instead the government will likely raise basic income rate
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Reposted by DanMygind
The UK lost £11 BILLION to multinational corporations cheating on their taxes from 2016 to 2021.
Who's robbed us? Our govts know— they have the tax records— but have kept them from the public due to a US-backed global gag order. #NameTheTaxCheaters
Report from @taxjustice.net 👉 bit.ly/taxjustice25
Who's robbed us? Our govts know— they have the tax records— but have kept them from the public due to a US-backed global gag order. #NameTheTaxCheaters
Report from @taxjustice.net 👉 bit.ly/taxjustice25
November 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The UK lost £11 BILLION to multinational corporations cheating on their taxes from 2016 to 2021.
Who's robbed us? Our govts know— they have the tax records— but have kept them from the public due to a US-backed global gag order. #NameTheTaxCheaters
Report from @taxjustice.net 👉 bit.ly/taxjustice25
Who's robbed us? Our govts know— they have the tax records— but have kept them from the public due to a US-backed global gag order. #NameTheTaxCheaters
Report from @taxjustice.net 👉 bit.ly/taxjustice25
The reason why your country is in financial dire straits and services are being cut
💥New State of #TaxJustice2025 report out today!
A US-backed global gag order preventing governments from naming multinationals shifting billions into tax havens cost countries $475bn in lost tax. #NameTheTaxCheaters
See what our findings reveal: bit.ly/49wNnH0
A US-backed global gag order preventing governments from naming multinationals shifting billions into tax havens cost countries $475bn in lost tax. #NameTheTaxCheaters
See what our findings reveal: bit.ly/49wNnH0
Page not found - Tax Justice Network
The Tax Justice Network believes our tax and financial systems are our most powerful tools for creating a just society that gives equal weight to the needs of everyone.
bit.ly
November 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The reason why your country is in financial dire straits and services are being cut
So Bluesky about doubled the number of users in 1 year. Not bad 👏
techcrunch.com/2024/11/19/b...
techcrunch.com/2024/11/19/b...
November 1, 2025 at 7:58 AM
So Bluesky about doubled the number of users in 1 year. Not bad 👏
techcrunch.com/2024/11/19/b...
techcrunch.com/2024/11/19/b...
Tim Bray (look him up on Wikipedia if you don't know him)
is not impressed by Musk’s Grokipedia:
Grokipedia is “the encyclopedia that Elon Musk’s LLM can edit, with sketchy citations and no progressive argument left un-attacked.”
www.tbray.org/ongoing/When...
is not impressed by Musk’s Grokipedia:
Grokipedia is “the encyclopedia that Elon Musk’s LLM can edit, with sketchy citations and no progressive argument left un-attacked.”
www.tbray.org/ongoing/When...
Grokipedia
www.tbray.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Tim Bray (look him up on Wikipedia if you don't know him)
is not impressed by Musk’s Grokipedia:
Grokipedia is “the encyclopedia that Elon Musk’s LLM can edit, with sketchy citations and no progressive argument left un-attacked.”
www.tbray.org/ongoing/When...
is not impressed by Musk’s Grokipedia:
Grokipedia is “the encyclopedia that Elon Musk’s LLM can edit, with sketchy citations and no progressive argument left un-attacked.”
www.tbray.org/ongoing/When...
Reposted by DanMygind
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
When data mining goes wrong and civil servants abandons critical thinking and just say "computer says no"
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
UK woman who booked Oslo flight but did not fly loses child benefit ‘because she emigrated’
Exclusive: HMRC told Lisa Morris-Almond there was no record of her return to UK, but she did not take the trip
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
When data mining goes wrong and civil servants abandons critical thinking and just say "computer says no"
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Hey, didn't this only happen in the "communist" UK?
I wonder if Musk, Vance and Trump will talk about how freedom of speech is under threat in the US?
I wonder if Musk, Vance and Trump will talk about how freedom of speech is under threat in the US?
New circle of hell I didn’t think existed. Guy reposts a meme on Facebook showing Trump hypocrisy. Sheriff in Tennessee throws him in jail for over a month because he won’t delete it. Can’t afford bond at $2m. Won’t get a bond reduction hearing for another month. Holy …
MUST WATCH: Tennessee sheriff defends jailing liberal activist for posting Trump meme about school shooting www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
October 29, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Hey, didn't this only happen in the "communist" UK?
I wonder if Musk, Vance and Trump will talk about how freedom of speech is under threat in the US?
I wonder if Musk, Vance and Trump will talk about how freedom of speech is under threat in the US?
And with the addition of AI this shaping of the public discourse will go/is going through the roof.
Don't want to sound alarmist (well, with a disclaimer like that you know where it goes) stack up on physical copies of books.
Don't want to sound alarmist (well, with a disclaimer like that you know where it goes) stack up on physical copies of books.
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social reported about this in 2011.
Dark actors were already plotting to manipulate public sentiment via targeted online messaging. This is not mere "bots". This is something more sophisticated, sinister—and effective. "How could people still be voting this way?" This is how.
Dark actors were already plotting to manipulate public sentiment via targeted online messaging. This is not mere "bots". This is something more sophisticated, sinister—and effective. "How could people still be voting this way?" This is how.
The need to protect the internet from 'astroturfing' grows ever more urgent | George Monbiot
George Monbiot: The tobacco industry does it, the US Air Force clearly wants to ... astroturfing – the use of sophisticated software to drown out real people on web forums – is on the rise. How do we ...
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:31 AM
And with the addition of AI this shaping of the public discourse will go/is going through the roof.
Don't want to sound alarmist (well, with a disclaimer like that you know where it goes) stack up on physical copies of books.
Don't want to sound alarmist (well, with a disclaimer like that you know where it goes) stack up on physical copies of books.
They all have detailed views of your data, political views, psychological and physical behaviour. They will of course never use that information against you ...
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
They all have detailed views of your data, political views, psychological and physical behaviour. They will of course never use that information against you ...
The state is not needed for censorship. Private companies are shaping public discourse with censorship (lex X), withdrawing sponsorship (lex BA) and disciplining employees for political statements. Theroux will be fine, but ordinary people are being silenced.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
British Airways pulls Louis Theroux podcast sponsorship after Bob Vylan interview
Airline says singer’s defiant interview breached its policy on politically sensitive or controversial subjects
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The state is not needed for censorship. Private companies are shaping public discourse with censorship (lex X), withdrawing sponsorship (lex BA) and disciplining employees for political statements. Theroux will be fine, but ordinary people are being silenced.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
Farage's brexit damaged UK with 8% lower gdp per capita. If he gets into power, he will certainly make the economic damage bigger 😅
"gross domestic product per head tends to be 10% lower in countries run by populist leaders than in similar economies"
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
"gross domestic product per head tends to be 10% lower in countries run by populist leaders than in similar economies"
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Do populists always crash the economy?
Argentina is counting the cost of its turn to Javier Milei. Politicians from Donald Trump to Giorgia Meloni and Nigel Farage will be closely watching what happens next
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Farage's brexit damaged UK with 8% lower gdp per capita. If he gets into power, he will certainly make the economic damage bigger 😅
"gross domestic product per head tends to be 10% lower in countries run by populist leaders than in similar economies"
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
"gross domestic product per head tends to be 10% lower in countries run by populist leaders than in similar economies"
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
November issue of @bylinetimes.bsky.social is jam packed with informative and insightful articles you won't see in any other UK media
October 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
November issue of @bylinetimes.bsky.social is jam packed with informative and insightful articles you won't see in any other UK media
Nearly half of land in England is likely owned by the aristocracy. Fascinating fact in a modern democracy.
"30% of land in England is owned by aristocrats and the landed gentry. Approximately 17% of England and Wales remains undeclared at the Land Registry, and may also belong to the aristocracy"
"30% of land in England is owned by aristocrats and the landed gentry. Approximately 17% of England and Wales remains undeclared at the Land Registry, and may also belong to the aristocracy"
October 24, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Nearly half of land in England is likely owned by the aristocracy. Fascinating fact in a modern democracy.
"30% of land in England is owned by aristocrats and the landed gentry. Approximately 17% of England and Wales remains undeclared at the Land Registry, and may also belong to the aristocracy"
"30% of land in England is owned by aristocrats and the landed gentry. Approximately 17% of England and Wales remains undeclared at the Land Registry, and may also belong to the aristocracy"