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Europe’s dependence on US tech is a critical weakness. From @marietjeschaake.bsky.social
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Europe’s dependence on US tech is a critical weakness
In order to protect their sovereignty, the continent’s leaders must invest in a digital ecosystem independent of America
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February 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Europe’s dependence on US tech is a critical weakness. From @marietjeschaake.bsky.social
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“Good luck with that, they just fired the whole privacy team,” an OPM email address responded to CNN’s FOIA request.
February 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“Good luck with that, they just fired the whole privacy team,” an OPM email address responded to CNN’s FOIA request.
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Everyone needs to read this story about the Murdoch family
I've spent the past year talking to James Murdoch about his father's "twisted" behavior, the mind games at the family-counseling retreat, how Fox News really works, and the war over his family's media empire. My cover story for The Atlantic's April edition: theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Growing Up Murdoch
James Murdoch on mind games, sibling rivalry, and the war for the family media empire
theatlantic.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Everyone needs to read this story about the Murdoch family
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Our information system has been converted into a disinformation system to benefit the Broligarchs and other oligarchs.
February 19, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Our information system has been converted into a disinformation system to benefit the Broligarchs and other oligarchs.
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It's not in spite of these indicators, it's *because* of them. Affluence and ennui are powerful drivers of modern authoritatianism.
Still hard to believe we voted for fascism with unemployment at 4.2%, the strongest performing economy in the rich world, & inflation, at 2.4% PCE in Nov 2024, closer to target than 85% of the months since we established it in 2012: bsky.app/profile/mcop.... Verily, a marvel of political economy.
Here's each G7 country's cumulative increase in real GDP per capita, since just before the pandemic:
🇺🇸 +9.4%
🇮🇹 +6.5% (thru Q3)
🇯🇵 +3.1%
🇫🇷 +1.8% (thru Q3)
🇬🇧 -1.1%
🇩🇪 -1.9% (thru Q3)
🇨🇦 -2.0% (thru Q3)
🇺🇸 +9.4%
🇮🇹 +6.5% (thru Q3)
🇯🇵 +3.1%
🇫🇷 +1.8% (thru Q3)
🇬🇧 -1.1%
🇩🇪 -1.9% (thru Q3)
🇨🇦 -2.0% (thru Q3)
February 19, 2025 at 4:39 AM
It's not in spite of these indicators, it's *because* of them. Affluence and ennui are powerful drivers of modern authoritatianism.
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Read Oliver Darcy newsletter today for an astonishing expression of partisan malice by Trump FCC chair Brendan Carr. Americans are not used to public officials who behave in such demeaning and menacing ways ... but better to know the truth. www.status.news/p/brendan-ca...
Carr Jacked
Former FCC chairs are sounding the alarm over Brendan Carr’s crusade against media companies. In a statement to Status, Carr responded with a GIF—and a tirade.
www.status.news
February 19, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Read Oliver Darcy newsletter today for an astonishing expression of partisan malice by Trump FCC chair Brendan Carr. Americans are not used to public officials who behave in such demeaning and menacing ways ... but better to know the truth. www.status.news/p/brendan-ca...
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Did Musk fire hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration employees to increase "efficiency"? I don't think so. There is a better explanation:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing
How regime change happens in America
www.theatlantic.com
February 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Did Musk fire hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration employees to increase "efficiency"? I don't think so. There is a better explanation:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
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As Trump comes to the defense of the Tate brothers ... "This administration stands for traditional values, and which values could be more traditional than the abuse and trafficking of women?"
February 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
As Trump comes to the defense of the Tate brothers ... "This administration stands for traditional values, and which values could be more traditional than the abuse and trafficking of women?"
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One of the greatest tricks that Donald Trump and Elon Musk ever pulled is to convince millions of people that DOGE is about government efficiency. It's about narcissistic, resentful destruction: The Death of Government Expertise.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Death of Government Expertise
Why Trump and Musk are on a firing spree
www.theatlantic.com
February 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
One of the greatest tricks that Donald Trump and Elon Musk ever pulled is to convince millions of people that DOGE is about government efficiency. It's about narcissistic, resentful destruction: The Death of Government Expertise.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Even his hair was a lie.
November 19, 2024 at 1:50 AM
Even his hair was a lie.
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While Trump crows about his great COVID record, remember this, from the COVID Crisis Group (a bipartisan collection of scientists and public health experts), in a study published last year.
Excerpt from The Death of Expertise, second edition.
Excerpt from The Death of Expertise, second edition.
November 19, 2024 at 2:05 AM
While Trump crows about his great COVID record, remember this, from the COVID Crisis Group (a bipartisan collection of scientists and public health experts), in a study published last year.
Excerpt from The Death of Expertise, second edition.
Excerpt from The Death of Expertise, second edition.
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Both things can’t be true at once. Perception is quite different than reality. And disinformation is a helluva drug.
November 18, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Both things can’t be true at once. Perception is quite different than reality. And disinformation is a helluva drug.
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Ukraine would still be fighting with or without US / EU weapons, they aren’t taking special requests or orders from anyone. If support is removed or the UA government fails, the troops will switch into an insurgency that Russia cannot possibly put out. The point being, this war only ends one way.
November 18, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Ukraine would still be fighting with or without US / EU weapons, they aren’t taking special requests or orders from anyone. If support is removed or the UA government fails, the troops will switch into an insurgency that Russia cannot possibly put out. The point being, this war only ends one way.
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What Russian savages were doing to the population of Kherson in the first days of occupation.
Shots that will never be erased from memory. Kherson, 2022.
Show these footage to everyone who says that 🇺🇦 needs to give up its territories and people to 🇷🇺. Show them what 🇷🇺 terrorists did to civilians. These people lived on their own land, this is their home. Until the 🇷🇺 occupiers arrived.
Show these footage to everyone who says that 🇺🇦 needs to give up its territories and people to 🇷🇺. Show them what 🇷🇺 terrorists did to civilians. These people lived on their own land, this is their home. Until the 🇷🇺 occupiers arrived.
November 18, 2024 at 9:48 PM
What Russian savages were doing to the population of Kherson in the first days of occupation.
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Russia's disinformational tactics on Ukraine in a nutshell, by Snyder.
November 18, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Russia's disinformational tactics on Ukraine in a nutshell, by Snyder.
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I used my last doorstep at the FAC to declare that peace through de-escalation is a failing and failed strategy. We need a new strategy, a winning strategy, a strategy of strength. Then the phonecalls would actually make sense.
November 18, 2024 at 12:33 PM
I used my last doorstep at the FAC to declare that peace through de-escalation is a failing and failed strategy. We need a new strategy, a winning strategy, a strategy of strength. Then the phonecalls would actually make sense.
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Beware the Day One dictator.
November 18, 2024 at 1:20 PM
Beware the Day One dictator.
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Another underwater cable between Sweden and Lithuania has also been damaged.
Article 5 moment?
Article 5 moment?
November 18, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Another underwater cable between Sweden and Lithuania has also been damaged.
Article 5 moment?
Article 5 moment?
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Remember, you are not here to argue, be smart and don't feed the trolls. They want you to spend your energy and time on them.
November 18, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Remember, you are not here to argue, be smart and don't feed the trolls. They want you to spend your energy and time on them.
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Indeed, the Russian Central Bank gold reserves are as fraudulent as the theory that Putin's mom wasn't a prostitute.
Russians always lie. Here's a great chart of the liquidity of National Wealth Fund balances. The gold they display is most likely only on paper. Diagram and table @Prune602
November 17, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Indeed, the Russian Central Bank gold reserves are as fraudulent as the theory that Putin's mom wasn't a prostitute.
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🇫🇷 "I don't see the point in calling Putin like Olaf Scholz did. Putin doesn't want peace," - Macron
November 17, 2024 at 7:06 PM
🇫🇷 "I don't see the point in calling Putin like Olaf Scholz did. Putin doesn't want peace," - Macron
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Trump's cocaine casualty, idiot son goes to bat for Putin, AGAIN.
November 17, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Trump's cocaine casualty, idiot son goes to bat for Putin, AGAIN.
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I actually hope that Bluesky won't become an echo chamber. I think we need to have serious conversations, but social media platforms should be able to fight against organized and malign influence campaigns.
Both Elon and Zuck have refused to do this.
Both Elon and Zuck have refused to do this.
November 17, 2024 at 10:12 AM
I actually hope that Bluesky won't become an echo chamber. I think we need to have serious conversations, but social media platforms should be able to fight against organized and malign influence campaigns.
Both Elon and Zuck have refused to do this.
Both Elon and Zuck have refused to do this.
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Can you blame her? https://buff.ly/3CnIhhN
Jesse Watters Roasted After His Mom Gives Iconic Excuse For Not Inviting Him To Thanksgiving
Can you blame her?
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November 17, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Can you blame her? https://buff.ly/3CnIhhN