Steffen Opel
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Managing Partner Utoolity, InfoQ Editor, focus on AWS & Atlassian platform | @steffenopel@hachyderm.io
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NEW: Peter Thiel has blinked. Yesterday, I posted an article about the "Great AI Bubble". And today, we find out that he's bailed on the market.
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
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Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Peter Thiel Gets Out of Dodge
Yesterday, I published on "Great AI Bubble". Today, Silicon Valley's Dr Evil dumps his stock
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November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
NEW: Peter Thiel has blinked. Yesterday, I posted an article about the "Great AI Bubble". And today, we find out that he's bailed on the market.
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
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NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
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It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
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The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
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November 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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What we must all remember from the Gaza genocide is that the international system is rotten to its core and needs to be completely replaced.
We cannot accept a system where Western governments and leaders can commit genocide and war crimes with total impunity.
We cannot accept a system where Western governments and leaders can commit genocide and war crimes with total impunity.
October 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
What we must all remember from the Gaza genocide is that the international system is rotten to its core and needs to be completely replaced.
We cannot accept a system where Western governments and leaders can commit genocide and war crimes with total impunity.
We cannot accept a system where Western governments and leaders can commit genocide and war crimes with total impunity.
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Today is a good day to remind everyone that the US narrative claiming the President of Venezuela is a drug trafficker is 100% lies. The Trump administration knows this, the Nobel committee knows this... it is a campaign to manufacture consent for invasion. Don't fall for it.
October 17, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Today is a good day to remind everyone that the US narrative claiming the President of Venezuela is a drug trafficker is 100% lies. The Trump administration knows this, the Nobel committee knows this... it is a campaign to manufacture consent for invasion. Don't fall for it.
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Please read my column today in conjunction with Aditya's. The government pretends to be delivering housing to those who need it, but is in fact just appeasing the big corporations. Then it blames nature protections, and rips those down at their behest as well.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A leaked memo, a Maga-style hat and a trail of broken pledges – it’s Labour’s great housing betrayal | Aditya Chakrabortty
Ignore the bombast: Steve ‘build, baby, build’ Reed’s boast looks likely to end in targets more pathetic than they are now, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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October 16, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Please read my column today in conjunction with Aditya's. The government pretends to be delivering housing to those who need it, but is in fact just appeasing the big corporations. Then it blames nature protections, and rips those down at their behest as well.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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It is clear that with this ceasefire Western governments and media want us all to let bygones be bygones.
Never. Israel committed a genocide, we all witnessed the most obscene violence it is possible to imagine, and we need to see the perpetrators locked up in The Hague.
Never. Israel committed a genocide, we all witnessed the most obscene violence it is possible to imagine, and we need to see the perpetrators locked up in The Hague.
October 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
It is clear that with this ceasefire Western governments and media want us all to let bygones be bygones.
Never. Israel committed a genocide, we all witnessed the most obscene violence it is possible to imagine, and we need to see the perpetrators locked up in The Hague.
Never. Israel committed a genocide, we all witnessed the most obscene violence it is possible to imagine, and we need to see the perpetrators locked up in The Hague.
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38 years ago, Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary leader of Burkina Faso, was assassinated in a French-backed coup. He aspired to a fair and just society, and an economy built on self-sufficiency, ecological regeneration, and freedom from Western domination.
October 17, 2025 at 7:39 AM
38 years ago, Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary leader of Burkina Faso, was assassinated in a French-backed coup. He aspired to a fair and just society, and an economy built on self-sufficiency, ecological regeneration, and freedom from Western domination.
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Today's column is about the government's huge, unprecedented assault on nature ... and about the eerie, astonishing silence of the big nature groups. The RSPB, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts have 7.5m members between them. A vast force, completely unmobilised. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot
The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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October 16, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Today's column is about the government's huge, unprecedented assault on nature ... and about the eerie, astonishing silence of the big nature groups. The RSPB, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts have 7.5m members between them. A vast force, completely unmobilised. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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How the Labour government would have banned the Labour movement.
My latest column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My latest column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot
The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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October 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
How the Labour government would have banned the Labour movement.
My latest column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My latest column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Thatcher said "The trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money."
The trouble with capitalism is that if you run out of other people's money, you can do it again with a new limited company
The trouble with capitalism is that if you run out of other people's money, you can do it again with a new limited company
October 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Thatcher said "The trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money."
The trouble with capitalism is that if you run out of other people's money, you can do it again with a new limited company
The trouble with capitalism is that if you run out of other people's money, you can do it again with a new limited company
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Limited liability is one of our weird silences. It's a massive free gift society makes to plutocrats, seldom remarked upon, let alone contested.
Shareholders should have to buy limited liability, like any other insurance. The insurers would then be liable. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Shareholders should have to buy limited liability, like any other insurance. The insurers would then be liable. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Will UK taxpayers get their £122m back from PPE Medpro?
The high court told the company linked to Michelle Mone to pay up over the supply of defective gowns, but there appears no clear route to reclaim the funds
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October 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Limited liability is one of our weird silences. It's a massive free gift society makes to plutocrats, seldom remarked upon, let alone contested.
Shareholders should have to buy limited liability, like any other insurance. The insurers would then be liable. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Shareholders should have to buy limited liability, like any other insurance. The insurers would then be liable. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Astonishing advance by the Greens, astonishing implosion of Labour. When will Starmer's government get the message that it is destroying its base with deeply unpopular, rightwing policies?
By chasing Reform, it legitimises the far right while delegitimising itself.
By chasing Reform, it legitimises the far right while delegitimising itself.
Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.
Join us and let's make hope normal again.
join.greenparty.org.uk
Join us and let's make hope normal again.
join.greenparty.org.uk
October 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Astonishing advance by the Greens, astonishing implosion of Labour. When will Starmer's government get the message that it is destroying its base with deeply unpopular, rightwing policies?
By chasing Reform, it legitimises the far right while delegitimising itself.
By chasing Reform, it legitimises the far right while delegitimising itself.
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No sudden rupture is now required for the far right to take power in this country. For what we're seeing is a steady normalisation of extremists by the Conservative and Labour Parties, BBC, Telegraph, Mail and others. A shift once considered unthinkable beings to look acceptable, even inevitable.🧵
October 7, 2025 at 7:43 AM
No sudden rupture is now required for the far right to take power in this country. For what we're seeing is a steady normalisation of extremists by the Conservative and Labour Parties, BBC, Telegraph, Mail and others. A shift once considered unthinkable beings to look acceptable, even inevitable.🧵
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There are some people whom the media has decided are "leading intellectuals", regardless of the views of their academic colleagues. Invariably they are people who justify - or at the very least do not challenge - economic power. Steven Pinker is a stand-out example.
www.monbiot.com/2018/03/09/c...
www.monbiot.com/2018/03/09/c...
Contrary to Reason
Steven Pinker claims to champion Enlightenment values. But his latest book is an affront to them
www.monbiot.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
There are some people whom the media has decided are "leading intellectuals", regardless of the views of their academic colleagues. Invariably they are people who justify - or at the very least do not challenge - economic power. Steven Pinker is a stand-out example.
www.monbiot.com/2018/03/09/c...
www.monbiot.com/2018/03/09/c...
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My brief address at the Spanish Parliament last week, on how capitalism is driving the polycrisis, and how we can begin to align production with democratically ratified objectives.
(Part 2 below)
(Part 2 below)
October 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
My brief address at the Spanish Parliament last week, on how capitalism is driving the polycrisis, and how we can begin to align production with democratically ratified objectives.
(Part 2 below)
(Part 2 below)
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I have been informed that the Spanish government recently considered pursuing a public job guarantee but decided against it, on the grounds that the unemployment rate has been declining and is now "only" 10%.
October 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I have been informed that the Spanish government recently considered pursuing a public job guarantee but decided against it, on the grounds that the unemployment rate has been declining and is now "only" 10%.
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A weird outcome of yesterday's AWS outage:
Atlassian's Status Page was down (customers could not record outages.)
So today, dashboards for companies that were down are green... because they could not record the downtime!!
Substack one example (the site was down, hard)
Atlassian's Status Page was down (customers could not record outages.)
So today, dashboards for companies that were down are green... because they could not record the downtime!!
Substack one example (the site was down, hard)
October 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A weird outcome of yesterday's AWS outage:
Atlassian's Status Page was down (customers could not record outages.)
So today, dashboards for companies that were down are green... because they could not record the downtime!!
Substack one example (the site was down, hard)
Atlassian's Status Page was down (customers could not record outages.)
So today, dashboards for companies that were down are green... because they could not record the downtime!!
Substack one example (the site was down, hard)
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Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plays the same role in aviation as CCS/BECCS/DACCS play for other fossil-fuelled sectors: more a stalling tactic than solution. Good engineers work on SAF, but CEOs/politicians/etc deliberately mis-sell their role in mitigation.
climateuncensored.com/gatwick-expa...
climateuncensored.com/gatwick-expa...
Gatwick Expansion: A Direct Assault on Climate Commitments - Climate Uncensored
Comment on UK Government announcement of Gatwick Airport expansion by Professor Kevin Anderson and Dr. Lois Pennington, of Tyndall Centre, University of
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October 2, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plays the same role in aviation as CCS/BECCS/DACCS play for other fossil-fuelled sectors: more a stalling tactic than solution. Good engineers work on SAF, but CEOs/politicians/etc deliberately mis-sell their role in mitigation.
climateuncensored.com/gatwick-expa...
climateuncensored.com/gatwick-expa...
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THREAD. Last week, I raised serious factual, journalistic, and ethical issues with recent reporting by PBS. At a time of rising authoritarianism, I showed how irresponsible the reporting was. What has happened since is pathetic.
October 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
THREAD. Last week, I raised serious factual, journalistic, and ethical issues with recent reporting by PBS. At a time of rising authoritarianism, I showed how irresponsible the reporting was. What has happened since is pathetic.
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THREAD. PBS news recently aired a dangerous news segment, full of misinformation. The incident is not only embarrassing for PBS and Democrats, but it portends dark days for the future of our society that editors published it. People at the network should be doing some deep soul searching.
September 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
THREAD. PBS news recently aired a dangerous news segment, full of misinformation. The incident is not only embarrassing for PBS and Democrats, but it portends dark days for the future of our society that editors published it. People at the network should be doing some deep soul searching.
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THREAD. In Trump's speech to an unprecedented gathering of generals, he announced that he was preparing to order them to use American "cities as training grounds for our military." I want to highlight a few other statements that are bone chilling and put them into context that U.S media obscures.
October 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
THREAD. In Trump's speech to an unprecedented gathering of generals, he announced that he was preparing to order them to use American "cities as training grounds for our military." I want to highlight a few other statements that are bone chilling and put them into context that U.S media obscures.
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I have to admit: That the noble Italian people would be on the frontlines of preventing Israel's genocide in Gaza - putting much of Northern Europe to shame - was not on my bingo card.
Rome is rising once more, but now as a moral superpower.
Rome is rising once more, but now as a moral superpower.
October 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I have to admit: That the noble Italian people would be on the frontlines of preventing Israel's genocide in Gaza - putting much of Northern Europe to shame - was not on my bingo card.
Rome is rising once more, but now as a moral superpower.
Rome is rising once more, but now as a moral superpower.
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Much of the world will soon become inaccessible to Israelis who partook in the Gaza genocide.
Here's law expert Chris Sidoti, arguing that IDF soldiers who had “any involvement" in Gaza should be treated as “suspects" - investigated and prosecuted - if they come to Australia.
Here's law expert Chris Sidoti, arguing that IDF soldiers who had “any involvement" in Gaza should be treated as “suspects" - investigated and prosecuted - if they come to Australia.
October 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Much of the world will soon become inaccessible to Israelis who partook in the Gaza genocide.
Here's law expert Chris Sidoti, arguing that IDF soldiers who had “any involvement" in Gaza should be treated as “suspects" - investigated and prosecuted - if they come to Australia.
Here's law expert Chris Sidoti, arguing that IDF soldiers who had “any involvement" in Gaza should be treated as “suspects" - investigated and prosecuted - if they come to Australia.
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⚡️Must watch:
Netanyahu reveals to Hebrew audiences after the press event where Trump revealed the 20-point plan to end the war on Gaza, that he has no intention of withdrawing Israeli troops from Gaza – “No way, that’s not happening.”
He said:
“This is a historic visit. Instead of Hamas…
Netanyahu reveals to Hebrew audiences after the press event where Trump revealed the 20-point plan to end the war on Gaza, that he has no intention of withdrawing Israeli troops from Gaza – “No way, that’s not happening.”
He said:
“This is a historic visit. Instead of Hamas…
September 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
⚡️Must watch:
Netanyahu reveals to Hebrew audiences after the press event where Trump revealed the 20-point plan to end the war on Gaza, that he has no intention of withdrawing Israeli troops from Gaza – “No way, that’s not happening.”
He said:
“This is a historic visit. Instead of Hamas…
Netanyahu reveals to Hebrew audiences after the press event where Trump revealed the 20-point plan to end the war on Gaza, that he has no intention of withdrawing Israeli troops from Gaza – “No way, that’s not happening.”
He said:
“This is a historic visit. Instead of Hamas…