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steev hise<p>the data center thing is heating up in <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Tucson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tucson</span></a>. Today the development agreement was released. It revealed some info never before clearly stated. For instance, the project would use something like 900megawatts of power, which is more than the entire city uses now.</p><p>Absolutely ludicrous.</p><p>Just so the <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> can keep inflating the <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> bubble.</p><p>Anyway, watch this space:<br><a href="https://www.nodesertdatacenter.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">nodesertdatacenter.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Federal</span></a> officials are barred from making decisions that benefit the business holdings of themselves or their spouses, but that prohibition does not extend to assets held by their adult children, acc/to Richard Painter, who served as the chief White House <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> lawyer during Republican George W. Bush’s admin.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BudgetCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BudgetCuts</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassLayoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassLayoffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a> ran <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CantorFitzgerald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CantorFitzgerald</span></a></p><p>Lutnick resigned as CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, an investing behemoth, upon taking office &amp; began the arduous task of divesting his interests, as required by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>.</p><p>His two 20-something sons were given the reins of his financial empire. Brandon Lutnick was named chair of Cantor, while Kyle Lutnick was tapped to be executive vice chair. But his most recent <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> filing from June 19 stated that he was still selling his holdings in the firm.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> who spent &gt;$250 million to help elect <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, owns a controlling interest in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> &amp; its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>satellite</span></a> subsidiary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a>. Both are regulated by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NOAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NOAA</span></a>’s Office of Space Commerce [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OSC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSC</span></a>], which lost about ⅓ of its staff in Feb <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassLayoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassLayoffs</span></a> facilitated by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>, which <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> created.</p><p>SpaceX also stands to gain through a new generation of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/private" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>private</span></a> &amp; federally funded <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> satellites that would be carried into orbit on its rockets.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BudgetCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BudgetCuts</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a> is not the only one <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> nominated for a key post w/close relationships to companies involved in the gathering of vital <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> data.</p><p>Trump’s pick to lead the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NOAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NOAA</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NeilJacobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeilJacobs</span></a>, was chief atmospheric scientist for Panasonic Weather Solutions &amp; has been a vocal proponent of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a>. Trump’s nominee for another top NOAA post, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaylorJordan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaylorJordan</span></a>, is a lobbyist with a roster of weather-related clients. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BudgetCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BudgetCuts</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassLayoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassLayoffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWeather</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Privatizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privatizing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> agencies has long been an aim of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a>. During <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s first presidency, he signed a bill that utilized more private weather data. And <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a>, a proposed blueprint for Trump’s 2nd presidency that was co-authored by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMB</span></a> director <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussVought</span></a>, calls for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NOAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NOAA</span></a> to be broken up &amp; for the weather service to “fully commercialize its forecasting operations.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BudgetCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BudgetCuts</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassLayoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassLayoffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWeather</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“It’s the most insidious aspect of this: Are we really talking about making <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> products available only to those who can afford it?” said Rick Spinrad, who served as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NOAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NOAA</span></a> administrator under President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>. “Basically turning the weather service into a subscription streaming service? As a taxpayer, I don’t want to be in the position of saying, ‘I get a better weather forecast because I’m willing to pay for it.’”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BudgetCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BudgetCuts</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassLayoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassLayoffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWeather</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaire</span></a> also ran a financial firm, which he left in the control of his sons, that stands to benefit if <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s admin follows through on a decade-long <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> effort to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privatize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatize</span></a> govt <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/forecasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forecasting</span></a>.</p><p>Deadly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flooding</span></a> in central <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> has drawn a spotlight to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BudgetCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BudgetCuts</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassLayoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassLayoffs</span></a> at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NWS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NWS</span></a> &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NOAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NOAA</span></a>, 2 agencies housed within the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commerce</span></a> Dept that provide the public w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/free" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>free</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> &amp; weather data that can be crucial during <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NaturalDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalDisasters</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> appointees have ties to companies that stand to benefit from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privatizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatizing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> forecasts</p><p>As <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commerce</span></a> secy, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a> oversees the US govt’s vast efforts to monitor &amp; predict the weather.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BudgetCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BudgetCuts</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassLayoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassLayoffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NWS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NWS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NOAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NOAA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NaturalDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalDisasters</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWeather</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flooding</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-lutnick-weather-service-privatization-conflicts-9892de853c283468e6fb970cfd898d96" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-lutni</span><span class="invisible">ck-weather-service-privatization-conflicts-9892de853c283468e6fb970cfd898d96</span></a></p>
janhoglund<p>Philosopher Nick Bostrom argues that if AI ever become smarter than humans, it could cause an existential catastrophe. He proposes it could be possible to avert this by “aligning” AI with “human” values. But not even the broligarchy and tech bros are aligned with such values.<br><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/techbros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techbros</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/values" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>values</span></a></p>
Patrick Leavy<p>Start your journey to better tech here:</p><p><a href="https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/stopusingbigtech.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rebeltechalliance.org/stopusin</span><span class="invisible">gbigtech.html</span></a></p><p>and work your way through the "Alternatives' sub-menus. It goes in order or difficulty. </p><p>Escape the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a> billionaires and their manipulative algorithms!</p><p>(Or if you're already on this path, forward this to someone, maybe a family member, who's not there yet)</p><p>Let's defund the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> by the end of 2025!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Deadline2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Deadline2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigTechWalkout2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTechWalkout2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FireExits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FireExits</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FireExit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FireExit</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a></p><p>For months, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s U.S. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> Service plumbed the federal government’s information systems, scouring arcane internal records that the billionaire said were guiding his hunt for waste. Now that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> has stepped away from his government role, some of that data could be valuable in another way — by giving the world’s richest man a competitive advantage over his rivals in the private sector.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <br><a href="https://wapo.st/44yQIS6" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wapo.st/44yQIS6</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>i guess "god's wrath will throw fire upon the sodomites" is what passes for a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/libertarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libertarian</span></a> take in 2025, because this is one of the main guys trying to build the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NetworkState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetworkState</span></a>.</p><p>(he's the CEO of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Praxis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Praxis</span></a>, "the world's first digital nation" that's funded by a lot of the crypto bros including Peter Thiel, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Balaji" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Balaji</span></a>, Joe Lonsdale, the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Winklevoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Winklevoss</span></a> twins, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Paradigm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paradigm</span></a> (big crypto fund), a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Worldcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Worldcoin</span></a> guy, and a bunch of others). cc: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/gilduran.com" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gilduran.com</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@gilduran" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gilduran</span></a></span></p><p>* the tweet: <a href="https://x.com/drydenwtbrown/status/1939412375871836384" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/drydenwtbrown/status/193</span><span class="invisible">9412375871836384</span></a><br>* more on Dryden Brown: <a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/praxis-society-city-dryden-brown-peter-thiel/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2023/</span><span class="invisible">09/praxis-society-city-dryden-brown-peter-thiel/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pride</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/lgbt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgbt</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Thiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thiel</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Pronomos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pronomos</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PeterThiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeterThiel</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NetworkState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetworkState</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Broligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Broligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JoeLonsdale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JoeLonsdale</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TheNetworkState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheNetworkState</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/gay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gay</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/christianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>christianNationalism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DrydenBrown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrydenBrown</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>a16z</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nerdreich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nerdreich</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/thenerdreich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thenerdreich</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Good</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Venice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Venice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a> target <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bezos</span></a> over mounting grievances</p><p>Mass <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tourism</span></a>, impossibly high <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/rent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rent</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/worker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>worker</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/elitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elitism</span></a>: Venice protests in recent days against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeffBezos</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LaurenSanchez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaurenSanchez</span></a>'s high-profile wedding have highlighted growing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/global" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>global</span></a> grievances.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ITpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ITpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/venice-protests-target-bezos-over-mounting-grievances-2025-06-28/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/business/media-tel</span><span class="invisible">ecom/venice-protests-target-bezos-over-mounting-grievances-2025-06-28/</span></a></p>
🔻Stones of David🔻<p>* “from polarizing society in a way that imposes austerity.”</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neoliberalism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/embargo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>embargo</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/tiktok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiktok</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/mixedeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mixedeconomy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/blackmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a></p>
Darker Knight<p>CYD</p><p>"Do you wish your Bluesky posts automatically got deleted, except for the ones that went viral? Do you want to migrate your photos out of Instagram and Facebook and into something better?"</p><p>"Do you want to keep a public archive of your tweets, but just not hosted in Elon Musk's nazi bar?"</p><p><a href="https://cyd.social/help-shape-the-future-of-cyd/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cyd.social/help-shape-the-futu</span><span class="invisible">re-of-cyd/</span></a></p><p>Help shape the future of Cyd</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/techbros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techbros</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a></p>
Mother Anarchy<p>Idk who needs to hear this, but <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> doesn't exist in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/chatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatGPT</span></a> or any <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a>. Its a Large Language Model. A mad-lib machine. There is no intelligence, it cannot hallucinate, and there cannot be any emotional connection with them. They are strictly objects with no sentience, experience, understanding, or emotional capacity. AI IS JUST A FANCY PET ROCK. Never make the mistake of falling for the carefully crafted <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> that this demon <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> as anything more than a fancy pet rock.<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fuckai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fuckai</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/unplug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unplug</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dystopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dystopia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pets</span></a></p>
Apti2d<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@breadandcircuses" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>breadandcircuses</span></a></span> <a href="https://c.im/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a></p>
Tommi 🤯<p>Does anyone here have information about the status of <strong>Matrix-WhatsApp bridging/interoperability?</strong> (Maybe <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.matrix.org/@matrix" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>matrix</span></a></span>?) 🤔</p><p>Ads coming to WhatsApp is making me much more frustrated than I already was. I haven’t been updating the app since the introduction of Meta AI, but now WhatsApp is demanding that I update within 15 days or I won’t be able to use the app anymore.</p><p>So, the time has come: I have <strong>two weeks to backup and quit WhatsApp for good</strong>.</p><p>Since I’m here: could I also ask for your advice for local-only, <strong>not cloud</strong>, software that can <strong>backup ALL my <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> chats</strong> and store them locally in a browsable format/database? I found out about <a href="https://github.com/KnugiHK/WhatsApp-Chat-Exporter" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">WhatsApp-Chat-Chat-Exporter</a> but I’d like to learn more before testing it out.</p><p>Boosts welcome, let’s help each other and resist the broligarchy together! ✨</p><p>Damn, we wouldn’t have all this trouble if only the <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/DMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DMA</span></a> was actually enforced 🤬</p><p><a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Matrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Matrix</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/bridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bridge</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/interoperability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interoperability</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/MatrixBridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MatrixBridge</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/MetaAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetaAI</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/MastoAiuto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoAiuto</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/askFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>askFedi</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/help" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>help</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a></p>
Weltschmerz à Gogo<p>Good, long, expansive article on how billionaires are actually different from the rest of us, their loathing of anything like accountability or democracy, and the project of capturing state power on a scale unprecedented in the US.</p><p>===</p><p>Naturally, this grandiosity also extends to the tech elite’s accelerationist agenda. Musk believes that in 20 years — and thanks to his own genius — a million humans will be living on Mars. (Never mind that his budget-travel version of spaceships keep exploding.) Bezos wants humanity spread throughout the solar system on enormous space stations (that a galactic Amazon presumably stocks). And Silicon Valley is steeped in the idea that all of this will come about thanks to the imminent arrival of artificial general intelligence (AGI), a point at which artificial intelligence equals that of humans and then iterates upon itself, growing exponentially more brilliant with every version. Once we reach this singularity — and assuming that the tech is aligned with the forces of good and not evil — we can rely on AI to solve any problem, from reversing aging to curtailing climate change to colonizing space so that humanity’s growth is not limited by the resources on just this measly planet Earth.</p><p>Which means that, when it comes to noblesse oblige, such as it were, we have in fact entered a new frontier. A Gilded Age oligarch who exploited his workers or cheated his customers might build a library or concert hall or train station to burnish his image. Now, the technocrats have framed their contribution as an algorithmically guaranteed utopia that will bring about the salvation of mankind. The concern is not with the general welfare of humans who are alive today (those forlorn Amazon drivers peeing in bottles) but rather with the potential future happiness of trillions of potential future humans, spread joyously throughout the cosmos — the offspring of those wealthy enough to afford a ticket off planet Earth. (Musk has said that he hopes to get the cost of a ticket to Mars below $500,000, though in 2020, it cost $3 billion to send one rover, one tiny helicopter, and zero people to the planet.) Such thinking not only reduces every problem to one that can be solved with technology, but it also casts the growth of the technocrats’ businesses as a moral imperative, while implying that those who question their “genius” are enemies of not just progress but of all humankind.&nbsp;<br>And that, in turn, explains much of what has recently happened in America’s particular corner of the cosmos. The hubris of extreme wealth might once have aligned itself with views of American exceptionalism; and, indeed, to the extent that Trump’s populism could ever mesh with the libertarian vein of Silicon Valley, it’s because of their shared strongman vibe. But as their wealth has grown, the tech right’s long-standing opposition to government ­regulation has shifted — publicly — toward a more extreme, neo-­reactionionary, and antidemocratic frame of mind. Why should the “fittest” men submit themselves to taxes, regulation, DEI accountability? Why shouldn’t they be the ones in charge, if not here in America then in their floating island “network states” or on their interplanetary colonies? And if pesky government interference threatens the development of the miraculous tech that will allow these things to come to pass, why shouldn’t the American government be bought, infiltrated, and managed just like a tech startup, with total corporate control and the “fittest” guys at the top of the roster?<br><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-commentary/billionaires-psychology-tech-politics-1235358129/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rollingstone.com/culture/cultu</span><span class="invisible">re-commentary/billionaires-psychology-tech-politics-1235358129/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LiterallyEatTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiterallyEatTheRich</span></a></p>