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DOGE was a smash and grab robbery of our personal data.

As an indication of the upside-down we are now living in, a Ukrainian friend who lives in Kyiv under the daily threat of aerial bombardment reached out to me today: “Are you doing OK? I’ve been following the news about American universities and it sounds bad.” 🙃

Zelensky just posted this: One year, six months, and nine days from the start of planning to effective execution. Our people involved in preparing the operation were withdrawn from Russian territory in time. Russia started this war, Russia must end it. Glory to Ukraine!

Someone else said something very similar to this the other day, but. It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI

Dear @billgates.com , please step in and fund this in particular.

Yf tech billionaires reallye reade their Tolkien thei wolde understande that it was the obsessive searche by Sauron for selfish immortalitye and individual power above all othir thinges that broughte disaster to Middle Earthe.

The Trump administration is working with private companies like Palantir to create detailed reports on every American, which could help them weaponize our personal information in their quest to deport immigrants and punish critics. This is a huge threat to our constitutional rights.

Donald is creating a database of private personal information about every American -- literally hundreds of data points each. This is a far deeper and more dangerous breach of privacy than just about anything we've seen. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...

The epitome of rich, white privilege.

I wish this was hyperbole but the facts speak for themselves. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-trump-...