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davidswords.bsky.social
Software Engineer and Researcher. Irish. Living in Norway. Interests include social media manipulation, digital sovereignty, privacy advocacy. I want to help engineer solutions to complex social problems.
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⚡️US threatens to shut off Starlink if Ukraine won't sign minerals deal, sources tell Reuters. The U.S. first raised the prospect of shutting off Starlink after Zelensky rejected the deal presented on Feb. 12. Starlink terminals are critical in securing Ukraine's battlefield communications.

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"H.R.1161 - To authorize the President to enter into negotiations to acquire Greenland and to rename Greenland as "Red, White, and Blueland"." The country is doomed.

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I am surprised I haven’t seen yet, anyone make the protest sign, Fuck Elon, F- Elon, Felon. Or, “You cannot spell felony, without Elon”.

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www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-a...

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www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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@aoc.bsky.social www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-a...

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@jossfong.bsky.social www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-a...

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@destiny.gg www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-a...

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We went from the Information Age into the Disinformation Age.

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"That progressives have failed to grasp how utterly tech has changed everything in our political culture – esp. given revelations of the role of psychological profiling through social media – is exploited by the right as a new ‘Wild West’. Elon Musk, is the most logical next step in this trajectory"

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Considering Musk's behavior and opinions are so well documented at this point, that you cannot claim ignorance and work at his companies, or purchase his products.

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I understand the resentment those in the US have towards health insurance CEOs, but the celebrations and mockery of their death really gives me the ick.

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Finnish cable company Global Connect has announced its services were disrupted as a result of two cable breaks on an internet line between Sweden and Finland.

submitted 81 days ago • 10 comments

Trump cheats at golf, Musk cheats at Diablo.

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I am so deeply troubled by the state of social media. An insane false equivalence has been made between Twitter and free speech, that looks to undermine criticism of the platform, and front the owner and the platform in a positive light, when they are merely a flock of infantile narcissists.

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The extent to which Linkedin looks to gather either your identification document or biometric data, when you get locked out, is an insane amount of intrusion. I guess I just don't have LinkedIn anymore, oh well.

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New report from @isdglobal.bsky.social outlines how Irish groups tried to push a 'stop the steal' narrative around the European and local elections in June. Claims peaked after the broadcast moratorium, and the vast majority centered on false allegations of 'foreign interference'. jrnl.ie/6552889

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The launch of a hypersonic ICBM by Russia is unlikely to suggest an escalation, and more so a media staging by Russia to front Trump as a “peacekeeper”, drawing support from MAGAphere, as Trump plans to pull support for Ukraine and cede captured Ukrainian land to Russia in “negotiations”.

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Aristotle on tyranny

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