Palantir's manifesto reminds me of a lesson I picked up from a founder I deeply admire:

We must resist personality cults with every fiber of our being.

Seems like the Strait of Hormuz is only open when the stock market is.

BREAKING: Maryland is about to become the first state in the nation to ban the use of surveillance data and dynamic pricing at grocery stores.

The Maryland House has just passed the Protection from Predatory Pricing Act.

Governor Wes Moore plans to sign the bill.

Amen.

We need to know how much energy data centers use – and if YOU are subsidizing the costs of Big Tech companies.

Making this data public is the bare minimum.

"The oil crisis is exactly what the net zero brigade wants"

These people have a funny way of saying "Environmentalists have been proved right yet again."

Moving away from naming things for individuals, and toward celebrating larger groups and ideas seems very healthy and good, even if it usually happens after some horrific thing comes to light.

It is *fascinating* to me how quickly some people have gone completely from “we all must work in the office! human collaboration is vital and only happens in person!” to “I can replace all these pesky people with chatbots!” Definitely some commentary there about our society and who gets to choose.

Power is addictive but extraordinarily unrelatable to most people. A single story about humans helping other humans counter mechanical dehumanization is more restorative than endless ponderings about "extending the light of consciousness."

Thought experiment:

What if, for a brief period, we made a concerted effort to stop venerating quirky tech founders, giving them a soapbox to normalize false narratives, and further inflating their outsized public presence?

me in ~2006: "I'm a computer science major, why do I have to take a class on ethics?"

me in 2026: "ah"

We now need accountability frameworks for the equity stake chosen in private, the research priority set by fiat, the visa rule implemented without consultation.

Seeing clearly is where that work begins.

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Ah, yes, the invaluable wisdom of the markets.

All I can think about is Jeff Bezos saying that he slashed jobs at the Washington Post — including those of foreign correspondents in the Middle East — based on "the data," and a few weeks later a whole war breaks out in the Middle East that these laid off folks would have covered as true experts.

Absorb this. A piece of unregulated gambling tech credibly alleged to enable money laundering and insider trading is monetizing war and reducing the value of human lives to a bet.

Hard to expect governments that have merged with big business to investigate. So others must step up.

Sam Altman picked a hell of a day to basically urge the world to trust the morality and legal restraint of the Department of Defense

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Alysa Liu telling 60 Minutes “I love struggling, it makes me feel alive” is a legit revolutionary statement from a Bay Area native in a time when copious amounts of time and resources are being put toward convincing us to opt out of experiencing struggle, friction and self-actualization

"Natalia Bonanno’s family owns 200 apartment units"

Hey @nytimes.com, not every grifter needs a glow up profile.

🇨🇦PM Carney: "Diversification internationally is not just economic prudence; it’s a material foundation for honest foreign policy, because countries earn the right to principled stands by reducing their vulnerability to retaliation." (🧵5/6)

this became very clear to me in the interview I did for this piece. Nat Raymond, who designed satellite observation to predict atrocities, concluded "“documentation is no substitute for political will.”" The satellite system predicted accurately; the international community failed to act on it.

Breaking News The E.P.A. will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.

if you put this in a script even erin brockovitch would be like “too on the nose, dial it back”

The Case for Regulating App-Based Work | TechPolicy.Press Kambria Dumesnil examines the hidden rules of algorithm managed gig work and the fight for fair rules.

Kambria Dumesnil delivered food to see how algorithms really run gig work and found hidden rules, stress, and a constant risk of deactivation. With state rules still lagging behind, gig workers need transparency, fair pay, and real oversight, she argues.

* contorted

What's shocking here is not the rank impunity of tech companies basking in the glow of total deregulation.

What's shocking is how quickly the Overton window has shifted toward a cynical dystopia in which every moment of reality can be exploited and controted via utterly compromised gambling dens.

'We cannot have art institutions that lose money': Grenell defends Kennedy Center takeover The newly-renamed Trump-Kennedy Center is facing canceled performances and plummeting ticket sales. Amna Nawaz discussed the turmoil with Richard Grenell, the man President Trump handpicked to lead th...

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So many rhetorical contortions from the head of the Kennedy Center in this @pbsnews.org interview, but my least favorite part is when he ignores @amnanawaz.bsky.social's question, tries to "educate" her on the arts, and pretends corporate donations are all about sincere support for the arts.