Laurens

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I care about an ethical internet. I write about Bluesky, the atmosphere and open social protocols at connectedplaces.online 🇳🇱

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2026-05-21 19:26:15 UTC

First time working with gold https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreihdno7fxvijshumsjprxsdoocevmv673f2rjabpmbhtkylrq6mtde

2026-05-05 13:57:52 UTC

Had a few hours to spend in Hamburg so went to the miniature wonderland, and the way trains allows for the representation and idealisation of infrastructure seems relevant to all the data center discourse going on here https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreicoy22vb5g3rgorjjqlva4qvrhtoxn6z7bthbrivnyxj4gaj63bua https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreie5u7henrkng2sqy2fqcu7cmt3a2hequqnfc3mb7ffqblfnyacc4q https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreif2ybokjfs5q4bzfqs45negsfn76o77eortuvpkmpdpmwiuqv7zdy

2026-05-01 17:20:36 UTC

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this article builds extensively on the work by Keller, her articles on Russmedia are very good
bsky.app/profile/daph...

2026-05-01 17:19:37 UTC

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@infinitescream.bsky.social

2026-05-01 17:18:55 UTC

New from me: Federation Has a European Legal Problem
on what the recent Russmedia ruling means for open social protocols like ActivityPub and atproto
warning: do not read if you value your sanity
connectedplaces.online/federation-h...

2026-04-27 17:03:17 UTC

Got a new Gouda pottery plate for my collection at koningsdag vrijmarkt. Already had the wall plate, and new one turns out to be from same painter, dating from 1920. Very happy with this find https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreidhxg7e44b34zn37f7pzbhqh5dgloe6bwdadyzk4n24oouvhn3xhq

2026-04-23 15:51:49 UTC

new from me, on network resilience and protocol eschatology
connectedplaces.online/reports/fr16...

2026-04-23 14:07:19 UTC

carousel discourse is how i find out my apps don’t update automatically

2026-04-18 13:53:28 UTC

people say finance cant be art but SPY at all time high because the worlds most important chokepoint gets opened and closed every few days is the pinnacle of performance art https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreiax4hsrqcenpyk4x4nzuxrgjdggnnx7dootk6lirql7srsa7ro334

2026-04-18 11:57:55 UTC

incredibly funny that closing Hormuz went from literally unthinkable and the apocalypse to an event that seems to happen at least twice a week

2026-04-16 15:02:24 UTC

this is where i get my political analysis from
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNC4...

2026-04-15 15:28:12 UTC

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also [email protected] is hosting the Open Socials Awards, and projects that are working on open social protocols can apply, with 10k for winner, 5k for 2 runnerups. There are a ton of projects in this space that excellent and worthy of recognition, so be sure to apply!

2026-04-15 15:26:41 UTC

its been a while since ive done a straightfoward fediverse news update, so heres some news about the german [email protected] funding Mastodon for 600k, showcasing that digital sovereignty is a priority but also that talk is a lot louder than money
connectedplaces.online/reports/fr15...

2026-04-14 19:09:21 UTC

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Stone is simple glass haha, was way to scared to scratch the stone while working it the first time

2026-04-14 19:08:37 UTC

First time setting a stone in a ring I made, turned out well https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreifzv5fqqxt7mpbcwxhsg7r3st3r2qxbmxzmnzmgbgpgz2m24hjbpm https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreiga37jk4emtblxhot2l4drvmx2tqhfpza2b32ceudjyefagsejntm

2026-04-14 15:59:49 UTC

leaflet.connectedplaces.online/3mjhqq22ynk2f

2026-04-12 12:33:33 UTC

Apparently this is what they do in Gouda on Sunday afternoon https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreicfozoxm7m2k5kzxbmf7arolqlqrkn6z6snl6ppelhq3ojn547xb4

2026-04-10 17:46:16 UTC

When I wrote that atproto functions as a subculture I should’ve said that the main reason is that we do a weekly atproto naming discourse

2026-04-09 14:25:13 UTC

new from me: on recent discourse and drama on Mastodon. the software gives people the tools to create community via instances, with a wide plurality of cultures and communities. But what people want is a singular culture/community on the federation layer
connectedplaces.online/reports/fr15...

2026-04-08 17:36:27 UTC

so how many ships have actually passed through hormuz in the half day it was open?

2026-04-08 07:43:00 UTC

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truly one for the history books and an incredibly funny outcome
military hegemons suffering embarrassing defeats is nothing new, but such a total humiliation where the defender manages to not only win but also gain control of the worlds most valuable piece of land is spectacular

2026-04-08 07:39:29 UTC

shoutout to iran for gaining military control over the worlds most important economic chokepoint after the worlds most powerful military and global hegemon declared a surprise war on them

2026-04-06 20:11:20 UTC

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“I don’t have any better information than you do on this one,” admits Mike Silverman, the chief investment officer of Cresset, which oversees more than $237 billion.
market action makes a lot more sense once you understand the information environment wall street deliberately has put itself in

2026-04-06 20:08:28 UTC

truly incredible that NYMag treats sending a single guy with a suitcase of cigars and zyn to figure out why the most worlds most important economic chokepoint is closed as innovative intelligence gathering by wall street

2026-04-05 17:49:36 UTC

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for context, my mom does a lot of work on documenting historical regional dutch fashions and crafts, and i find how people relate to their own historical cultural expressions very interesting

2026-04-05 17:24:43 UTC

fascinating essay
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GuB...

2026-04-04 13:53:48 UTC

thanks all for the incredibly kind words, it means a lot to me 🤍
(sorry i didnt respond to everyone, my strategy after hitting publish is to throw my laptop away and not touch the internet for 24h as i need some distance from the subject after tunnelvisioning hard on it)

2026-04-03 17:24:22 UTC

My reflections on an amazing atmosphereconf
On how the atmosphere can be understood as a subculture, what the holdfast is, and what We Can Just Do Things means
connectedplaces.online/reflections-...

2026-04-02 19:28:39 UTC

universal basic income but everyone is a bureaucrat

2026-04-01 01:23:07 UTC

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bsky.app/profile/soci...

2026-03-30 16:52:07 UTC

Unwinding from an incredible conference with a morning walk through the forest https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreiacbzkmms7a62zdd72njeoq4mth7eh7x3r3xaac7b76apybm7tqpe

2026-03-29 20:02:25 UTC

Took a break from atmosphereconf to check out the spectacular museum of anthropology https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreiaajkgyw6th25mgowh2qyl2bcqtpp74k2mrpinrqzi5xb45ipa4wu https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreid4h4h5ouv5zxuple456aqi5b6iiy2mcf5srdrhsiipudgfzf4ify https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreibvyjyyilloivc6q3f3iv4tneytdz5rqj3yy7gxrhjjy2jvzm6a4i https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreiamvkcoxf6egmmk7pkqae4o5wfi3nqyi4cy3oqm7lmvphuqgtjdki

2026-03-28 22:54:58 UTC

Seeing the attie demo and feeling pretty good about the core claim of my presentation that this is going to create a strong convergence in the data layer

2026-03-26 17:19:32 UTC

gm vancouver https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreic7oauqmbazhsiij4m2lblvk5tz36ifarzo7elu6f3l4quz7jjkpm

2026-03-23 13:13:01 UTC

Seems like Irans most powerful weapon is to tweet “Hormuz is open” Friday one hour before close and “jk lmao” after close

2026-03-18 16:54:07 UTC

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if you prefer to listen about this instead of reading: come to my talk next week at [email protected], titled "This isn't over until we all listen to kpop"

2026-03-18 16:50:34 UTC

Paul's article prompted a long one from me: What is the purpose of protocols?
connectedplaces.online/the-purpose-...

2026-03-15 11:45:39 UTC

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Fucking wild that Aglietta is basically describing money as a communications protocol

2026-03-15 11:24:46 UTC

baited myself into rereading this and makes me realise that I probably understand like 20% on the first read lol

2026-03-12 17:26:40 UTC

this week's news is about how [email protected] [email protected] and [email protected] are using open social networking protocols to build, distribute, and discover software, and how the most important part is not the code but the community building part
connectedplaces.online/reports/fr15...

2026-03-12 08:16:56 UTC

turns out bluesky has effective reinvented opt-in federation from first principles, which is both hilarious and kind of a good thing probably?

2026-03-09 11:43:55 UTC

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how this dynamic will unfold probably scares me more than the energy crisis itself tbh

2026-03-09 11:42:25 UTC

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i think any analysis of whats gonna happen next should take into account how incredibly broken our info environment has become, and that trump finally pressed the button that reverts the process where physical reality will manifest itself over info destruction

2026-03-09 11:39:51 UTC

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(for international audience context: screenshots are from nu.nl, the most popular news site in the netherlands)

2026-03-09 11:39:03 UTC

absolutely wild that the news that dutch gas prices rose by 30% in a single day did not even manage to crack the top 5 most read stories
like, how? how did we fuck up our information ecosystem this badly? https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreicvkzhx4e7gvz3ob22r5xlbieo4pxnvahblz76xigi5lnqphcw2ry https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreig5ewd2lisdokvtn33yyzvriwz54uodubbkavmhghll7qfyqlp274

2026-03-09 11:31:02 UTC

lol https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreif64qp4vcuomvwmg67nan4rj7cxjyyhvq3keo45bqiu662desziii

2026-03-05 18:40:38 UTC

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There's also a related queston for the atmosphere here: if a news website whats to add a share to Bluesky button to their website, should that button say Bluesky? If yes, should there also be a button for Blacksky? If no, what should it say instead?

2026-03-05 18:38:33 UTC

in this week's article I talk about Mastodon's new Share button, and how a network that cares strongly about open protocols gradually became dependent on proprietary protocols instead
connectedplaces.online/reports/fr15...

2026-03-03 10:49:05 UTC

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i get that bluesky really wants to be the sports and entertainment app, but if a newly started US war that managed to engulf the entire middle east in 3 days does not show up on trending topics, something is going pretty wrong somewhere

2026-03-03 10:46:06 UTC

truly an incredible set of trending topics on bluesky right now https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreidj3ylw4npg32gzxeukt77bqnjflvgbkzurh45e2rkv6hcd6b5f2m

2026-02-27 18:03:38 UTC

this week's atmosphere and fediverse news, with now three approaches to private data, and a whole bunch of atproto project updates and news
connectedplaces.online/reports/fr15... https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreifwsq4v5bku7upqnbo7e5qhxkyfjddnxox5k6h7ubcy4zml4lroje

2026-02-23 18:25:47 UTC

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the thing is that even when Weibo discourse is summarised and translated I still dont understand it, but at least I understand this banana https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreig57ewzr3rkm6uh52ijmftn2dkj5tniyjwdqdygcbdymcpbmwofvu

2026-02-23 18:23:56 UTC

there is this Chinese woman that writes English overviews of discourse on Weibo, and it is absolutely amazing
Today's Weibo's discourse is apparently older Chinese people sharing body-sized produce they've grown
weibo.substack.com/p/022126-if-...

2026-02-20 18:01:46 UTC

new from me - FR#154 Search and Community
about what goes wrong when your consent mechanisms only recognize individuals but your network is supposed to be made of communities
connectedplaces.online/reports/fr15...

2026-02-20 12:55:14 UTC

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i think my frustration is that Stancil clearly plays a important role in the info ecosystem, and it would be good if media did pay attention to it. but the verge turns out to have a surface level understanding that doesnt go beyond 'Stancil creates outrage, and we should participate for clicks'

2026-02-20 12:29:42 UTC

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like, what is this story even about? is it about ICE in Minneapolis? Then why center only Stancil? Is it about how the Online has fused with the Offline? Stancils role in Online discourse and how that materially impacts the real political world is interesting, but this ridealong story aint that

2026-02-20 12:27:07 UTC

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but sure tell me more about how the verge's disclosure policies are gonna save journalism

2026-02-20 12:26:39 UTC

the good news is that bluesky is starting to take over from X as the place where US media sources their stories
the bad news is that nobody at the verge reflected on whether letting social media discourse drive reporting on serious issues was a good idea in the first place

2026-02-19 11:20:38 UTC

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this isnt to dunk on atproto, more to say that open social networking protocols are extremely powerful with society-level warping second order effects

2026-02-19 11:18:08 UTC

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in all seriousness: this is terrifying news, and how this stuff will intersect with open protocols does actually keep me up at night

2026-02-19 11:17:12 UTC

see, this is why the us gov needs to adopt atproto, you can just put an appview directly in front of a moderation relay
🙃

2026-02-18 18:04:03 UTC

new from me - Where Does Community Live?
A deep dive into how protocols shape what communities can be build on the open social web
connectedplaces.online/where-does-c...

2026-02-18 16:59:07 UTC

this close to adding a dark-mode style button to my site that lets readers toggle between ATProto and Atproto

2026-02-17 18:31:26 UTC

im live with [email protected] on stream talking about popfeed and atproto

2026-02-13 16:22:29 UTC

new from me: FR#153 – What does a Discord replacement look like?
connectedplaces.online/reports/fr15... https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreieyztik5erymt3bgny4trodjkdvglc3c7kmei4ejohehi7uxho2hu

2026-02-07 18:13:20 UTC

new from me: The DSA Needs Big Tech
A panel with MEP Geese and Mastodon ED Hlatky about the DSA and the fediverse showed a deep tension: the DSA's power depends on Big Tech platforms existing, and the fediverse is a network specifically designed they won't
connectedplaces.online/reports/fr15...

2026-02-06 20:18:23 UTC

Opus 4.6 is very powerful https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreibrksfzvobjvkjenml2fjps6tyypezt7bwewexrdbcxplw5vf5htm

2026-02-06 19:41:16 UTC

The other goal of going to museums is to build a collection of eyeballs https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreibl7si424l6o6anylmecqvnfxgqonckk6pu42fomr6bjwn4xi5l5i https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreicmyy5zjoobo4z3rn3i53cfe7x5j5vusc46gqx44ysebqqqcvb73a

2026-02-05 00:03:11 UTC

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2026-02-04 15:11:17 UTC

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2026-02-04 15:10:09 UTC

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Pretty sure this is what they meant with “the purpose of a system is what it does”

2026-02-04 15:06:11 UTC

The goal of going to museums is to build a collection of weird baby jesuses https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreib55ycmwdtbbat2jj37ekox67g7n7gxamxttkee7jx5rcx5gr6num https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreibkgh43q6tsqmcunueef2czzogjkoranu4rob7kan2kbba5iehape

2026-01-29 18:22:01 UTC

new from me: Musk buying Twitter has strongly impacted the cultures of the atmosphere and the fediverse. What impact will TikTok's new US ownership have on the open social web?
connectedplaces.online/reports/fr15...

2026-01-29 17:33:59 UTC

id love to see this being done grassroots a la standard.site or community.lexicon, good opportunity for community members to set defaults on how bots should behave and be declared

2026-01-28 17:36:24 UTC

helpful heuristic: actual active user statistics for Bluesky that accounts for lurkers is firehose-visible active users times two
so actual MAU is around 12M, DAU around 3M
bskycharts.edavis.dev/edavis.dev/b... https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreiarynf63uwcqorhgricz2menx2ujbj4xzwck3a5ith3urgma5zyly

2026-01-28 10:42:08 UTC

im about to finish a consultancy report today, currently im using ATmosphere. change it to Atmosphere?

2026-01-28 09:32:13 UTC

the fundamental problem is that bluesky keeps assuming that it is possible to have a single set of rules that governs both users and governments, while at the same time they also keep demonstrating why this is in fact impossible to do https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreif34jip45uh6rfdccufkicczlcaaehwj5ik4sktzdqig5dht6atvq

2026-01-28 09:27:05 UTC

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as Paul helpfully demonstrates here, this is simply not possible. this was never possible, but this is even more not possible when your company is incorporated in a country that is under an authoritarian takeover

2026-01-27 20:46:32 UTC

I wrote for New_Public, about European projects building on atproto

2026-01-26 15:52:25 UTC

all these economic explanations are wrong, this is all because i picked up silversmithing as a new hobby in 2025

2026-01-25 18:57:39 UTC

wtf [email protected] your football league is amazing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDpi...

2026-01-24 18:26:47 UTC

this is absolutely a banger, and very much worth reading

2026-01-23 17:01:58 UTC

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Also I'm just bewildered by Bluesky's decision not to use their Trusted Verifier system that they've build, instead taking on the responsibility themselves to verify ICE
The one moment where this system could show its value, and instead they dont take it, and fall back into old platform thinking?

2026-01-23 17:01:20 UTC

New from me: FR#150 – On ICE, Verification, and Presence As Harm
Bluesky's decision to verify ICE's account shows that it not set up well to deal with threats where the presence itself is the harm
connectedplaces.online/reports/fr15...

2026-01-21 16:48:05 UTC

this indeed pissed off the people on Mastodon, and someone made this w-social.eu https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreiamq5nxc2m22r2xxegrmax34gdewnt44x6ba2hhtsbgadz6s3cbem

2026-01-20 16:40:56 UTC

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With big respect for Quantian, that the smart finance bros still hold to the idea that things can potentially go back to normal is what allows the TACO trade to currently keep happening
but that world does not exist anymore, and the hope that it does from finance in itself worries me

2026-01-20 16:39:47 UTC

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three consecutive posts on my For You feed:
Carney saying the rules based international order is dead
Belgian PM De Wever saying that we should not become "slaves" under Trump
Trump saying that NATO is the enemy within
just as a sense of how far things have gone already

2026-01-20 16:21:56 UTC

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source www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

2026-01-20 16:21:17 UTC

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Weve crossed the point roughly a week ago when things could still be smoothed over and memory holed
things have irreversably changed already, now its just a matter of watching how it will all play out

2026-01-20 16:19:54 UTC

Carney just held a speech today at the WEF where he declared the rules based international order dead
you cant memory hole and smooth over those kinds of statements lol https://pds.laurenshof.online/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd&cid=bafkreice4a6ncbu4yufwc7t4qxhf6sij2jggeygn442fnnjqtcba5o7x6m

2026-01-20 13:44:39 UTC

uhhhh ok its actually happening

2026-01-20 12:56:00 UTC

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hahhahahahha were so utterly fucked

2026-01-20 12:53:20 UTC

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its pretty obvious at this point that nothing will actually happen because nothing can happen, the MEPs are too terrified of retaliation so the outcome where the EU is a vassal state but retains the ability to send strongly worded letters is acceptable

2026-01-20 12:51:46 UTC

10 days ago EC spokesperson [email protected] called Grok's CSAM generation capabilities "unacceptable", but I see that language was too strong and suggested that the EC actually take action, so thats now downgraded to "were looking into it"

2026-01-20 10:48:46 UTC

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@infinitescream.bsky.social one scream please

2026-01-20 10:47:30 UTC

to post a call for independent european social media only on linkedin but not on either bluesky or mastodon is how you know our MEPs are extremely serious about it lol

2026-01-19 15:03:02 UTC

is there a specific reason why the anti-coersion instrument is a trade bazooka, and not, say, a trade ar-15?

2026-01-19 14:48:54 UTC

this doesnt end before we all listen to kpop

2026-01-19 13:35:43 UTC

turns out you can just replace NATO with a signal group chat

2026-01-19 13:33:58 UTC

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