@KimSJ @ChrisMayLA6

Risk, knowledge, and understanding are intimately related.

If you lack the latter two, that is o.k.

Unless you think you are then also missing the first one.

In that case it is called dumb.

@mhoye I heard thatPeter Thiel's #palantir is behind the Discord age verification deal.

It's dystopian, and their closing in.

#EU stop the deals with these people. If in doubt, read 'IBM and the Holocaust'.

@adfichter History rhymes.

In WWII, IBM with its Hollerith machines did the same for the German regime. Calculating familial relations, densities in cities, number of train wagons, distances, timing, you name it.

The Germans were not capable of doing such: IBM organized it. In the end they where paid in housing blocks in Berlin.

This all is well documented. Peter Thiel, being born in Germany, knows this.

@Geri Oh wow, is that true?

@ChrisMayLA6 @pluralistic

Adding to this.

Now that Mastodon is choosing to suggest sign-up servers based on geographical proximity, a field guide on how to get the right modem, with a DMZ and mini-server could just jump-start a civic infrastructure.

#itstheinfrastructurestupid

@ChrisMayLA6 @pluralistic Meanwhile, back on the 'professional platform".

Hidden between many posts, and somewhere in the comments, Jean-Paul Sablerolle drops a hidden gem.

"The biggest misconception is that power can still be limited by legislation, while it has long been exercised through infrastructure"

@gimulnautti "It's JD Vance' birthday, and all the flowers are blooming. A fisherman caught a 1500 pound tuna. Let's all rejoice!"

@Khrys Ah, I see, Europe is moving away from Big Tech as fast as it can.

It will be spurred on by this request made by US tech companies.

@evacide

You are accused of the grave transgression of looking like someone!

Defense is futile, the machine has spoken.

You are awaited by the camps!

@dansup Congratulations; you dedication and persistence is admirable. A salute to you!