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Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · last mo.

This was the point I emphasised about Palantir when I wrote about tech soverignty - their model is to make bits of the state dependent on them and them jack up the price. samf.substack.com/p/sovereignt...

Sovereignty for sale

Tech monopolies and the future of the nation state

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Amy Borrett@amyborrett.ft.com · last mo.

Britain’s state-owned electricity system operator has awarded Palantir a £21mn contract without inviting rival bids, arguing critical processes are too reliant on its tech to run a competitive procurement process Latest for @financialtimes.com: as.ft.com/r/7fe6c0b7-2...

Bethany Black@bethanyblack.bsky.social · last mo.

What is consciousness? What is sentience? These are philosophical question that have been asked since the dawn of time. How lucky we are to live in a time where 7 people in Northern California realised the answer is “being able to predict the most statistically significant next word in a sentence”

Armando Iannucci@aiannucci.bsky.social · last mo.

25 years since this thing came out. I’m very fond of it, it’s possibly the most personal thing I’ve made and, if I’m allowed to be proud for a day, I’m rather proud of it. All 8 eps up on Channel 4. #TheArmandoIannucciShows #Ch4 #ABigEgg

TVARK@tvark.bsky.social · last mo.

The Armando Iannucci Shows Comedy Channel 4 (TalkBack) 30 August - 18 October 2001 Each episode focused on specific themes related to human nature and existentialism, around which Iannucci would weave a series of surreal sketches and monologues.

The Armando Iannucci Shows Comedy Channel 4 (TalkBack) 30 August - 18 October 2001 Each episode focused on specific themes related to human nature and existentialism, around which Iannucci would weave a series of surreal sketches and monologues.
Dr Abeba Birhane@abeba.blacksky.app · last mo.

"for all the people “celebrating” this as a win “against” Meta, you’ve been fooled. Meta just cut a deal to put itself in charge of how social media works going forward. this is Meta taking a “please regulate me Daddy” approach to the government, & getting exactly what it really has been asking for"

Techdirt@techdirt.com · last mo.

Meta Just Paid Nearly $17 Billion To Make Sure It Gets To Write The Kid Safety Rules For Every Other Social Media Platform By now... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/26/meta-just-paid-nearly-17-billion-to-make-sure-it-gets-to-write-the-kid-safety-rules-for-every-other-social-media-platform/

Claire Willett@clairewillett.bsky.social · 2mo ago

the thing is like public health child literacy civil rights social justice rural poverty once you personally have become rich and successful, those things only matter if you still have the capacity to care deeply about people outside your immediate circle and that is harder than becoming rich

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Didn't know this until today but Dolly Parton had a transsexual man named Jason Pirro work as her Hollywood chauffeur in the 1980s, per an interview he gave to The Sun in 1990. "Dolly has been good to me...Dolly knows all about me."

SEXY SECRETS OF DOILY PARTON'S UMO DRIVER-HE USED TO BE A SHE DOLLY PARTON is being chauffeured around Hollywood by a 300-lb. transsexual who has had an operation to change from a woman into a ian. The country queen shares 44-year-old Jason Pirro's secret" and has promised to help the obese, tuxedo-outfitted driver attain his goal to become a movie director. "Dolly has been good to me," Jason told STAR. "I'm not real coafortable talking about ayself. Dolly knows all about me and is a very nice lady. "Whenever Dolly coaes into Hollywood for a aeeting, or for business, or for filaing, or just staying here, she calls ae and I drive her around." Court papers obtained by STAR show Pirro legally changed his naae froa Susan Ann to Jason in 198B because of "sex- reassignaent.* Jason underwent a sex- change operation in 1982. Jason, who has a beard and wears his thinning reddish-brown hair in a ponytaiI, caae to Hollywood 10 years ago. At the time, he was taking hormone tablets and dressing as a «an. He got a job as a lino driver. Dolly has said that there's nothing wrong with transsexuals. "If I were a nan I'd be a drag queen," she admits. "1 enjoy being a trashy dresser and 1 love gaudy things. I love to play with hair and makeup." Jason studied theater as a coed at Syracuse University, but after eight years at college. left without graduating. Despite chat, Jason has a genius-level I.Q. of 144. A fasily friend says Susan was in her aid - 30's when she decided to have doctors transfora her into a ian. "Jason has tried to sake the family feel comfortable with the situation. Even by the time he started to grow facial hair and his voice was getting deeper, if we'd slip and call him Susie, he'd just hug us and say, 'That's OK." "He's a loving warm, caring human being. He teaches transcendental meditation. He has never had an enemy. People just take a liking to him. He has that …
Chuck Tingle@chucktingle.bsky.social · 2mo ago

so many disappointing reboots these days that even hearing NEWS of one seems to cause eyerolls instead of excitement, but i gotta say the new KING OF THE HILL episodes are just incredible. feels like they are slightly overlooked after pulling off the impossible and trotting back at such a high level