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For the kind of work I do, verification that applies the same standards to allies and adversaries, that scrutinises power on whichever side it sits, this worldview is structurally hostile. Symmetric verification becomes part of the cultural pathology the document wants reined in.

It's also worth being clear about who's doing the arguing. Palantir sells operational software to defence, intelligence, immigration & police agencies. These 22 points aren't philosophy floating in space, they're the public ideology of a company whose revenue depends on the politics it's advocating.

Point 21 is the giveaway, some cultures produce "wonders," others are "regressive and harmful." Once you accept that hierarchy, you've quietly been given permission to apply different standards of verification to different actors. The form of verification stays, but the democratic function doesn't.

Points 9, 18 and 19 go after accountability directly. Scrutiny of public figures gets reframed as a kind of cultural sickness driving talent away from public life. The problem becomes the people doing the scrutinising, not the people being scrutinised.

Palantir put out a 22-point summary of their CEO's book The Technological Republic. It's pitched as a defence of the West, but if you read it through the VDA framework, verification, deliberation, accountability, what it's actually doing looks rather different. twitter-thread.com/t/2045574398...

The list of guest contributors alone is enough to make your heart palpitate: @jeremymorrell.dev, @bidetofevil.wtf, @mattklein123.dev, @phillipcarter.dev, @petercorless.bsky.social and more. 😍 The O'Reilly book will be out in dead tree version in June, chapters available online much sooner.

Yesterday, I wrote the first half of a two-parter on the second edition of "Observability Engineering". Yes, it's twice as long as the first one (oops) but I think it's a *much* better book. charitydotwtf.substack.com/p/observabil... (by @gmiranda98.bsky.social, @lizthegrey.com, @aparker.io & me)

Martin Fowler told me the second edition should be shorter (it's twice as long)

90% new material, a clearer mission, and a rogues gallery of contributors. The second edition of Observability Engineering is almost done.

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FirsthandVC, in conjunction with NYSE Wired & theCUBE put together a list of the top 120 Agentic AI companies shaping the future. 3 of those companies are in Agentic Infrastructure and Data Systems: @hf.co (Hugging Face) @vercel.com @redpanda.com That is some mighty awesome company to keep.

Redpanda Data@redpanda.com · 6mo ago

We're honored to share that Redpanda was named in the #TheAgenticList2026: The Top 120 Agentic AI Companies Shaping the Future 🏆 We were recognized as 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 & ranked highly in 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 & 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 category 🎉 🔗 www.agentconference.com/agenticlist/...

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Reminder: MAGA is *not* a protected class re: laws against discrimination. White supremacists are trying to reverse uno that shit.

Karen Attiah@karenattiah.bsky.social · 11mo ago

New from me: There's a lot of misinformation around the reasons I was fired from WaPo. Here's the official termination letter I got sent by Washington Post. Read and judge for yourself. open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

Why I canceled my Disney+ account, no matter how much I love Star Wars or Marvel.

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🚨 Observability isn’t what it used to be—and that’s a good thing. In our latest blog, we unpack why traditional approaches are falling short, what’s changing, and why that change is worth embracing. “It’s the End of Observability As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” 👉 buff.ly/wfRShPJ

Sujee and I kicked off our first SVGenAI Meetup at Beckhoff cc: John Varghese, sponsored by The AI Alliance. HT @petercorless.bsky.social for the pics! lnkd.in/gPjFqtnj lu.ma/lbgs81uy

Kleya deserves her own series now.

personally would like to see every store show what part of the price increase is due to tariffs bc if these tariffs ever come down, i need to see that price go right back down

Littel kitty heeded not the looming spectre of doom.

Rep Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Sen Cory Booker (D-NJ) are executing a marathon live stream on east steps of Capitol Rep Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, says GOP House budget will gut health and nutritional assistance programs

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Excited for all the new American banana and coffee factories.

"G.M. monitored and sold people’s precise geolocation data and driver behavior information, sometimes as often as every three seconds,” Lina M. Khan, chair of the F.T.C. “With this action, the F.T.C. is safeguarding Americans’ privacy and protecting people from unchecked surveillance.”

Kashmir Hill@kashhill.bsky.social · 2y ago

The FTC just announced a settlement with General Motors, banning the sale of consumers' driving behavior and locations for the next 5 years. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/t...

SpaceX: Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn. Everyone else: It blew up.

This is what it looks like when you lose a massive spacecraft on its way to orbit right over the Caribbean. Lots of commercial flights turning/holding/diverting to avoid falling debris from SpaceX's Starship.

If the media can be so easily manipulated against women to smear them who make up half the population, think about how easily it's being done to trans people who are 1% of the population. The New York Times has been doing it for years. www.yahoo.com/news/blake-l...

The Blake Lively smear campaign exposes sordid level of public manipulation | Opinion

Blake Lively's lawsuit against 'It Ends With Us' co-star Justin Baldoni exposes the levels of manipulation we encounter in entertainment and politics.

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This should be more than a tad concerning. Even the human guardrails for AI need guardrails. techcrunch.com/2024/12/18/e...

Exclusive: Google's Gemini is forcing contractors to rate AI responses outside their expertise

Internal guidelines passed down from Google led to concerns that the AI model could be prone to inaccurate outputs on topics like healthcare.

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@startreedata.bsky.social Thank you and Merry Christmas! My community box arrived last night and with my winnings from the MI competition I recently purchased a pair of skis. #startree

Once upon a time, not the entire internet was 4chan. Only 4chan was 4chan, because everywhere else would kick you out for Doing 4chan in their spaces. It sounds utopian, but it is true.