POKÉMANIAC SIPH wants to fight! @Siphonay

Aral Balkan<a href="https://writing.exchange/@ernie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ernie</a> What do you call a warning that comes seven years too late?<a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SiliconValley</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/peopleFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#peopleFarming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/humanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humanRights</a><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/100451603895667862" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/100451603895667862</a>

Aral BalkanMy “not a book review” of Careless People – the book Facebook doesn’t want you to read.With highlights on Ireland’s complicity and the lengths people farmers (as I call them) will go to to appease authoritarian regimes like China.<a href="https://ar.al/2025/03/21/careless-people/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ar.al/2025/03/21/careless-people/</a>It’s clear from this that Ireland should be stripped of the authority to enforce GDPR and, really, people farmers – and the business model of people farming in general – should be banned in the EU.(Don’t hold your breaths.)<a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/carelessPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carelessPeople</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#facebook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/peopleFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#peopleFarming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surveillanceCapitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SiliconValley</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/ventureCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ventureCapital</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/technofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technofascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EU</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ireland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tax</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GDPR</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/humanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humanRights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a>

Aral BalkanTech bros are living, breathing embodiments of the false authority fallacy; claiming that their professed understanding of basic logic qualifies them to reason expertly upon every conceivable topic while conveniently ignoring a fundamental maxim of their purported core area of expertise: garbage in, garbage out.<a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/techBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#techBros</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/technofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technofascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SiliconValley</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/peopleFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#peopleFarming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a>

Aral BalkanHappy 10th anniversary to Spyware 2.0 – the video we released at the launch of Ind.ie (what is now Small Technology Foundation¹).Have we learned any lessons in those ten years, I wonder.<a href="https://vimeo.com/116656700" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/116656700</a><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spyware</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SiliconValley</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/technoFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technoFascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/peopleFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#peopleFarming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surveillanceCapitalism</a> ¹ <a href="https://small-tech.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://small-tech.org</a>

DansLeRuSH ᴱᶰ<a href="https://floss.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a> blocks FLOSS ? Then <a href="https://floss.social/tags/BlockMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlockMeta</a> :dealwithitgoat: I made a block list of 472 URLs belonging to all the entities of the (evil) corp. It's usable first on <a href="https://floss.social/tags/DNSFilter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DNSFilter</a> but also on <a href="https://floss.social/tags/uBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uBlockOrigin</a> (it's a list of wildcards) … and, as a wise people said « Go Trump, go dump » 🗑️› <a href="https://dansleco.de/danslerush/dns-filters" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://dansleco.de/danslerush/dns-filters</a>Source : <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/facebook-flags-linux-topics-as-cybersecurity-threats-posts-and-users-being-blocked" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/facebook-flags-linux-topics-as-cybersecurity-threats-posts-and-users-being-blocked</a><a href="https://floss.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Facebook</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Instagram</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhatsApp</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zuckerberg</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Privacy</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/PeopleFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeopleFarming</a>

Aral BalkanRemember folks, you must give Meta/Facebook/Threads every benefit of the doubt.Invite them to partner with you at the Social Web Foundation (<a href="https://socialwebfoundation.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://socialwebfoundation.org</a>) as you courageously fight to <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/FreeOurFeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeOurFeeds</a>¹Federate with them on mastodon.social. Because why not build an adjoining door to a Nazi bar?You must do all this and more to ensure you legitimise them at every turn. After all, you wouldn’t want to prove Mark Zuckerberg wrong about you or anything, would you?²¹ <a href="https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/01/13/free-our-feeds-and-algorithmic-pluralism/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/01/13/free-our-feeds-and-algorithmic-pluralism/</a>² <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/09/20/the-face-of-facebook" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/09/20/the-face-of-facebook</a><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/MarkZuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarkZuckerberg</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Facebook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Threads</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialWebFoundation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/FreeOurFeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeOurFeeds</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SiliconValley</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/peopleFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#peopleFarming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/dumbFucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dumbFucks</a>

Aral BalkanDid you know IBM helped Hitler carry out the Holocaust? Is it in any way surprising that we can’t do anything about Big Tech and toxic oligarchs like Elon Musk when even those who helped carry out one of the worst tragedies in human history remain unpunished? Should it come as a shock that the very same bastards are funding and pining for fascism today?<a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1rhzge9r6k4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1rhzge9r6k4</a><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SiliconValley</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/ventureCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ventureCapital</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/peopleFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#peopleFarming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigData</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a>

Aral Balkan“Businesses often monetize through data collection, leading to privacy compromises. However, it’s possible to build AI systems that prioritize user privacy, but these would likely require different business models—perhaps focusing on subscription fees or donations rather than data exploitation.So, the privacy trade-off is more about choices in the current economic landscape than a fundamental requirement.”– Microsoft Copilot<a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/peopleFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#peopleFarming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microsoft</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/copilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#copilot</a>

Aral Balkan<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@avoidthehack" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@avoidthehack</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/@_L1vY_" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@_L1vY_</a> I’m shocked. What are these people, capitalists or something?<a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/peopleFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#peopleFarming</a>

Aral Balkan“Media giant Cox Media Group (CMG) says it can target adverts based on what potential customers said out loud near device microphones, and explicitly points to Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Bing as CMG partners, according to a CMG presentation obtained by 404 Media.”<a href="https://www.404media.co/heres-the-pitch-deck-for-active-listening-ad-targeting/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.404media.co/heres-the-pitch-deck-for-active-listening-ad-targeting/</a><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/CMG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CMG</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/ActiveListening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActiveListening</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/adtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#adtech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SiliconValley</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/PeopleFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeopleFarming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Facebook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amazon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Google</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Bing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bing</a>

Aral Balkan“Little Tech” says the fucking billionaire VC.Absolute bullshit. These people have no shame. They’ll piss on you and tell you it’s raining.You know what’s not bullshit?Small Tech. ‪ <a href="https://small-tech.org/about/#small-technology" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://small-tech.org/about/#small-technology</a>It’s the exact fucking opposite of what Marc fucking Andreessen and his fucking cabal of fascist-adjacent VCs – the robber barons of Big Tech – stand for.<a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SmallTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmallTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/VC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SiliconValley</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/MarcAndreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarcAndreessen</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/a11z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a11z</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/LittleTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LittleTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/bullshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bullshit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/PeopleFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeopleFarming</a>

Aral Balkan<a href="https://geeknews.chat/@theregister" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@theregister</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/@GhostOnTheHalfShell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@GhostOnTheHalfShell</a> I’m shocked, shocked, that a factory farm for human beings is farming… *checks notes* human beings.<a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/PeopleFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeopleFarming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Google</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a>

Aral BalkanYou’re not the customer, you’re the data.<a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surveillanceCapitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/peopleFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#peopleFarming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SiliconValley</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/VentureCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VentureCapital</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#startups</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/humanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humanRights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a>

Aral BalkanI used to think Google were evil but smart.I no longer think they’re smart.<a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Google</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#search</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/PeopleFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeopleFarming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LLM</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/evil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#evil</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/notSmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#notSmart</a>

Aral BalkanThe basic premise The Matrix got wrong was that it would be the machines doing the enslaving.<a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/PeopleFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeopleFarming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SiliconValley</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/VC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VC</a>

Aral BalkanWhy’d they call it Recall when Panopticon was right there?<a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microsoft</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/PeopleFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeopleFarming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/panopticon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#panopticon</a>

Aral BalkanGoogle: you should trust us because we’re the most intelligent people on earth.Also Google: Eat rocks! Put glue on your pizza! Fight a snake for your PhD!🤪 <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SiliconValley</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#billionaires</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/trillionDollarCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trillionDollarCompanies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/WeSoSmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WeSoSmart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/peopleFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#peopleFarming</a>

Aral BalkanIf you want to understand how startups and venture capital work, go to 26:24 on the recording of my talk “Excuse Me, Your Unicorn Keeps Shitting In My Back Yard, Can He Please Not?” from 2016:<a href="https://ar.al/talks/#excuse-me-your-unicorn-keeps-shitting-in-my-back-yard-can-he-please-not" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ar.al/talks/#excuse-me-your-unicorn-keeps-shitting-in-my-back-yard-can-he-please-not</a><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#startups</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/ventureCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ventureCapital</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/VC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SiliconValley</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enshittification</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/PeopleFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeopleFarming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surveillanceCapitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#video</a>

Aral Balkan<a href="https://m.benui.ca/@ben" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ben</a> They’re not yours, they’re theirs. Jeff Atwood thanks you for your free labour. (I’m kidding, he doesn’t. Feel grateful he even allowed you to contribute in the first place, serf.)Speaking of Jeff Atwood, isn’t he the guy helping fund Mastodon now? 🤔 Update: been told Jeff left StackExchange a while ago so please substitute whichever Silicon Valley tech bro is currently running it.<a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SiliconValley</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/PeopleFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeopleFarming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/JeffAtwood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JeffAtwood</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/AllYourDataAreBelongToUs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AllYourDataAreBelongToUs</a>

Aral Balkan<a href="https://beige.party/@the_etrain" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@the_etrain</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@davidpmaurer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@davidpmaurer</a> That’s why we call it people farming. You are the livestock being farmed.<a href="https://ar.al/notes/we-didnt-lose-control-it-was-stolen/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ar.al/notes/we-didnt-lose-control-it-was-stolen/</a><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SiliconValley</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/PeopleFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeopleFarming</a>

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