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Quick note: About how when tech bros apply the morale from SciFi stories in a way that we find wrong, it's not cause they didn't read the book. It's cause they identify with other characters than you are.
https://tante.cc/2026/02/12/but-they-did-read-it/

But they did read it
It’s fun to see tech bros naming thins after SciFi books, films or shows: “The Metaverse” was not a utopia but a reaction to a world where the political, economic and ecological systems have collapsed just to give one example among oh so many others. And we often keep making jokes about the tech bros […]

As Trump threatens Iran, Venezuela, Mexico, Greenland and more,
renowned historian Alfred McCoy says the United States is
“an empire in decline,”
following a predictable pattern
of militarism abroad and political instability at home
as it loses power and influence on the world stage.
“American politics become increasingly contorted and irrational,”
says McCoy.
“I think the thing to do is to realize that we are an empire in decline, …
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“Empire in Decline”: Historian Alfred McCoy on U.S. Aggression in Venezuela, Iran & Beyond
As President Trump threatens Iran, Venezuela, Mexico, Greenland and more, renowned historian Alfred McCoy says the United States is “an empire in decline,” following a predictable pattern of militarism abroad and political instability at home as it loses power and influence on the world stage. “American politics become increasingly contorted and irrational,” says McCoy. “I think the thing to do is to realize that we are an empire in decline, … and it will continue for another decade…

Update on the thread above:
I’m not seeing this pattern anymore; the sharp boundaries no longer show up where you look at where ICE is hurting people. It now has more of the feeling you’d expect it to have if they were targeting people based on race, instead of based on political boundaries. Whatever pattern I was noticing above, real or imagined, it doesn’t hold now.

lol it’s so genuinely fun seeing Cory take decades of fluency in how these systems are broken and serve it up for a mainstream audiences. Even if you know “enshittification” well, this is worth the watch. And love to @…! https://

For #Caturday, a reminder that Widget remains available for adoption in the NYC metro area. She would prefer a calm house without kids (we are not a calm house). She's super affectionate! #CatsOfMastodon

Metacurity is the independent, non-hype, non-personality-dependent cybersecurity newsletter that delivers a daily dose of critical developments you need to know.
Check out today's issue, which covers
--CISA warns US infrastructure owners following Russian attack on Poland's power grid,
--Russia throttles Telegram accusing it of failing to protect personal data or combat crime,
--N. Korean hackers targeted crypto company with unique malware and multiple scams,…

CISA warns US infrastructure owners following Russian attack on Poland's power grid
Russia throttles Telegram accusing it of failing to protect personal data or combat crime, N. Korean hackers targeted crypto company with unique malware and multiple scams, Israel claims it foiled hundreds of Iranian cyberattacks, Microsoft issued fixes for six zero day flaws, much more

> the rot has taken somebody...
> it’s chewed out that chunk of their brain that understood decency and responsibility once upon a time.
> It’s the sound of somebody letting that happen, because they never really liked feeling those things in the first place.
tell it, @… !

lol it’s so genuinely fun seeing Cory take decades of fluency in how these systems are broken and serve it up for a mainstream audiences. Even if you know “enshittification” well, this is worth the watch. And love to @…! https://

The IRS erroneously shared the taxpayer information of thousands of people with the Department of Homeland Security, as part of the agencies’ controversial agreement to share information on immigrants for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the US.
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Taxpayer data wrongly shared with DHS, court filing says
The IRS has erroneously shared the taxpayer information of thousands of people with the Department of Homeland Security, according to a new court filing. It was part of the agencies’ controversial agreement to share information on immigrants for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.S. A declaration filed Wednesday by IRS Chief Risk and Control Officer Dottie Romo stated that the IRS was only able to verify roughly 47,000 of the 1.28 million names requested by U.S…

Federal immigration officers have started using Renee Good’s death to threaten more U.S. citizens.
A video posted to Reddit showed a screaming ICE agent repeatedly threatening to kill a man who was sitting in his car, asking how he didn’t “learn from what just happened.”
In the two-minute clip, a masked agent wearing a Minnesota Timberwolves hat approached the vehicle already furious, while the driver rolled down his window.
“Stop fucking following us, you are impeding opera…

“You Did Not Learn?”: ICE Uses Renee Good’s Death as Threat
One protester said an agent told her, “That is why we killed that lesbian b*tch.”