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@inthehands@hachyderm.io
2026-01-30 16:35:16

People are •way• too focused on the personalities and inner thoughts of politicians, like politics is basically People magazine except with votes — and not nearly focused enough on when and where and how politicians are points of leverage, and tools we use for exercising our power.
My spicy take is that while many politicians are hideous people, in the median they’re actually much better humans beings than we tend to imagine — and that doesn’t matter, because they are leverage points in a system and not protagonists in a novel.

@thijs_lucas@norden.social
2026-02-27 10:58:58

Ein verfassungsfeindlicher, korrupter Chaoshaufen, der wenn überhaupt nur Vetternwirtschaft, Korruption und Hass organisiert. Das ist keine Alternative für nichts.
spiegel.de/politik/afd-mann-ma

Korruptionsverdacht gegen AfD-Politiker: Ermittler vollstrecken neue Durchsuchungsbeschlüsse im Fall Krah
Der AfD-Politiker Maximilan Krah fiel immer wieder mit chinafreundlichen Positionen auf. Ermittler werfen ihm Bestechlichkeit und Geldwäsche vor. Nun fanden in dem Fall nach SPIEGEL-Informationen weitere Durchsuchungen statt.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-31 01:31:11

Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen and crypto evangelist Tim Draper plan to spend millions this year on an effort to elect moderate California legislators (Theodore Schleifer/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/poli

California Crypto Billionaires Plan to Spend Tens of Millions on Moderate Candidates
Chris Larsen and Tim Draper, two outspoken Silicon Valley leaders, are planning to spend tens of millions of dollars to elect moderate state lawmakers this year.

@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de
2026-02-28 16:00:03

polblogs: Political blogs network (2004)
A directed network of hyperlinks among a large set of U.S. political weblogs from before the 2004 election. Includes blog political affiliation as metadata.
This network has 1490 nodes and 19090 edges.
Tags: Informational, Web graph, Unweighted, Metadata
networks.skewed.d…

polblogs: Political blogs network (2004). 1490 nodes, 19090 edges. https://networks.skewed.de/net/polblogs

polblogs — Political blogs network (2004)
A directed network of hyperlinks among a large set of U.S. political weblogs from before the 2004 election. Includes blog political affiliation as metadata.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-02-27 03:10:50

OpenAI says it will overhaul safety protocols and establish direct contact with Canadian police, after not alerting authorities about the Tumbler Ridge suspect (Mickey Djuric/Politico)
politico.com/news/2026/02/26/c

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-03-31 23:56:09

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani allows city agencies to use TikTok, with some restrictions, reversing a 2023 ban his predecessor enacted over data security concerns (Chris Sommerfeldt/Politico)
politico.com/news/2026/03/31/m

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-02-28 15:35:55

The Pentagon's fight with Anthropic sparks fears in Silicon Valley and the Capitol of a fundamental shift in the balance of power between DC and the AI industry (Brendan Bordelon/Politico)
politico.com/news/2026/02/27/a

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-02-26 16:55:48

A Greek court sentences four people, including spyware maker Intellexa's founder, to prison, for using spyware to target journalists, politicians, and others (Nektaria Stamouli/Politico)
politico.eu/article/predatorga

Greek court sentences Predator spyware gang
Greece’s “Predatorgate” scandal is one of Europe’s biggest political crises over the use of hacking software.