Brian Boland
@btb.bsky.social
Former tech exec turned advocate for economic justice. Anti-Milton Friedman, pro-progressive economics à la Stiglitz, Raworth, and Graeber. Passionate about justice, rethinking capital's role, and aligning finances with values.
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A statement from WIRED leadership.
July 17, 2026 at 12:16 AM
A statement from WIRED leadership.
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"Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google were found liable and must pay damages to a 20-year-old woman who alleged that her addiction to the companies’ social media platforms caused her to suffer a mental health crisis, a jury said."
Meta, Google Found Liable in Social Media Addiction Case
Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google were found liable and must pay damages to a 20-year-old woman who alleged that her addiction to the companies’ social media platforms caused her to suffe...
www.bloomberg.com
March 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
"Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google were found liable and must pay damages to a 20-year-old woman who alleged that her addiction to the companies’ social media platforms caused her to suffer a mental health crisis, a jury said."
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Breaking: Meta and YouTube Found Guilty of Addicting and Harming Teens and ordered to pay $3 Million in damages
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Breaking: Meta and YouTube Found Guilty of Addicting and Harming Teens
In landmark social media addiction lawsuit, a jury of our peers said that social platforms Meta and YouTube caused harm and failed to warn the public
open.substack.com
March 25, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Breaking: Meta and YouTube Found Guilty of Addicting and Harming Teens and ordered to pay $3 Million in damages
open.substack.com/pub/overturn...
open.substack.com/pub/overturn...
Jury holds Meta and Google liable for role in young woman's mental health issues
The jury also decided that their actions should trigger punitive damages - there will be a separate phase of the trial where the jury will decide what amount of damages are appropriate
www.npr.org/2026/03/25/n...
The jury also decided that their actions should trigger punitive damages - there will be a separate phase of the trial where the jury will decide what amount of damages are appropriate
www.npr.org/2026/03/25/n...
Jury holds Meta and Google liable for role in young woman's mental health issues
The verdict marks the end of the first-ever jury trial over whether tech giants should be held accountable for social media addiction. It may influence the outcome of 2,000 other pending lawsuits.
www.npr.org
March 25, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Jury holds Meta and Google liable for role in young woman's mental health issues
The jury also decided that their actions should trigger punitive damages - there will be a separate phase of the trial where the jury will decide what amount of damages are appropriate
www.npr.org/2026/03/25/n...
The jury also decided that their actions should trigger punitive damages - there will be a separate phase of the trial where the jury will decide what amount of damages are appropriate
www.npr.org/2026/03/25/n...
Meta and YouTube found negligent in LA social media trial
March 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Meta and YouTube found negligent in LA social media trial
Verdict back in the New Mexico trial where I testified - Meta viable for harms and penalized for $375 million
www.cnn.com/2026/03/24/t...
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Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploitation on its platforms | CNN Business
A jury on Tuesday found Meta violated New Mexico law in a case accusing it of failing to warn users about the dangers of its platforms and protect children from sexual predators.
www.cnn.com
March 24, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Verdict back in the New Mexico trial where I testified - Meta viable for harms and penalized for $375 million
www.cnn.com/2026/03/24/t...
www.cnn.com/2026/03/24/t...
@nauerbach.com Thoughts on Chambliss NFL draft stock after this game?
January 2, 2026 at 5:06 AM
@nauerbach.com Thoughts on Chambliss NFL draft stock after this game?
@nauerbach.com Pula was right... The refs just want to be on TV
January 2, 2026 at 4:34 AM
@nauerbach.com Pula was right... The refs just want to be on TV
It's always the threat that that might leave...
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
It's always the threat that that might leave...
What if AI isn't leading us to utopia or Skynet—but instead is amplifying the extraction in our current economy? From a circular investing bubble, the hollowing out of bullshit jobs, to AI slop we are just amplifying the same playbook.
www.delta-fund.org/ai-as-accele...
www.delta-fund.org/ai-as-accele...
AI as Accelerant: Amplifying Extraction, Not Escaping It
Forget utopia or Skynet. AI isn't a revolution. It's a powerful accelerant for the extractive capitalism already breaking our world.
www.delta-fund.org
November 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
What if AI isn't leading us to utopia or Skynet—but instead is amplifying the extraction in our current economy? From a circular investing bubble, the hollowing out of bullshit jobs, to AI slop we are just amplifying the same playbook.
www.delta-fund.org/ai-as-accele...
www.delta-fund.org/ai-as-accele...
The devil is always in the details. This detail is a little devil. This "board of peace" will likely sell off Gaza assets to wealthy developers for cheap. Or something else that doesn't benefit Palestinians.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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Trump and Netanyahu hold press conference to announce plan to ‘end Gaza conflict’ – live
Hamas still must agree to proposal; Trump hosted phone call between US, Israel and Qatar during which Netanyahu ‘expressed deep regret’ for attacking Doha
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The devil is always in the details. This detail is a little devil. This "board of peace" will likely sell off Gaza assets to wealthy developers for cheap. Or something else that doesn't benefit Palestinians.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
If you want to know one source for where the drive to violence is coming from, look no further than Jesse Watters. He might as well give the next shooter a gun.
September 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
If you want to know one source for where the drive to violence is coming from, look no further than Jesse Watters. He might as well give the next shooter a gun.
In "End Times", Peter Turchin speaks of the rise of political violence when you have gross wealth inequality, an immiserated public and fighting between the elites and counter elites. Historically this leads to a disintegration of societies. We are deep in this cycle in America.
September 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
In "End Times", Peter Turchin speaks of the rise of political violence when you have gross wealth inequality, an immiserated public and fighting between the elites and counter elites. Historically this leads to a disintegration of societies. We are deep in this cycle in America.
Much like the Democratic party in the United States, political parties around the world are selling out to private capital. @graceblakeley.substack.com highlights the UK Labour party selling out the working class.
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Grace Blakeley (@graceblakeley)
The Labour Party is now owned by lobbyists 🤑
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/labour-has-sold-out
substack.com
August 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Much like the Democratic party in the United States, political parties around the world are selling out to private capital. @graceblakeley.substack.com highlights the UK Labour party selling out the working class.
substack.com/@graceblakel...
substack.com/@graceblakel...
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The many issues with the current Labour government laid out clearly by @graceblakeley.substack.com
August 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The many issues with the current Labour government laid out clearly by @graceblakeley.substack.com
Really clear chart showing what I think many people feel - climate disasters are accelerating while we fail to act decisively
Here’s the simple truth that Donald Trump doesn’t want you to know:
Climate change is making extreme weather disasters more frequent and severe.
If we do not get our act together, this will only get worse.
Climate change is making extreme weather disasters more frequent and severe.
If we do not get our act together, this will only get worse.
August 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Really clear chart showing what I think many people feel - climate disasters are accelerating while we fail to act decisively
Very true
Elites and institutions have not “collapsed.” They have not “changed their tunes.” They have not “failed.” They are not “cowards.”
They were and are simply been focused only on their own self-preservation and profit.
Nothing has changed. They simply made a cost benefit analysis, and fascism wins.
They were and are simply been focused only on their own self-preservation and profit.
Nothing has changed. They simply made a cost benefit analysis, and fascism wins.
July 31, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Very true
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EX GREEN BERET: “In my entire career, I never witnessed the brutality and use of indiscriminate & unnecessary force against an unarmed, starving civilian population until I was in Gaza at the hands of IDF & US contractors… without question, war crimes.”
July 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
EX GREEN BERET: “In my entire career, I never witnessed the brutality and use of indiscriminate & unnecessary force against an unarmed, starving civilian population until I was in Gaza at the hands of IDF & US contractors… without question, war crimes.”
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This--that Signal would rather exit a market than undermine the core security and privacy technology that protects the people who use Signal--always still holds. We don't change our principles based on jurisdiction, legislative attack, or time of day...
I'm guessing this still holds
We will never undermine our privacy promises and the encryption they rely on. Our position remains the same: we will do whatever we can to continue ensuring people in the UK can use Signal, but if the choice came down to being forced to build a backdoor, or leaving, we would leave.
July 11, 2025 at 8:42 AM
This--that Signal would rather exit a market than undermine the core security and privacy technology that protects the people who use Signal--always still holds. We don't change our principles based on jurisdiction, legislative attack, or time of day...
Ok. Fine. I finally accept that we are living in a simulation.
July 4, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Ok. Fine. I finally accept that we are living in a simulation.
"Equity-washing" is the story private equity tells to align a worker's loyalty with an investor's short-term profit motive. It offers the feeling of ownership to motivate the workforce. A bonus for workers, while the temporary owners keep the long-term wealth.
www.delta-fund.org/post/equity-...
www.delta-fund.org/post/equity-...
Equity-Washing: KKR, Ownership Works and The Polished New Face of Corporate Greed
"Equity-Washing" is a predatory PR strategy, not a revolution in worker empowerment. Private equity giants like KKR use the language of "shared ownership" as a cynical ploy to boost their reputation a...
www.delta-fund.org
July 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"Equity-washing" is the story private equity tells to align a worker's loyalty with an investor's short-term profit motive. It offers the feeling of ownership to motivate the workforce. A bonus for workers, while the temporary owners keep the long-term wealth.
www.delta-fund.org/post/equity-...
www.delta-fund.org/post/equity-...
Desantis says it's ok to run over protesters...
June 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Desantis says it's ok to run over protesters...
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I love you Seattle. #abolishice #nokings
June 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I love you Seattle. #abolishice #nokings
