New — Edward "Big Balls" Coristine of DOGE now has digital access to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), an agency source has confirmed to me.
February 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
New — Edward "Big Balls" Coristine of DOGE now has digital access to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), an agency source has confirmed to me.
March 30, 2024 at 11:31 AM
microsoft have essentially bought up and bulldozed almost an entire american arts industry as a half-hearted distraction from their main project of trying to monopolise and rent-seek global digital infrastructure and military contracts
September 22, 2026 at 2:40 PM
microsoft have essentially bought up and bulldozed almost an entire american arts industry as a half-hearted distraction from their main project of trying to monopolise and rent-seek global digital infrastructure and military contracts
Oligarchs have always been a threat, but tech oligarchs represent a new level of danger.
Their wealth dwarfs historical tycoons and their control over algorithms allows them to curate human reality.
They own the digital infrastructure of thought
Their wealth dwarfs historical tycoons and their control over algorithms allows them to curate human reality.
They own the digital infrastructure of thought
April 24, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Oligarchs have always been a threat, but tech oligarchs represent a new level of danger.
Their wealth dwarfs historical tycoons and their control over algorithms allows them to curate human reality.
They own the digital infrastructure of thought
Their wealth dwarfs historical tycoons and their control over algorithms allows them to curate human reality.
They own the digital infrastructure of thought
The Palantir employees warn: this isn’t theoretical. The infrastructure for digital authoritarianism is being built right now, and Palantir is playing a central role.
July 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The Palantir employees warn: this isn’t theoretical. The infrastructure for digital authoritarianism is being built right now, and Palantir is playing a central role.
Denmark’s Ministry of Digital Government is phasing out its use of Microsoft Office.. to switch to open source alternatives like LibreOffice instead.
Why? Because relying too heavily on a US tech giant for your nation’s digital infrastructure is starting to feel a bit... well, risky.
Why? Because relying too heavily on a US tech giant for your nation’s digital infrastructure is starting to feel a bit... well, risky.
June 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Denmark’s Ministry of Digital Government is phasing out its use of Microsoft Office.. to switch to open source alternatives like LibreOffice instead.
Why? Because relying too heavily on a US tech giant for your nation’s digital infrastructure is starting to feel a bit... well, risky.
Why? Because relying too heavily on a US tech giant for your nation’s digital infrastructure is starting to feel a bit... well, risky.
It’s bad that open source digital public infrastructure projects are under attack.
Mastodon.social is being DDoS right now. That's bad. It was bad when Bluesky was DDoSed. It's bad when open social platforms are attacked.
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April 20, 2026 at 1:39 PM
It’s bad that open source digital public infrastructure projects are under attack.
The digital infrastructure of the United States Government is both critical and fragile. Many of us who work in digital government have been trying to figure out what’s going on as norms and protocols are being subverted — Thread on some of what we know so far:
February 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The digital infrastructure of the United States Government is both critical and fragile. Many of us who work in digital government have been trying to figure out what’s going on as norms and protocols are being subverted — Thread on some of what we know so far:
no to digital ID
yes to HOG INFRASTRUCTURE 🦔
yes to HOG INFRASTRUCTURE 🦔
July 24, 2026 at 1:30 PM
no to digital ID
yes to HOG INFRASTRUCTURE 🦔
yes to HOG INFRASTRUCTURE 🦔
Pix is not a product. It’s public digital infrastructure. By using an open protocol architecture, Brazil gave its Central Bank the ability to govern the ecosystem, not tech giants or payment companies. That’s sovereignty in action +
July 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Pix is not a product. It’s public digital infrastructure. By using an open protocol architecture, Brazil gave its Central Bank the ability to govern the ecosystem, not tech giants or payment companies. That’s sovereignty in action +
One of the hardest problems of digital identity infrastructure is bad vibes
April 16, 2024 at 12:19 AM
One of the hardest problems of digital identity infrastructure is bad vibes
France is switching from Microsoft to Linux
"We must become less reliant on American tools and regain control of our digital destiny. We can no longer accept that our data, our infrastructure, our strategic decisions depend on solutions whose rules, pricing, evolution, and risks we do not control."
"We must become less reliant on American tools and regain control of our digital destiny. We can no longer accept that our data, our infrastructure, our strategic decisions depend on solutions whose rules, pricing, evolution, and risks we do not control."
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April 12, 2026 at 8:48 PM
France is switching from Microsoft to Linux
"We must become less reliant on American tools and regain control of our digital destiny. We can no longer accept that our data, our infrastructure, our strategic decisions depend on solutions whose rules, pricing, evolution, and risks we do not control."
"We must become less reliant on American tools and regain control of our digital destiny. We can no longer accept that our data, our infrastructure, our strategic decisions depend on solutions whose rules, pricing, evolution, and risks we do not control."
(8/11) Now, we’re going back to the Bazaar. But this time you’re not up against a shopkeeper. You’re up against a massive digital infrastructure calculating your personal price tolerance.
February 11, 2026 at 8:41 PM
(8/11) Now, we’re going back to the Bazaar. But this time you’re not up against a shopkeeper. You’re up against a massive digital infrastructure calculating your personal price tolerance.
Iran-linked hackers are already going after American infrastructure:
Iran-Linked Hackers Are Sabotaging US Energy and Water Infrastructure
As Trump threatens Iranian infrastructure, the US government warns that Iran has carried out its own digital attacks against US critical infrastructure.
www.wired.com
April 7, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Iran-linked hackers are already going after American infrastructure:
We need a UK Digital Sovereignty Strategy!
Our over-reliance on foreign tech giants is a huge risk to our security and resilience when faced with Donald Trump’s ever increasing belligerence.
Companies like Palantir have no place in our critical digital infrastructure.
Our over-reliance on foreign tech giants is a huge risk to our security and resilience when faced with Donald Trump’s ever increasing belligerence.
Companies like Palantir have no place in our critical digital infrastructure.
February 6, 2026 at 5:20 PM
We need a UK Digital Sovereignty Strategy!
Our over-reliance on foreign tech giants is a huge risk to our security and resilience when faced with Donald Trump’s ever increasing belligerence.
Companies like Palantir have no place in our critical digital infrastructure.
Our over-reliance on foreign tech giants is a huge risk to our security and resilience when faced with Donald Trump’s ever increasing belligerence.
Companies like Palantir have no place in our critical digital infrastructure.
People don’t understand how fragile our water infrastructure is. I’ve had contaminated water in the last six years. I’ve had my water co. hijacked for digital ransom. We are in perpetual near drought conditions... in NC, not AZ. AI boosters use pedantry about water use as an accountability shield.
I think we need to differentiate between “AI uses a lot of water!” (not necessarily bad on its own) and “AI stresses local water supplies” (a potentially real issue). The distinction is important because even “modest” use can cause serious issues, especially given the locations of data centers
September 27, 2026 at 5:19 PM
People don’t understand how fragile our water infrastructure is. I’ve had contaminated water in the last six years. I’ve had my water co. hijacked for digital ransom. We are in perpetual near drought conditions... in NC, not AZ. AI boosters use pedantry about water use as an accountability shield.
it's pretty unfathomably shitty when the planet's entire digital and financial infrastructure is like entirely under the control of the monopoly of a few US corporations
July 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
it's pretty unfathomably shitty when the planet's entire digital and financial infrastructure is like entirely under the control of the monopoly of a few US corporations
Defense Intelligence of Ukraine cyber specialists have attacked Gazprom’s infrastructure, Ukrainian media Babel reports.
They carried out a DDoS attack on the digital infrastructure of some of Russia’s largest energy companies—Gazprom and Gazprom Neft.
They carried out a DDoS attack on the digital infrastructure of some of Russia’s largest energy companies—Gazprom and Gazprom Neft.
January 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Defense Intelligence of Ukraine cyber specialists have attacked Gazprom’s infrastructure, Ukrainian media Babel reports.
They carried out a DDoS attack on the digital infrastructure of some of Russia’s largest energy companies—Gazprom and Gazprom Neft.
They carried out a DDoS attack on the digital infrastructure of some of Russia’s largest energy companies—Gazprom and Gazprom Neft.
As Trump threatens Iranian infrastructure, the US government warns that Iran has carried out its own digital attacks against US critical infrastructure. www.wired.com/story/iran-l...
Iran-Linked Hackers Are Sabotaging US Energy and Water Infrastructure
As Trump threatens Iranian infrastructure, the US government warns that Iran has carried out its own digital attacks against US critical infrastructure.
www.wired.com
April 7, 2026 at 8:16 PM
As Trump threatens Iranian infrastructure, the US government warns that Iran has carried out its own digital attacks against US critical infrastructure. www.wired.com/story/iran-l...
*laughs in archivist* anyone who thinks it's all been digitized is out of their goddamn mind. We don't have the staff, resources, or digital infrastructure to digitize, store, check, and maintain at preservations standards a digital copy of every single item in our collections.
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
December 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
*laughs in archivist* anyone who thinks it's all been digitized is out of their goddamn mind. We don't have the staff, resources, or digital infrastructure to digitize, store, check, and maintain at preservations standards a digital copy of every single item in our collections.
Mark Carney has laid out a vision to protect Canada's digital sovereignty by building our own infrastructure. It would keep our digital information and computing independent from foreign govts, laws, and tech and include domestic data centres, networks, and cloud/local computing.
Beautiful!
Beautiful!
September 15, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Mark Carney has laid out a vision to protect Canada's digital sovereignty by building our own infrastructure. It would keep our digital information and computing independent from foreign govts, laws, and tech and include domestic data centres, networks, and cloud/local computing.
Beautiful!
Beautiful!
I feel like people broadly have not reckoned with who owns digital infrastructure. Just like, in general
"They can just get rid of you:" Queer nightclubs in L.A. get erased from Facebook & Instagram - Queerty www.queerty.com/they-can-jus...
"They can just get rid of you:" Queer nightclubs in L.A. get erased from Facebook & Instagram - Queerty
The bars saw their pages reinstated after outcry.
www.queerty.com
September 27, 2026 at 7:14 PM
I feel like people broadly have not reckoned with who owns digital infrastructure. Just like, in general