Apparently this requires restating: We should not want a European Palantir. We should not want an open-source Palantir. We should not want a non-commercial Palantir. If it is supposed to do what Palantir does, we should not want it. And I don't care to what extent Palantir's products are shaped by political or profit motives. We know enough to reject its logic altogether.
After reading his book, I am very much moved by the release of Mikola Dziadok from Belarusian prison.
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Anarchist Black Cross Belarus (@abcbelarus@kolektiva.social)
Attached: 1 image Today, anarchist Mikalai Dziadok was released and deported from Belarus to Lithuania. He was just met by comrades in Vilnius. Up...
 He has already spent over ten years in prison (while being slightly younger than me). And his book is testament to an incredibly fearless, courageous and compassionate mind:
Mikola Dziadok: The Colours of the Parallel World
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 His case is not an isolated one, so I am even more glad that through his writing I got access to and started to care about political prisoners more generally. (1/3)
Digital sovereignty without techno-nationalism and an ambitious understanding of more democratic technology? It is always such a pleasure to listen to Cecilia Rikap! 🫶 She conveys that we should not just demand governments to “get off Big Tech” and “build local data centres”, but also to go beyond the capitalist paradigm. Uruguay seems an interesting example among various others. Finally managed to listen to her episode with Paris on @Paris Marx 👇
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Why Countries Must Fight For Digital Sovereignty w/ Cecilia Rikap - Tech Won’t Save Us