WTF is Canada doing?? From privacy stalwart to surveillance state??

Michael Geist

The Lawful Access Two-Headed Surveillance Monster: How Bill C-22 Went Off the Rails - Michael Geist

The government’s plans for lawful access have gone off the rails. In recent days, Signal has warned it would pull out of the Canadian market rath...

doing some playing and my buddy Claude spit out some nutrional labels...

A fantastic read.

Solve Everything

@PeterDiamandis @alexwg #abundance #ai

"How do we rebuild all of our institutions for the 21st century?" - @salimismail That's the question - we are in a time of deep flux and radical change. What is next? #decentralization #exponentials

In a prior life, we were working on decentralized systems for military/dual use (e.g. search and rescue). We learned this: When you think a single piece of information may be your advantage, you control the flow of information. Control is hard to let go of. The new reality (and this was known decades ago) is that information FLOW is your advantage. It is about how MUCH information moves, how FAST it moves and how quickly you DECIDE & ACT on it. With AI this is becoming very clear. When you mix in a kinetic exercise with 10 people taking out 10,000 you get the signal you needed to teach the old-school folks that... the information must flow

WSJ: Ukrainian military “defeated” NATO troops with drones during exercises with allies

During exercises involving NATO militaries, Ukrainian fighters effectively defeated Alliance troops using drones. This showed that NATO is not read...

Definitely some good thinking here. Why Nothing Brings You Joy Anymore - Alan Watts

Author concludes with this point. I would add “…and do they want us to know?”

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Darrell ODonnell (@darrellodonnell)

@sankarshan concludes with this point. I would add “…and do they want us to know?’

Political Capitalism. This is the thing we are up against. “Political capitalism is the capitalism you get when the cheapest, most reliable way to improve your rate of profit is to invest in the political process, to get favorable regulation, pork barrel government contracts, and cash bailouts.” ‘“capitalists have gone from profit-seekers to rent-seekers…”’

Pluralistic: Metabolizing the theory of “political capitalism” (06 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Working with "my buddy Claude" on some identity-adjacent stuff in VS Code. There is some irony to this...

Yup. Most private browser. Perfect privacies… Sure…

Ars Technica

This browser claims “perfect privacies protection,” but it acts like malware

Researchers note links to Asia’s booming cybercrime and illegal gambling networks.

Foundations: - identity - communications - payments - trusted data

Do #nostr apps receive a portion of the Zaps that I send (or receive? No: should/could they? Yes: should/could they? I want the best UX and am willing to pay - directly (already doing it) and indirectly.

Digital Threat Modelling Under Authoritarianism

Schneier on Security

Digital Threat Modeling Under Authoritarianism - Schneier on Security

Today’s world requires us to make complex and nuanced decisions about our digital security. Evaluating when to use a secure messaging app lik...

Human Attention > Machine Attention But how much greater???

Seth Godin's This is Strategy is one of the best, and most actionable, books on strategy. Especially as it applies to things that are changing the world (hint: #nostr #bitcoin).

Very true. Drives a lot of our thinking at Ayra.

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