Darrell O’Donnell

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