#governments — Public Fediverse posts

We need to talk about #metadata and the free-market ideology behind how it's treated.

Some people say, "metadata isn't real data." In reality, it's often more revealing. It maps relationships, movements, habits, interests and communities. That's why both #governments and the #dotcons are so eager to collect it.

If you think none of this matters because we're "just individuals in a marketplace" rather than members of a society, you've already absorbed the logic of the #deathcult.

The first step to changing course is naming the poison.

#OMN #4opens #openweb #Privacy

We need to talk about #metadata and the free-market ideology behind how it's treated.

Some people say, "metadata isn't real data." In reality, it's often more revealing. It maps relationships, movements, habits, interests and communities. That's why both #governments and the #dotcons are so eager to collect it.

If you think none of this matters because we're "just individuals in a marketplace" rather than members of a society, you've already absorbed the logic of the #deathcult.

The first step to changing course is naming the poison.

#OMN #4opens #openweb #Privacy

We need to talk about #metadata and the free-market ideology behind how it's treated.

Some people say, "metadata isn't real data." In reality, it's often more revealing. It maps relationships, movements, habits, interests and communities. That's why both #governments and the #dotcons are so eager to collect it.

If you think none of this matters because we're "just individuals in a marketplace" rather than members of a society, you've already absorbed the logic of the #deathcult.

The first step to changing course is naming the poison.

#OMN #4opens #openweb #Privacy

We need to talk about #metadata and the free-market ideology behind how it's treated.

Some people say, "metadata isn't real data." In reality, it's often more revealing. It maps relationships, movements, habits, interests and communities. That's why both #governments and the #dotcons are so eager to collect it.

If you think none of this matters because we're "just individuals in a marketplace" rather than members of a society, you've already absorbed the logic of the #deathcult.

The first step to changing course is naming the poison.

#OMN #4opens #openweb #Privacy

We need to talk about #metadata and the free-market ideology behind how it's treated.

Some people say, "metadata isn't real data." In reality, it's often more revealing. It maps relationships, movements, habits, interests and communities. That's why both #governments and the #dotcons are so eager to collect it.

If you think none of this matters because we're "just individuals in a marketplace" rather than members of a society, you've already absorbed the logic of the #deathcult.

The first step to changing course is naming the poison.

#OMN #4opens #openweb #Privacy

https://www.europesays.com/ie/597181/ Government’s $60m handout for Fletcher Building’s NZ cement production is a quick fix, but not a good one – Kate MacNamara #60m #because #building #Buildings #Business #but #cant #cement #cheque #compete #cutting #Economy #Éire #field #fix #fletcher #for #Golden #good #Government #governments #handout #IE #imports #Ireland #is #kate #level #macnamara #million #Not #nz #one #owned #Playing #production #quick #subsidiary #theres #wholly #with

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/20/canada-air-quality-warnings-us-wildfire-smoke-trump-tariffs. It seems that #airpollution has now become a mere #political football, & neither the #US nor the #Canadian #governments care tuppence about #Climatechange & its #consequences, @GeraldKutney.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/20/canada-air-quality-warnings-us-wildfire-smoke-trump-tariffs. It seems that #airpollution has now become a mere #political football, & neither the #US nor the #Canadian #governments care tuppence about #Climatechange & its #consequences, @GeraldKutney.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/20/canada-air-quality-warnings-us-wildfire-smoke-trump-tariffs. It seems that #airpollution has now become a mere #political football, & neither the #US nor the #Canadian #governments care tuppence about #Climatechange & its #consequences, @GeraldKutney.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/20/canada-air-quality-warnings-us-wildfire-smoke-trump-tariffs. It seems that #airpollution has now become a mere #political football, & neither the #US nor the #Canadian #governments care tuppence about #Climatechange & its #consequences, @GeraldKutney.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/20/canada-air-quality-warnings-us-wildfire-smoke-trump-tariffs. It seems that #airpollution has now become a mere #political football, & neither the #US nor the #Canadian #governments care tuppence about #Climatechange & its #consequences, @GeraldKutney.

Lot of talk about #AI profitability. Massive amounts of money going in. Businesses using it and not making money. Etc etc. Doesn't matter. #Governments want it. #Surveillance technology depends on it. Doesn't matter if it's wrong now and then. Mostly right will be good enough. Get used to it.

Lot of talk about #AI profitability. Massive amounts of money going in. Businesses using it and not making money. Etc etc. Doesn't matter. #Governments want it. #Surveillance technology depends on it. Doesn't matter if it's wrong now and then. Mostly right will be good enough. Get used to it.

Lot of talk about #AI profitability. Massive amounts of money going in. Businesses using it and not making money. Etc etc. Doesn't matter. #Governments want it. #Surveillance technology depends on it. Doesn't matter if it's wrong now and then. Mostly right will be good enough. Get used to it.

Lot of talk about #AI profitability. Massive amounts of money going in. Businesses using it and not making money. Etc etc. Doesn't matter. #Governments want it. #Surveillance technology depends on it. Doesn't matter if it's wrong now and then. Mostly right will be good enough. Get used to it.

@collective_truth RE: "Perhaps we never had proper control and were working in sub-territories & small bubbles of what is still overall #authoritarian #hierarchical work for #governments / prefectures" 👈🏻 Oooh, is there a reason why you left organisations out of the mess they have created themselves in the first place?

I don't know many democratic orgs. that have survived from over the course of the last 30 years I've been in this industry 😢. Have you?

.cc @NebulaTide @mariafarrell

@collective_truth RE: "Perhaps we never had proper control and were working in sub-territories & small bubbles of what is still overall #authoritarian #hierarchical work for #governments / prefectures" 👈🏻 Oooh, is there a reason why you left organisations out of the mess they have created themselves in the first place?

I don't know many democratic orgs. that have survived from over the course of the last 30 years I've been in this industry 😢. Have you?

.cc @NebulaTide @mariafarrell

@collective_truth RE: "Perhaps we never had proper control and were working in sub-territories & small bubbles of what is still overall #authoritarian #hierarchical work for #governments / prefectures" 👈🏻 Oooh, is there a reason why you left organisations out of the mess they have created themselves in the first place?

I don't know many democratic orgs. that have survived from over the course of the last 30 years I've been in this industry 😢. Have you?

.cc @NebulaTide @mariafarrell

@collective_truth RE: "Perhaps we never had proper control and were working in sub-territories & small bubbles of what is still overall #authoritarian #hierarchical work for #governments / prefectures" 👈🏻 Oooh, is there a reason why you left organisations out of the mess they have created themselves in the first place?

I don't know many democratic orgs. that have survived from over the course of the last 30 years I've been in this industry 😢. Have you?

.cc @NebulaTide @mariafarrell

@NebulaTide @elsua54 @mariafarrell Maybe we never had control from the beginning?

Being slaves of some sort may be natural (like a child needing to follow)...

Perhaps we never had proper control and were working in sub-territories & small bubbles of what is still overall #authoritarian #hierarchical work for #governments / prefectures.

i.e. The #fascistic or army style divisions used to reap / take more than give people something as #reasoned control and #care.

(Said in a positive tone).

@NebulaTide @elsua54 @mariafarrell Maybe we never had control from the beginning?

Being slaves of some sort may be natural (like a child needing to follow)...

Perhaps we never had proper control and were working in sub-territories & small bubbles of what is still overall #authoritarian #hierarchical work for #governments / prefectures.

i.e. The #fascistic or army style divisions used to reap / take more than give people something as #reasoned control and #care.

(Said in a positive tone).

@NebulaTide @elsua54 @mariafarrell Maybe we never had control from the beginning?

Being slaves of some sort may be natural (like a child needing to follow)...

Perhaps we never had proper control and were working in sub-territories & small bubbles of what is still overall #authoritarian #hierarchical work for #governments / prefectures.

i.e. The #fascistic or army style divisions used to reap / take more than give people something as #reasoned control and #care.

(Said in a positive tone).

@NebulaTide @elsua54 @mariafarrell Maybe we never had control from the beginning?

Being slaves of some sort may be natural (like a child needing to follow)...

Perhaps we never had proper control and were working in sub-territories & small bubbles of what is still overall #authoritarian #hierarchical work for #governments / prefectures.

i.e. The #fascistic or army style divisions used to reap / take more than give people something as #reasoned control and #care.

(Said in a positive tone).

@NebulaTide @elsua54 @mariafarrell Maybe we never had control from the beginning?

Being slaves of some sort may be natural (like a child needing to follow)...

Perhaps we never had proper control and were working in sub-territories & small bubbles of what is still overall #authoritarian #hierarchical work for #governments / prefectures.

i.e. The #fascistic or army style divisions used to reap / take more than give people something as #reasoned control and #care.

(Said in a positive tone).

RE: https://mastodon.nz/@dayvblack/116818810472357241

'... #rightwing #governments in the #UK and around the world that have focused on #cost-cutting and running down the #public sphere in favour of private provision have neglected and in some cases destroyed #community #amenities, and communities with them. Shared spaces, Mazzucato makes clear in her book, are at the heart of any idea of the common good. “It’s investing in those collective structures,” she says.

Arsenal FC also run children’s football teams and training sessions around north London, an example of the common good in action. “My kids all used to play [at nearby pitches] there on Friday nights, and I used to almost cry when I’d go there. You just see hundreds of kids and their parents, lots of them from the local estates, and I used to think, imagine if this was normal, imagine if this was everywhere, people had a place to go,” she says. “It’s not that it would solve #crime, but I literally would bet that if you made a kind of Marshall plan #investment in soccer pitches, public #libraries, public pools, and made it beautiful, you would see #health benefits and lower crime and a lower #cost to the state. We shouldn’t just do it because it’s good for people – which is the reason to do it – but it also costs you less, ultimately.”'

RE: https://mastodon.nz/@dayvblack/116818810472357241

'... #rightwing #governments in the #UK and around the world that have focused on #cost-cutting and running down the #public sphere in favour of private provision have neglected and in some cases destroyed #community #amenities, and communities with them. Shared spaces, Mazzucato makes clear in her book, are at the heart of any idea of the common good. “It’s investing in those collective structures,” she says.

Arsenal FC also run children’s football teams and training sessions around north London, an example of the common good in action. “My kids all used to play [at nearby pitches] there on Friday nights, and I used to almost cry when I’d go there. You just see hundreds of kids and their parents, lots of them from the local estates, and I used to think, imagine if this was normal, imagine if this was everywhere, people had a place to go,” she says. “It’s not that it would solve #crime, but I literally would bet that if you made a kind of Marshall plan #investment in soccer pitches, public #libraries, public pools, and made it beautiful, you would see #health benefits and lower crime and a lower #cost to the state. We shouldn’t just do it because it’s good for people – which is the reason to do it – but it also costs you less, ultimately.”'

RE: https://mastodon.nz/@dayvblack/116818810472357241

'... #rightwing #governments in the #UK and around the world that have focused on #cost-cutting and running down the #public sphere in favour of private provision have neglected and in some cases destroyed #community #amenities, and communities with them. Shared spaces, Mazzucato makes clear in her book, are at the heart of any idea of the common good. “It’s investing in those collective structures,” she says.

Arsenal FC also run children’s football teams and training sessions around north London, an example of the common good in action. “My kids all used to play [at nearby pitches] there on Friday nights, and I used to almost cry when I’d go there. You just see hundreds of kids and their parents, lots of them from the local estates, and I used to think, imagine if this was normal, imagine if this was everywhere, people had a place to go,” she says. “It’s not that it would solve #crime, but I literally would bet that if you made a kind of Marshall plan #investment in soccer pitches, public #libraries, public pools, and made it beautiful, you would see #health benefits and lower crime and a lower #cost to the state. We shouldn’t just do it because it’s good for people – which is the reason to do it – but it also costs you less, ultimately.”'

RE: https://mastodon.nz/@dayvblack/116818810472357241

'... #rightwing #governments in the #UK and around the world that have focused on #cost-cutting and running down the #public sphere in favour of private provision have neglected and in some cases destroyed #community #amenities, and communities with them. Shared spaces, Mazzucato makes clear in her book, are at the heart of any idea of the common good. “It’s investing in those collective structures,” she says.

Arsenal FC also run children’s football teams and training sessions around north London, an example of the common good in action. “My kids all used to play [at nearby pitches] there on Friday nights, and I used to almost cry when I’d go there. You just see hundreds of kids and their parents, lots of them from the local estates, and I used to think, imagine if this was normal, imagine if this was everywhere, people had a place to go,” she says. “It’s not that it would solve #crime, but I literally would bet that if you made a kind of Marshall plan #investment in soccer pitches, public #libraries, public pools, and made it beautiful, you would see #health benefits and lower crime and a lower #cost to the state. We shouldn’t just do it because it’s good for people – which is the reason to do it – but it also costs you less, ultimately.”'

RE: https://mastodon.nz/@dayvblack/116818810472357241

'... #rightwing #governments in the #UK and around the world that have focused on #cost-cutting and running down the #public sphere in favour of private provision have neglected and in some cases destroyed #community #amenities, and communities with them. Shared spaces, Mazzucato makes clear in her book, are at the heart of any idea of the common good. “It’s investing in those collective structures,” she says.

Arsenal FC also run children’s football teams and training sessions around north London, an example of the common good in action. “My kids all used to play [at nearby pitches] there on Friday nights, and I used to almost cry when I’d go there. You just see hundreds of kids and their parents, lots of them from the local estates, and I used to think, imagine if this was normal, imagine if this was everywhere, people had a place to go,” she says. “It’s not that it would solve #crime, but I literally would bet that if you made a kind of Marshall plan #investment in soccer pitches, public #libraries, public pools, and made it beautiful, you would see #health benefits and lower crime and a lower #cost to the state. We shouldn’t just do it because it’s good for people – which is the reason to do it – but it also costs you less, ultimately.”'

“In keeping with the #neoliberal approach that has dominated #economic #policymaking for the past half-century, #governments have generally been expected to intervene only after #markets fail. But when it comes to #AI, a wait-and-see approach could prove catastrophic.”

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3mqrtuylt522w

“In keeping with the #neoliberal approach that has dominated #economic #policymaking for the past half-century, #governments have generally been expected to intervene only after #markets fail. But when it comes to #AI, a wait-and-see approach could prove catastrophic.”

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3mqrtuylt522w

“In keeping with the #neoliberal approach that has dominated #economic #policymaking for the past half-century, #governments have generally been expected to intervene only after #markets fail. But when it comes to #AI, a wait-and-see approach could prove catastrophic.”

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3mqrtuylt522w

“In keeping with the #neoliberal approach that has dominated #economic #policymaking for the past half-century, #governments have generally been expected to intervene only after #markets fail. But when it comes to #AI, a wait-and-see approach could prove catastrophic.”

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3mqrtuylt522w

“In keeping with the #neoliberal approach that has dominated #economic #policymaking for the past half-century, #governments have generally been expected to intervene only after #markets fail. But when it comes to #AI, a wait-and-see approach could prove catastrophic.”

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3mqrtuylt522w

https://www.europesays.com/africa/329749/ Ethiopia, Turkiye back Africa climate agenda #academia #AddisAbaba #CivilSociety #Ethiopia #EthiopianGovernment #governments #InternationalOrganisations #LocalAuthorities #MrAğırbaşAndGedionTimothewos #ZeroWasteFoundation

@KimPerales #Grow out of it: boost #GDP so #debt becomes easier to carry. This is cleanest route, but it needs strong #growth

#Austerity: cut spending and raise taxes to shrink deficits. This can work, but it often slows the economy and can worsen debt short term.

#Inflation: let prices rise faster than debt. reduces the real value of fixed debt, especially if the debt is in the local currency.

#Financialrepression: keep interest rates artificially low + steer savings into #gov bonds, so debt is cheap to roll over.

#Restructuring or default: change terms, extend maturities, cut principal, or stop paying part of debt.

#Debtmonetization: central bank buys gov debt, effectively financing the state with money creation. can relieve pressure, but risks inflation or currency loss.

#Capitalcontrols / exchange-rate tools: reduce chance of money fleeing the country, especially when debt is in foreign currency.

#War time or emergency #taxation

In practice, #governments usually mix these.

@KimPerales #Grow out of it: boost #GDP so #debt becomes easier to carry. This is cleanest route, but it needs strong #growth

#Austerity: cut spending and raise taxes to shrink deficits. This can work, but it often slows the economy and can worsen debt short term.

#Inflation: let prices rise faster than debt. reduces the real value of fixed debt, especially if the debt is in the local currency.

#Financialrepression: keep interest rates artificially low + steer savings into #gov bonds, so debt is cheap to roll over.

#Restructuring or default: change terms, extend maturities, cut principal, or stop paying part of debt.

#Debtmonetization: central bank buys gov debt, effectively financing the state with money creation. can relieve pressure, but risks inflation or currency loss.

#Capitalcontrols / exchange-rate tools: reduce chance of money fleeing the country, especially when debt is in foreign currency.

#War time or emergency #taxation

In practice, #governments usually mix these.

@KimPerales #Grow out of it: boost #GDP so #debt becomes easier to carry. This is cleanest route, but it needs strong #growth

#Austerity: cut spending and raise taxes to shrink deficits. This can work, but it often slows the economy and can worsen debt short term.

#Inflation: let prices rise faster than debt. reduces the real value of fixed debt, especially if the debt is in the local currency.

#Financialrepression: keep interest rates artificially low + steer savings into #gov bonds, so debt is cheap to roll over.

#Restructuring or default: change terms, extend maturities, cut principal, or stop paying part of debt.

#Debtmonetization: central bank buys gov debt, effectively financing the state with money creation. can relieve pressure, but risks inflation or currency loss.

#Capitalcontrols / exchange-rate tools: reduce chance of money fleeing the country, especially when debt is in foreign currency.

#War time or emergency #taxation

In practice, #governments usually mix these.

@KimPerales #Grow out of it: boost #GDP so #debt becomes easier to carry. This is cleanest route, but it needs strong #growth

#Austerity: cut spending and raise taxes to shrink deficits. This can work, but it often slows the economy and can worsen debt short term.

#Inflation: let prices rise faster than debt. reduces the real value of fixed debt, especially if the debt is in the local currency.

#Financialrepression: keep interest rates artificially low + steer savings into #gov bonds, so debt is cheap to roll over.

#Restructuring or default: change terms, extend maturities, cut principal, or stop paying part of debt.

#Debtmonetization: central bank buys gov debt, effectively financing the state with money creation. can relieve pressure, but risks inflation or currency loss.

#Capitalcontrols / exchange-rate tools: reduce chance of money fleeing the country, especially when debt is in foreign currency.

#War time or emergency #taxation

In practice, #governments usually mix these.

@KimPerales #Grow out of it: boost #GDP so #debt becomes easier to carry. This is cleanest route, but it needs strong #growth

#Austerity: cut spending and raise taxes to shrink deficits. This can work, but it often slows the economy and can worsen debt short term.

#Inflation: let prices rise faster than debt. reduces the real value of fixed debt, especially if the debt is in the local currency.

#Financialrepression: keep interest rates artificially low + steer savings into #gov bonds, so debt is cheap to roll over.

#Restructuring or default: change terms, extend maturities, cut principal, or stop paying part of debt.

#Debtmonetization: central bank buys gov debt, effectively financing the state with money creation. can relieve pressure, but risks inflation or currency loss.

#Capitalcontrols / exchange-rate tools: reduce chance of money fleeing the country, especially when debt is in foreign currency.

#War time or emergency #taxation

In practice, #governments usually mix these.

The German Association of Cities (Deutscher Städtetag) fears that planned cuts to the Housing Benefit (Wohngeld) will impose an additional burden on local gover... https://news.osna.fm/?p=54793 | #news #burden #costs #feared #governments

The German Association of Cities (Deutscher Städtetag) fears that planned cuts to the Housing Benefit (Wohngeld) will impose an additional burden on local gover... https://news.osna.fm/?p=54793 | #news #burden #costs #feared #governments

The German Association of Cities (Deutscher Städtetag) fears that planned cuts to the Housing Benefit (Wohngeld) will impose an additional burden on local gover... https://news.osna.fm/?p=54793 | #news #burden #costs #feared #governments

Ricarda Lang, a former politician from the Green Party and social policy expert, has strongly criticized the government's reform plans concerning parental allow... https://news.osna.fm/?p=54484 | #news #cuts #demands #elterngeld #governments

Ricarda Lang, a former politician from the Green Party and social policy expert, has strongly criticized the government's reform plans concerning parental allow... https://news.osna.fm/?p=54484 | #news #cuts #demands #elterngeld #governments

Ricarda Lang, a former politician from the Green Party and social policy expert, has strongly criticized the government's reform plans concerning parental allow... https://news.osna.fm/?p=54484 | #news #cuts #demands #elterngeld #governments

The true cost of #AI #scams isn’t financial - it's human
"Its called #cognitive #hacking.. tt, if not controlled & contained, wld eventually become so good u won't be able to distinguish truth fr falsehood. It'll destroy te trust & faith in institutions & people.. & u can't rely on tech cos to solve te prob.. #Governments & int'l org's need to be more actively involved in how AI #technology develops & to what purpose.. There's urgency to tackle it b4.. it'll be too late"🤦‍♂️
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/ai-deepfake-iswaran-interview-scam-cost-6224366

The true cost of #AI #scams isn’t financial - it's human
"Its called #cognitive #hacking.. tt, if not controlled & contained, wld eventually become so good u won't be able to distinguish truth fr falsehood. It'll destroy te trust & faith in institutions & people.. & u can't rely on tech cos to solve te prob.. #Governments & int'l org's need to be more actively involved in how AI #technology develops & to what purpose.. There's urgency to tackle it b4.. it'll be too late"🤦‍♂️
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/ai-deepfake-iswaran-interview-scam-cost-6224366

The true cost of #AI #scams isn’t financial - it's human
"Its called #cognitive #hacking.. tt, if not controlled & contained, wld eventually become so good u won't be able to distinguish truth fr falsehood. It'll destroy te trust & faith in institutions & people.. & u can't rely on tech cos to solve te prob.. #Governments & int'l org's need to be more actively involved in how AI #technology develops & to what purpose.. There's urgency to tackle it b4.. it'll be too late"🤦‍♂️
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/ai-deepfake-iswaran-interview-scam-cost-6224366

The true cost of #AI #scams isn’t financial - it's human
"Its called #cognitive #hacking.. tt, if not controlled & contained, wld eventually become so good u won't be able to distinguish truth fr falsehood. It'll destroy te trust & faith in institutions & people.. & u can't rely on tech cos to solve te prob.. #Governments & int'l org's need to be more actively involved in how AI #technology develops & to what purpose.. There's urgency to tackle it b4.. it'll be too late"🤦‍♂️
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/ai-deepfake-iswaran-interview-scam-cost-6224366