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  1. Ah, the sweet, melodramatic cry of #monopolists realizing their castle walls were made of tissue paper all along! 😂 Who knew that a bunch of scrappy, open-source AI models could barge in and wreck the party faster than you can say "valuation collapse"? 🏰💥 Looks like the only moat around here is filled with the tears of disillusioned investors. 💸💧
    warman.life/blog/2026-04-27-th #open-sourceAI #valuationcollapse #techhumor #investmenttears #HackerNews #ngated

  2. Ah, the sweet, melodramatic cry of #monopolists realizing their castle walls were made of tissue paper all along! 😂 Who knew that a bunch of scrappy, open-source AI models could barge in and wreck the party faster than you can say "valuation collapse"? 🏰💥 Looks like the only moat around here is filled with the tears of disillusioned investors. 💸💧
    warman.life/blog/2026-04-27-th #open-sourceAI #valuationcollapse #techhumor #investmenttears #HackerNews #ngated

  3. Ah, the sweet, melodramatic cry of #monopolists realizing their castle walls were made of tissue paper all along! 😂 Who knew that a bunch of scrappy, open-source AI models could barge in and wreck the party faster than you can say "valuation collapse"? 🏰💥 Looks like the only moat around here is filled with the tears of disillusioned investors. 💸💧
    warman.life/blog/2026-04-27-th #open-sourceAI #valuationcollapse #techhumor #investmenttears #HackerNews #ngated

  4. Ah, the sweet, melodramatic cry of #monopolists realizing their castle walls were made of tissue paper all along! 😂 Who knew that a bunch of scrappy, open-source AI models could barge in and wreck the party faster than you can say "valuation collapse"? 🏰💥 Looks like the only moat around here is filled with the tears of disillusioned investors. 💸💧
    warman.life/blog/2026-04-27-th #open-sourceAI #valuationcollapse #techhumor #investmenttears #HackerNews #ngated

  5. Ah, the sweet, melodramatic cry of #monopolists realizing their castle walls were made of tissue paper all along! 😂 Who knew that a bunch of scrappy, open-source AI models could barge in and wreck the party faster than you can say "valuation collapse"? 🏰💥 Looks like the only moat around here is filled with the tears of disillusioned investors. 💸💧
    warman.life/blog/2026-04-27-th #open-sourceAI #valuationcollapse #techhumor #investmenttears #HackerNews #ngated

  6. I switched to Bell Internet two months ago. Today, I got a notification that my monthly fee is going up by $4. WTF???

    #monopolists

  7. I switched to Bell Internet two months ago. Today, I got a notification that my monthly fee is going up by $4. WTF???

    #monopolists

  8. I switched to Bell Internet two months ago. Today, I got a notification that my monthly fee is going up by $4. WTF???

    #monopolists

  9. I switched to Bell Internet two months ago. Today, I got a notification that my monthly fee is going up by $4. WTF???

    #monopolists

  10. I switched to Bell Internet two months ago. Today, I got a notification that my monthly fee is going up by $4. WTF???

    #monopolists

  11. @Quasit

    Not really, no. Of course, just replace "one company" with "the government", and your first two claims are the explicit goals of the #socialist.

    Like I've said before, #socialists are the ultimate #monopolists; there is no greater #monopoly than the government owning all the means of production; AKA, #socialism.

  12. @Quasit

    Not really, no. Of course, just replace "one company" with "the government", and your first two claims are the explicit goals of the #socialist.

    Like I've said before, #socialists are the ultimate #monopolists; there is no greater #monopoly than the government owning all the means of production; AKA, #socialism.

  13. @Quasit

    Not really, no. Of course, just replace "one company" with "the government", and your first two claims are the explicit goals of the #socialist.

    Like I've said before, #socialists are the ultimate #monopolists; there is no greater #monopoly than the government owning all the means of production; AKA, #socialism.

  14. @Quasit

    Not really, no. Of course, just replace "one company" with "the government", and your first two claims are the explicit goals of the #socialist.

    Like I've said before, #socialists are the ultimate #monopolists; there is no greater #monopoly than the government owning all the means of production; AKA, #socialism.

  15. While big-upping this channel, another great one about the inherent dangers of monopolies/semi-monopolies & planned obsolescence: youtube.com/watch?v=j5v8D-alAKE

    Some might see this as political, & it partly is, but it's a crucial tech issue at its core.

    Also, this is definitely a @pluralistic topic. Cory Doctorow's written about this a *lot* in an essential way for clear understanding of the deep issues.

    #RightToRepair #PlannedObsolescence #Veritasium #IndustryCartels #monopolies #monopolists

  16. While big-upping this channel, another great one about the inherent dangers of monopolies/semi-monopolies & planned obsolescence: youtube.com/watch?v=j5v8D-alAKE

    Some might see this as political, & it partly is, but it's a crucial tech issue at its core.

    Also, this is definitely a @pluralistic topic. Cory Doctorow's written about this a *lot* in an essential way for clear understanding of the deep issues.

    #RightToRepair #PlannedObsolescence #Veritasium #IndustryCartels #monopolies #monopolists

  17. While big-upping this channel, another great one about the inherent dangers of monopolies/semi-monopolies & planned obsolescence: youtube.com/watch?v=j5v8D-alAKE

    Some might see this as political, & it partly is, but it's a crucial tech issue at its core.

    Also, this is definitely a @pluralistic topic. Cory Doctorow's written about this a *lot* in an essential way for clear understanding of the deep issues.

    #RightToRepair #PlannedObsolescence #Veritasium #IndustryCartels #monopolies #monopolists

  18. While big-upping this channel, another great one about the inherent dangers of monopolies/semi-monopolies & planned obsolescence: youtube.com/watch?v=j5v8D-alAKE

    Some might see this as political, & it partly is, but it's a crucial tech issue at its core.

    Also, this is definitely a @pluralistic topic. Cory Doctorow's written about this a *lot* in an essential way for clear understanding of the deep issues.

    #RightToRepair #PlannedObsolescence #Veritasium #IndustryCartels #monopolies #monopolists

  19. While big-upping this channel, another great one about the inherent dangers of monopolies/semi-monopolies & planned obsolescence: youtube.com/watch?v=j5v8D-alAKE

    Some might see this as political, & it partly is, but it's a crucial tech issue at its core.

    Also, this is definitely a @pluralistic topic. Cory Doctorow's written about this a *lot* in an essential way for clear understanding of the deep issues.

    #RightToRepair #PlannedObsolescence #Veritasium #IndustryCartels #monopolies #monopolists

  20. It was reporters and editors for the hundreds of independent newspapers during the First Gilded Age (1880-1900) era that led the crusades against #Rockefeller and his fellow #monopolists.

    Investigative journalism was all the rage then, and it fed public demand for a return to #competition and the de-throning of that age’s #oligarchs.

    The vast majority of workers were struggling and they worked for a very small 10 percent of the population who controlled most of the nation’s wealth (a situation we’re at again).

The result was constant strife, #strikes, and the murder of labor leaders;
    entire towns were in arms (and sometimes ablaze) with #labor conflict.

    The “problem of labor”was the number one issue of the day.
    As President Grover Cleveland
    — the only Democrat elected during that period
    — proclaimed in his 1887 State of the Union address:

    “As we view the achievements of aggregated capital, we discover the existence of trusts, combinations, and monopolies,
    🆘 while the citizen is struggling far in the rear or is trampled to death beneath an iron heel.
    ⚠️Corporations, which should be the carefully restrained creatures of the law and the servants of the people, are fast becoming the people’s masters.”

    ... But back to Jeff #Bezos and his 2013 purchase of The #Washington #Post.

    hartmannreport.com/p/democracy

  21. It was reporters and editors for the hundreds of independent newspapers during the First Gilded Age (1880-1900) era that led the crusades against #Rockefeller and his fellow #monopolists.

    Investigative journalism was all the rage then, and it fed public demand for a return to #competition and the de-throning of that age’s #oligarchs.

    The vast majority of workers were struggling and they worked for a very small 10 percent of the population who controlled most of the nation’s wealth (a situation we’re at again).

The result was constant strife, #strikes, and the murder of labor leaders;
    entire towns were in arms (and sometimes ablaze) with #labor conflict.

    The “problem of labor”was the number one issue of the day.
    As President Grover Cleveland
    — the only Democrat elected during that period
    — proclaimed in his 1887 State of the Union address:

    “As we view the achievements of aggregated capital, we discover the existence of trusts, combinations, and monopolies,
    🆘 while the citizen is struggling far in the rear or is trampled to death beneath an iron heel.
    ⚠️Corporations, which should be the carefully restrained creatures of the law and the servants of the people, are fast becoming the people’s masters.”

    ... But back to Jeff #Bezos and his 2013 purchase of The #Washington #Post.

    hartmannreport.com/p/democracy

  22. It was reporters and editors for the hundreds of independent newspapers during the First Gilded Age (1880-1900) era that led the crusades against #Rockefeller and his fellow #monopolists.

    Investigative journalism was all the rage then, and it fed public demand for a return to #competition and the de-throning of that age’s #oligarchs.

    The vast majority of workers were struggling and they worked for a very small 10 percent of the population who controlled most of the nation’s wealth (a situation we’re at again).

The result was constant strife, #strikes, and the murder of labor leaders;
    entire towns were in arms (and sometimes ablaze) with #labor conflict.

    The “problem of labor”was the number one issue of the day.
    As President Grover Cleveland
    — the only Democrat elected during that period
    — proclaimed in his 1887 State of the Union address:

    “As we view the achievements of aggregated capital, we discover the existence of trusts, combinations, and monopolies,
    🆘 while the citizen is struggling far in the rear or is trampled to death beneath an iron heel.
    ⚠️Corporations, which should be the carefully restrained creatures of the law and the servants of the people, are fast becoming the people’s masters.”

    ... But back to Jeff #Bezos and his 2013 purchase of The #Washington #Post.

    hartmannreport.com/p/democracy

  23. It was reporters and editors for the hundreds of independent newspapers during the First Gilded Age (1880-1900) era that led the crusades against #Rockefeller and his fellow #monopolists.

    Investigative journalism was all the rage then, and it fed public demand for a return to #competition and the de-throning of that age’s #oligarchs.

    The vast majority of workers were struggling and they worked for a very small 10 percent of the population who controlled most of the nation’s wealth (a situation we’re at again).

The result was constant strife, #strikes, and the murder of labor leaders;
    entire towns were in arms (and sometimes ablaze) with #labor conflict.

    The “problem of labor”was the number one issue of the day.
    As President Grover Cleveland
    — the only Democrat elected during that period
    — proclaimed in his 1887 State of the Union address:

    “As we view the achievements of aggregated capital, we discover the existence of trusts, combinations, and monopolies,
    🆘 while the citizen is struggling far in the rear or is trampled to death beneath an iron heel.
    ⚠️Corporations, which should be the carefully restrained creatures of the law and the servants of the people, are fast becoming the people’s masters.”

    ... But back to Jeff #Bezos and his 2013 purchase of The #Washington #Post.

    hartmannreport.com/p/democracy

  24. It was reporters and editors for the hundreds of independent newspapers during the First Gilded Age (1880-1900) era that led the crusades against #Rockefeller and his fellow #monopolists.

    Investigative journalism was all the rage then, and it fed public demand for a return to #competition and the de-throning of that age’s #oligarchs.

    The vast majority of workers were struggling and they worked for a very small 10 percent of the population who controlled most of the nation’s wealth (a situation we’re at again).

The result was constant strife, #strikes, and the murder of labor leaders;
    entire towns were in arms (and sometimes ablaze) with #labor conflict.

    The “problem of labor”was the number one issue of the day.
    As President Grover Cleveland
    — the only Democrat elected during that period
    — proclaimed in his 1887 State of the Union address:

    “As we view the achievements of aggregated capital, we discover the existence of trusts, combinations, and monopolies,
    🆘 while the citizen is struggling far in the rear or is trampled to death beneath an iron heel.
    ⚠️Corporations, which should be the carefully restrained creatures of the law and the servants of the people, are fast becoming the people’s masters.”

    ... But back to Jeff #Bezos and his 2013 purchase of The #Washington #Post.

    hartmannreport.com/p/democracy

  25. FINALLY some big media attention over the mystery illness that struck my province - only to be swept under the rug via political interference, even ruining the career of the only doctor those 50+ patients had.

    What was found most likely to be responsible was the rampant usage of defoliants, specifically #glyphosate by none other than JD #irving - brother to #irvingOil.

    web.archive.org/web/2024081502

    #blaineHiggs #oligarchs #monopolists #climateDestroyers #profitsOverPeople

    #LANDBACK #LANDBACK #LANDBACK

  26. FINALLY some big media attention over the mystery illness that struck my province - only to be swept under the rug via political interference, even ruining the career of the only doctor those 50+ patients had.

    What was found most likely to be responsible was the rampant usage of defoliants, specifically #glyphosate by none other than JD #irving - brother to #irvingOil.

    web.archive.org/web/2024081502

    #blaineHiggs #oligarchs #monopolists #climateDestroyers #profitsOverPeople

    #LANDBACK #LANDBACK #LANDBACK

  27. FINALLY some big media attention over the mystery illness that struck my province - only to be swept under the rug via political interference, even ruining the career of the only doctor those 50+ patients had.

    What was found most likely to be responsible was the rampant usage of defoliants, specifically #glyphosate by none other than JD #irving - brother to #irvingOil.

    web.archive.org/web/2024081502

    #blaineHiggs #oligarchs #monopolists #climateDestroyers #profitsOverPeople

    #LANDBACK #LANDBACK #LANDBACK

  28. FINALLY some big media attention over the mystery illness that struck my province - only to be swept under the rug via political interference, even ruining the career of the only doctor those 50+ patients had.

    What was found most likely to be responsible was the rampant usage of defoliants, specifically #glyphosate by none other than JD #irving - brother to #irvingOil.

    web.archive.org/web/2024081502

    #blaineHiggs #oligarchs #monopolists #climateDestroyers #profitsOverPeople

    #LANDBACK #LANDBACK #LANDBACK

  29. FINALLY some big media attention over the mystery illness that struck my province - only to be swept under the rug via political interference, even ruining the career of the only doctor those 50+ patients had.

    What was found most likely to be responsible was the rampant usage of defoliants, specifically #glyphosate by none other than JD #irving - brother to #irvingOil.

    web.archive.org/web/2024081502

    #blaineHiggs #oligarchs #monopolists #climateDestroyers #profitsOverPeople

    #LANDBACK #LANDBACK #LANDBACK

  30. By @RichardJMurphy:

    '#KamalaHarris could say, “I am going to defeat the #monopolists who are #gouging profits out of the markets & suppressing #wages in the #US economy.”

    She would break #politics in the US free from the power of corporate influence, which is very heavily related to the power of the monopoly-owning #billionaires.

    She could require that these companies like #Google operate fairly & appropriately in all markets, including the #UK, the #EU, & way beyond'

    taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/0

  31. By @RichardJMurphy:

    '#KamalaHarris could say, “I am going to defeat the #monopolists who are #gouging profits out of the markets & suppressing #wages in the #US economy.”

    She would break #politics in the US free from the power of corporate influence, which is very heavily related to the power of the monopoly-owning #billionaires.

    She could require that these companies like #Google operate fairly & appropriately in all markets, including the #UK, the #EU, & way beyond'

    taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/0

  32. By @RichardJMurphy:

    '#KamalaHarris could say, “I am going to defeat the #monopolists who are #gouging profits out of the markets & suppressing #wages in the #US economy.”

    She would break #politics in the US free from the power of corporate influence, which is very heavily related to the power of the monopoly-owning #billionaires.

    She could require that these companies like #Google operate fairly & appropriately in all markets, including the #UK, the #EU, & way beyond'

    taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/0

  33. By @RichardJMurphy:

    '#KamalaHarris could say, “I am going to defeat the #monopolists who are #gouging profits out of the markets & suppressing #wages in the #US economy.”

    She would break #politics in the US free from the power of corporate influence, which is very heavily related to the power of the monopoly-owning #billionaires.

    She could require that these companies like #Google operate fairly & appropriately in all markets, including the #UK, the #EU, & way beyond'

    taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/0

  34. By @RichardJMurphy:

    '#KamalaHarris could say, “I am going to defeat the #monopolists who are #gouging profits out of the markets & suppressing #wages in the #US economy.”

    She would break #politics in the US free from the power of corporate influence, which is very heavily related to the power of the monopoly-owning #billionaires.

    She could require that these companies like #Google operate fairly & appropriately in all markets, including the #UK, the #EU, & way beyond'

    taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/0

  35. Supporters of the appeal to the German Rectors’ Conference #HRK have posted their comments on the openpetition platform

    Maria Chiara Pievatolo from #Pisa:
    #Universities should own their #communication and their data, rather than giving away them to commercial #monopolists for free, just to buy them back from the very same monopolist.“

    Justin Stanley from Lexington, #Kentucky, USA:
    „Institutions should have full control over their #socialmedia rather than leaving it to the whims of #billionaires.“

  36. Supporters of the appeal to the German Rectors’ Conference #HRK have posted their comments on the openpetition platform

    Maria Chiara Pievatolo from #Pisa:
    #Universities should own their #communication and their data, rather than giving away them to commercial #monopolists for free, just to buy them back from the very same monopolist.“

    Justin Stanley from Lexington, #Kentucky, USA:
    „Institutions should have full control over their #socialmedia rather than leaving it to the whims of #billionaires.“

  37. Supporters of the appeal to the German Rectors’ Conference #HRK have posted their comments on the openpetition platform

    Maria Chiara Pievatolo from #Pisa:
    #Universities should own their #communication and their data, rather than giving away them to commercial #monopolists for free, just to buy them back from the very same monopolist.“

    Justin Stanley from Lexington, #Kentucky, USA:
    „Institutions should have full control over their #socialmedia rather than leaving it to the whims of #billionaires.“

  38. Supporters of the appeal to the German Rectors’ Conference #HRK have posted their comments on the openpetition platform

    Maria Chiara Pievatolo from #Pisa:
    #Universities should own their #communication and their data, rather than giving away them to commercial #monopolists for free, just to buy them back from the very same monopolist.“

    Justin Stanley from Lexington, #Kentucky, USA:
    „Institutions should have full control over their #socialmedia rather than leaving it to the whims of #billionaires.“