Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Meta's new top EU regulator is contractually prohibited from saying mean things about Meta; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/01/erin-go-blagged/
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Meta's new top EU regulator is contractually prohibited from saying mean things about Meta; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/01/erin-go-blagged/
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@pluralistic "dingo babysitter"
@pluralistic Are there any good news? Is there any hope?
> Mark Zuckerberg cheats at Settlers of Catan and his underlings let him win
I'm not that far into Careless People - I find I have to keep putting it down because `omg these people are TERRIBLE`... but of _course_ he does.
What an ass. He could literally go "welp, you beat me, again. Want to come visit my ACTUAL island where I grow wheat and sheep? I just had some heavy equipment brought in we're building the longest road." as a flex, but no. _Fucking billionaires_.
@tezoatlipoca @pluralistic Yep, Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams is a not-so-shocking reveal of all the Yesmen around that asshole. It's ridiculous how low they bow to do his every bidding and how little self-reflection there is in those people. They will walk over corpses if need be.
@tezoatlipoca @pluralistic I feel like page 274 sums the Suckerberg up quite nicely:
"It's strange. [...] Presiding over a room full of the most powerful people in the world should have been a career highlight for both of us. But what I'm seeing is that the more comfortable he gets, the less he cares. He sails through the whole session, presiding over some of the most powerful people in the world as if none of it matters. Uninterested."
I'm on a tour with my new book, the international bestseller *Enshittification*!
Catch me next in #SanDiego (TONIGHT!), #Seattle and #Madison, CT!
Full schedule with dates and links at:
https://pluralistic.net/tour
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Meta's new top EU regulator is contractually prohibited from saying mean things about Meta: It's one thing to hire an ex-Meta lobbyist, another entirely if she's signed a non-disparagement contract.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115645276622722954
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Hey look at this
* A Remarkable Assertion from A16Z https://nealstephenson.substack.com/p/a-remarkable-assertion-from-a16z
* NYC Realtime Subway Clock https://nookwoodworking.com/products/nyc-realtime-subway-clock?variant=42620252717218 (h/t Super Punch)
* Big Tech’s Invisible Hand https://apublica.org/especial/big-techs-invisible-hand/
* Santa plc https://open.spotify.com/episode/1HpeETwCsmYAUWM1g06lhI
* MAGA Antitrust Is Officially Dead: DOJ Sanctions Price Fixing With Slap on the Wrist Settlement Against Rental Housing Collusion Kingpin RealPage https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/12/maga-antitrust-is-officially-dead-doj-sanctions-illegal-behavior-with-slap-on-the-wrist-settlement-against-price-fixing-kingpin-realpage.html
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#20yrsago Custom M&Ms: just don’t mention the war, your hometown, or nouns https://memex.craphound.com/2005/11/28/custom-mms-just-dont-mention-the-war-your-hometown-or-nouns/
#20yrsago Sony CD spyware installs and can run permanently, even if you click “Decline” https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2005/11/28/mediamax-permanently-installs-and-runs-unwanted-software-even-if-user-declines-eula/
#20yrsago Programmers on Sony’s spyware DRM asked for newsgroup help too https://groups.google.com/g/microsoft.public.windowsmedia.sdk/c/kWKbc54lLxo?hl=en&pli=1#cf2c1677c4ce5138
#20yrsago Vacuum-bag dust houses sculpted by former house-cleaner https://web.archive.org/web/20051127031640/http://mocoloco.com/art/archives/001661.php
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