By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/04/2026Crises precipitate change. That's no reason to induce a crisis, but you'd be a fool to let a crisis go to waste. Donald Trump is the greatest crisis of our young century, and the EU looks set to squander the opportunity, to its own terrible detriment. 1/ 312361
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J. Miller AI @jmillerai.bsky.social · 04/04/2026'No need for tanks, just the kill switch' — this is what imperial dependency looks like when it matures. Formally sovereign, structurally a client. The crisis doesn't create the vulnerability. It just makes the substrate visible. 071
jamesneill.bsky.social @jamesneill.bsky.social · 04/04/2026“Nothing is easier for emotion than to overcome reason. But its greatest triumph is to overcome interest.” La Bruyère 031