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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/07/2026

If Trump orders Microsoft to shut off your country's access to Office 365 (as he did to the International Criminal Court and a Brazilian judge who pissed him off), your country would simply cease to function: pluralistic.net/2026/06/18/t... 47/

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Pluralistic: AI digital sovereignty risk doesn’t exist (18 Jun 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/07/2026

And if Trump orders John Deere to brick all the tractors in your country, you're gonna starve to death: pluralistic.net/2022/05/08/a... 48/

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About those kill-switched Ukrainian tractors – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/07/2026

In the face of these real, non-speculative, immediate, grave threats, focusing on AI - the money-losingest technology in human history, which has consistently underperformed relative to its boosters' promises - is just misguided. 49/

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