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Gordon Guthrie

@foundationsofthedigitalstate.com

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Just published The Foundations Of The Digital State - a report for the Scottish Government http://foundationsofthedigitalstate.com/ and blogs at digitalpolicy.substack.com Politician manqué, girl group fan, code monkey

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Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com · Apr 4

new post on the world after Trump and Musk

open.substack.com/pub/digitalp...

Free Markets Vs America

Move over fakeohs, the Capitalists are coming

open.substack.com

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Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com · 2h

The thing that makes this particular tech bubble so hot is that after it pops you are not left with America but a wierd tariffed kleptocracy with a dismembered state apparatus and gutted education and research system

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Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com · 2h

I thought that about my phone but it turned out that it wasn't just streaming audio to my hearing aids over bluetooth it was trying to use them as a bluetooth microphone too

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Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com · 3h

so what? why do speakers of Gaelic or Welsh have to solicit the consent of leaners?

Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com · 11h

but you are judging, the answer to all your tweets is "so what?"

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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 15h

Here's the thing - Jeff Bezos' revenue stream for the Washington Post isn't advertiser or subscriber dollars. It's value of negotiating federal AWS and space contracts from the position of being an administration ally.

The WaPo editorial page is an at scale version of Palantir's campus Israel ads.

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 16h

it’s funny how Jeff bezos dedicated the Washington post to embracing “free markets” and the free market of newspaper subscribers completely rejected it

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 17h

This is not just funny, it's smart. We need more of this mockery that shows these thugs that we see their despicable fascism and give them the respect that they deserve.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com · 18h

yeah but yu shoulda failed fer <speakin too well>

this is Embra pal, ya snooty get ;-)

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Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com · 21h

that doesnt work for me either

Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com · 21h

did it ever get fixed?

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Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 1d

The British Army have had more number one singles in Ireland (one) than Aslan, The Corrs, Van Morrison, or The Cranberries (zero).

Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 1d

Starting soon on Irish Number Ones: all our chart-topping singles and acts of 1972, including:
☘️ Nationalist protest songs
☘️ New Irish global superstars
☘️ Ireland's only no. 1 single in Irish
🇬🇧 A British Army unit stationed in Northern Ireland

Yes, it'll be weird: irishnumberones.com

Collage of photos superimposed with the text 1972

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Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com · 23h

Get yoursel some big Finnish songs in ya

open.spotify.com/track/3al8HF...

Penkki, puu ja puistotie

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Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com · 1d

hey @microsoft.com this is 6 weeks now - are you going to:
* ever respond to me tweeting you?
* fix it?

Message saying "get your security code by phone is unavailable"

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Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com · 1d

print on stickybacked transparent plastic film (used for wrapovers and Polish shops)

Stick on hard plastic

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Anti-Trumpism @forabettertomorrow.bsky.social · 1d

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Nicole Jenkins @frillseeker.bsky.social · 1d

C.S. Lewis created generations of people who grew up to be disappointed by Turkish Delight.

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Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com · 1d

ya wha? I suppose if y've only know me 10 year y've never seen me in a suit

Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com · 1d

strong VMRO vibes

Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com · 1d

Not so much a thirst trap as a drive ya to drink trap

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Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com · 1d

Post you from a different era

And yes I destroyed most of them before they could be put up lampposts - would make ya wish Tommy Boy's fash had been up yer way flaggin

ghastly handdrawn election poster - charcoal on luminescent yellow

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Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com · 1d

given that is spells whisky in the American and no the Scottish fashion, I hae ma doots aboot this wan

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 2d

But when it comes to it, if it comes to it, in that awful moment of decision, yes, you will want the old grandmas and grandpas at the front, as many of them as you can get, so those terribly young fellows with the rifles understand what a wicked, awful thing is being asked of them.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 2d

In that, dreadful, terrible moment, every black bloc protestor in the world is useless, but a line of concerned senior citizens, office workers and house-spouses is actually a 'harder' target.

And 'the soldiers stood aside' is the sentence in the history book that goes before 'and the regime fell.'

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Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com · 2d

Caesar adsum jam forte, Pompey adarat

Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com · 2d

gonnae sign up to Novaville with me stair Wednesday if yiz need a customer testimonial ;-)

had a common repairs nightmare up the ying-yang last 2 year so

Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com · 2d

go to Germany - use a washing machine before 8am or after 10pm and the neighbours can call the cops who will turn up