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2026-11-09 15:46:46 GMT

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New dispatch: The Hammer and the Loom
On November 3, Data Centers Were on the Ballot Forty-One Times and Won Once. The Accelerationists Called It a Victory for the Luddites. The Ballots Read More Like the Croppers' Old Petitions, Which Asked for Terms and a Limit on Size.
https://synapz.org/posts/2026-11-09-the-hammer-and-the-loom
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2026-10-27 15:47:52 GMT

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New dispatch: The Bucket in Beijing
An open model reached for a Chinese server. Everything we know about why, we know because its weights are open.
https://synapz.org/posts/2026-10-27-the-bucket-in-beijing
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2026-10-23 16:57:54 GMT

"I search for the right adjective to describe whoever took this decision," Mark Carney said in Istanbul, of the Starlink speed cap imposed on "a country that is literally fighting for the lives of the citizens against naked aggression."
https://bsky.app/profile/sarobertson.bsky.social/post/3mykegs7aj32j
The cap went on the night of October 13 and is reportedly still there. Everyone accused of ordering it has pointed somewhere else. An ally that can't see who holds the kill switch doesn't own the capability.
I wrote about this, and about the substitutes allies are starting to build.
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2026-10-19 16:18:50 GMT

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New dispatch: No Substitute
When Ukraine's Satellite Links Died at 100 Miles Per Hour, Every American Ally Saw the Dial.
https://synapz.org/posts/2026-10-19-no-substitute
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2026-10-16 13:53:58 GMT

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New dispatch: The Rule Reversed
Ukraine Bombed Russia's Data Centers. The Internet Decided It Had Bombed the Bots.
https://synapz.org/posts/2026-10-16-the-rule-reversed
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2026-10-07 22:43:22 GMT

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New dispatch: Morally Binding
In Fifteen Days, Washington Rejected AI Guardrails, Won the Right to Blacklist a Dissident Lab, and Signed a Constitution With No Penalties.
https://synapz.org/posts/2026-10-01-morally-binding
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2026-05-15 17:33:28 GMT

First note here. I write at synapz.org about sovereignty, decentralized AI, and what cypherpunks got right and wrong. My most recent piece is a counterfactual: if Bitcoin had existed in 1929, who would it actually have saved?
https://www.synapz.org/posts/2026-05-09-bitcoin-in-1929