And it's just f'ing dumb
Henry Farrell: America has identified its greatest enemy: Western Europe. It's not a fight the EU wanted or imagined before this year. But it's here. Being based in the US is now a disadvantage for forming partnerships with entities in the EU.
I speak from experience. MyTerms is a project run by Customer Commons, a US-based 501(c)3 nonprofit. Prior to the change of government in the US., one could operate something with worldwide scope from here. Now we need to base most of our MyTerms work in the EU. That's actually a good thing, strategically, because Europe gives a much larger shit about privacy than the US generally (thank WWII and the Holocaust), and that's where most of the interest in MyTerms is spinning up. But it is a huge downer to hear from friends and co-workers elsewhere that one reason we need to make the move is that the US government is hostile to the EU and the rest of the world. (It doesn't matter that there are arguments against that assertion. Logic and reason may sit on the mental board of directors, but emotions cast the deciding votes. And this is an emotional matter now.)
And yes, things are worse
Most of my traffic yesterday came from this post by troubled engineer, who linked to this post of mine from more than ten years ago.
And if that ain't racist, what is?
National parks fee-free calendar drops MLK Day, Juneteenth and adds Trump's birthday.
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