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@Npars01 "During the early pandemic" or "While pandemic protections were in place" or "during the politically-defined state of emergency phase of the pandemic" don't have the same ring to it but are more accurate

@inthehands not a mental health professional here.

I've read that experiencing events as a series of snapshots or discrete scenes is a telltale sign of war trauma.

Just in case anyone outside of your area things "oh how cute they're getting scrapbooks of memories" - no, this is what happens when the brain is highly stressed and searing some memories indelibly while suppressing retention of others, because knowing where the potentially lethal threat is coming from must be retained, and other memory production is impaired (possibly as a survival mechanism to later have less conscious trauma to process).

#Politics

Hey @pluralistic if you haven't seen @terminaltilt 's framing (above):

The "cloud" is just a landlord for your data.

Good news story!

• Switzerland said "no" to Palantir after 7 years of Palantir lobbying
• Journalists FOIA'd and published this
• Now other nations are looking into the extraordinary pressure and whether it might not be prudent to let a USA-aligned corp handle citizens' most private data (medical, tax, residence, assets, etc).

we must have made them very nervous, since lawmakers in Germany and UK are questioning the contracts. It is possible that authorities are hesitating to sign new contracts. So we have triggered something that they are starting this PR campaign against us (I don't remember another media company being mentioned on their blog).

All of this thread https://infosec.exchange/@adfichter/115826298160548686 is encouraging! Now while the story is hot, it is a great time to email your local journos and ask if maybe your municipality, state/dept/province, or nation is being pressured to work with Palantir or other authoritarian-aligned corporations!

#GoodNews #news #Palantir #Switzerland