Paolo #Benanti is an Italian Catholic priest and theologian known for his work in #ethics, particularly regarding artificial intelligence. He serves as an advisor to Pope Francis.

Peter Thiel is a wackadoodle billionaire touring the world giving "Make the antichrist great again" lectures. (Because he's a wackadoodle, that's why. Also, he thinks billionaires should be in charge and poors should be slaves or fertilizer. Did I mention the wackadoodle part?)

Peter "Bow Before Me" #Thiel decided to give a series of these lectures near the #Vatican. The Vatican rebuked him and has unleashed the Franciscan Ethicist, who wrote this: (Translated, Italian link on page)

American heresy: should Peter Thiel be burned at the stake?

This is a work of stunning beauty and knowledge. As #philosophy and #theology slapdowns go, this one will be in textbooks. I'm in awe. Literally in awe.

https://www.notion.so/American-heresy-should-Peter-Thiel-be-burned-at-the-stake-3274ac94ca0580d7b499c5eb546bdaee

#Palantir

So, I have a loose rule of thumb that says if a podcaster is advertising something, that thing is probably a scam. (Not all podcasters, not all products.) Most of the “identity protection services“ are exactly that. Most of them are owned by data brokers, so...?

Anyway, I tell you that story to tell you this one: Aura has been breached, exposing almost a million records.

https://gizmodo.com/the-company-paid-to-protect-your-identity-just-got-hacked-2000735410

You can check Troy Hunt’s Have I Been Pwned here to see if you’ve been caught up in any of the hundreds of data breaches recently:

https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Aura

#dataBreach #infosec #ShinyHunters #vishing #TroyHunt

🚨Warning Black people!🚨

Another famous white person with trash views has died! Do not use their own words against them, or *moderators may be forced to ban you!🤡

Do not mention that "1000 years of darkness" is a white nationalist and great replacement dog whistle!

Don't mention birtherism!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7ud3pK5Wa90

(*This is not an issue if you're on a well moderated instance on Mastodon, or if you get BlackSky moderation with BlueSky, because they know what they're doing. But random Mastodon or BlueSky moderation could get you banned for not mourning the death of racist white people hard enough🤡).

As far as technology is concerned, "you're going to be left behind" and "I want to be a part of the herd and you should want that too" are the same argument.

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/03/im-ok-being-left-behind-thanks/

Today I am thinking about Ted Nelson's observation, embedded into the design of his iconic 1974 book, that you can't have visionary technology futures without politics.

The book was two in one. After reading "Dream Machines" you turned it over for "Computer Lib."