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“Turns out , you shouldn’t believe everything you see on the Internet. Better to believe neighborly gossip than AI slop. Collectively, we’re done. What was the last straw for you?”

I wrote that the day after, or maybe a few days after the Blue-nami. Congratulations, America for the coordinated ousting of a cult of politicians with some of the most backward and inhuman policies and principles. It is 2026, almost 2027 and so I’m really glad for this shift we’re heading towards. Hold the heartless monsters accountable, share and spread wealth as much as possible.

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Then this week, we had the Outlook outage and all those flights that were grounded in America. Not surprised. Totally expected in this kind of timeline and time frame (*cough*Mercury Retrograde*cough*). No matter the cause or circumstance of all these technological mishaps (and how aligned it is with the stars), these system failures are why we should all be against The Tech Broligarchy.

Nature loves diversity.

Why had we allowed monopolies to flourish so openly and vastly? I remember in high school when we we were taught to be against them, but then as we all grew older, and the elder generations accustomed to the convenience, and everything was homogenized and monopolized. The world was run by one or two companies. All tech services offered by a very small number of companies. So when problems arise, chaos. Everything in shambles. Or rather, nearly everything. I grew up in a household that had one old computer with a MacOs and one with Windows because that’s what schools and offices still preferred at the time.

By the time I could pick my preferred operating system, I noticed that Windows as beloved as it is, didn’t really embrace change and innovation as much as the other tech companies did. I kept XP on my one desktop for a long-time because it felt stable and reliable. But, it never really evolved or sparkled to be a brilliant and beloved thing. I know I’m not the only one who hated finding out that the next online conference or meeting was on a Teams call. It’s wild that so many companies are using Microsoft products. In a strange turn of events, LinkedIn, has become their dark horse product. 😬

There was a time (i.e. pandemie and when we all had a lot of time) when I got really into learning about technological colonialism. The ‘Third World’/Global South/Global Majority were all being sold laptops and software by Microsoft. And now, we see the downfall when we rely on only few of these companies to run the world.

Diversity is natural.