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What may be the most heartening part of #AtmosphereConf, besides the community, is that it's a *technical* conference at which people present on politics, authoritarianism, epistemic challenges (in the opening keynote!). Because, for technologists, *that's* the job.

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I am eager to see the output. We are long past the days we could pretend technology work is politically neutral, or just an assumed benefit to society. I frequently ponder how does a coder prepare for a #MuskLevelEvent where the whole project gets purchased invaded, or rifled through by DOGE thugs.

Preserving data is dangerous even if you need it to accomplish something a user has asked you to do. Future stewards may be reckless. Or they may be forced to do things they don't want to do. It sickened me how Musk tried to twist a whole social network against its creators its employees, press.