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“The internet isn’t what we think. It is physical, subject to the vagaries of nature and time, just as our bodies are,” John West writes. We must pay attention to the data and infrastructure that the cloud cloaks, he argues:

bit.ly‘The Cloud’ Is a Terrible MetaphorThe internet has always been more physical—and fragile—than it seems.

26/10/26, 10:15 pm3 reposts22 likes

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You know what's terrible? Allowing an industry to direct the conversation. It's always been computers and cables, and bugs, and rent capture. But we've let them call it the cloud, hallucinations, and "as a service".