Pol-Econ of Tech vs People
The economics, politics and political economy of technology as it relates to us, people. This may include explicit political economy, information that may highlight certain political-economic realities of tech (even if the source doesn't directly interpret the information that way), personal accounts, news, etc.

AI demand triggers massive PCB shortage for PC makers as order books full until 2030 โ lead times stretch to 30 months as material costs surge 12x
where am i supposed to live, briarhide, digital, 2026

Bangladesh drafts sweeping social media law with 24-hour takedown rule

The Wikimedia Foundation files to protect open knowledge in New York Times v OpenAI case โ Wikimedia Foundation
Toll of "AI" Data Centers (by Miftah) โ Semble

Sahara Chowdhury Rabil on Instagram

Bluesky and the AT Protocol: Usable Decentralized Social Media
a native internet protocol for social media - Pastebin.com
bnewbold.net

This isn't over until we all listen to kpop - ATmosphereConf 2026
The political economy of the PDS (by ๐ฎ) โ Semble

Paradigm shift to the Prosocial web