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1/ The DoC just handed Anthropic back their users. But a lot of those users are gone. Not gone-gone. Different-gone. The export control pause didn't just delay access to Fable 5. It rewired how serious builders think about AI dependency. Thread. 👇

10/ The builders who did the hard work during the pause - who deployed open infrastructure, built internal expertise, wrote sovereign AI into their actual strategy docs - most aren't going back. Not fully. The ones who just waited? Back on Fable 5 by Thursday.

1/ The DoC just handed Anthropic back their users. But a lot of those users are gone. Not gone-gone. Different-gone. The export control pause didn't just delay access to Fable 5. It rewired how serious builders think about AI dependency. Thread. 👇

8/ The core tension doesn't disappear because Anthropic's access got restored: Do you want the most powerful model available - or a model you actually control? Those are increasingly different answers.

1/ The DoC just handed Anthropic back their users. But a lot of those users are gone. Not gone-gone. Different-gone. The export control pause didn't just delay access to Fable 5. It rewired how serious builders think about AI dependency. Thread. 👇

6/ Now Fable 5 is back. And the capability gap is real - it will outperform most open alternatives on most benchmarks. The temptation to just flip the switch and go back is going to be enormous. Fast. Easy. Familiar.

1/ The DoC just handed Anthropic back their users. But a lot of those users are gone. Not gone-gone. Different-gone. The export control pause didn't just delay access to Fable 5. It rewired how serious builders think about AI dependency. Thread. 👇

4/ Teams stood up Llama deployments. Procurement shifted to Mistral. Sovereign AI strategies that lived on roadmap slides became actual engineering priorities. Countries that passively consumed US frontier models started asking harder questions about dependency.

1/ The DoC just handed Anthropic back their users. But a lot of those users are gone. Not gone-gone. Different-gone. The export control pause didn't just delay access to Fable 5. It rewired how serious builders think about AI dependency. Thread. 👇

2/ Anthropic this morning: "We've received notice that the Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5. We'll begin restoring access tomorrow." Good news for a lot of people. The more interesting question is what happened in between.

🧵 When looking into privacy preserving note taking apps you'll find there are 2 different data approaches taken by different tools. database vs markdown — what’s the real difference? If you care about privacy, ownership, or long-term control, this matters 👇

4️⃣ The reality Most power users end up hybrid: Markdown for thinking + knowledge Database tools for projects & collaboration

🧵 When looking into privacy preserving note taking apps you'll find there are 2 different data approaches taken by different tools. database vs markdown — what’s the real difference? If you care about privacy, ownership, or long-term control, this matters 👇

2️⃣ Markdown / file-based tools (Obsidian, Logseq) ✅ Full data ownership ✅ Plain text = future-proof ✅ Works offline forever ❌ Less “polished” UX ❌ Weaker real-time collaboration Best for: personal knowledge, research, long-term thinking.

🧵 When looking into privacy preserving note taking apps you'll find there are 2 different data approaches taken by different tools. database vs markdown — what’s the real difference? If you care about privacy, ownership, or long-term control, this matters 👇

Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal. Privacy = Freedom - there's a reason why your vote is private Please take 3 mins follow the form which emails your local politicians: fightchatcontrol.eu

To be clear if this goes through every message, photo and video on your phone will be scanned and assessed. Signal will leave Europe, and we will all be on a dark path.