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#AxisOfEasy 444: Age Verification Laws Reshape The Internet

April 2, 2026

Age Verification Laws Reshape the Internet
Dutch Finance Ministry Cyberattack Disrupts Treasury Portal for 1,600 Public Institutions
Copilot Injects Ads Into Pull Requests as AI’s Subsidy Era Ends… this and more in AofE #444

Disney World’s New Theme Park: The White House and Congress

April 1, 2026

A “Pirates of the Caribbean” themed experience is planned, where the taxpayers are repeatedly robbed by a motley crew of miscreants.

The "Good News" Is Always the Same: the Stock Market Is Up–Until It Isn’t

March 30, 2026

Cloaking a fake “market” with artifice to maintain its asymmetrical distribution of wealth and income also cloaks its detachment from the real world.

xAI will win

March 28, 2026

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#AxisOfEasy 443: Apple Becomes The UK Government’s Favorite Compliance Officer

March 27, 2026

Apple Becomes the UK Government’s Favorite Compliance Officer,
easyDNS releases MCP server and skills for AI agents,
The Petabyte Pivot: Why Your Anime Habits are Now a Telco Tragedy… this and more in AofE #443

Is a "Democracy" That’s For Sale Still a Democracy? No, It’s an Oligarchy

March 27, 2026

To claim that jostling for the biggest share of federal power and largesse–in a word, greed–magically serves the common good is a convenient cover for an oligarchy masquerading as a “democracy.”

Contributors

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Mark E. Jeftovic

Mark is the co-founder of easyDNS and the editor-in-chief of #AxisOfEasy. He is the author of Managing Mission Critical Domains & DNS (Packt UK, 2018) and Unassailable: Protect Yourself from Deplatform Attacks & Cancel Culture. 

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Jesse Hirsh

Futurist, researcher and public speaker, Jesse Hirsh has been active in technology and commenting on it across the media for 25 years. His premium newsletter service operates from Metaviews.ca.

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Charles Hugh Smith

Charles Hugh Smith is the author of numerous books and writes from OfTwoMinds.com.