Doctorow has been arguing for a post-American internet/tech industry for a while, but this passage really landed for me:

If Trump wants to steal Greenland, he doesn’t need tanks or missiles. He can just tell Microsoft and Oracle to brick the entire Danish state and all of its key firms, blocking their access to their email archives, files, databases, and other key administrative tools. If Denmark still holds out, Trump can brick all their tractors, smart speakers, and phones. If Denmark still won’t give up Greenland, Trump could blackhole all Danish IP addresses for the world’s majority of transoceanic fiber. At the click of a mouse, Trump could shut down the world’s supply of Lego, Ozempic, and delicious, lethally strong black licorice.

I don’t use this line a lot, but if Biden ever slipped up like this…

The whole post is good, but the first two paragraphs hit on something particularly important.

He is the shallowest man on earth.

Non, mais franchement : Quelle honte, ce pays dont je suis citoyen.

It’s a sign of how crazy everything is right now that this is just one of sevral political developments contributing to my current anxiety.