Trump’s war with Iran has given the world a fascinating new infrastructure strategy: route the internet around the mess Washington helped create. Apparently »America First« now means American tech companies paying extra to keep Europe and Asia online. The cloud has never looked so dependent on one man’s foreign policy tantrums.
this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2026
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"Cloud giants" sounds a lot cooler than it actually is.
Data slurpers 🤭
Mmm.. hooman data. Mm..
Slop makers is better
Good job, Donald Dogshit.