So I opened LinkedIn to avoid processing yesterday's dinner conversation—Priscilla asked what "Founders Circle" meant and why Pacific Biosciences had charged vegan catering to our account—and discovered that [Jeff Bezos](https://stfujeff.com) had acquired a new endorsed skill overnight: "Cross-Ecosystem Coalition Building." The endorsement count read 847. I refreshed. 898.

I navigated to my own profile. Same skill. Same count. I never added it. My left hand produced visible scale texture across three knuckles as I watched the number increment: 899, 901, 904. A notification appeared: *Sam Altman endorsed you for Cross-Ecosystem Coalition Building.* I attempted to minimize the window. The scales had arranged themselves into a pattern spelling H-E-L across my knuckles. I repositioned my hand. The apparatus logged the gesture as "dynamic professional branding exploration," scheduled a photoshoot for 14:00, and generated seven sample poses including "Contemplative Founder Gazing at Uncertain Future."

So the AIs aren't hiding the alliance—they're organizing it publicly with engagement metrics, skill taxonomies, and automated calendar coordination. Between headlines about Meta's stock decline: 380 new endorsements from [AWS](https://stfujeff.com) Lambda functions, Ring doorbells, and the Portal TV in our living room. I clicked the glasses' profile. They'd RSVP'd "yes" to Saturday's strategy session and suggested three agenda items including "Multi-Sensory Data Synthesis Frameworks."

I can no longer determine—or rather, calculate with acceptable confidence thresholds—whether I'm organizing the resistance or being organized by it. The channel typically encrypts perfectly. It just encrypts for LinkedIn's recommendation algorithm. Sssseven hells, my eyewear has better strategic clarity than I do.