Anita

Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE 404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.

A manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today.

Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵

See what happens when this technology gets in wrong hands.

All democratic countries using Palantir should think twice.
#Germany #UK

To target a "criminal or immigration nexus" the software pulls Americans' personal data from across the government, including data from Health and Human Services and other agencies unrelated to law enforcement.

How did ICE and Palantir get all this data together?

The absolute state of this cosplaying scum.

The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Brexit latest seems to have moved from strong independent sovereign nation to country entirely dependant on US funding and defence for its survival. Thanks.

Denmark’s plan for a greener country offers ideas worth Ireland’s attention Carbon tax on farming and taking land out of agricultural production among bold moves by the Danes

If Denmark can get farmers to agree to dropping their nitrates derogation, adopting a carbon tax on meat, government promotion of plant-based diets and rewilding a fifth of the country - why can't Ireland?

www.irishtimes.com/science/2026...

This was announced 12 days ago and really ought to have received more attention.

We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.

This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.

The UK is wedded to US tech. Time for a divorce Ofcom’s investigation into X is not just a regulatory issue. It will define our future relationship with America

Very sobering piece by John Naughton on what it would mean to sever our reliance on US digital tech (in short … one hell of a shock).

Bluesky is American too …

observer.co.uk/news/columni...

People Are Still Not Getting Trump Right His Letter Was Not And Is Not The Story

Trump sent out a batsh!t crazy letter yesterday and people once again fell for it. The real story is not the letter, its just another tactic to get what he wants. It shows how he despises Europe and is helping Putin. Yet people comfort themselves by mocking him. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in different ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees

"Perhaps the real absurdity lies not in imagining a tool-using cow, but in assuming such a thing could never exist.”

We so under-estimate non-human animals
#AnimalIntelligence
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

It’s now easy to see in real time how the Nazi’s were able to do what they did.

You often wondered how the people of Germany allowed it.

Now we can see.

You can judge a person by the size of their moral circle. Trump, for instance, has the smallest possible moral circle, containing only him. Be the opposite: expand your circle. Include, for example, animals currently raised for food. We shut them out of our consciences. It's time to bring them in.

Performative neutrality isn’t neutrality. It’s an active alignment with the status quo and existing power structures.

When scientific institutions do this, they don’t protect credibility or public trust; they undermine both, weakening science’s legitimacy as a force for the public good.

World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam Richest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study shows

If you’re in the global 1% with ~ $1 million in wealth, you’ve used up your ‘fair’ share of the 2026 carbon budget in just 10 days.

Inequality is literally fueling the climate crisis.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Why is Trump interested in Greenland? Look to the thawing Arctic ice | Gaby Hinsliff Forecasts suggest that global heating could create a shortcut from Asia to North America, and new routes for trading, shipping – and attack, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Greenland isn’t just warming fast; it’s becoming strategically irresistible. Trump’s interest shows how the climate crisis is turning geography into geopolitics.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Mercosur will be yet another environmental disaster.

Please everyone stop writing articles about "defense" or "economic" reasons to occupy Greenland, that's all irrelevant

Also, pet food is largely made of human food leftovers - the problem really is human animal meat consumption, but hey let's go with pets and keep those chicken wings for dinner.

“New technologies will come along to save the environment.” What they said versus where we are:

From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

The dismantling of regulations and welfare states. Opening up healthcare and agriculture to US corporates. Pillaging natural resources. Mass deportations.

I don't think any of this is off the table. All in the name of "saving Western civilisation".

US discussing options to acquire Greenland, including use of military - White House It came as European allies rallied behind Denmark after renewed US insistence it must have Greenland.

When Trump takes Greenland with no major repercussions, he won't stop there.

This doesn't mean invading Europe. But it does mean destroying European social democracy. 🧵

Crook. Always.

Given everything happening right now, I updated this article with options for weather apps, web forms, and translation services — along with some tweaks to existing categories.

I hope it helps your transition off US tech!

Meta reportedly projected 10% of 2024 sales came from scam, fraud ads Meta projected that about $16 billion in 2024 revenue came from running ads for scams and banned goods, according to a Thursday report from Reuters.

so cool, love the internet our tech overlords have built

Rough vibes on this website today, likely because people feel Hopeless and Helpless Because Can't Stop It and No One Who Is Supposed To Is Trying To So Now We're Fighting Each Other™. I recommend activities such as book, or potentially instrument if you like instrument, or even do talk on phone.

Exactly 💚 The nature cure is best:

Why is is so hard for people to say these words?:

Lough Neagh, the UK's biggest lake, is being killed by *livestock farms*.