Palantir: The all-seeing tech giant The company's data-mining tools are used by spies and the military. Are they now being turned on Americans?

In May, 13 ex-Palantir engineers signed a letter saying the firm's leadership had "abandoned its founding ideals" and become complicit in "normalizing authoritarianism." They cited the crystal-ball-like "seeing stones" that gave Palantir its name.

US cancels mRNA vaccine contracts worth $500 million – DW – 08/06/2025 The Trump administration is terminating 22 federal contracts for mRNA-based vaccines, questioning the safety of the technology.

mRNA vaccines have already saved millions of lives from Covid and they have the potential to save millions more from other diseases. Suspending research on this modern medical miracle will mean more suffering and more preventable death.

Lord Dannatt urged ministers to crack down on Palestine Action at request of US firm Police officer was concerned ex-army chief, a Teledyne adviser, sought to have ‘input’ into factory attack investigation

Another deeply concerning allegation, the latest in a long line of apparent commercial and political lobbying against protest movements, some of which has led to the extremely repressive legislation we now face.
Powerful lobbyists are the bane of democracy.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

After 12 months, the UK government is still "considering" its response to the ICJ's determination that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory is unlawful.

Because accepting it would require the UK comply.

#DCUKparliament

This is insane, look at this!
DEFRA is pre-empting a barrage of FOI requests on their Land Use Consultation paper.
The Defra Land Use Consultation paper (February 2025) contains an unusual confidentiality clause that raises serious concerns about transparency.
consult.defra.gov.uk/land-use-fra...

Turns out the 20mph limit was great idea! Two years on from the controversial policy, it's becoming increasingly clear that the doubters were wrong

Great piece on the Welsh government’s 20mph policy by @willhaycardiff.bsky.social

“What is great about evidence based policy is that it has a wonderful habit of working”

Inspiration for England as DfT work on the promised road safety strategy.

BBC News, "The BBC World Service has compiled material on over 160 cases where children have been shot in Gaza and found that in 95 cases the child was shot in the head or the chest"

"In most these cases, the victim was under 12 years old"

University sidelines scientist who exposed toxic metals in Lake Maurepas The SELU scientist who discovered alarming levels of toxic chemicals in Lake Maurepas was abruptly removed from her research position without explanation.

A university scientist who discovered alarming levels of toxic chemicals in a lake in southeastern Louisiana was abruptly removed from her research position this week without explanation

A diagram showing how accepting the taboos leads to failure

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Three Baseless Taboos are Derailing National Renewal

Gaza will be remembered as the first Genocide that was live streamed and everybody knew about.

But they didn't even stop sending the bombs to carry it out.

Way worse than the Holocaust.

Table showing GDP per capita PPP (current international dollar) by country. EU is $64,545, UK is $63,661

The fundamental problem in Britain is not any of the culture war stuff or asylum seekers or even lack of investment in the NHS or the number of people on welfare.

The problem is economic growth and falling incomes. We are so poor we've now dropped to BELOW the average in the European Union.

When they don't have a case, they lie.

In all but name: is Gaza Britain’s undeclared war? Britain isn’t just watching Gaza burn – it’s helping fuel the fire, with weapons, intelligence, and silence

The UK govt is deeply complicit in the Gaza genocide.

This article powerfully documents it all.

Do read and share. 👇

The business secretary Jonathan Reynolds says the racist protesters intimidating asylum seekers in Epping are "upset for legitimate reasons.”
I don't remember any Labour frontbencher saying the same about people protesting the genocide in Gaza. On the contrary, they've criminalised peaceful dissent.

Epping protest: Nigel Farage defends asylum hotel demonstrators The Reform UK leader claimed the majority of those who gathered outside a hotel in Essex used to house migrants were ‘concerned families’

Holding up Private Eye cartoon on Palestine in silent demo = detained suspected of terrorism offences.

Stoke actual racial violence on UK streets and against cops = get another BBC booking.

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

I’m witnessing the deliberate starvation of Gaza’s children – why is the world letting it happen? | Nick Maynard A permanent ceasefire, the free and safe flow of aid, and the lifting of the blockade are needed now – all could be achieved with political will, says UK surgeon Nick Maynard

"I want to be clear – what is being done to Palestinians in Gaza is barbaric and entirely preventable….

From inside Nasser hospital, I am telling you: this is deliberate. This is preventable. And this must stop now.”

Dr Nick Maynard

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Fucking hell the standard of the debate on that asylum hotel protest is appalling. Broadcasters and politicians bending over backwards to defend and justify the actions of the protestors. Not even a hint of the bravery required to stand up or challenge far-right ideas.

'Britain Has Abandoned Its Soft Power for the Demands of the Military-Industrial Complex' Keir Starmer's decision to cut humanitarian aid in order to fund military spending is already having a deeply damaging impact, argues Iain Overton

‘Britain Has Abandoned Its Soft Power for the Demands of the Military-Industrial Complex’

Keir Starmer’s decision to cut humanitarian aid in order to fund military spending is already having a deeply damaging impact.

My piece for @bylinetimespod.bsky.social

bylinetimes.com/2025/07/23/b...

Britain has saddled itself - or more accurately, UK govt has saddled Britain's consumers - with paying for the most expensive nuclear plant ever

And I'm bored of saying it, but that means other more cost-effective & faster action on climate change will not happen

www.ft.com/content/e1e1...

"A genocide is happening, but the Labour government is supplying weapons, intelligence and diplomatic cover to the perpetrator."

Nour Haidar: Home Secretary vs Palestine Action: The Constitutional Implications of Widening the Legal Understanding of Terrorism On 23 June 2025 the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, announced in Parliament that she had “decided to proscribe Palestine Action under section 3 of the Terrorism Act 2000.” Section 3 of the 2000 Act …

'Prior to the home sec's decision to proscribe Palestine Action, no organisation... has ever been proscribed solely on the basis that they carry out actions which cause serious damage to property'

Good piece on legal Qs surrounding Palestine Action ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/07/08/n...

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Yesterday, Antarctic sea-ice extent reached 4 standard deviations below the 1991-2020 daily mean. The only other years on record where this has happened are 2023 and 2024.

In a normal distribution, 4 SD's represents a 1-in-31,600 event. These are not normal times.

This is a terrible choice by Labour to cut essential funding to the developing world.

We're following the USA down the path of "Out of sight? Let 'em die."

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DWP’s 'unhealthy' AI obsession is trapping people in poverty, Amnesty report finds

Amnesty warns DWP's use of AI and automation in welfare is harming disabled people and digitally excluded claimants.

Incited by Farage & a significant swathe of the once ‘respectable’ right-wing media, we are already at the some men running wild point in this arc. And we are not controlling them early. We are giving air time & column inches to the people who egg them on & approve their crimes without any challenge

Oxidative stress is a shared characteristic of ME/CFS and Long COVID | PNAS Over 65 million individuals worldwide are estimated to have Long COVID (LC), a complex multisystemic condition marked by fatigue, post-exertional m...

Crucial science...

Reminder: not all cell lines use the same mitochondrial pathways of respiration.

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

E-Bikers Ride Much Farther and More Frequently Than Regular Bikers They are not 'cheating,' but are serious transportation.

The “E-Bike Effect:” Those who bought e-bikes increased their average daily bicycle use from 2.1km (1.3 miles) to 9.2km (5.7 miles), a 340% increase. The e-bike share of all their transportation increased dramatically too; from 17% to 49%.

E-bikes support fewer car trips.

V @lloydalter.bsky.social

"Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun [globally] this spring than last.

If this exponential rate of growth continues, we will soon live in a very different world."

(Literally) brilliant!! 🌞

… the establishment will attempt to condemn anyone who is speaking truth to power, and call them militant and radical.

Meanwhile they offer gongs and prizes to the people who are complicit in the NHS’s downfall.

Take every Sir, Lord or Dame with a pinch of salt.