There are other reasons for the UK government not to award or continue Palantir contracts but this statement of intent by its CEO must surely be decisive?
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There are other reasons for the UK government not to award or continue Palantir contracts but this statement of intent by its CEO must surely be decisive?
Was he having a malfunction while he was waiting for his response to be read back?
"Palantir CEO Alex Karp thinks his AI technology will lessen the power of 'highly educated, often female voters, who vote mostly Democrat' while increasing the power of working-class men."
Remind me again why Labour is shoving vast public contracts down its throat?
The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 Billion.
Yup!
What a dignified spectacle. The worst people in the world somehow manage to gain brutal authoritarian power, and then support each fighting wars costing countless billions and, collectively, hundreds of thousands of lives, just to put off being tried in domestic courts for criminal offences.
oh my God it's a real image from Getty www.aol.com/articles/jd-...
Good grief - that was painful!
Trump’s ego-trip war has collided with economic reality but he can’t undo the damage | Rafael Behr
As much of a must read as your timeline is telling you it is
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Trump: All of the people that died through the roadside bombs. Died and are right now walking around with no legs.
#DeadMenWalking
I’m with the authors! Why should AI companies be allowed to steal people’s work & livelihoods without permission? If normal people were to do it, they’d quite rightly be sued.
Telegraph says pets abandoned
Dubai tax dodgers abandon pups and pussycats. True British values.
❗️The kamikaze drone that struck the British airbase RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus was equipped with Russian military hardware.
The drone contained a Russian-made Kometa-B navigation system, which was first identified in drones intercepted by Ukrainian air defenses in December.
A long watch, but worth it!
It’s almost like he’s hoping for it so that he can have an excuse to use “emergency powers”
How many minutes will it take the US to hand on any Ukraine anti-drone tech insights to Russia?
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If you thought Kristy Noem was bad because of ICE etc - just listen to this…
Optical illusion of a woman bent over some papers. Her sunglasses are pushed up and she is wearing a hair band so the top of her head looks exactly like a Muppet face
Sorry I know the world is in a terrible fix but I've been laughing at this for ten minutes now
Good grief!
Graph showing decline in healthy life expectancy in the UK.
Crikey. Read this (www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...) for more detail
JFC...We have absolutely no shame whatsoever.
National Strategic Reserve of Shame...empty. Can't even borrow any shame from someone, apparently.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Absolutely! Well done Steve
Can’t argue with this analysis
Well said @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Fascinating. I worked there briefly in the late 80s
@judew.bsky.social
This is what happens when you have a military lead by the kind of people who think wars are fought like Call of Duty games.
