Palantir’s deranged manifesto shows why it should be nowhere near our public services.

This is not a normal company, it's Trump's favourite tech firm and a danger to our NHS.

Thousands oppose plans to dump sediment in marine conservation zone A "nationally important wildlife hotspot" in East Sussex risks being harmed, says a charity.

Opposition to dumping sediment in protected area

#Sussex #BBCNews

Very significant report - there have been over 100 applications by data centre developers to connect to the UK's gas grid.

How can the UK Govt allow the construction of a new generation of fossil gas power by Big Tech, while sticking to its climate targets?

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@drdavidnicholl.bsky.social on the NHS Federated Data Platform and Palantir on @listentotimesradio.bsky.social
Read more and listen to Dr Nicholl at dauk.org/palantir-con...

Good piece summarising the reasons we shouldn't have Palantir in our public services - including points raised by MPs & groups including @foxglovelegal.bsky.social & @bma.org.uk

Inside Palantir’s growing grip on UK public services The US data analytics company is being used to fight crime, cut hospital waiting lists and bolster asymmetrical warfare, but its use is raising wider questions about control and surveillance

This quote is worth remembering as the Govt considers whether to renew Palantir's contract:

'[Palantir's Louis] Mosley said that, if Reform won the next general election with a “clear public mandate” to allow NHS data to be used for immigration enforcement, then the company would execute the plan'

If Liz Kendall wants me to embrace AI, she can fix what’s wrong with it and stop talking about it as if a trillion dollar surveillance/kill-list engine sucking down as much energy as a new industrialised country and appropriating billions of pounds‘ worth of labour is a lost kitten.

Senior NHS officials warned staff over criticising rollout of Palantir platform Ethical objections and uneven adoption have made the tech group’s contract a divisive issue within English health service

'The NHS analytics official had made no secret of his concerns about Palantir’s Federated Data Platform...Then he received a phone call that caught him off guard: “If you criticise the FDP one more time, you are going to lose your job.”'

www.ft.com/content/ff70...

Amazon rejects AWS climate disclosure proposal : Investors urged to reject proposal for more disclosure on whether AWS expansion risks climate goals

Amazon is currently - with the Govt's encouragement - working on vast new data centres in the UK which will hugely increase in climate emissions.

Meanwhile, they're fighting to shroud their climate harm in secrecy:

www.theregister.com/2026/04/10/a...

UK ‘green’ jet fuel imports linked to illegal Amazon deforestation A major supplier of ‘green’ airline fuel to the UK has sourced beef fat linked to illegal Amazon deforestation.

NEW: A major supplier of ‘green’ airline fuel to the UK has sourced beef fat linked to illegal Amazon deforestation

Our new investigation 🐄 🌳 ✈️:

unearthed.greenpeace.org/2026/04/10/u...

Why do some killer motorists get short prison sentences? UK road safety laws are letting them off the hook | Sally Kyd Two court cases last month illustrate how confusion over legal definitions are feeding into a culture of poor driving standards, says law professor Sally Kyd

Why do some killer motorists get short prison sentences? UK road safety laws are letting them off the hook | Sally Kyd

Today is your last chance to take action and object to dumping dredged sediment on a protected chalk reef. 

Visit this link to send your email: https://f.mtr.cool/yikpamepxn

Did BBC radio 4 #Today programme really just do a whole package about drilling in the N Sea without once even mentioning #climate change? And not having anyone challenging the one-sided claims of former BP boss? So irresponsible #bbcr4today

Wes Streeting: Trigger the break clause and get Palantir out of the NHS - Foxglove Wes Streeting: trigger the break clause and kick Palantir out of our NHS. ADD YOUR NAME NOW!

Ministers are exploring triggering the break clause in Palantir's NHS contract. I've signed the open letter to Wes Streeting calling on him to get Palantir out of the NHS. www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/we...

Brighton Marina are trying to get a license to dump polluted sediment on a protected reef - still time to oppose: sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/campaign/dre...

Google is to journalism what Vikings were to monks. Now their man will run the BBC Canny planning or dangerous compromise? Matt Brittin takes the hotseat at a pivotal moment Opinion  The BBC has a new head honcho in waiting, the Director-General designate Matt Brittin. His job: helming one of the world's most famous and oldest international media brands, one with a vast and sensitive domestic position. His last job: President of EMEA Business and Operations at Google. You can imagine a greater culture clash, but you'll have to work at it.…

Google is to journalism what Vikings were to monks. Now their man will run the BBC

RIP Metaverse, an $80 Billion Dumpster Fire Nobody Wanted Who could have possibly predicted this, besides everyone?

"The complete and utter failure of the metaverse is a reminder not just of the fact that the future Silicon Valley is force feeding us is not inevitable, but that quite often these oligarchs quite simply cannot relate to real people."
www.404media.co/rip-metavers...

Ministers explore triggering break clause in Palantir’s NHS contract Government is under pressure to eject the controversial American company from NHS England data systems

www.ft.com/content/2d2b...

Ministers consider triggering the break clause in Palantir's NHS contract. They should. Palantir has no place in the NHS. @justtreatment.org @labourlewis.bsky.social @foxglovelegal.bsky.social

The 'green' fuel market supplying Europe with used cooking oil, appears to be rife with fraud.

An investigation by SVT has uncovered that the world's largest producer of biofuel for aviation, Neste, is likely receiving virgin palm oil instead of recycled frying oil.

Meta and YouTube designed addictive products that harmed young people, jury finds Six-week trial including whistleblowers and top executives at Meta and YouTube was first of its kind to go to trial * Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Meta and YouTube have been found liable for negligence for deliberately designing addictive products that hooked a young user and led to her being harmed, a jury ruled on Wednesday. The tech companies have also been found liable for failure to warn. The jury awarded the plaintiffs in the case compensatory damages of $3m. It took nearly nine days of deliberations for the Los Angeles jury to reach its verdict. Jurors also awarded punitive damages, which will be decided during the next phase of the trial. Continue reading...

Meta and YouTube designed addictive products that harmed young people, jury finds

Maybe, just maybe, we should listen more to these people, rather than venture capitalists and investors who pass themselves off as tech specialists.

Worth noting the impressive list of signatories here, including a number of AI, machine learning and computing experts.

Open Letter: End the University of Edinburgh's Contract with OpenAI Dear EDINA Leadership Team and those responsible for the University's contract with OpenAI, We are publicly writing to you as the University of Edinburgh's contract with OpenAI is coming to an end, a...

"The University of Edinburgh's AI Principles are 'Safe', 'Secure', 'Responsible Access' , 'Inclusive', and 'Equity'. ChatGPT and OpenAI do not align with any of these principles"

Academics at Edin Uni call for end to OpenAI contract:

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.

UK Govt continues to face questions over Mandelson's links with Palantir and OpenAI: questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...

Both were clients of his lobbying firm, and have picked up significant contracts & partnerships under the current Govt.

People in Lebanon are being cut off from care as Israeli attacks intensify | MSF Israeli bombardment and forced displacement of people across Lebanon is severely impacting people’s lives and their access to essential services, including healthcare.

“I fled with nothing and I have nowhere to go. I had hopes I almost beat cancer.”

In Lebanon, people - including cancer patients - are being cut off from care as Israeli strikes intensify, forcibly displacing people. 

The case against data centres is growing AI is driving an unprecedented demand for energy. The environmental cost has not gone unnoticed

Good piece by @timsmedley.bsky.social on data centres & the growing mobilisation against them (including @foxglovelegal.bsky.social successfully forcing the Govt to admit serious errors over environmental measures).

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...

Good to see growing parliamentary criticism of the Govt's alarming fondness for Palantir. Why are ministers so keen to hand yet more influence to a Trump-supporting billionaire who doesn't like democracy?

You start to wonder: what would Palantir need to do to stop the UK Govt happily signing more and more contracts with them?

Interestingly, DSIT seem to have deleted the document containing their dubious estimates on AI emissions since @carbonbrief.org reported on it this morning - at time of writing it's no longer here: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/687f74...

AI data centre to match carbon footprint of BA flights Planning documents for a £10 billion data centre project in Lincolnshire reveal its annual emissions will reach one million tonnes of carbon dioxide

...The proposed Elsham data centre will cause 1 million tonnes of CO2 emissions by 2033, according to its own developers. And it's just one of many.

So how does the UK Govt come up with a claim that all "AI compute" in the UK will cause just 142,000 tCO2e by 2035?

www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...