How Burnham’s government can move away from Palantir medconfidential.org/2026/one-pla...

Seems apt today

Some really crazy cases in here - cop looked up ex-girlfriend and family in Flock 100+ times - cop stalked wife giving "test" as reason - cop searched one plate 395 times in 10 months; was later fired Cops keep getting arrested for using Flock to stalk people www.404media.co/cops-keep-ge...

When ITCrowd Tom (in the other place) says Palantir can hold cancer patients hostage to keep the FDP contract, he’s currently right. Here’s what the NHS should do about it medconfidential.org/2026/one-pla...

The thing about online safety policy is that it basically breaks people's brains. I truly believe that at least some of the intense projection of adult anxiety onto young people reflects the relationship those adults have with their own devices and social media accounts

When they say “app”, the they mean only the app you get from Apple/Google stores. Other digital interfaces are being deprecated then will get funding cut and go away. bsky.app/profile/pete...

The UK Biobank report medconfidential.org/2026/rory-de...

We’ve seen the Biobank report with the UKB Board’s acceptance of the loss of personal data given to them by the NHS and others, and saying Biobank executives say that it wasn’t Biobank’s fault while being silent on who knew what when as it interviewed no other staff. More soon

The National Data Guardian wasn’t told about Palantir staff having access to identifiable data www.gov.uk/government/n...

Ministers decided to support the creeps and ghouls medconfidential.org/2026/second-...

This is very funny www.instagram.com/p/DYpgdyFE1EI/

If you want to read a debate epitomising the dysfunctional cartel around HDRUK, this shows how people can deeply care and completely miss the point that causes the concern. But it does show that the biobank concerns are systemic and toxic to other projects www.sciencemediacentre.org/the-biobank-...

Heroic reporting by the FT, and robust in the face of a giant libel threat. But more importantly, heroic bravery of the women to come forward, tell their stories and offer to be witnesses.

A first look at Wes Streeting’s final Bill for the NHS medconfidential.org/2026/wes-str...

Streeting Resigns - Yay! medconfidential.org/2026/streeti...

Something clearly happened tonight, but we have no idea what as yet…

"This ⁠is not only about Palantir, hence we have referred to non-NHSE staff, but there is currently considerable public interest and concern about how ⁠much access to patient data Palantir/Palantir staff have," the briefing note viewed by the FT said. @medconfidential.bsky.social

Links: questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques... and giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/....

What “authorised access for approved purposes” means - NHSE approved access to everything. Will apply to the Single Palantir Record too bsky.app/profile/drto...

The Single Palantir Record - all your medical notes, prescriptions, and DNA, accessible to whomever Streeting chooses, like he forced pandemic-only GP data to go to UK Biobank (who’ve lost data hundreds of times) bsky.app/profile/shau...

It seems Mr Streeting is committed to his Single Palantir Record – all your medical notes, prescriptions and DNA under his personal control accessed from across the country. No wonder Palantir is on a PR offensive this week www.thetimes.com/article/3fee...

The same thinking is going to move the app away from open standards and the web interface, and force all teams to maintain both an android and iOS versions with all the extra work. E say it solves problems for one team in NHSE, so all other teams and users must suck it up… bsky.app/profile/medc...

We hear NHS England’s mid-level managment are having a panic about AI and naturally dash to secrecy. If the NHS walking away from transparency and open source would somehow inconvenience you, you may wish to send an email to [email protected] bsky.app/profile/marc...

#NHSEngland in the act of showing how little their leaders really understand #Cybersecurity, #technology, or #opensource. Sure, hide the source code. Break all kinds of stuff. You know that #Mythos doesn't need the source code to find a vulnerability, right? www.newscientist.com/article/2524...

I am enjoying RF Kuang's Katabasis very much, esp these excellent reasons for going to Hell. #MoreOfACommentThanAQuestion

🎼 “Sir Rory, data all be, on Ali Baba” can be sung to the tune of Prince Ali from Aladdin…  www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEry...

150 staff had a look. And still the NHS & DHSC think staff creeping on patients is fine www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...

This from @rocher.lc is very very funny biobank.rocher.lc

"Straight away, this is ringing alarm bells for me, because it’s breaking almost all of Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington’s sensible principles for governance of public sector consultancy contracts – transparent pricing, a clear end date, knowledge transfer as part of the specification."

I muse on what it is about Palantir's business model that triggers my spidey sense ... backofmind.substack.com/p/brain-dono...

Cancer in cats, dogs, and humans (in that order?) medconfidential.org/2026/dog-can...

The old adage "no one ever got fired for hiring IBM" could be usefully updated to "no one ever got fired for suggesting 'innovation'". Our institutions are in total thrall to the miracle prospect that this one weird trick will get rid of institutional belly fat, and it is really time to move on.

Biobank screwed up again. medconfidential.org/2026/biobank...

The Guardian have one mockup of the new app and what ID will do www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

👀 Did you post this to my office? Written with pink/purple ink? I'd really like to talk to you if so, I can protect your identity but what you sent was really important but not enough on its own. Get in touch via DM email etc... Pls RT.

Current and imminent moving parts that’ll take your health records and do things with them medconfidential.org/2026/moving-...

Hey, remember that time I said that pointing out that AI is giving bad data to ICE is missing the point because ICE doesn't actually care if the data is good? Check out how right I am.

Move fast, fix things…. Who does the clean up? (With an aside on the very odd location by the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk and cameo from the yimby bros) www.no2id.uk/2026/move-fa...

We’ll be doing more much-loved (and still worn!) NO2ID metal pin badges. We’ll send some to those who donate more than £40 – your donations will help us do the first manufacturing run, which takes a month. www.no2id.uk/donations/

Beyond disappointed with anyone I work with who supports the FDP and SPR after we witnessed the route to policy. It never solved a technical issue.

GDS talking about cancer data sharing of "ultra-rare cancerhood tumours" but without allowing analysis to be reported on less than 5 patients... What "ultra-rare" definition have they made up? dataingovernment.blog.gov.uk/2026/01/15/g...

The way you can tell it’s Palantir is they never mention who built it www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

There were plans written in silos and promoting particular viewpoints - see TBI on ID cards and John Bell on replacing NHS doctors with AIs and pharma bsky.app/profile/dann...

Yes bsky.app/profile/jaso...

Making Palantir irreplaceable - NHSE England’s choices medconfidential.org/2025/making-...

DH has reannounced their lack of progress on business models for NHS IP. On that same basis, here’s what we said in January which is a minor tweak from 2019 medconfidential.org/2025/busines...

A warning for experts by experience medconfidential.org/2025/a-warni...

Palantir and choices in public health bsky.app/profile/melo...

The upcoming ID Cards consultation www.no2id.uk/2025/upcomin...

Today in the Database State www.theguardian.com/society/2025...