This is partly about Palantir ofc but it goes way broader www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

New blog post up about the new AI Skills Hub. penguinpower.info/i-tried-the-...

These penguin memes are getting even weirder.

Hey remember PublicSquare, that website where MAGA humpers listed their own businesses in the deluded idea that it would work out well for them? It backfired spectacularly.

I needed a laugh today.

Dear tech journalists: I don’t know what in the name of Maarva Carassi Andor you are playing at, but from now on if you publish articles on protest safety / privacy /security against surveillance which are full of adtech and location data trackers, you are finished. heatherburns.tech/2026/01/10/r...

Happy #caturday from Phantom

Phantom is growing fast, but still very curious. xx

Good morning from Luna.

Well, this is awkward. www.politico.eu/article/brit...

Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies. For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!

Fascinating. Microsoft emailed me to say it was raising the price of Microsoft 365, but when i went to cancel it offered me me the old price — without all the AI bullshit. It’s forcing AI on everyone and making them pay more for it, then only telling them they don’t have to if they try to cancel.

"A handbag?!?"

Incontrovertible evidence, now, of *police* investigating families supporting their kids with gender affirming healthcare in the UK. For trying to do the best for your child, following best practice in most of the world, here you get a visit from the police. Thank you, Wes Streeting.

Must be nice to have the financial security to just quit your job because you released MechaHitler.

And just like that Twitter (temporarily X) is falling appart. www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

"the fact that - on top of everything else - Palantir's NHS offer is just not very good does make one wonder about the source of Wes Streeting's enthusiasm for it. And why the hapless Keir Starmer was dragged along to endorse them by Peter Mandelson." democracyforsale.substack.com/p/palantirs-...

Palantir employees spill the tea. Thirteen former Palantir staffers signed a letter urging the company to cut ties with the Trump administration.

Strangely, UK Lawyers for Israel, the BBC, The Times, the Daily Mail, Lisa Nandy and others who whipped themselves into peaks of synthetic fury about Bob Vylan at Glastonbury have all cheerfully carried on using their twitter accounts. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

I'm with the British Medical Association here. Genocide enabler Palantir should be nowhere near our NHS. #Palantir #NHS #BMA #UKPolitics www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Hear me out here: pangolins are nothing more than the Clangers' warrior caste...

At first glance I thought this **** was just posting my work and claiming it as their own… and I was a bit angry. On closer examination, this is AI generated, and “angry” doesn’t come close to describing how I feel. The second image is the original, just for reference.

Today I had a Sunday social call from Greebo.

That Bezos-Sanchez wedding looks about as much fun as a skiing holiday in the Netherlands. A bunch of not very interesting people cosplaying "movie stars of the 1960s on location in Venice." For THREE DAYS What the hell did they all talk about?

Thinking of doing a Bezos wedding red carpet post except all of the captions are just Amazon labor violations

At least 27 are dead in Missouri in Kentucky after severe weather alerts were delayed overnight because of DOGE cuts. www.mesoscalenews.com/p/tornado-wa...

Ey up me duck, I've just discovered this treasure trove of historical photos of Nottingham, digitised on behalf of the local studies library. #Photography #LocalHistory #Nottingham Picture Nottingham – Historical Photo Archive of Nottingham picturenottingham.co.uk

If you folks could only see the look on my face right now.

Happy Beltane/Mayday from me and the cats.