Witnessing the rise of Nazis in Germany, Hannah Arendt said: “The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture on the verge of descending into barbarism”. Where is UK heading - attacks on minorities; curbs on human rights, millions in poverty,

I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Health Secretary James Murray: Trigger the break clause and get Palantir out of the NHS. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/94...

The NHS IT cycle of self-harm: 1 Ensure organisational knowledge is never written down, and is only in people's heads. 2 Make all the people redundant so your organisational knowledge is gone. 3 Do a 'discovery' to find out organisational knowledge your org used to have. GOTO 1

@medact.bsky.social are running a fringe event at this year's NHS #Confed #Expo "Beyond #Palantir: What’s next for the Federated Data Platform?" Sign up to attend here www.medact.org/event/nhs-co...

@medact.bsky.social are running a fringe event at this year's NHS #Confed #Expo "Beyond #Palantir: What’s next for the Federated Data Platform?" Sign up to attend here www.medact.org/event/nhs-co...

“...ata seen by The BMJ suggest that pilots of the FDP, run at Chelsea and Westminster Foundation Trust and subsequently promoted as a Palantir success story, are flawed.” www.bmj.com/content/393/...

Come our Medact New Joiners meeting this Monday! This is where you can find out how to become a part of the Medact movement, and find your place in our local group and campaigns structure. 7.30pm and online – sign up!

We recently supported @Medact and other civil society human rights and health organisations in raising concerns over Palantir's contract with the NHS www.medact.org/2026/resourc...

Medact have put together an action pack for local groups that want to say no to Palantir in the NHS 👀 https://www.medact.org/2026/resources/no-palantir-briefing-action-pack-local/

The NHS IT cycle of self-harm: 1 Ensure organisational knowledge is never written down, and is only in people's heads. 2 Make all the people redundant so your organisational knowledge is gone. 3 Do a 'discovery' to find out organisational knowledge your org used to have. GOTO 1

NHS England's Digital Data and Technology Committee has posted two reports of its meetings (March 2026 and December 2025), *neither of which* mention open source as a cybersecurity risk. Dec 2025 www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/di... March 2025 www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/bo...

again I cannot recommend Kagi enough. you remember how good Google search was in 2012? Kagi

htn.co.uk/2026/05/28/i... "Neighbourhoods were conceived as a buzzword-first policy decision, with uncertainty around what it might actually entail, or how services will be provided."

www.vicinae.com Vicinae is hands down the best Launcher I've ever used. Available on Linux, Mac and Windows. Fast, easy to customise, and pretty.

I don't care who you are, there will always be times when hell is other people. Not because other people are horrible - quite the opposite! Other people are *wonderful*, but boy are they ever *stubborn*. 1/

www.thenerve.news/p/investigat... Farage and Johnson both in the pocket of crypto billionaires. Of course they are.

So we've been getting rinsed by Palantir... go figure 🤷 Turns out we're quid's in when we junk them from our digital systems. Now we just need to replicate this across the State, getting rid of all the other Big Tech suppliers that over-charge and under-deliver. Bring on Digital Sovereignty 🌱

If Labour had any sense or decency they would politely tell Tony Blair to fuck off. They never will because they adore him, even when he’s having a pop at them. Dead party. #VoteGreen

Minority representation on TV causes outrage From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

Multi-millionaire arguing that the biggest problem with our economy is that poor people are being paid too much.

When we say “tax the super‑rich”, people sometimes think we mean them. But unless you're very lucky— we really don't. The Wealth Tax we're advocating would be on assets over £10 Million. Who has that kind of money? Just 0.4% of the country.

Restore is on 7% in that Makerfield constituency poll. I wrote this week why they're a threat that needs to be taken seriously. And why splitting the Reform vote isn't worth the normalisation of what is, in effect, a neo-Nazi party. samf.substack.com/p/is-andy-bu...

You might like this explanation of Karp’s scary manifesto by the ever reliable @lopatto.bsky.social www.theverge.com/policy/91523...

It’s a damning reflection of the UK's slide away from being a world leader on LGBTQIA+ rights." From 1st to 22nd in just ten years, UK drops again in ranking of LGBTQIA+ rights ⬇️

github.com/suitenumeriq... A collaborative note taking, wiki and documentation platform that scales. Built with Django and React.

This has to be the end for the #Palantir #FDP A damning editorial in the BMJ Streeting: Make your move. Pick your side. www.bmj.com/content/393/... @coricrider.com @doctorow.pluralistic.net @comparesoftware.bsky.social @adebyrne.bsky.social @helensalisbury.bsky.social @bengoldacre.bsky.social

Just putting it out there that the #ZemplerBank app is beyond unsalvageable in terms of glitches, unexpected behaviour and failures without useful error messages. My advice: avoid #Zempler Bank entirely.

“This is free money for mega corporations at a time when medicine is rapidly becoming an economically unviable occupation, and the NHS is staggering along after catastrophic re-disorganisations. NHSE are out of control with their spending.” www.digitalhealth.net/2026/05/nhs-...

@edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @doctorow.pluralistic.net @bengoldacre.bsky.social @sebbacon.bsky.social

🆕 blog! “GDS weighs in on the NHS's decision to retreat from Open Source” Within the UK's Civil Service you occasionally hear the expression "being invited to a meeting without biscuits". It implies a rather frosty discussion without any of the polite niceties of a normal meeting. In general […]

I'm sitting out Digital Health Summer School this year. The talk will all be about the #10YearNotPlan and the total paralysis of NHSE and ICBs because of #NHSRedisorganisation Better instead to watch this response to @chionwurah.bsky.social 's excellent question: "erm... well.... um..."

Google is requiring all Android developers to register centrally, pay a fee, and submit government ID. Apps from unregistered developers will be silently blocked. over 67 organizations oppose this. @keepandroidopen.bsky.social keepandroidopen.org

One of the biggest mistakes by the government was to tolerate and pander to this group. Far right extremist thugs posing as patriots, who should have been clamped down on from day one www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

It's been clear for a long time who these people are. They should never have been given an inch bylinetimes.com/2025/12/18/r...

This is an excellent article written by NHS Data Analysts about the major shortcomings and risks of the Palantir Federated Data Platform. We have a new health secretary this week - James Murray - and he has a golden opportunity here to kick out Palantir. www.opendemocracy.net/nhs-england-...

This is an excellent article written by NHS Data Analysts about the major shortcomings and risks of the Palantir Federated Data Platform. We have a new health secretary this week - James Murray - and he has a golden opportunity here to kick out Palantir. www.opendemocracy.net/nhs-england-...

The utterly vacuous policy of "Neighbourhoods" is essentially what happens when the principles of #W*nkernomics are applied to the entire NHS

#NHSEngland 's approach to cybersecurity post- #Mythos is now diametrically opposed to the GOV.UK guidance on EVERY POINT. www.gov.uk/guidance/ai-... I think we need to find out who made these decisions for NHSE. Urgently. Why are they not willing to be open with NAMES?

The reality, which no politician will honestly admit, is that politicians have less power to change things than they claim It’s because we are at the mercy of international forces, most starkly illustrated by Trump’s global oil shock It’s why mainstream poltical parties appear increasingly similar

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Why exactly would a Thailand-based economic migrant secretly give Nigel Farage £5 million as a 'reward' for delivering Brexit? I won't get to ask either of them this question but every single journalist & broadcaster granted access could...

NHS code clampdown draws open source backlash www.theregister.com/software/202...

#NHSEngland 's approach to cybersecurity post- #Mythos is now diametrically opposed to the GOV.UK guidance on EVERY POINT. www.gov.uk/guidance/ai-... I think we need to find out who made these decisions for NHSE. Urgently. Why are they not willing to be open with NAMES?

The irony that @bmj.com published this article behind a paywall has not escaped me 😂 www.bmj.com/content/393/... Thanks to stephena1984.bsky.social for the quote though.

As Health Secretary, Wes Streeting deepened the privatisation of our NHS and handed over our data to Palantir, a company involved in genocide. I am sure his friend Peter Mandelson is very proud. Time to reinstate our NHS as a fully public service — and kick Palantir out!

2023: "NHS England told openDemocracy it would alter or remove identifiable personal information before it was passed to Palantir" 2026: "NHS England has allowed staff from the US tech firm access to patient data before it has been pseudonymised" www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Farage on his £5 million “gift” from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne: 14 May 2026: “Frankly, it was given as a reward for campaigning for Brexit for 27 years.” 9 May 2026: “There was nothing political in its nature at all.”

bsky.app/profile/marc... What a waste of nearly 2 years. He could have got rid of Palantir from the NHS He could have rationalised NHSE and ICB spending without indiscriminate mass redundancy Instead he laid in wait for a weak moment to attack Starmer for PM role

Now its clear that the Epstein class criminal network stole everything by rigging the system. This stolen wealth must be seized and returned to the people.