@drawingtheline.bsky.social
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With student loans the UK government has become a loanshark. Trapping poorly paid graduates in decades of “debt” that they can realistically never repay. If it were a commercial deal the govt would be trying to regulate the company out of business.
January 29, 2026 at 7:45 AM
With student loans the UK government has become a loanshark. Trapping poorly paid graduates in decades of “debt” that they can realistically never repay. If it were a commercial deal the govt would be trying to regulate the company out of business.
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whoever came up with “create the problem, sell the solution” probably didn’t expect someone would figure out how to sell the problem too
January 29, 2026 at 1:28 AM
whoever came up with “create the problem, sell the solution” probably didn’t expect someone would figure out how to sell the problem too
"the UK is overwhelmingly dependent on Palantir’s services. As a national security threat, this is off the charts."
@vickyfoxcroftmp.bsky.social, please read this report. This is madness.
@vickyfoxcroftmp.bsky.social, please read this report. This is madness.
NEW: Our investigation for @thenerve_news reveals not only that Peter Thiel’s Palantir is completely enmeshed in our critical national infrastructure.
It’s also the ‘cloud support’ for our nuclear weapons system 🤯
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www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...
It’s also the ‘cloud support’ for our nuclear weapons system 🤯
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www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...
January 28, 2026 at 11:57 AM
"the UK is overwhelmingly dependent on Palantir’s services. As a national security threat, this is off the charts."
@vickyfoxcroftmp.bsky.social, please read this report. This is madness.
@vickyfoxcroftmp.bsky.social, please read this report. This is madness.
Slightly terrifying.
This is a real questionnaire from a US company about what to do with employees who resist adopting "AI". @olivia.science @irisvanrooij.bsky.social @bcmerchant.bsky.social @prietschka.bsky.social
The "correct" answer is the 3rd option.
The "correct" answer is the 3rd option.
January 28, 2026 at 6:07 AM
Slightly terrifying.
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While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
January 27, 2026 at 5:07 PM
While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
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Time for Government to stop tinkering around the edges and scrap leasehold altogether.
Ground rent cap is good news (though peppercorn would be better straight away). Also welcome is promised abolition of new leasehold properties. Better still would be the outright abolition of leasehold altogether, a feudal anachronism virtually unique to England and Wales.
January 27, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Time for Government to stop tinkering around the edges and scrap leasehold altogether.
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Ignorance is power.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
www.science.org
January 27, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Ignorance is power.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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A few weeks ago, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale called for public executions.
Now we've had a few in Minneapolis—and they're backfiring massively.
What other brilliant advice do the manchild idiots of Silicon Valley have for Trump administration?
Now we've had a few in Minneapolis—and they're backfiring massively.
What other brilliant advice do the manchild idiots of Silicon Valley have for Trump administration?
January 27, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A few weeks ago, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale called for public executions.
Now we've had a few in Minneapolis—and they're backfiring massively.
What other brilliant advice do the manchild idiots of Silicon Valley have for Trump administration?
Now we've had a few in Minneapolis—and they're backfiring massively.
What other brilliant advice do the manchild idiots of Silicon Valley have for Trump administration?
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you work for a company whose co-founder said it was created to "blow up commies", who tf did you think you were going to be helping?
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:54 PM
you work for a company whose co-founder said it was created to "blow up commies", who tf did you think you were going to be helping?
How about thinking of what’s best for the people of this country for a change?
What's the outcome that terrifies Labour most in the Gorton by-election?
Reform winning?
Nope. It's the Greens they're most worried about.
They'd prefer Reform to win, rather than the Greens.
Reform winning?
Nope. It's the Greens they're most worried about.
They'd prefer Reform to win, rather than the Greens.
January 26, 2026 at 11:28 AM
How about thinking of what’s best for the people of this country for a change?
Thank god for Led by Donkeys
January 24, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Thank god for Led by Donkeys
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The aurora tonight right outside my apartment in North Pols, Alaska was absolutely mind blowing… one of the best displays I have ever seen!
January 23, 2026 at 11:23 AM
The aurora tonight right outside my apartment in North Pols, Alaska was absolutely mind blowing… one of the best displays I have ever seen!
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The fashion industry is dedicated to telling you that you look like shit without them. AI is aimed to making you think you can't do shit without them, not as well as they can.
It's systematic dehumanization for profit.
It's systematic dehumanization for profit.
January 23, 2026 at 5:42 PM
The fashion industry is dedicated to telling you that you look like shit without them. AI is aimed to making you think you can't do shit without them, not as well as they can.
It's systematic dehumanization for profit.
It's systematic dehumanization for profit.
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Zack Polanski stood outside Palantir HQ to demand that the spy-tech firm - which has supported deadly ICE raids and enabled genocide in Gaza - gets out of our NHS
Say no to Palantir in the NHS ❌👇
goodlaw.social/658abc
Say no to Palantir in the NHS ❌👇
goodlaw.social/658abc
January 23, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Zack Polanski stood outside Palantir HQ to demand that the spy-tech firm - which has supported deadly ICE raids and enabled genocide in Gaza - gets out of our NHS
Say no to Palantir in the NHS ❌👇
goodlaw.social/658abc
Say no to Palantir in the NHS ❌👇
goodlaw.social/658abc
Let’s have a boycott of subscriptions and other US on-demand services in the UK too.
“Danish citizens are organising a huge boycott that includes cancelling planned holidays in the US, cancelling subscriptions to on-demand services based in the US & more generally, recommending the use of EU services instead of those provided by American platforms.”
So, same as Canadians.
So, same as Canadians.
January 23, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Let’s have a boycott of subscriptions and other US on-demand services in the UK too.
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I love every single thing about this.
You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
January 23, 2026 at 4:25 AM
I love every single thing about this.
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We need a UK Digital Sovereignty Strategy.
Urge your MP to sign @sianberry.bsky.social Early Day Motion 👇🏼
action.openrightsgroup.org/protect-brit...
Urge your MP to sign @sianberry.bsky.social Early Day Motion 👇🏼
action.openrightsgroup.org/protect-brit...
January 22, 2026 at 11:44 AM
We need a UK Digital Sovereignty Strategy.
Urge your MP to sign @sianberry.bsky.social Early Day Motion 👇🏼
action.openrightsgroup.org/protect-brit...
Urge your MP to sign @sianberry.bsky.social Early Day Motion 👇🏼
action.openrightsgroup.org/protect-brit...
"Labour promised in its manifesto to “finally bring the feudal leasehold system to an end”
"but ministers are currently subjected to furious lobbying from wealthy investors trying to water down this manifesto commitment."
@vickyfoxcroftmp.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/money/2026/j...
"but ministers are currently subjected to furious lobbying from wealthy investors trying to water down this manifesto commitment."
@vickyfoxcroftmp.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/money/2026/j...
Rayner urges Starmer to keep promise on leasehold reform
Ex-deputy PM says government must stick to plans to cap charges for leaseholders in England and Wales
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:35 PM
"Labour promised in its manifesto to “finally bring the feudal leasehold system to an end”
"but ministers are currently subjected to furious lobbying from wealthy investors trying to water down this manifesto commitment."
@vickyfoxcroftmp.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/money/2026/j...
"but ministers are currently subjected to furious lobbying from wealthy investors trying to water down this manifesto commitment."
@vickyfoxcroftmp.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/money/2026/j...
"If imperialism is driven by oligarchic power, then oligarchic power must be confronted.
Europe should respond to Trump’s blackmail with targeted measures aimed not at American consumers, but at American billionaires."
open.substack.com/pub/gzucman/...
Europe should respond to Trump’s blackmail with targeted measures aimed not at American consumers, but at American billionaires."
open.substack.com/pub/gzucman/...
Standing up to Trump’s Imperial Blackmail on Greenland
If the European Union wants to stop the imperial ambitions of the man in the White House, it will have to do more than protest. It will have to innovate—and that means targeting America’s oligarchs.
open.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:51 AM
"If imperialism is driven by oligarchic power, then oligarchic power must be confronted.
Europe should respond to Trump’s blackmail with targeted measures aimed not at American consumers, but at American billionaires."
open.substack.com/pub/gzucman/...
Europe should respond to Trump’s blackmail with targeted measures aimed not at American consumers, but at American billionaires."
open.substack.com/pub/gzucman/...
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The government's new White Paper on Water is not the solution to the water crisis, in fact it's the opposite.
The only solution that works is to bring these rogue water companies into public ownership.
The only solution that works is to bring these rogue water companies into public ownership.
January 21, 2026 at 8:27 AM
The government's new White Paper on Water is not the solution to the water crisis, in fact it's the opposite.
The only solution that works is to bring these rogue water companies into public ownership.
The only solution that works is to bring these rogue water companies into public ownership.
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Enough is enough: we need water back in public hands.
But still, this Government tinkers instead of stopping the scam.
I'm backing a real alternative👉
actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
But still, this Government tinkers instead of stopping the scam.
I'm backing a real alternative👉
actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
January 20, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Enough is enough: we need water back in public hands.
But still, this Government tinkers instead of stopping the scam.
I'm backing a real alternative👉
actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
But still, this Government tinkers instead of stopping the scam.
I'm backing a real alternative👉
actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
"The AI can’t do your job, but an AI salesman can convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can’t do your job. This is key because it helps us build the kinds of coalitions that will be successful in the fight against the AI bubble."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:56 AM
"The AI can’t do your job, but an AI salesman can convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can’t do your job. This is key because it helps us build the kinds of coalitions that will be successful in the fight against the AI bubble."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
and this is how it feels on the ground:
"With AI, the most immediate danger seems to be an epidemic of workforce demoralization. Research suggests that intensive AI use is demotivating and deskilling, fuelling boredom and mediocrity.“
Results: “a deterioration in labour quality."
"With AI, the most immediate danger seems to be an epidemic of workforce demoralization. Research suggests that intensive AI use is demotivating and deskilling, fuelling boredom and mediocrity.“
Results: “a deterioration in labour quality."
This is the AI bubble’s end game:
“when AI has infiltrated work processes to the point that exit costs are prohibitive, the customer base will be unable to escape and coerced into paying up. The world will be hooked on AI, and the tech firms will collect handsome profits.”
“when AI has infiltrated work processes to the point that exit costs are prohibitive, the customer base will be unable to escape and coerced into paying up. The world will be hooked on AI, and the tech firms will collect handsome profits.”
Cédric Durand, After AI — Sidecar
Legacies of the bubble.
newleftreview.org
January 18, 2026 at 7:10 AM
and this is how it feels on the ground:
"With AI, the most immediate danger seems to be an epidemic of workforce demoralization. Research suggests that intensive AI use is demotivating and deskilling, fuelling boredom and mediocrity.“
Results: “a deterioration in labour quality."
"With AI, the most immediate danger seems to be an epidemic of workforce demoralization. Research suggests that intensive AI use is demotivating and deskilling, fuelling boredom and mediocrity.“
Results: “a deterioration in labour quality."
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Grok is so much worse than you think.
January 17, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Grok is so much worse than you think.
"This isn’t about technicalities. It’s about who we are here to serve."
Beautiful open letter penned by @ianbyrnemp.bsky.social
Beautiful open letter penned by @ianbyrnemp.bsky.social
‘An open letter to my fellow Labour MPs: if not the full Hillsborough Law, what is this government for?’
Ian Byrne
labourlist.org/2026/01/open...
Ian Byrne
labourlist.org/2026/01/open...
'An open letter to my fellow Labour MPs: if not the full Hillsborough Law, what is this government for?' - LabourList
"As the Government looks to water-down the Public Office (Accountability) Bill once again, my message to Labour colleagues is simple: what are we here to do, and who are we here to serve?" asks Ian By...
labourlist.org
January 17, 2026 at 7:25 AM
"This isn’t about technicalities. It’s about who we are here to serve."
Beautiful open letter penned by @ianbyrnemp.bsky.social
Beautiful open letter penned by @ianbyrnemp.bsky.social