Ken Tindell
@kentindell.bsky.social
Automotive in-vehicle networking, CTO of a chip startup.
Not since the Trojans wheeled a wooden horse into the city has anyone made such a huge a mistake of letting an enemy in as the UK government.
To be fair on the Trojans, they didn’t already know the enemy was inside the horse.
To be fair on the Trojans, they didn’t already know the enemy was inside the horse.
Palantir lands biggest ever UK defense deal
The £240 million contract with the Ministry of Defence has renewed a debate about Britain’s dependence on American technology.
www.politico.eu
January 6, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Not since the Trojans wheeled a wooden horse into the city has anyone made such a huge a mistake of letting an enemy in as the UK government.
To be fair on the Trojans, they didn’t already know the enemy was inside the horse.
To be fair on the Trojans, they didn’t already know the enemy was inside the horse.
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Today, we have the second reading of the British government's new Cyber Security and Resilience Bill. It's a first opportunity for debate, not a line-by-line, clause-by-clause kind of debate, but about the general purpose of the bill. Will be interesting to hear if there are any disputes over that.
January 6, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Today, we have the second reading of the British government's new Cyber Security and Resilience Bill. It's a first opportunity for debate, not a line-by-line, clause-by-clause kind of debate, but about the general purpose of the bill. Will be interesting to hear if there are any disputes over that.
“When stationary, a software glitch can cause the wheel to turn itself back and forth without any input from the driver. It’s basically one step away from a nightmare scenario on the highway.”
Firstly, let’s all agree that 2026 will be the year to stop using the word “glitch” to describe bugs.
Firstly, let’s all agree that 2026 will be the year to stop using the word “glitch” to describe bugs.
BMW Built Smarter Steering For The X3, And Then It Started Turning On Its Own | Carscoops
Nearly 37,000 SUVs are being recalled after a software flaw caused wheel movement while parked, underscoring the risks of complex systems
www.carscoops.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:18 AM
“When stationary, a software glitch can cause the wheel to turn itself back and forth without any input from the driver. It’s basically one step away from a nightmare scenario on the highway.”
Firstly, let’s all agree that 2026 will be the year to stop using the word “glitch” to describe bugs.
Firstly, let’s all agree that 2026 will be the year to stop using the word “glitch” to describe bugs.
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When I said last year that the average American MAGA supporter closely resembles a Russian vatnik in both mindset and ideology, I meant it seriously.
January 5, 2026 at 5:01 AM
When I said last year that the average American MAGA supporter closely resembles a Russian vatnik in both mindset and ideology, I meant it seriously.
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Not the BBC, but this has been a problem with news media for a long while
www.nytimes.com/1938/03/20/a...
www.nytimes.com/1938/03/20/a...
A NEW CHAPTER WRITTEN IN AN AMAZING CAREER; Adolf Hitler Has Risen From Obscurity to a Dominant Position in the European Scene (Published 1938)
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Not the BBC, but this has been a problem with news media for a long while
www.nytimes.com/1938/03/20/a...
www.nytimes.com/1938/03/20/a...
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When you look at things overall, it’s insane what and who we’re handing the keys to:
Palantir - NHS, MoD, local gov
Anduril - MoD
OpenAI - Gov, local gov, creative industries
Between them they’ll have free access to information that Cold War spies would have killed for.
Insanity.
Palantir - NHS, MoD, local gov
Anduril - MoD
OpenAI - Gov, local gov, creative industries
Between them they’ll have free access to information that Cold War spies would have killed for.
Insanity.
January 6, 2026 at 9:25 AM
When you look at things overall, it’s insane what and who we’re handing the keys to:
Palantir - NHS, MoD, local gov
Anduril - MoD
OpenAI - Gov, local gov, creative industries
Between them they’ll have free access to information that Cold War spies would have killed for.
Insanity.
Palantir - NHS, MoD, local gov
Anduril - MoD
OpenAI - Gov, local gov, creative industries
Between them they’ll have free access to information that Cold War spies would have killed for.
Insanity.
The British government has its response to this planned, I assume.
Trump: We need to take Greenland - right now — Sky News
apple.news
January 6, 2026 at 9:28 AM
The British government has its response to this planned, I assume.
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How about temporarily re-titling this ‘Venezuela’?
January 6, 2026 at 9:14 AM
How about temporarily re-titling this ‘Venezuela’?
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Further evidence that Reform voters are the most distinct political group in the country
benansell.substack.com/p/odd-ones-out
benansell.substack.com/p/odd-ones-out
January 6, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Further evidence that Reform voters are the most distinct political group in the country
benansell.substack.com/p/odd-ones-out
benansell.substack.com/p/odd-ones-out
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Another example of the fact that there are very few technically difficult questions of economics; "difficult questions" are just difficult because you don't like the obvious answer
January 6, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Another example of the fact that there are very few technically difficult questions of economics; "difficult questions" are just difficult because you don't like the obvious answer
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imagine a cheery BBC news report in 1938 breezily asking "which countries could be in Hitler's sights after the Sudetenland?"
January 5, 2026 at 5:35 PM
imagine a cheery BBC news report in 1938 breezily asking "which countries could be in Hitler's sights after the Sudetenland?"
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Not for nothing was a key part of the plot in Clancy’s Red Storm Rising the seizure of Iceland by Soviet forces.
January 6, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Not for nothing was a key part of the plot in Clancy’s Red Storm Rising the seizure of Iceland by Soviet forces.
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I dont see why Trump, Miller etc would stop with Greenland. If you think you need Greenland then you need almost certainly Iceland too.
January 6, 2026 at 8:33 AM
I dont see why Trump, Miller etc would stop with Greenland. If you think you need Greenland then you need almost certainly Iceland too.
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The thing I don't get is that the politics of banning X or Grok should be quite favourable. If there is one thing lots of the public really hate, it is noncery, so saying "we are banning the Nonce Porn machine" and then attacking e.g. Farage as pro-nonce when he criticises it should land quite well.
Just saw this in LinkedIn for anyone interested in looking into Grok's production of CSAM and non-consensual sexualised imagery.
www.linkedin.com/posts/mtechl...
www.linkedin.com/posts/mtechl...
January 6, 2026 at 8:19 AM
The thing I don't get is that the politics of banning X or Grok should be quite favourable. If there is one thing lots of the public really hate, it is noncery, so saying "we are banning the Nonce Porn machine" and then attacking e.g. Farage as pro-nonce when he criticises it should land quite well.
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Prophet revises time of apocalypse after originally projected date passes uneventfully.
Leading AI expert delays timeline for its possible destruction of humanity
Former OpenAI employee Daniel Kokotajlo says progress to AGI is ‘somewhat slower’ than first predicted
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Prophet revises time of apocalypse after originally projected date passes uneventfully.
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I have a hunch that if you or I were running a website doing this the "urgent contact" would involve door rams and handcuffs so I struggle to see why it can't be slightly more pugnacious than this.
Ofcom, which enforces the UK's Online Safety Act, says it is aware of "serious concerns" about Grok undressing people including children on X
“We have made urgent contact with X and xAI to understand what steps they have taken to comply with their legal duties to protect users in the UK," it says
“We have made urgent contact with X and xAI to understand what steps they have taken to comply with their legal duties to protect users in the UK," it says
January 5, 2026 at 2:57 PM
I have a hunch that if you or I were running a website doing this the "urgent contact" would involve door rams and handcuffs so I struggle to see why it can't be slightly more pugnacious than this.
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Stephen Miller goes on a rant defending Trump's imperialist aggression against Venezuela: "We’re a superpower… we are going to conduct ourselves as a superpower."
Jake Tapper: "I don't even know what you're talking about right now."
Jake Tapper: "I don't even know what you're talking about right now."
January 5, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Stephen Miller goes on a rant defending Trump's imperialist aggression against Venezuela: "We’re a superpower… we are going to conduct ourselves as a superpower."
Jake Tapper: "I don't even know what you're talking about right now."
Jake Tapper: "I don't even know what you're talking about right now."
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Its whereabouts aren't publicly known, though it's believed to be in storage. n.pr/3YWyTJY
This Jan. 6 plaque was made to honor law enforcement. It's nowhere to be found at the Capitol
Its whereabouts aren't publicly known, though it's believed to be in storage.
n.pr
January 6, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Its whereabouts aren't publicly known, though it's believed to be in storage. n.pr/3YWyTJY
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Case in point - you don't need to invade a country if you can control it with tech from within.
Yet another huge contract, awarded without any competitive bidding process, to Wes Streeting's favourite NHS supplier, the Hard Right US surveillance tech specialists Palantir, for military decision making capability.
Palantir lands biggest ever UK defense deal
The £240 million contract with the Ministry of Defence has renewed a debate about Britain’s dependence on American technology.
www.politico.eu
January 6, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Case in point - you don't need to invade a country if you can control it with tech from within.
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I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.
January 6, 2026 at 7:10 AM
I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.
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18 months ago I was photographing birds in a US national park when someone jumped out of a car in front of a dozen witnesses, put a Glock to my forehead, and demanded my camera.
This shot is from my first time out birding after that.
Living like this is a deliberate choice.
This shot is from my first time out birding after that.
Living like this is a deliberate choice.
January 6, 2026 at 7:04 AM
18 months ago I was photographing birds in a US national park when someone jumped out of a car in front of a dozen witnesses, put a Glock to my forehead, and demanded my camera.
This shot is from my first time out birding after that.
Living like this is a deliberate choice.
This shot is from my first time out birding after that.
Living like this is a deliberate choice.
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One thing that gives me some hope is that while Miller et al may dream of American Empire they are also apparently aware that the US has zero appetite for casualties, boots on the ground, or even economic hardship.
There are limits to building Rome with SoF, cruise missiles, and tariffs.
There are limits to building Rome with SoF, cruise missiles, and tariffs.
Here. I wrote about American threats against Greenland and the fate of NATO.
othermeans.io/p/the-next-g...
othermeans.io/p/the-next-g...
The Next Great Crisis
Greenland and the Fate of NATO
othermeans.io
January 6, 2026 at 7:27 AM
One thing that gives me some hope is that while Miller et al may dream of American Empire they are also apparently aware that the US has zero appetite for casualties, boots on the ground, or even economic hardship.
There are limits to building Rome with SoF, cruise missiles, and tariffs.
There are limits to building Rome with SoF, cruise missiles, and tariffs.
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"did you try to bribe the president of the united states by giving him your nobel peace prize so he will declare that you are in charge of venezuela after abducting its leader by military force" is just a thing that someone can be asked in an interview now and we all have to deal with that
Hannity: Did you at any point offered to give him the Nobel peace prize?
Machado: It hasn’t happened yet. We want to give it to him. Share it with him.
Machado: It hasn’t happened yet. We want to give it to him. Share it with him.
January 6, 2026 at 5:54 AM
"did you try to bribe the president of the united states by giving him your nobel peace prize so he will declare that you are in charge of venezuela after abducting its leader by military force" is just a thing that someone can be asked in an interview now and we all have to deal with that
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I do sort of wonder if Miller has accumulated so much power inside the White House because he always willing to yell over others with the most bombastic take and there is zero benefit in being seen as the voice of reason in front of Trump
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 6, 2026 at 1:42 AM
I do sort of wonder if Miller has accumulated so much power inside the White House because he always willing to yell over others with the most bombastic take and there is zero benefit in being seen as the voice of reason in front of Trump
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im genuinely curious if this resonates with voters. this naked appeal to imperialism from a shrieking, shrill man
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 6, 2026 at 12:04 AM
im genuinely curious if this resonates with voters. this naked appeal to imperialism from a shrieking, shrill man