Pete Slater
@peteslater.bsky.social
Software consultant
Sometimes a photographer(using Canon gear)
Uses Linux
Likes cats
Plays guitar(not very well)
Drives an EV
Sometimes a photographer(using Canon gear)
Uses Linux
Likes cats
Plays guitar(not very well)
Drives an EV
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Zack Polanski, "Palantir.. £240 million contract last month"
"That was lobbied by Global Counsel which is Peter Mandelson's lobbying group"
"The idea that a defence company from the US has its fingerprints all over our healthcare system, alongside Peter Mandelson"
"That was lobbied by Global Counsel which is Peter Mandelson's lobbying group"
"The idea that a defence company from the US has its fingerprints all over our healthcare system, alongside Peter Mandelson"
February 4, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Zack Polanski, "Palantir.. £240 million contract last month"
"That was lobbied by Global Counsel which is Peter Mandelson's lobbying group"
"The idea that a defence company from the US has its fingerprints all over our healthcare system, alongside Peter Mandelson"
"That was lobbied by Global Counsel which is Peter Mandelson's lobbying group"
"The idea that a defence company from the US has its fingerprints all over our healthcare system, alongside Peter Mandelson"
I don't drink at Starbucks because their coffee is pretty nasty and their constant push to upsell me shit I don't need offends me.
Now there's another reason to avoid them... AI.
www.ghacks.net/2026/02/02/s...
Now there's another reason to avoid them... AI.
www.ghacks.net/2026/02/02/s...
Starbucks Turns to AI and Robots to Win Back Customers and Speed Up Service - gHacks Tech News
Starbucks is investing heavily in AI, automation, and robotics to revive slowing sales, betting that technology can reduce friction while restoring the personal coffeehouse experience.
www.ghacks.net
February 2, 2026 at 6:25 PM
I don't drink at Starbucks because their coffee is pretty nasty and their constant push to upsell me shit I don't need offends me.
Now there's another reason to avoid them... AI.
www.ghacks.net/2026/02/02/s...
Now there's another reason to avoid them... AI.
www.ghacks.net/2026/02/02/s...
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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 11:32 AM
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 🤯
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...
It’s also the ‘cloud support’ for our nuclear weapons system 🤯
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...
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Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
I really don't understand the mentality behind all this.
They wanted us to split away from our closest friends and allies in mainland Europe so that we could... get our sovereignty back or something ?!?
Now they wants us to be a vassal state to the USA?
I don't get it. Maybe I'm not supposed to.
They wanted us to split away from our closest friends and allies in mainland Europe so that we could... get our sovereignty back or something ?!?
Now they wants us to be a vassal state to the USA?
I don't get it. Maybe I'm not supposed to.
January 23, 2026 at 8:51 AM
I really don't understand the mentality behind all this.
They wanted us to split away from our closest friends and allies in mainland Europe so that we could... get our sovereignty back or something ?!?
Now they wants us to be a vassal state to the USA?
I don't get it. Maybe I'm not supposed to.
They wanted us to split away from our closest friends and allies in mainland Europe so that we could... get our sovereignty back or something ?!?
Now they wants us to be a vassal state to the USA?
I don't get it. Maybe I'm not supposed to.
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457 UK armed forces personnel died in Afghanistan during the 20-year deployment.
This is a fucking hideous thing to say. Even by his non-existent standards.
This is a fucking hideous thing to say. Even by his non-existent standards.
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 2:16 PM
457 UK armed forces personnel died in Afghanistan during the 20-year deployment.
This is a fucking hideous thing to say. Even by his non-existent standards.
This is a fucking hideous thing to say. Even by his non-existent standards.
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BREAKING - @zackpolanski.bsky.social is telling defence surveillance corporation Palantir to 'pack its bags and get the hell out of the NHS'
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
Zack Polanski to hand in NHS contract termination notice to Palantir
Zack Polanski is telling defence surveillance corporation Palantir to 'pack its bags and get the hell out of the NHS'.
www.thecanary.co
January 22, 2026 at 9:18 AM
BREAKING - @zackpolanski.bsky.social is telling defence surveillance corporation Palantir to 'pack its bags and get the hell out of the NHS'
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
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Are we fighting evil when we take on President Trump? youtu.be/DwoIrxZn47I?...
Are we fighting evil when we take on President Trump?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
January 20, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Are we fighting evil when we take on President Trump? youtu.be/DwoIrxZn47I?...
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Remember.
The very stable geniuses of British politics should not be allowed to forget their sycophancy towards Trump.
January 19, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Remember.
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Use of AI to harm women has only just begun, experts warn
Use of AI to harm women has only just begun, experts warn
While Grok has introduced belated safeguards to prevent sexualised AI imagery, other tools have far fewer limits
“Since discovering Grok AI, regular porn doesn’t do it for me anymore, it just sounds absurd now,” one enthusiast for the Elon Musk-owned AI chatbot wrote on Reddit. Another agreed: “If I want a really specific person, yes.”
If those who have been horrified by the distribution of sexualised imagery on Grok hoped that last week’s belated safeguards could put the genie back in the bottle, there are many such posts on Reddit and elsewhere that tell a different story. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Use of AI to harm women has only just begun, experts warn
Calling Reform UK Party a pound shop Conservative party is doing a disservice to all decent pound shops out there.
January 12, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Calling Reform UK Party a pound shop Conservative party is doing a disservice to all decent pound shops out there.
I haven't seen/heard the whole interview but does nobody correct him?
Does nobody explain this stuff to him or do them let him talk shit all the way through without letting people know he is full of crap?
Does nobody explain this stuff to him or do them let him talk shit all the way through without letting people know he is full of crap?
Farage: "I believe in vaccinations when they're vaccinations. I don't think what happened with Covid were vaccinations. You have to keep having them every 6 months."
Conspiratorial nonsense.
Some vaccinations like Covid shots require multiple/seasonal doses because immunity fades & viruses change.
Conspiratorial nonsense.
Some vaccinations like Covid shots require multiple/seasonal doses because immunity fades & viruses change.
January 8, 2026 at 9:26 AM
I haven't seen/heard the whole interview but does nobody correct him?
Does nobody explain this stuff to him or do them let him talk shit all the way through without letting people know he is full of crap?
Does nobody explain this stuff to him or do them let him talk shit all the way through without letting people know he is full of crap?
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AI likely to displace jobs, says Bank of England governor.
It is already displacing jobs. No govt had strategy for education, training, jobs. Markets won't provide answers.
AI stock market bubble also waiting to burst, will cause havoc.
Need an active state but passivity is the vogue.
It is already displacing jobs. No govt had strategy for education, training, jobs. Markets won't provide answers.
AI stock market bubble also waiting to burst, will cause havoc.
Need an active state but passivity is the vogue.
AI likely to displace jobs, says Bank of England governor
Andrew Bailey says workers need to be trained to move into jobs that use AI, but adds it might not lead to mass unemployment.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 7:36 AM
AI likely to displace jobs, says Bank of England governor.
It is already displacing jobs. No govt had strategy for education, training, jobs. Markets won't provide answers.
AI stock market bubble also waiting to burst, will cause havoc.
Need an active state but passivity is the vogue.
It is already displacing jobs. No govt had strategy for education, training, jobs. Markets won't provide answers.
AI stock market bubble also waiting to burst, will cause havoc.
Need an active state but passivity is the vogue.
Norway hits its target of 95% of new cars being EVs in 2025 whilst the UK conservative party want to remove the 2030 ban on new patrol and diesel cars for... reasons.
Once again the world moves forward while the UK moves backward.
electrek.co/2025/10/15/n...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Once again the world moves forward while the UK moves backward.
electrek.co/2025/10/15/n...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Norway says 'mission accomplished' on going 100% EV, proposes incentive changes
For years, Norway has been the poster child for electric vehicle adoption, a perfect example of how a combination of...
electrek.co
December 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Norway hits its target of 95% of new cars being EVs in 2025 whilst the UK conservative party want to remove the 2030 ban on new patrol and diesel cars for... reasons.
Once again the world moves forward while the UK moves backward.
electrek.co/2025/10/15/n...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Once again the world moves forward while the UK moves backward.
electrek.co/2025/10/15/n...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Daily Mail owner’s wife donates £50,000 to Reform UK
Nothing to see here...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/dai...
Nothing to see here...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/dai...
Daily Mail owner's wife donates £50,000 to Reform UK
The wife of the owner of the Daily Mail made a £50,000 donation to Reform UK earlier this year.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Daily Mail owner’s wife donates £50,000 to Reform UK
Nothing to see here...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/dai...
Nothing to see here...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/dai...
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A Thailand-based crypto investor has handed a record-breaking £9 million to Reform UK, shortly before Nigel Farage used media interviews to plug his crypto firm and promise lower taxes and deregulation on the industry
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK After Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry 'I Am Your Champion'
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne's company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
A Thailand-based crypto investor has handed a record-breaking £9 million to Reform UK, shortly before Nigel Farage used media interviews to plug his crypto firm and promise lower taxes and deregulation on the industry
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social wants to introduce a wealth tax of 1% on assets of over £10m & 2% on assets over £1bn & if the super rich want to leave the UK because they are being taxed a tiny amount more then we should wave them goodbye
Thatcherite John Redwood says 1% isn't a tiny amount.
Thatcherite John Redwood says 1% isn't a tiny amount.
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social wants to introduce a wealth tax of 1% on assets of over £10m & 2% on assets over £1bn & if the super rich want to leave the UK because they are being taxed a tiny amount more then we should wave them goodbye
Thatcherite John Redwood says 1% isn't a tiny amount.
Thatcherite John Redwood says 1% isn't a tiny amount.
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I implore someone, anyone, in the media…
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I implore someone, anyone, in the media…
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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It's pretty extraordinary timing in a case that has been running since 2020 & publication of Russia Report.
@carolinelucas.bsky.social @benbradshaw.bsky.social @alynsmith.bsky.social have persevered even tho they've now left parliament.
Why - even now - is UK govt refusing to investigate???
@carolinelucas.bsky.social @benbradshaw.bsky.social @alynsmith.bsky.social have persevered even tho they've now left parliament.
Why - even now - is UK govt refusing to investigate???
October 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It's pretty extraordinary timing in a case that has been running since 2020 & publication of Russia Report.
@carolinelucas.bsky.social @benbradshaw.bsky.social @alynsmith.bsky.social have persevered even tho they've now left parliament.
Why - even now - is UK govt refusing to investigate???
@carolinelucas.bsky.social @benbradshaw.bsky.social @alynsmith.bsky.social have persevered even tho they've now left parliament.
Why - even now - is UK govt refusing to investigate???
Another great video from @richardjmurphy.bsky.social
Britain’s property addiction: how politics has built a broken market youtu.be/PvkHfM9tsQg?...
Britain’s property addiction: how politics has built a broken market
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
October 16, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Another great video from @richardjmurphy.bsky.social
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Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) pump out 5 times more planet-heating pollution than official figures show.
Running costs understated.
PHEVs emit just 19% less CO2 than petrol/diesel cars
Underestimate of emissions lets carmakers avoid fines.
Why do govts not corroborate industry claims?
Running costs understated.
PHEVs emit just 19% less CO2 than petrol/diesel cars
Underestimate of emissions lets carmakers avoid fines.
Why do govts not corroborate industry claims?
Plug-in hybrids pollute almost as much as petrol cars, report finds
Analysis of 800,000 European cars found real-world pollution from plug-in hybrids nearly five times greater than lab tests
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) pump out 5 times more planet-heating pollution than official figures show.
Running costs understated.
PHEVs emit just 19% less CO2 than petrol/diesel cars
Underestimate of emissions lets carmakers avoid fines.
Why do govts not corroborate industry claims?
Running costs understated.
PHEVs emit just 19% less CO2 than petrol/diesel cars
Underestimate of emissions lets carmakers avoid fines.
Why do govts not corroborate industry claims?
Jesus Christ... Watching Richard Holden MP on politics live is tiring.
He just won't shut up.
He loves the sound of his own voice.
He doesn't listen to anything, just shouts over others.
Imagine trying to hold a civil conversation with him.
What a muppet.
He just won't shut up.
He loves the sound of his own voice.
He doesn't listen to anything, just shouts over others.
Imagine trying to hold a civil conversation with him.
What a muppet.
October 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Jesus Christ... Watching Richard Holden MP on politics live is tiring.
He just won't shut up.
He loves the sound of his own voice.
He doesn't listen to anything, just shouts over others.
Imagine trying to hold a civil conversation with him.
What a muppet.
He just won't shut up.
He loves the sound of his own voice.
He doesn't listen to anything, just shouts over others.
Imagine trying to hold a civil conversation with him.
What a muppet.
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Crypto vs AI — which bubble bursts first? youtu.be/9oP9HPhB-VI?...
AI doesn’t think. Crypto isn’t money. Both claim to be revolutionary, but both are built on fantasy.
From the greed driving crypto to the fear driving AI, I argue that both reflect a deeper crisis in capitalism itself.
AI doesn’t think. Crypto isn’t money. Both claim to be revolutionary, but both are built on fantasy.
From the greed driving crypto to the fear driving AI, I argue that both reflect a deeper crisis in capitalism itself.
Crypto vs AI — which bubble bursts first?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
October 15, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Crypto vs AI — which bubble bursts first? youtu.be/9oP9HPhB-VI?...
AI doesn’t think. Crypto isn’t money. Both claim to be revolutionary, but both are built on fantasy.
From the greed driving crypto to the fear driving AI, I argue that both reflect a deeper crisis in capitalism itself.
AI doesn’t think. Crypto isn’t money. Both claim to be revolutionary, but both are built on fantasy.
From the greed driving crypto to the fear driving AI, I argue that both reflect a deeper crisis in capitalism itself.