Charlie Young
@charlienotold.bsky.social
Writer, Researcher, Recuperator //
Current work @ the Nerve //
Author of Spinning Out (Longlisted for Bread & Roses Award)
Linktr.ee/CharlieY0ung
Current work @ the Nerve //
Author of Spinning Out (Longlisted for Bread & Roses Award)
Linktr.ee/CharlieY0ung
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REVEALED: Peter Thiel’s Palantir have over £630m in UK Government contracts. They’re laced through major projects with the NHS, the Home Office, and the Ministry of Defence: including our nuclear weapons program.
By @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, @mc00.bsky.social and myself for @thenerve.news
By @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, @mc00.bsky.social and myself for @thenerve.news
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Well this seems to have hit home… Worth taking a moment to appreciate human graphic design.
Contracts data is boring. The names of government agencies are grey. IT language is dull.
Convert it all into a single visual hit? BOOM! Thank you to Lynsey Irvine, the Nerve’s genius creative director. 🙏⚡️
Contracts data is boring. The names of government agencies are grey. IT language is dull.
Convert it all into a single visual hit? BOOM! Thank you to Lynsey Irvine, the Nerve’s genius creative director. 🙏⚡️
January 28, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Well this seems to have hit home… Worth taking a moment to appreciate human graphic design.
Contracts data is boring. The names of government agencies are grey. IT language is dull.
Convert it all into a single visual hit? BOOM! Thank you to Lynsey Irvine, the Nerve’s genius creative director. 🙏⚡️
Contracts data is boring. The names of government agencies are grey. IT language is dull.
Convert it all into a single visual hit? BOOM! Thank you to Lynsey Irvine, the Nerve’s genius creative director. 🙏⚡️
Reposted by Charlie Young
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 🤯
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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...
REVEALED: Peter Thiel’s Palantir have over £630m in UK Government contracts. They’re laced through major projects with the NHS, the Home Office, and the Ministry of Defence: including our nuclear weapons program.
By @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, @mc00.bsky.social and myself for @thenerve.news
By @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, @mc00.bsky.social and myself for @thenerve.news
January 27, 2026 at 7:56 PM
REVEALED: Peter Thiel’s Palantir have over £630m in UK Government contracts. They’re laced through major projects with the NHS, the Home Office, and the Ministry of Defence: including our nuclear weapons program.
By @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, @mc00.bsky.social and myself for @thenerve.news
By @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, @mc00.bsky.social and myself for @thenerve.news
Reposted by Charlie Young
🔴NEW: I worked w @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and Charlie Young on this investigation mapping Palantir's public sector contracts, including previously unreported spend with the Nuclear Propulsion Integrated Project Team (NP-IPT) and AWE Nuclear Security Technologies:
www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...
www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...
Revealed: Palantir deals with UK government amount to at least £670m – including £15m contract with nuclear weapons agency
Exclusive: Nerve investigation finds Trump ally Peter Thiel's surveillance firm has won at least 34 contracts, including management services for Britain's nuclear deterrent, with MPs warning of 'gapin...
www.thenerve.news
January 27, 2026 at 3:27 PM
🔴NEW: I worked w @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and Charlie Young on this investigation mapping Palantir's public sector contracts, including previously unreported spend with the Nuclear Propulsion Integrated Project Team (NP-IPT) and AWE Nuclear Security Technologies:
www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...
www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...
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NEW Nerve investigation reveals extent of Palantir's enmeshment in UK state operations
Peter Thiel's surveillance company has deals with government bodies amounting to at least £670m – inc. £15m contract with nuclear weapons agency
By @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Charlie Young & Max Colbert
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Peter Thiel's surveillance company has deals with government bodies amounting to at least £670m – inc. £15m contract with nuclear weapons agency
By @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Charlie Young & Max Colbert
🔗⏬
January 27, 2026 at 2:57 PM
NEW Nerve investigation reveals extent of Palantir's enmeshment in UK state operations
Peter Thiel's surveillance company has deals with government bodies amounting to at least £670m – inc. £15m contract with nuclear weapons agency
By @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Charlie Young & Max Colbert
🔗⏬
Peter Thiel's surveillance company has deals with government bodies amounting to at least £670m – inc. £15m contract with nuclear weapons agency
By @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Charlie Young & Max Colbert
🔗⏬
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Two things to learn from this.
1. The rightwing newspapers are lobby groups whose purpose is to advance the class interest of their proprietors.
2. Lobbyists for the rich and powerful lose their jobs if they are not prepared to lie.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
1. The rightwing newspapers are lobby groups whose purpose is to advance the class interest of their proprietors.
2. Lobbyists for the rich and powerful lose their jobs if they are not prepared to lie.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time - Carbon Brief
Nearly 100 UK newspaper editorials opposed climate action in 2025, a record figure that reveals the backlash against net-zero in the right-leaning press
www.carbonbrief.org
January 26, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Two things to learn from this.
1. The rightwing newspapers are lobby groups whose purpose is to advance the class interest of their proprietors.
2. Lobbyists for the rich and powerful lose their jobs if they are not prepared to lie.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
1. The rightwing newspapers are lobby groups whose purpose is to advance the class interest of their proprietors.
2. Lobbyists for the rich and powerful lose their jobs if they are not prepared to lie.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
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RSVP: bit.ly/masscall126
On Saturday, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in front of witnesses. Enough is enough. #NoKings #ICEOUTforGood #AbolishICE
On Saturday, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in front of witnesses. Enough is enough. #NoKings #ICEOUTforGood #AbolishICE
January 25, 2026 at 7:21 PM
RSVP: bit.ly/masscall126
On Saturday, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in front of witnesses. Enough is enough. #NoKings #ICEOUTforGood #AbolishICE
On Saturday, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in front of witnesses. Enough is enough. #NoKings #ICEOUTforGood #AbolishICE
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"Why is it so normal for law enforcement — those who are supposed to be keepers of law and order — to kill Americans? And why is the only question at the end of the day how much their victims deserved to die?"
Read more from @sarahjeong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
Read more from @sarahjeong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
January 25, 2026 at 5:12 PM
"Why is it so normal for law enforcement — those who are supposed to be keepers of law and order — to kill Americans? And why is the only question at the end of the day how much their victims deserved to die?"
Read more from @sarahjeong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
Read more from @sarahjeong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
January 25, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Reposted by Charlie Young
Unrolled thread on BBC online coverage of the shooting (and false claims about the shooting)
skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
Page by Sunder Katwala (sundersays) | @sundersays.bsky.social
The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible.
It leads on
skywriter.blue
January 25, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Unrolled thread on BBC online coverage of the shooting (and false claims about the shooting)
skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
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' #RachelReeves reduced the UK shared prosperity fund for 2025-26 from £1.5b to £900m – a cut of 40%.'
Whilst, pumping £13BILLION into the blood-stained,claws of Arms and Bomb-making vultures!
#GetTheRedToryWarmongers OUT of OUR misery!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Whilst, pumping £13BILLION into the blood-stained,claws of Arms and Bomb-making vultures!
#GetTheRedToryWarmongers OUT of OUR misery!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
December 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
' #RachelReeves reduced the UK shared prosperity fund for 2025-26 from £1.5b to £900m – a cut of 40%.'
Whilst, pumping £13BILLION into the blood-stained,claws of Arms and Bomb-making vultures!
#GetTheRedToryWarmongers OUT of OUR misery!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Whilst, pumping £13BILLION into the blood-stained,claws of Arms and Bomb-making vultures!
#GetTheRedToryWarmongers OUT of OUR misery!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Netflix and Warner Bros announce a deal. Trump warns of antitrust breach. Then David Ellison, son of Larry Ellison (poss. Trump's closest tech ally), throws an extra $20bn at Warner Bros to try to overpower Netflix, grab WB himself. The Ellison media empire's metastasising at speed. Hegemony, live
Netflix last week announced it would acquire Warner Bros. in a $83 billion deal.
Paramount Targets Warner Bros. For Hostile Bid—Challenges Netflix Deal
Netflix last week announced it would acquire Warner Bros. in a $83 billion deal.
www.forbes.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Netflix and Warner Bros announce a deal. Trump warns of antitrust breach. Then David Ellison, son of Larry Ellison (poss. Trump's closest tech ally), throws an extra $20bn at Warner Bros to try to overpower Netflix, grab WB himself. The Ellison media empire's metastasising at speed. Hegemony, live
Reposted by Charlie Young
Private water has failed this country.
So I’m co-hosting a briefing in Parliament for MPs to make sure they know the truth about why public ownership is the solution.
We’ve got just 24 hours to get my colleagues there.
Can you help? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
So I’m co-hosting a briefing in Parliament for MPs to make sure they know the truth about why public ownership is the solution.
We’ve got just 24 hours to get my colleagues there.
Can you help? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
December 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Private water has failed this country.
So I’m co-hosting a briefing in Parliament for MPs to make sure they know the truth about why public ownership is the solution.
We’ve got just 24 hours to get my colleagues there.
Can you help? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
So I’m co-hosting a briefing in Parliament for MPs to make sure they know the truth about why public ownership is the solution.
We’ve got just 24 hours to get my colleagues there.
Can you help? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
Reposted by Charlie Young
REVEALED: Donald Trump has picked Tony Blair for central role in Gaza ‘peace plan’…
…but in our inaugural investigation for @thenerve_news, we reveal extensive previously unreported links to Israeli defence, media & tech. 🧵
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www.thenerve.news/p/tony-blair...
…but in our inaugural investigation for @thenerve_news, we reveal extensive previously unreported links to Israeli defence, media & tech. 🧵
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www.thenerve.news/p/tony-blair...
'WHAT WILL JESUS SAY?' TONY BLAIR, BIG TECH AND THE ISRAEL CONNECTION
As Trump announces the former British PM as his choice to help govern Gaza, Carole Cadwalladr investigates the opaque workings of Blair's institute, its funding from friends of Israel – including bill...
www.thenerve.news
October 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
REVEALED: Donald Trump has picked Tony Blair for central role in Gaza ‘peace plan’…
…but in our inaugural investigation for @thenerve_news, we reveal extensive previously unreported links to Israeli defence, media & tech. 🧵
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www.thenerve.news/p/tony-blair...
…but in our inaugural investigation for @thenerve_news, we reveal extensive previously unreported links to Israeli defence, media & tech. 🧵
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www.thenerve.news/p/tony-blair...