More corruption within government - this time with the intention of making the UK dependent upon aUS tech - and as with the (English) NHS providing access to a deeply unpleasant organisation run by people who should not even be allowed to visit the UK.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/palantir-ministry-defence-hire-four-officials-2025-record-defence-contract-240-million/

#Corruption #MOD #Palentir #UkPol #AI #Privacy #Security #OpenDemocracy

Finally someone sees the detail, not just the lazy "as bad as" comparison.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/north-africa-west-asia/israel-and-mirror-of-isis/ Israel and the mirror of ISIS #openDemocracy

It's not that #Israel is #JewishISIS that's the wrong order, it's more like #ISIS copied #Zionism

@kmpiw @kmpiw

Manage to export the tenders of approved hometown’s government and make them available in a much more accessible manner. It required Playwright automation clicking around on their websites and exporting the right data:

https://librecieza.org/licitaciones

#opendemocracy

// MANOUCHEHR SHAMSRIZI

Manouchehr Shamsrizi – Fellow at DGAP & Co-Founder of gamelab.berlin – explores how digital tools like Linux & Signal can strengthen democracy. 🧠💻

At Waterkant 2025, he shares why open tech and “concrete utopias” are key to shaping resilient, participatory democracies. 👥

Tickets: https://www.waterkant.sh/festival?utm_source=mastodon&utm_id=WK25

#waterkant25 #futuresofdemocracy #techforgood #opendemocracy #shapingfutures

I'm currently listening to:
𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲
A story of how money, vested interests and digital skulduggery are eroding trust in democracy.

While it was interesting and, I suppose, inciteful to start with, I've started to get bored shitless with it. I'm not sure if it's the narrator's Irish accent or the fact that the author sees conspiracies at every turn of the page, but it's becoming very dull.

#Opendemocracy gets a few mentions. I've still got 4hrs 42mins to go. #Groan

Is #Trumpism a #political movement? Or is it more useful to think of it as a mystical offshoot of #American #Christianity?
#OpenDemocracy and #JeffSharlet (#author of The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War) discuss this. See links to podcast ⤵️

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/podcasts/in-solidarity-podcast/jeff-sharlet-donald-trump-trumpism-religion/

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5udBkbPTGyMDXy4skZN5GF

#theundertow #trump #donaldtrump #politicalmovement #religion #americanchristianity #politics #americanpolitics #ukpolitics #britishpolitics #fascism #socioeconomics #worldpolitics #government

@michaele

The People's Billions
https://open.substack.com/pub/rageagainstpatriarchy/p/the-peoples-billions?r=2gplp&utm_medium=ios
the political power of individuals is being usurped by psychopathic billionaires and corporations

THIS IS NOT OK
#ThePeoplesBillions
#RageAgainstPatriarchy
#OpenDemocracy