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

The great Ministry of Defence-to-Palantir pipeline

Palantir hired four Ministry of Defence officials last year. Then it won its biggest ever contract with the department

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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

Israel and the mirror of ISIS

Netanyahu is warning us off an organisation which, like Israeli Zionism, claims its legitimacy on religious grounds and certain narratives of religious history.

openDemocracy
With UK politics in flux, Your Party may well surprise you yet
Last weekend, two very different Your Party conferences took place: the one reported on in the press, and the real one
#OpenDemocracy
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/your-party-general-election-2029-conference-jeremy-corbyn-zarah-sultana/
With UK politics in flux, Your Party may well surprise you

Last weekend, two very different Your Party conferences took place: the one reported on in the press, and the real one

openDemocracy

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

Licitaciones

Licitaciones resueltas del Ayuntamiento de Cieza

LibreCieza
Algunos científicos y activistas piden frenar esta financiación y actuar como se hizo con la industria tabaquera Una investigación de #openDemocracy e #InvestigateEurope que #infoLibre publica en exclusiva en España www.infolibre.es/internaciona...

infolibre.es/internacional/...

// 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

The LGB Alliance "victory" in Supreme Court is another Tufton Street success in creating conflict on road to intolerance & UK fascism
We can win by smart, happy, humourous behaviour: tolerant cohesion looking after all
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/lgb-alliance-55-tufton-street-think-tanks/
#trans
#tuftonstreet
#opendemocracy
LGB Alliance shares think tanks’ Tufton Street address

Charity Commission urged to investigate organisation over shared address with right-wing lobby groups

openDemocracy

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

@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

The People's Billions

$peaking their language

Rage Against Patriarchy