NHS workers are being gagged from criticising the Palantir contract š¤
We can't duck the hard truths that embedding US Big Tech in UK public services carries risks of outside political interference and waste from vendor lock-in.
The alternative is here: Digital Sovereignty with open source tech.
https://novaramedia.com/2026/04/14/nhs-staff-told-stop-criticising-palantir-or-lose-your-job/
#DigitalSovereignty #opensource #palantir #nhs #ukpolitics #ukpol
Surprise inspection finds ICE stuffing migrants ālike sardinesā into a facility with no bed, showers
Three lawmakers visited a Mesa ICE facility unannounced and found overcrowding, with 250 detainees packed into rooms "like sardines" ā Read on azmirror.com/2026/04/10/ice-overcrowding-like-sardines-congressional-oversight-arizona/
Three lawmakers visited a Mesa ICE facility unannounced and found overcrowding, with 250 detainees packed into rooms ālike sardinesā ā Read on azmirror.com/2026/04/10/ice-overcrowding-lā¦
"As the sun started to sink over the sea, the leader declared to wild applause and whistles: āIn case you havenāt seen the result - the Labour vote down, the Tory vote down, the Reform vote down but the Green Party won.ā
Vote for @robyatestweets and the Green Party in Cliftonville today!
Good luck team in stopping Reform & offering an alternative.
šø - Aldoshoots at our Margate rally last night.
"Mr Polanskiās appearance on eve of the poll for the Cliftonville division at Kent County Council is another clear sign of how seriously the party is taking the contest."
This was a Reform seat. Taking them on here is a big ask. Vote Green on Thursday!
RE: https://mastodon.social/@DrALJONES/116349826774277757
Worth reading, it puts many recent developments in US politics in perspective
RT @HedgieMarkets
š¦Google's plan to partly power a Texas data center through a 933-megawatt natural gas plant has been confirmed after Cleanview researchers uncovered the permit application. The plant would emit 4.5 million tons of carbon dioxide annually, more than the entire city of San Francisco. Google pledged carbon-free operations by 2030 in 2020, reported a 48% rise in emissions by 2024, and by 2025 had quietly reframed its climate commitments as climate moonshots, a term it uses for speculative projects that may or may not happen. Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft are making the same pivot.
My Take
The climate commitments these companies made were always going to last exactly as long as they were cheaper than the alternative. Google, Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft all pledged net-zero goals during a period when renewables were becoming cost competitive and climate leadership was good PR. AI changed the economics. The demand is too large, the timelines too short, and gas is available now. So the commitments are being quietly retired or reframed.
Google's head of advanced energy was asked directly last week how natural gas fits with the company's clean energy goals. His answer was we don't have anything to say on that. These were always profit-driven businesses. The climate commitments were real when they were also good business. They are becoming inconvenient and so they are going away.
Hedgieš¤
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/02/google-ai-datacenter
"France Becomes First Country to Ban Supermarket Food Waste"
"The French senate has unanimously passed a law that stops grocery stores from throwing away and intentionally spoiling food that approaches best-buy dates.
Instead, theyāll have to give all of this food to charities and food banks, which will provide the hungry with millions of more meals. Just a 15% increase in donated food will mean 10 million more meals per year."
https://recycle.ab.ca/newsletterarticle/france-becomes-first-country-to-ban-supermarket-food-waste/
EDIT: much more recent than 2016 news about programs in the US (poor results so far)
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/14/nx-s1-5112435/food-waste-bans-climate-change-study
dashboard for US state programs; most of the emphasis seems to be on avoiding methane production in landfills, rather than getting food to food banks and people (see link below)
https://www.climatepolicydashboard.org/policies/industry-materials-waste/food-waste-bans
252 state policies from 51 states; only two policies explicitly promoted the donation of healthy foods and beverages
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8958359/
The French senate has unanimously passed a law that stops grocery stores from throwing away and intentionally spoiling food that approaches best-buy dates. Instead, theyāll have to give all of this food to...
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