Why does a #FIFAWorldCup final ticket start at $4,185? Our new report exposes how monopoly power is pricing fans out as we have the World Cup in the Americas #Football #FIFA #FanRights balancedeconomy.org/latest/t…

The UK’s gas use is set to surge by 40% year on year driven by data centre demand. We are facing an energy security crisis because the government is in thrall to big tech greed.

That’s fine just break up the healthcare conglomerates, get private equity out of healthcare, regulate hospital prices, eliminate Medicare advantage, allow Medicare buy-in. I’m tired of paying too much for too little.

The price of your @sainsburys shop: 📸 Your face scanned 🔓 Your privacy invaded ⚖️Your freedoms limited Orwellian live facial recognition cameras in Sainsbury's shops are treating millions of innocent customers like criminals. #StopSainsburysSpying⤵️ bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campa…

I love how every single Labour policy now is just an authoritarian tantrum at the public for not letting them do Digital ID

Microsoft has filed a patent for an AI system that could rewrite what people say during livestreams in real time. It could change words depending on who's watching, taking into account their age, location, and language. The idea is to clean up broadcasts by removing filler words, censoring swearing, or even replacing certain words. The AI could also adjust the speaker's lip movements so viewers wouldn't notice anything had been changed.

Labour MPs regret voting for Palestine Action ban that led to 4,000 arrests in a year Backbenchers say the right to protest has been harmed since they were ‘pressured’ into proscribing the organisation as a terror group observer.co.uk/news/politics…

Poundland's private equity owners extracted £18.3m in 17 months, bought for £1. £8.6m interest, £3.8m store closure fees, £2.6m debt arrangement plus other fees. PE has £22.5m secured loan, will get paid first. HMRC owed £97m. Trade creditors owed £127m. news.sky.com/story/revealed-…

Economic populism also means dethroning economics. It’s not the job of economists to dictate how our economies should be run but to find solutions to implement democratically determined goals.

FUN FACT: UK can reduce its energy needs by 40% year on year by destroying data centres ♥️

The government is planning to extend spytech firm Palantir’s £330m deal with the NHS despite pressure from Labour MPs, medical unions and activists to cut ties with the company. Ministers had the option of triggering a break clause in the contract in February. However, a review concluded that removing Palantir and switching providers within four months would be too disruptive, the FT reported, with ministers drawing up plans to potentially replace it with a British alternative in two years’ time instead. Tech justice campaign group Foxglove said this decision showed “a serious ignorance” of Palantir’s contract, which “specifically requires the firm to provide bridging support for up to 24 months if the contract is ended” to ensure continuity of service. “The reported claim that it would not be ‘practical to replace Palantir within the next four months’ is, frankly, nonsense,” said Foxglove’s head of communications Tom Hegarty. The decision comes amid growing opposition to Palantir’s involvement in British public services. The firm has faced criticism over its work with the Trump administration and the Israeli military, while its co-founder Peter Thiel has previously attacked the NHS. Last week, it was revealed that dozens of UK hospitals reportedly benefitting from a platform built by Palantir are not even using it. Novara Media also revealed a fortnight ago that British MPs who have criticised Palantir in parliament received intimidating letters from the firm. Amnesty International’s UK crisis campaigner Tom Guha said: “Patients, healthcare workers and campaigners have pushed ministers to look for a way out of this contract. Ministers must show Palantir the door now, not give it two more years to bed in further. “Palantir has publicly acknowledged supporting Israel’s military in ‘war-related missions’,” he added. “Any company linked to genocide has no place in our NHS.”

Government emails warn AI data centres could trigger blackouts and drive up bills trib.al/3Oyf3hu

Palantir’s Tom Watson, ex-Labour MP, wrote to Yvette Cooper last month saying the controversial US company could help boost the UK’s tech sovereignty, letters show. Weeks later, sources say the UK is extending its NHS contract for two more years bit.ly/4zrbMYF

Of course he did. Palantir hired Tom Watson to schmooze his old pals. And he did. There is no world in which Palantir helps boost "the UK's tech sovereignty". We need to know exactly how @YvetteCooperMP made this decision, based on what evidence & what data?

Privatisation of British Library: To be asset stripped, destroyed like water companies & Royal Mail: BL management will close reading rooms, converting them into paid, private spaces operated by commercial company. They propose outsourcing in-house security. Stop this rip-off.

Neither Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland use Palantir. Just England. There is absolutely no measurable benefits from using Palantir and no reason why England cannot stop using Palantir.

Why do people hate data centers so much? Because they are the physical manifestation of an oligarchy that treats their life and mind as collateral damage of profits.

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We’re so dependent on this toxic contract that we can’t even exercise the break clause. This is ludicrous. We need to show Palantir the exit now. ft.com/content/bd35cc23-9c24…

If you're unsure what's happening here, the government is planning to exploit the Online Safety Act and use monitoring tools to spy on your porn habits. Clearly they are gonna use this to silence their critics and register them as sex offenders for watching unauthorised porn.