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[Sovereign Media @sov_media]

A Thread 🧵

Did you know that ICE is using an app called ELITE created by Palantir that populates a map with alleged deportation targets, brings up a dossier on each person, and provides a “confidence score” on the person’s current address? The confidence score calculates the probability of the subject physically being at the address, which requires data from other sources such as DHHS and USCIS, as confirmed in digital rights reports. .

Such technology empowers ICE agents who filter the map by what the guide calls Special Operations. These are “groups of pre-defined aliens specifically targeted by Leadership for action”

This form and level of surveillance should not take Americans by surprise. From slave patrols and Jim Crow policing that targeted Black people, to the COINTELPRO operations that spied on civil rights and anti-war organisers, the United States has a rich history of spying on marginalised communities.

From the US to Palestine to England, Palantir continues to cement its status internationally.

In November 2023, NHS England awarded Palantir a £330m contract to create a new data management system. In response, more than 100 health workers, patients, and allies picketed the offices of NHS England on 3rd April 2024 to demand the cancellation of this contract.

In addition to this, Palantir’s CEO Alex Karp says he is “exceedingly proud” of Palantir’s involvement in what he calls “operationally crucial operations in Israel. Palantir is responsible for creating systems like ‘Lavender’ and ‘Where’s Daddy?’, which reportedly speed up the process of killing Palestinians.

Will we see more private companies creating technology used by Western governments to help hunt and deport people from marginalised communities?

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NY prisons in crisis: visits canceled; food, meds, heat denied. Why? Rogue COs resist accountability for rampant brutality, sexual violence & abuse. @GovKathyHochul @AMLesterChangNY @SteveChanForNY Restore visits/basic rights. End brutality. Protect HALT. Pass urgent reforms NOW!

[Ambereen Dadabhoy 🪬 @DrDadabhoy]

Edward Said over 20 years ago responding to Zionist logic.

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@CodeRedEarth @lisapease Btw, that should read 1965 (November,) not 1969.
Primary source: https://t.co/CTy9VWkgP9

[Climate Defenders @ClimateDEF]

Massive sea of humanity at the UN to demand @JoeBiden #EndFossilFuels

[Allen Glow @glowmetric]

@ClimateDEF @ThirdActOrg @JoeBiden @350 @sunrisemvmt @CenterForBioDiv @foodandwater @popdemoc @nychange

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@Bill_Capehart @ReallyAmerican1 In PA, not GA, eh?

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@Angry_Staffer @KCBrickley SAVE act protects nurses from violence. Do you mean "SAVE Students Act" that proposes a new Income-Contingent Repayment (ICR) Plan for paying down college debt to replace Biden's Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) plan???

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@Angry_Staffer @amandamarquis00 SAVE act protects nurses from violence. Do you mean "SAVE Students Act" that proposes a new Income-Contingent Repayment (ICR) Plan for paying down college debt to replace Biden's Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) plan??

[Thread Reader App @threadreaderapp]

@StandForSumpin @DeanBaker13 @StandForSumpin Bonjour, the unroll you asked for: https://t.co/rzWiK64An1 Talk to you soon. 🤖

[Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks]

Of course, any discussion of book censorship must also include the rampant banning of books in prisons (which is a problem in every state, even yours). We make our books available for free to folks who are incarcerated through our Books Not Bars program. https://t.co/Qwn8FR7X6I

[Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks]

The racist governor of Florida continues to escalate his attacks on the freedom to learn and teach history. We at Haymarket stand in solidarity with all those in Florida and across the country who are organizing to resist. https://t.co/LPn4bQiPbm

[rjfs @rjfs]

@Shereeneee @aaronhoyland "When it comes to viruses, glucose was beneficial... the flip side, a bacterial infection requires a fast from sugar. Man-made sweeteners...can have serious deleterious effects on the immune system, especially on infants, and, as such, should be avoided." https://t.co/g9PEwOnVrl

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@aaronhoyland "When it comes to viruses, glucose was beneficial... the flip side, a bacterial infection requires a fast from sugar. Man-made sweeteners...can have serious deleterious effects on the immune system, especially on infants, and, as such, should be avoided." https://t.co/g9PEwOnVrl

[National Nurses United @NationalNurses]

In the past few weeks, the U.S. has seen an increase in pediatric respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections and hospitalizations. Why? These are four truths about RSV that we know right now. 🧵👇

[Patrick S. Tomlinson @stealthygeek]

Thread time. Here's the thing about @tesla. It's not a car company. Tesla is a company that has to make cars in order to sell its real product: Emissions Credits.

Let me explain. Back in 2012, the EPA put out new, strident emissions standards for new vehicles fleetwide. 1/

[Amazon Labor Union IBT @amazonlabor]

We’re taking the power back tomorrow at 12pm ‼️Let’s show @amazon and @Starbucks what union solidarity is all about 💪🏾

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@BlkLyfeMatters @JazzDeeApple @TweetBenMax @AshAgony Crickets, lol

[Netflix @netflix]

21 young Americans sued the US government for failing to protect the planet in a revolutionary lawsuit.

Their journey is documented in Youth v. Gov — now on Netflix.

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@BrianLehrer @lukebroadwater @WNYC We have a hard enough time being nature connected, without adding this poorly conceived change (permanently changing "solar noon" to 1pm.)
Why not move New Years to February, I don't know, because things are less busy then?