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[-] Dubiousx99@lemmy.world 123 points 3 months ago

Seems like Doge might have been setup to facilitate this. They are cross referencing data from the HHS database. Big Brother.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 94 points 3 months ago

The actual point of DOGE was to just backdoor and/or datadump as many government databases as possible and give them to Palantir. That’s it. That was the entire point. Everything else was simply theatrics.

[-] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 60 points 3 months ago

Also firing all the agencies and agents investigating him.

[-] village604@adultswim.fan 22 points 3 months ago

Don't forget completely fucking government contractors.

[-] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The OMB was really behind the firings, and Russell Vought is still there and still in charge.

And he’s a Christo-fascist from childhood.

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/articles/who-is-russel-vought

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[-] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 10 points 3 months ago

And to just stoke Elon's ego in letting him have his own fake agency and show people that they can fuck with the economy and suffer jo consequences whatsoever.

[-] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 92 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

oh awesome, Palantir, the same company profiting off the genocide in Gaza

CEO Alex Karp has been a vocal supporter of Israel. In November 2023, he stated, "I am proud that we are supporting Israel in every way we can."

After October 2023, Palantir has provided Israel with multiple AI-powered data analytics tools for military and intelligence purposes.

In January 2024, Palantir held its board meeting in Israel and entered into a “strategic partnership” with Israel’s Ministry of Defense to help Israel's “war effort.”

In October 2024, Norway's largest asset manager, Storebrand, divested its Palantir shares, worth $24 million, due to concerns that Palantir's work for Israel might implicate Storebrand in violations of international humanitarian law and human rights.

[-] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah, it's wild how clearly we can see that Palestine is the world's laboratory for surveillance and state violence tech and tactics.

[-] fort_burp@feddit.nl 16 points 3 months ago

The overwhelming majority of Somalis who live in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area are U.S. citizens, PBS reported.

And going after Somalis while Israel is trying to get a foothold in Somalia is sus af

[-] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 2 points 3 months ago

What the hell does Israel want in Somalia? I never heard that before.

[-] sturmblast@lemmy.world 69 points 3 months ago

Palantir is literally Evil Corp.

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 months ago

Some more reporting by GamersNexus:
https://youtu.be/5Idb_D4Tdu8

[-] AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 months ago

SadTech reporting in.

[-] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 68 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The Nazis used IBM, the GOP use Palantir.

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 48 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Meanwhile my dad: ‘you should really invest in this company Palantir’…

[-] NChiwana76@lemmy.world 67 points 3 months ago

My brother is a total Palintir supporter because he sees his stocks rising. I tell him he’s supporting evil but he says their CEO is a Democrat and has nothing to do with Thiel🙄. Like most Americans he’s ok with evil if it pays well.

[-] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 30 points 3 months ago

The CEO is insane. He apparently self-describes himself as a socialist but is the highest paid CEO on earth and fantasises about dumping cyanide-laced urine on people protesting state-backed brutality

[-] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

That’s insane for someone calling themselves a socialist lmao

[-] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 6 points 3 months ago
[-] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

Bro misspelled National Socialist

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[-] blitzen@lemmy.ca 24 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

90 years ago: buy Hugo Boss and Mercedes

[-] arrow74@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 months ago

If you did and held for say 30-40 years you would have an amazing return on investment.

Funny how a government can fail, but the corporations keep going

[-] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

It's almost as if society has fully/mostly shifted to a full-fledged Corporatocracy...

[-] 14specks@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

Who could have possibly predicted this?

[-] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 39 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Let's give credit where credit is due - This is what the GOP wants. They have complete ownership of ICE's terrorist activities and applaud what is being done.

Republicans could reign this in in a couple of days if ICE didn't have their blessing. The same is true if our corporate/billionaire media began referring to what's happening as GOP, rather than ICE activity.

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[-] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 30 points 3 months ago

HOW is a Private Company like PALANTIR able to Get such SENSITIVE information Though?

-People who Get Upset at Privacy because they have Nothing To Hide TM!

[-] NChiwana76@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

They are DOD employees now with clearance.

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[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Every palantir executive and voting shareholder needs to be prosecuted and have their assets siezed to pay for the damage they’ve done to American democracy and the Palestinian people and infrastructure

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[-] Avicenna@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Defiling much beloved fantasy literature by naming their shitty surveillance systems after them. In other words he should fuck off and call them Daddy Trump or sth else and leave LOTR alone.

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[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago

The same government officials paying to use it are probably the people mainly invested in it.

[-] Luxyr 24 points 3 months ago

Is it possible that people could use flock or palantir stuff to track and collect info on ice agents? Their security is shit, yeah?

[-] 0x0@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 months ago

Flock's security is shit.

[-] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 4 points 3 months ago

Flock most certainly, I have no information on the palantir app.

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago

ICE regularly uses fake license plates. You can do a bit, in that they dont swap constantly, but its not going to be as good as the tracking of private citizens

[-] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 16 points 3 months ago

If we don't build these apps then someone far worse probably will. Therefore it's better if we make the apps that allow untrained monkeys to find and execute people on US soil because at least we'll do it right... ya know?

Palantir 2026... probably.

[-] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago

Lol, Palantir doesn't care remotely enough to make an excuse like that. They're openly proud of what they do.

[-] IronBird@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

...literally in the name

[-] Lor@leminal.space 14 points 3 months ago

We cannot forget that DOGE has also stolen data from agencies. Most worrisome being the IRS who has records of all of your interest paying accounts and investments. One only need to use your imagination a little to what can happen. It is gonna be BAD.

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

That whole "look how quirky and cool Alex Karp is" pr nonsense was BS from the start.

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago
[-] E_coli42@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

There should be some sort of halal version of popular ETFs that get rid of certain universally excepted evil companies. I just invest in QQQM, VTI, VOO, etc and forget, but I have a friend who buys stocks weighted by NASDAQ except for Palantir manually. Too much of a headache for me lol.

[-] logi@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

There are screened index funds like this https://www.justetf.com/en/etf-profile.html?isin=IE00BFNM3J75

Although we've now moved a good chunk to small capitalization and non-US to have less exposure to the coming tech bust.

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[-] vane@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

There is S&P 500 Shariah or if you're christian there is S&P 500 Christian Values

[-] E_coli42@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I'm actually Sikh, but I would assume that Muslims, Christians, and Atheists alike, also share basic human values like don't give money to companies that use child labor, sell weapons to terrorits, encourage dangerous addictions, etc. I don't really care if the ETF is targeted towards a specific religion or not. My main gripe would be seeing their stock exclusion list for haram stocks are based on generic human values and not banning companies that sell pork for example.

I did a bit of research online and think EVIF might be what I'm looking for.

Maybe using the word Halal and Haram was confusing since those are Arab words so mostly used by Muslims and Christians.

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[-] 0x0@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 months ago

Article starts with "Palantir..." 'nuf sa(i)d.

[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

So who can be held responsible for when the app fucks up ?

I wonder if KARP will still be for pubic executions when they surround him with dark eyes and bright torches. I wonder if KARP recognizes that whomever killed that health care CEO ... that was a public execution.

[-] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 2 points 3 months ago

Would shit like incogni or delete me help in countering this somewhat?

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