Aaron Lee

NHS official pushed to add patient data to Palantir platform whilst also advising company

A lobbyist who worked directly for Peter Mandelson, on the Palantir board, and on the board of *four* NHS trusts.

Lobbying the NHS to hand over even more patient data to Palantir.

This absolutely stinks. Get Palantir out of the NHS. Sign my petition:

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

De La Soul released their debut album ‘3 Feet High and Rising’ 37 years ago on March 3, 1989

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Labour Just Lost One of Their Safest Seats — And The Greens Did It | Zack Polanski Interview YouTube video by Novara Media

Speaking with @aaronjbastani.bsky.social in the early hours after the epic win.

We talk about some of the despicable tactics of the Labour campaign.

My assumption was it would be in the past but I already think they've learnt nothing.

We're just getting started...

youtu.be/vRvGz2Ebpp8?...

Yes to this.

Let it Die shutting down on August 31st, new details on paid Offline Mode revealed GungHo has shared some new details on Let it Die’s upcoming transition to a standalone, offline experience which the team first announced last December. As expected, the game’s many live service hooks like the in-game Death Metal currency, the subscription-based Express Pass, the currency-based “Hernia” vending machine, and more will

Let it Die shutting down on August 31st, new details on paid Offline Mode revealed

I also saw this piece today. The Guardian giving advice on leaving big tech seems significant.
But in the same breath Paramount looks set to own HBO so big $$$ always wins

I'm on tuta btw & transitioning from G.

I may not finish every Pokémon journey, but I will never tire of starting them

#pokemon #Pokemon30thAnniversary #pokemon30

INTRODUCING! Hannah Spencer The new Green MP for GORTON & DENTON Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

Introducing Hannah Spencer MP 💚

Just dropped the last vinyl I have from the dan Vs Pip era on eBay… weirdly emotional BUT 🤷… we did a lot when you see it all laid out like that.

ebay.us/m/LXBH7Z

The Mummy Returns will be re-released in theaters for its 25th anniversary on March 27, 2026.

After the O'Connell family uncovers a rare artifact that once belonged to the Scorpion King, they must face all manner of unimaginable threats to save the globe, and one another, from certain destruction.

One of the weirder artifacts in VGHF's Bloodborne promo collection: https://archive.gamehistory.org/folder/c4ad2a52-8159-460c-bfc0-87f03563e73c ? These 'messenger'-themed promotional post-it notes.

This election is an appeal for trust, a battle against fear and a straight fight between Greens and Reform | Hannah Spencer Thursday’s stakes could not be higher. We know Labour has failed and Farage’s Reform is poisonous. I want to win Gorton and Denton as a fresh start, says Hannah Spencer, the Green party candidate in this week’s Gorton and Denton byelection

This election is an appeal for trust, a battle against fear and a straight fight between Greens and Reform | Hannah Spencer

With new blockbusters taking longer and costing more than ever to make, and nostalgia never a more powerful currency, shuttering a proven specialist in remakes and remasters is frankly insane. Casting out a team of such deep technical expertise and, more crucially, such broad institutional knowledge — Bluepoint doesn’t just know its own tools and technology, but also those of the studios whose games it has modernised, from Sony Santa Monica to Naughty Dog, Team Ico to FromSoftware — is simply inexplicable. Pretending there’s nothing for Bluepoint to work on, when the market for remakes has never been bigger and the long-rumoured, widely coveted Bloodborne remake has reached Shenmue 3 levels of mythicism, is unbelievable. Everything about this decision, from top to bottom and viewed from any and every angle, is ridiculous, baffling, an affront.

On Bluepoint

newsletter.hitpoints.co/361-pointless/

Sony buys remake studio in 2021, shuts them down in 2026 and lays off 70 workers without them releasing a remake:

aftermath.site/sony-buys-rema...

Jesse Jackson, US civil rights leader, 1941-2026 Career spanned two bids for the presidency after early years with Martin Luther King

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Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dies aged 84 A fixture in Democratic politics who ran for 1988 presidential nomination, Jackson was once close to Martin Luther King Jr The Rev Jesse Jackson, the civil rights campaigner who was prominent for more than 50 years and who ran strongly for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988, has died. He was 84. “Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” the Jackson family said in a statement. “We shared him with the world, and in return, the world became part of our extended family. His unwavering belief in justice, equality, and love uplifted millions, and we ask you to honor his memory by continuing the fight for the values he lived by.” Continue reading...

Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dies aged 84

Yaya Bey was incredible at Islington Assembly Hall this evening

Zack Polanski, "Palantir.. £240 million contract last month"

"That was lobbied by Global Counsel which is Peter Mandelson's lobbying group"

"The idea that a defence company from the US has its fingerprints all over our healthcare system, alongside Peter Mandelson"

Remembering Maurice White today on the 10th anniversary of his passing (February 4, 2016)

album.ink/MWhiteRIP

Janet Jackson released her third studio album ‘Control’ 40 years ago on February 4, 1986 | Listen to the album + read our tribute here: album.ink/JJcontrol

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I’m watching The Mummy (1999) for the first time in ages. Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah.

It’s still a favourite of mine: Fraser with his daring, action star confidence, the band of treasure hunters unknowingly unleashing an evil curse, and the many scares and set pieces. It’s golden.

Chevalier (2022) ⭐ 6.5 | Biography, Drama, History 1h 48m | PG-13

@chellaramanan.bsky.social The 2022 film Chevalier is showing on Film4 for the first time: m.imdb.com/title/tt1275...

Just discovered it.

Billie Eilish says ‘fuck ICE’ at the Grammys Billie Eilish is the one of many celebrities at the Grammys to make it clear to the Trump regime that no one is going to tolerate this shit

Billie Eilish is the one of many celebrities at the Grammys to make it clear to the Trump regime that no one is going to tolerate this shit

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Ouch! Azazel and Nancy are truly some of the worst boss fights in fighting game history.

Tekken 6 has some cool moments and lots to offer once you spend more time with it.

But I can totally see how you, and many others, were turned off by it.

I took a long break, then went back to Platinum it.

HOA - Thank You Network Eeyore In Rob's darkest hour, he turns to Brad Shoemaker and Will Smith for advice on fixing a home networking nightmare versus adapting to the nightmare.

In @robzacny.bsky.social's darkest hour, he turns to @bradshoemaker.bsky.social and @willsmith.fun for advice on fixing a home networking nightmare versus adapting to the nightmare. remapradio.com/podcasts/epi...

🚨 INDIE DEVS!! 🚨

@dayofthedevs.org needs upcoming indie games that are amazing, creative, weird, fun and/or spooky to showcase at DAY OF THE DEVS: SAN FRANCISCO EDITION 2026.

Is that *your* game?

If so, submissions are now open! Get thee to dayofthedevs.org/submit to learn more and submit!

Mundane memos from '90s Konami of America? Great social history documents, as it happens: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/6c7ff961-6711-4d4a-be53-c41269928bba (And yes, the office was pretty strict.)

I'm doing a livestream to launch The History of Pokémon Games - and you're invited! (Yes, you. Specifically you)

Tune in at 8pm UK on Fri, Jan 30 for:
📖 Live Excerpt Reading
🧠 Pokémon Quiz: Win a copy of the book
❓Ask Me Anything

Watch it here: www.youtube.com/live/gQvlOi1...

Zack Polanski: “Brexit has been a catastrophe: economically, socially, culturally and around the arts. It made absolutely no sense in the first place. Even with people who voted for Brexit, polling shows again and again that they now regret that decision or they can’t see a single real benefit.”
🇬🇧🇪🇺

Take a quiet break, anytime, anywhere.
Coffee Talk is coming to mobile on March 20.

Serve warm drinks, listen to late-night stories, and unwind with soft music, right in your hand. ☕️

App Store (Pre-order): apps.apple.com/us/app/coffe...
Google Play: Coming Soon