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Palantir’s Employees Are in Crisis. Quote: “Last week, the Peter Thiel-cofounded company poured fuel on the fire with a 22-point summary of CEO Alex Karp’s 2025 book “The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West,” an ominous corporate manifesto that critics called a “hideous ideology” and “example of technofascism.”

Posted on April 25, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

https://1bc9fc2bbc2da57f5d4eeb0eda68ad20.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-45/html/container.htmlArtificial IntelligenceEthics Getting Kicked Palantir’s Employees Are in Crisis “It’s like we taped a ‘kick me’ sign on our own backs.” By Victor Tangermann Published Apr 24, 2026 1:03 PM EDT Add Futurism(opens in a new tab)More information Sign up to see … Continue reading →

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The Conversation: Let’s begin with a simple question that rarely gets a straight answer: what would victory over Iran actually look like? In Washington and Jerusalem, the answers tend to sound definitive: eliminate Iran’s nuclear capability, break its regional power, perhaps even force political change at the top. It’s the language of decisive war, the kind with a clear endpoint.

Posted on April 24, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

Academic rigour, journalistic flair Arts + CultureBusiness + EconomyEducationEnvironmentHealthPolitics + SocietyScience + TechWorldPodcastsInsights Share article Print article Let’s begin with a simple question that rarely gets a straight answer: what would victory over Iran actually look like? In Washington and Jerusalem, the answers tend to sound definitive: eliminate … Continue reading →

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The Harvard Gazette: Next Nuclear Arms Race

Posted on April 24, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

Deterring the next nuclear arms race Christina Pazzanese Harvard Staff Writer April 22, 2026 6 min read Experts assess threat landscape amid war, lapsing treaties, declining faith in U.S. security guarantee Iran’s nuclear ambition, which is at the heart of its … Continue reading →

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DW: Insider Trading … US soldier made $400,000 betting on Maduro raid … Polymarket is a place to trade.

Posted on April 24, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

US soldier allegedly made $400k betting on Maduro raid Shakeel Sobhan AFP, AP, Reuters, dpa4 hours ago 4 hours ago Prosecutors say the soldier used classified information of the Maduro operation to place winning bets on Polymarket. The case comes amid … Continue reading →

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Grok AI: Augmenting abilities for people with disabilities or ageing especially regarding legal matters and health.

Posted on April 23, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

Are there any reports of where Revenue Commissioners in Ireland have waived Benefit in Kind rents from person who is sole benificiary of trust which provides her home (her mother did write letter stating she could live in the property … Continue reading →

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Harvard Law Today:

Posted on April 23, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

When seeing isn’t believing in court How AI could challenge assumptions about proof and truth in criminal law Apr 15, 2026 Early in 2020, a cell phone captured the fatal attack of a jogger named Ahmaud Arbery by three white … Continue reading →

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Yanis Varoufakis on X: Palantir Palantir were kind enough to sum up its hideous ideology in 22 points. And I have taken the liberty of annotating each one of them. Here is my interpretation of all 22 of them (preserving the original numbering – for the original see their tweet below):

Posted on April 21, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis Palantir were kind enough to sum up its hideous ideology in 22 points. And I have taken the liberty of annotating each one of them. Here is my interpretation of all 22 of them (preserving the original … Continue reading →

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The Conversation: The market for oil is global, which is why events like the war in Iran affect oil prices – and prices of the wide range of products made from oil – literally everywhere. Federal data shows that the price at the primary crude oil hub in the U.S. was US$66 a barrel in late February 2026 – before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran – and $101 a barrel on April 13. Similar price increases have reverberated around the globe.

Posted on April 21, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

ome an author Academic rigour, journalistic flair Arts + CultureBusiness + EconomyEducationEnvironmentHealthPolitics + SocietyScience + TechWorldPodcastsInsights Share article Print article The market for oil is global, which is why events like the war in Iran affect oil prices – and prices of the wide range of products made … Continue reading →

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Axios: China wins by watching

Posted on April 20, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

China wins by watching   Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios. Photo: Getty Images   Chinese President Xi Jinping has spent the Iran war doing what he does best — patiently exploiting America’s distraction and discord, Axios’ Jim VandeHei writes in a “Behind the Curtain” … Continue reading →

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Axios: Trump expects Iran deal this weekend

Posted on April 18, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

 View in browser   PRESENTED BY MORGAN STANLEY   Axios PM By Mike Allen · Apr 17, 2026  Happy Friday! Today’s newsletter, edited by Alex Fitzpatrick, is 665 words, a 2½-min. read. Thanks to Sheryl Miller for copy editing.️ Situational awareness: The S&P 500 rose about … Continue reading →

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