“We could close our eyes & pretend that contrary to all the evidence, #Palantir is a rights-respecting company or we can call this façade what it is: another company placing profit over people, no matter the human cost.” Michael Kleinman, @amnestyusa on #PalantirTechnologies.
In March, @BorisJohnson met big tech firms to discuss #COVID response. "The govt then quietly granted access to millions of UK health data records to Amazon, Microsoft, Google & Palantir to build a #COVID Datastore, aggregating data from multiple sources, including testing data."
In April #Palantir won a contract to run the #COVID digital platform for the NHS alongside #FacultyAI

Both companies have links to #CambridgeAnalytica

At the SAME TIME, they also won a $7.5m contract to build the digital platform for US Health Dept (HHS)
On 8 July, the UK govt sidelined SAGE in favour of the secretive Joint Biosecurity Centre headed by a senior spy.

On 22 July Downing St took control of data

On 14 July, the Trump admin ordered hospitals to send all #COVID data to HHS Protect, run by #Palantir

Notice a pattern?
Palantir was awarded the NHS & HHS #COVID19 contracts without competitive tender

We only KNOW about these contracts because of Freedom of Information lawsuits against the US & UK govts

They expose the fact that Palantir appear to be part of a single, coordinated US-UK strategy.
Palantir aren& #39;t just running the UK & US digital platforms

They& #39;re doing the same for dozens - perhaps scores - of govts around the world

#Palantir often offer it for free

The initial £1 UK contract soon morphed into one for £1 million

But its the data that is worth billions!
In July, 30+ members of Congress called for greater transparency on #Palantir& #39;s use of data

In the UK, the companies running the platform for the NHS (the country& #39;s MOST trusted brand) have links with #CambridgeAnalytica (the country& #39;s LEAST trusted brand), but no MPs speak out.
We already know that Big Tech mine & sell our data, but the new frontier lies not in our consumer behaviour, but in our biological selves.

As James Watson, who discovered the structure of DNA, said: Our fates lie in our genes and not in the stars.

But who controls that fate?
#Palantir& #39;s #PeterThiel is a right-wing billionaire with reported associations with the far-right

He donated $1m to the "Defeat Crooked Hillary" campaign backed by Robert Mercer & overseen by Steve Bannon.

Mercer & Bannon were the main kingpins behind #CambridgeAnalytica.
According to @reason, #PeterThiel is "a radical right-winger" and "the wealthiest ally of the new conservative nationalist movement", "connected, via friendship, venture capital and at least some ideological affinity" with far-right blogger, Curtis Yarvin. https://reason.com/2020/08/02/wait-wasnt-peter-thiel-a-libertarian/">https://reason.com/2020/08/0...
As well as links to the far-right & to #CambridgeAnalytica,
#PeterThiel& #39;s big interest is in genetics

He has backed DNA-testing/editing & genetic engineering startups as well as numerous life sciences companies such as Halcyon Molecular, Pathway Genomics, Juvenesence, Imatato.
“The mushroom-like growth of institutes & research programs, financed by & #39;visionary philanthropists& #39; dreaming of a positive eugenics for the 21st century. Among the most prominent is funded by Peter Thiel.” Profs Rose, 2014

"Positive eugenics" is key to understanding the ‘plan’.
Eugenics - the idea of "breeding out” disease & so-called undesirable traits from a population - was all the rage until Hitler

Even the Nazis distinguished btw "negative eugenics" (discouraging the "inferior" from breeding) & "positive eugenics" (encouraging the "fit" to breed).
After WWII, eugenics didn’t go away

The discovery of the DNA double helix in 1953, gave rise to modern molecular biology & genetic engineering

The 1990 Human Genome Project mapped all the genes of the human genome

Gene editing = altering human genomes.
Most genome editing is limited to somatic cells & affect only certain tissues & aren& #39;t passed from one generation to the next

But germline genome editing could pass changes to future generations & even could even help reshape humans & our society

The idea is v attactive to some
Advances in genetics - incldg epigentics - have resulted in big advances in diagnosis, treatment of & prevention of disease

It has HUGE potential social & cost benefits, not just in medicine

But we& #39;ve seen the movie!

We know genetics can get out of hand
Until now, the clearest indication that the govt might have big aspirations in this direction was Cummings& #39; blog

Then last Saturday (!), @MattHancock launched #GenomeUK, a major new Genomic Healthcare Strategy for the UK

It didn& #39;t get much news coverage. https://twitter.com/MattHancock/status/1309788592919793665">https://twitter.com/MattHanco...
An academic source says "Hancock& #39;s announcement is a statement of intent & suggests genome research might be put at the heart of their programme for govt"

Hancock today: "The way that we do healthcare is completely changing, & we& #39;ve got to embrace that" https://twitter.com/MattHancock/status/1312793204178198528">https://twitter.com/MattHanco...
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