Pete Orrall<p>For decades the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unitedstates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unitedstates</span></a> was considered by many to be the leader of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/free" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>free</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/world" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>world</span></a>. That is no longer the case. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a> will be playing its role in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mass</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a>.</p><p>I can only hope this project fails spectacularly.</p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/21/ice_enlists_palantir_to_develop/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/04/21/ice</span><span class="invisible">_enlists_palantir_to_develop/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palantir</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fsscism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fsscism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hellscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hellscape</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hell</span></a></p>