Ambrose Pym
@ambrosepym.bsky.social
Digital/data investigations for NGO. Also maintaining the Derelict Listed Building Fires database. Byline in Bellingcat
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howling at this utter indictment of the rest who were there!
January 16, 2026 at 7:12 PM
howling at this utter indictment of the rest who were there!
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New: meet ELITE, the Palantir app ICE is using to find neighborhoods to raid. Map interface; officers search for immigrants; click person to bring up individual dossier. This is clearest link between what Palantir is building and ICE's activities on the ground yet www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 15, 2026 at 2:06 PM
New: meet ELITE, the Palantir app ICE is using to find neighborhoods to raid. Map interface; officers search for immigrants; click person to bring up individual dossier. This is clearest link between what Palantir is building and ICE's activities on the ground yet www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
Jenrick’s biggest favourability boost coming from Green voters 🫡
Following his defection, favourability of Robert Jenrick has fallen sharply among Tory voters since our last poll (in Oct), while being largely unchanged among Reform UK voters
2024 Con
Favourable: 23% (-7 from 13-14 Oct)
Unfavourable: 39% (+18)
2024 Ref
Favourable: 32% (+2)
Unfavourable: 22% (-3)
2024 Con
Favourable: 23% (-7 from 13-14 Oct)
Unfavourable: 39% (+18)
2024 Ref
Favourable: 32% (+2)
Unfavourable: 22% (-3)
January 16, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Jenrick’s biggest favourability boost coming from Green voters 🫡
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“Ministers assure the public that Palantir doesn’t have access to “patient-identifiable data”, which might be more reassuring if Palantir were not a company that specialised in joining up different data sources to spot patterns and identify people.”
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-c...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-c...
Can MAGA tech firm Palantir be trusted to run Britain's data?
It's wildly overvalued, politically extreme and puts Trump first – but somehow has £1bn of deals to run Britain's tech infrastructure
www.thenewworld.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 12:26 PM
“Ministers assure the public that Palantir doesn’t have access to “patient-identifiable data”, which might be more reassuring if Palantir were not a company that specialised in joining up different data sources to spot patterns and identify people.”
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-c...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-c...
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Now only paying subscribers can make violent non-consenual sexual imagery of women and children -
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Now only paying subscribers can make violent non-consenual sexual imagery of women and children -
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
In this essay I will acknowledge and then inexplicably discard the academia which says he is, in favour of a small selection of examples of academics who say he isn't.
Also examples of reasons why not? Trump "thinks war is stupid" and believes in small state, except he doesn't when it suits him
Also examples of reasons why not? Trump "thinks war is stupid" and believes in small state, except he doesn't when it suits him
January 8, 2026 at 1:47 PM
In this essay I will acknowledge and then inexplicably discard the academia which says he is, in favour of a small selection of examples of academics who say he isn't.
Also examples of reasons why not? Trump "thinks war is stupid" and believes in small state, except he doesn't when it suits him
Also examples of reasons why not? Trump "thinks war is stupid" and believes in small state, except he doesn't when it suits him
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There we go. That there’s a headline.
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
www.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
There we go. That there’s a headline.
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Add “AI is not a person” to all newspaper style guides asap
Media is starting to report the Grok child porn story but way too many are centering the bot's "apologies" and "admissions" without explaining that these are being generated in response to user requests and are not in anyway authentic or meaningful.
January 2, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Add “AI is not a person” to all newspaper style guides asap
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A week on from Barca quietly dropping its crypto partner, and then briefing it had done so without any financial loss, ZKP is still featuring Barca branding prominently.
Which means Barca got no money for the deal *and* will have to use expensive lawyers to clean things up. An economic masterstoke.
Which means Barca got no money for the deal *and* will have to use expensive lawyers to clean things up. An economic masterstoke.
January 3, 2026 at 11:23 AM
A week on from Barca quietly dropping its crypto partner, and then briefing it had done so without any financial loss, ZKP is still featuring Barca branding prominently.
Which means Barca got no money for the deal *and* will have to use expensive lawyers to clean things up. An economic masterstoke.
Which means Barca got no money for the deal *and* will have to use expensive lawyers to clean things up. An economic masterstoke.
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everywhere I look I see hidden agendas, secret alliances, and shadowy figures. except for my mysterious benefactor, who is beyond reproach
December 30, 2025 at 2:41 AM
everywhere I look I see hidden agendas, secret alliances, and shadowy figures. except for my mysterious benefactor, who is beyond reproach
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The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Michael Sheen spent his own money to write off $1.3 million of neighbors’ debts | CNN
Actor Michael Sheen has bought $1.3 million of his neighbors’ debts and written them off using $129,000 of his own money.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
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OpenAI hires George Osborne to spearhead global ‘Stargate’ expansion ft.trib.al/kpZiA3a
OpenAI hires George Osborne to spearhead global ‘Stargate’ expansion
Former UK chancellor to lead start-up’s effort to spread ‘democratic’ AI across the world
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December 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
OpenAI hires George Osborne to spearhead global ‘Stargate’ expansion ft.trib.al/kpZiA3a
Taking a financial hit for the cause of opposing authoritarianism and hate is a brave thing to do, regardless of how wealthy you are. Well done Mick Foley
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WWE legend cuts ties with company due to their Trump association
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December 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Taking a financial hit for the cause of opposing authoritarianism and hate is a brave thing to do, regardless of how wealthy you are. Well done Mick Foley
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Massively overdue. Very glad to see this happening
Comes a week after a Labour MP in Commons cited Democracy for Sale’s cash for access investigation as evidence of how weak Britain’s are
Comes a week after a Labour MP in Commons cited Democracy for Sale’s cash for access investigation as evidence of how weak Britain’s are
December 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Massively overdue. Very glad to see this happening
Comes a week after a Labour MP in Commons cited Democracy for Sale’s cash for access investigation as evidence of how weak Britain’s are
Comes a week after a Labour MP in Commons cited Democracy for Sale’s cash for access investigation as evidence of how weak Britain’s are
This is something that is constantly pushed by online influencers to stir up anger for their own gain, and has been for a long time. Then "serious" figures regurgitate it and it starts to crystalise as somehow true
No idea what telly Lord Sewell is watching, because I can't think of a single show with this plotline let alone it being something that is inescapable for young white men who subsequently now face a crisis of masculinity drawing them to the far right?? 🙃
December 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
This is something that is constantly pushed by online influencers to stir up anger for their own gain, and has been for a long time. Then "serious" figures regurgitate it and it starts to crystalise as somehow true
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Go and get the Garth Marenghi meme.
December 16, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Go and get the Garth Marenghi meme.
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Britain threatened to cut off ICC funding over Netanyahu arrest warrant, claims prosecutor
Britain threatened to cut off ICC funding over Netanyahu arrest warrant, claims prosecutor
Karim Khan makes allegation in court submission while defending move to prosecute Israeli prime minister in 2024
The British government threatened to defund the international criminal court and leave the Rome statute that set it up if it pressed ahead with plans to issue an arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu, the ICC’s prosecutor, has claimed.
Karim Khan made the allegation in a submission to the court defending his decision to prosecute Israel’s prime minister. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Britain threatened to cut off ICC funding over Netanyahu arrest warrant, claims prosecutor
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Liz Truss is back.
The short-lived UK prime minister and businessman Robert Tchenguiz are launching an ultra-exclusive club in London.
Truss and Tchenguiz are hoping to recruit 700 founding members — each paying £500,000. Find out more here: on.ft.com/493H1hI
The short-lived UK prime minister and businessman Robert Tchenguiz are launching an ultra-exclusive club in London.
Truss and Tchenguiz are hoping to recruit 700 founding members — each paying £500,000. Find out more here: on.ft.com/493H1hI
December 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Liz Truss is back.
The short-lived UK prime minister and businessman Robert Tchenguiz are launching an ultra-exclusive club in London.
Truss and Tchenguiz are hoping to recruit 700 founding members — each paying £500,000. Find out more here: on.ft.com/493H1hI
The short-lived UK prime minister and businessman Robert Tchenguiz are launching an ultra-exclusive club in London.
Truss and Tchenguiz are hoping to recruit 700 founding members — each paying £500,000. Find out more here: on.ft.com/493H1hI
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🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
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I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it
I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
And this isn’t the first time that allegation has been made by one of his team. A campaigner was caught saying the same on an undercover Channel 4 camera and later said it was a joke. That campaigner now runs the anti-immigration Centre for Migration Control www.channel4.com/news/exclusi...
December 8, 2025 at 8:31 AM
And this isn’t the first time that allegation has been made by one of his team. A campaigner was caught saying the same on an undercover Channel 4 camera and later said it was a joke. That campaigner now runs the anti-immigration Centre for Migration Control www.channel4.com/news/exclusi...
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
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The tech oligarchs are the most organised, determined anti democratic force we’ve seen this side of World War II
For way too long this has been ignored, elided and under estimated
What someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time
For way too long this has been ignored, elided and under estimated
What someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The tech oligarchs are the most organised, determined anti democratic force we’ve seen this side of World War II
For way too long this has been ignored, elided and under estimated
What someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time
For way too long this has been ignored, elided and under estimated
What someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time