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Leaked emails link NHS data privatiser Palantir to Jeffrey Epstein (www.thecanary.co)
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In 2023, the then-Conservative government awarded Palantir with a £330m contract to “build a new NHS data platform”. The move proved controversial because Palantir is a US spy tech firm and its co-founder Peter Thiel is a prominent Trump donor with links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Now, a trove of leaked emails have shone further light on Thiel’s connections.

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[-] kibiz0r@midwest.social 28 points 1 year ago

I mean…

In 2016, various media outlets reported that Mr Thiel had links to the radical life extension startup Ambrosia, with Gawker claiming he "spends $40,00 per quarter to get an infusion of blood from an 18-year-old based on research conducted at Stanford on extending the lives of mice."

These reports cited his investment portfolio, together with a 2009 essay that laid out his philosophical and political beliefs. In it, he wrote that he stood against "the ideology of the inevitability of the death of every individual."

However the blood transfusion claims were never verified and Gawker shut down shortly after following an unrelated lawsuit partly funded by Mr Thiel.

[-] sad_detective_man@leminal.space 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

bro what the fuck, I was joking. what even is this reality

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

The comedy show “Silicon Valley” was a documentary. They just changed the names of prominent figures and literally nothing else. That’s why it was so funny.

[-] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

It has immense rewatchability as well.

[-] themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago

thiel bankrolled that lawsuit for that reason, bryan johnson does the same thing, sucks the blood from his 18yo son,

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