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Palantir and Nuclear Company will jointly create the nuclear operating system (NOS), which will simplify construction, allowing the firm to build plants faster and at lower cost.

The deal follows U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive orders that aimed to boost U.S. nuclear energy production amid a boom in demand from data centers and AI.

The orders, signed in May, direct the nation’s independent nuclear regulatory commission to cut down on regulations and fast-track new licenses for reactors and power plants.

Palantir and Nuclear Company will jointly create the nuclear operating system (NOS), which will simplify construction, allowing the firm to build plants faster and at lower cost.

The deal follows U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive orders that aimed to boost U.S. nuclear energy production amid a boom in demand from data centers and AI.

The orders, signed in May, direct the nation’s independent nuclear regulatory commission to cut down on regulations and fast-track new licenses for reactors and power plants.

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Roe created the State Policy Network in 1992. to influence policy at the state level, allegedly after being urged to do so by Ronald Reagan. SPN currently has a network of think tanks in all 50 states.

TIL that Krieble funded the first of its kind Russian corporation for cooperation between Russia and U.S. businesses in 1991

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Hi Wisconsin, New Orleanian here.

This past May, Washington Post revealed the police in my city were secretly using the first of its kind facial recognition technology to track citizens in real time.

I'm posting here because I also learned that recently, Milwaukee police have been expressing interest in using facial recognition tech, despite protests from citizens.

New Orleans has been less than transparent about handling all of this, and NOPD has stopped using the tech since WaPo exposed they were violating a city ordinance. However, NOPD has now proposed an updated ordinance which would allow them to legally continue using the realtime tracking and facial recognition tech despite warnings from the ACLU that the ordinance will leave the city vulnerable to the federal government.

"If the federal government wants to use the data from New Orleans facial recognition system to identify and deport undocumented persons in the city, they just have to get a federal warrant to come in and get that data,” Marlow said. “And they’re going to use it for that purpose, regardless of what the local law says.”

“What the New Orleans City Council needs to understand, and they need to understand it right now, is that if they set up a system of this level of power in their city, and they don’t have lockdown control in all instances over the technology and its data, they are placing every resident of New Orleans and every visitor of New Orleans at risk,” Marlow continued. “Not only [is New Orleans] creating the possibility that the federal government could come in and commandeer this equipment and its data to go after people in New Orleans, they’re inviting it.”

The City Council meeting regarding the proposed ordinance is schedule for this Thursday, June 26 at 10:00a.m. CDT.

There is also a Livestream link if you or anyone you know is interested in watching the meeting

Whether you choose to watch or not, I hope you will stay vigilant about what AI and surveillance policy your local law enforcement might be considering and how it relates to your own civil liberties. I find it very odd that in addition to the concerns over police use of facial recognition tech, New Orleans and Wisconsin also share a concerning link to the Peter Thiel owned company Palantir.

Former Wisconsin Congressman Mike Gallagher was named Palantir's defense business chief in August of 2024.

From ~2012-2018, the city of New Orleans secretly partnered with Palantir and allowed the company to test it's controversial predictive policing tech.

After this secret contract was exposed, predictive policing and eventually facial recognition technology were banned in New Orleans in 2020. In 2022, the mayor requested the ban be lifted and replaced with an ordinance that would allow some very concerning surveillance practices by law enforcement, and allow facial recognition in certain circumstances as long as it followed the procedure outlined in the ordinance.

This is the same ordinance that WaPo proved NOPD was violating in May of this year, and the same ordinance New Orleans city council will vote to amend this Thursday, June 26, 2025.

Although the city has allegedly not worked with Palantir since the official contract was dissolved in 2018, Project Nola, the private surveillance company NOPD was receiving the facial recognition and real time tracking information from, was established in 2015 by a former New Orleans police officer. During this time, Palantir was still using surveillance tools throughout the city to create and test their new predictive policing tech.

It's important to note that in addition to owning Palantir, Peter Thiel also happens to fund the facial recognition software company Clearview AI. Clearview has been providing facial recognition software to federal agencies such as ICE and multiple local law enforcement agencies around the country since ~2020.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday came out against a bipartisan war powers resolution to prevent U.S. intervention in Iran, a show of support for President Trump as dozens of lawmakers question the weekend strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), a libertarian and progressive pair, introduced a war powers resolution last week that would direct Trump to “terminate the use” of U.S. armed forces from Iran unless Congress authorizes such involvement. Massie said Monday the effort has 57 cosponsors, and he vowed to bring a vote on the legislation.

Asked Monday if he would allow the bipartisan measure to come to the floor for a vote, Johnson demurred, suggesting it was a political endeavor, and noted presidents in both parties had authorized military strikes without congressional approval.

The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has until the end of June to develop new guidance for federal agencies. Federal agencies will use this guidance to create new policies that align with the Trump administration’s dubious definitions of scientific integrity and “gold standard science.”

The goals of scientific integrity policies are to (1) protect the scientific process from inappropriate (like political or corporate) influence, (2) make federal research and evidence accessible without compromising people’s personal data, (3) allow federal scientists to communicate their research without interference, and (4) to use the best available science in decision and policy making.

I mean, I think we all know what the choice will be, right?

Automation, public data repositories, standardized metadata forms, and interoperable data-sharing platforms are some of the major pushes being made in guidance for Federal agencies looking to apply the Trump administration’s “gold standard science” objectives, according to guidance issued today by the White House Office of Science and Technology (OSTP).

OSTP Director Michael Kratsios delivered the memo to Federal agencies on June 23 and said the guidance will assist agencies in applying an executive order from President Donald Trump on “Restoring Gold Standard Science” by ensuring “that science is no longer manipulated or misused to justify political ends.”

That memo included methods of approaching science-related initiatives – namely those related to national security and energy innovation, according to the document – that would foster cross disciplinary collaboration and withstand scrutiny.

“In an age of rapid technological progress and heightened public scrutiny, federally-funded and federally-performed science, and its use in Federal decision-making, must be beyond reproach,” reads the document.

To support this goal, OSTP said that agencies should encourage depositing raw data and code in publicly accessible repositories to facilitate reproducibility. Other data-related pushes include requiring grant applications to include data sharing plans, and standardizing metadata formats and data-sharing platforms across agencies.

When introducing the concept of gold standard science in May, Kratsios zeroed in on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) principles in scientific fields, claiming that inclusive efforts pushed by DEI pose an “existential threat to the real diversity of thought that forms the foundation of the scientific community.”

Kratsios said that the “first step to restoring trust in America’s scientific establishment, and rebuilding a strong foundation for breakthrough discoveries, is a return to Gold Standard Science.”

Russia launched a mass missile and drone attack on Kyiv overnight on June 23, killing at least nine people and injuring 33 others, including four children, local officials reported.

Kyiv Independent journalists heard explosions and kamikaze drones flying overhead from around 1 a.m. Louder explosions from ballistic missiles were heard an hour later, with the attack lasting around 3.5 hours in total.

The heaviest damage occurred in the Shevchenkivskyi district of the city, when a five-story building partially collapsed after being hit by a ballistic missile, Ukraine's military reported. At least nine people died as a result, and more may be trapped under the rubble.

An 11-year-old girl was confirmed as the ninth victim of the strike, Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, said. Her mother's body was recovered earlier from the rubble.

Hi Wisconsin, New Orleanian here.

This past May, Washington Post revealed the police in my city were secretly using the first of its kind facial recognition technology to track citizens in real time.

I'm posting here because I also learned that recently, Milwaukee police have been expressing interest in using facial recognition tech, despite protests from citizens.

New Orleans has been less than transparent about handling all of this, and NOPD has stopped using the tech since WaPo exposed they were violating a city ordinance. However, NOPD has now proposed an updated ordinance which would allow them to legally continue using the realtime tracking and facial recognition tech despite warnings from the ACLU that the ordinance will leave the city vulnerable to the federal government government.

"If the federal government wants to use the data from New Orleans facial recognition system to identify and deport undocumented persons in the city, they just have to get a federal warrant to come in and get that data,” Marlow said. “And they’re going to use it for that purpose, regardless of what the local law says.”

“What the New Orleans City Council needs to understand, and they need to understand it right now, is that if they set up a system of this level of power in their city, and they don’t have lockdown control in all instances over the technology and its data, they are placing every resident of New Orleans and every visitor of New Orleans at risk,” Marlow continued. “Not only [is New Orleans] creating the possibility that the federal government could come in and commandeer this equipment and its data to go after people in New Orleans, they’re inviting it.”

The City Council meeting regarding the proposed ordinance is schedule for this Thursday, June 26 at 10:00a.m. CDT.

There is also a Livestream link if you or anyone you know is interested in watching the meeting

Whether you choose to watch or not, I hope you will stay vigilant about what AI and surveillance policy your local law enforcement might be considering and how it relates to your own civil liberties. I find it very odd that in addition to the concerns over police use of facial recognition tech, New Orleans and Wisconsin also share a concerning link to the Peter Thiel owned company Palantir.

Former Wisconsin Congressman Mike Gallagher was named Palantir's defense business chief in August of 2024.

From ~2012-2018, the city of New Orleans secretly partnered with Palantir and allowed the company to test it's controversial predictive policing tech.

After this secret contract was exposed, predictive policing and eventually facial recognition technology were banned in New Orleans in 2020. In 2022, the mayor requested the ban be lifted and replaced with an ordinance that would allow some very concerning surveillance practices by law enforcement, and allow facial recognition in certain circumstances as long as it followed the procedure outlined in the ordinance.

This is the same ordinance that WaPo proved NOPD was violating in May of this year, and the same ordinance New Orleans city council will vote to amend this Thursday, June 26, 2025.

Although the city has allegedly not worked with Palantir since the official contract was dissolved in 2018, Project Nola, the private surveillance company NOPD was receiving the facial recognition and real time tracking information from, was established in 2015 by a former New Orleans police officer. During this time, Palantir was still using surveillance tools throughout the city to create and test their new predictive policing tech.

It's important to note that in addition to owning Palantir, Peter Thiel also happens to fund the facial recognition software company Clearview AI. Clearview has been providing facial recognition software to federal agencies such as ICE and multiple local law enforcement agencies around the country since ~2020.

Trump: China you gotta do something! You are, after all, my best friend.