Internal Palantir Slack chats and message boards obtained by 404 Media show the contracting giant is helping find the location of people flagged for deportation, that Palantir is now a “more mature partner to ICE,” and how Palantir is addressing employee concerns with discussion groups on ethics.
Anduril is also evil but it’s named after Aragorn’s sword.
I feel like there are two versions of nerds
The version that internalizes the stories, realizes the value of empathy and sympathy and the destructive power of authoritarian control
The version that sees a fake universe but they have to win in it no matter what because “winning” is all that matter because their dad told them that they wouldn’t get the trust fund otherwise and so that universe doesn’t really matter as long as they’re winning
These fucking dorks have ruined Tolkien for me.
They fucking suck but they’ll never take Tolkien from me