As Andrew Neil has been throwing a hissy fit today over Jennifer Arcuri's tweet re his name in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book, I thought I'd take a look at the directors of the Spectator …te.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/012328…
First up, Aidan Barclay .. > Amanda Eliasch
Fizzy and Aidan Barclay attend The Earl of Derby's 50th birthday , 2012 ..
The "Scottish husband" Sabine Kurjo McNeill met shortly after moving to London in 1981 was John McNeill, a prominent local government figure who served as a Labour Councillor for the Greater London Council (GLC) representing Southwark. ..
When Sabine Kurjo moved to London from Geneva in 1981, she was immersed in early computer conferencing and cybernetic networking frameworks. She married John McNeill, who, along with figures like John McDonnell, was part of the highly radical, left-wing GLC ..
Together, Sabine and John McNeill co-authored the 1989 book Only Connect – The Art and Technology of Networking for Personal Change and Global Transformation. The text explored how computing systems could be decentralized to empower local communities and peace movements,".
" Frank Sinatra was a strong supporter and activist for Jewish causes in the United States and Israel. According to Tom Santopietro, Sinatra was a "lifelong sympathizer with Jewish causes"".. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sin…
In 1944 Sinatra insisted on a Jewish friend, Manie Sacks , serving as godfather at his son's baptism over the vociferous protests of the priest "..
Margaret Atwood has claimed that, according to her grandmother (maiden name Webster), the 17th-century witchcraft-lynching survivor Mary Webster might have been an ancestor:..
Webster is the subject of Atwood's poem "Half-Hanged Mary", as well as the subject of Atwood's dedication in her novel The Handmaid's Tale ..
"In The Handmaid's Tale, Gilead is the totalitarian, patriarchal theocracy that replaced the United States, established by a fundamentalist group called the Sons of Jacob after a coup. "
Unlike Palantir's explicit defense focus, DeepMind faces internal friction. Some workers have voted to unionize to block DeepMind models from being used in military or sovereign defense contracts. 🤔
Demis Hassabis , Co-Founder and CEO of Google DeepMind, has explicitly backed Google’s shift toward national security and military partnerships. This represents a significant reversal from his previous stance when DeepMind was acquired by Google.