Palantir Just Got Millions To Assign Cubicles

[Nevilledog]

https://www.levernews.com/palantir-just-got-millions-to-assign-cubicles/

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Palantir, the Trump-connected spy-tech and AI firm, just scored a no-bid government contract potentially worth millions to help the Agriculture Department implement the White House’s divisive return-to-office directive. Under the guise of national security, the highly “sensitive” tasks to be handled by the billion-dollar tech behemoth will include “employee seat assignments” and “space utilization.”

Despite vague contract details, the project could potentially bring a workforce surveillance technology known as bossware to the federal workforce, despite concerns about its mental and physical toll on workers and its potential for errors and discrimination.

“In light of the Trump administration’s war on public-service workers, there’s reason to fear this Palantir ‘return-to-office tool’ will be deployed to further surveil and intimidate the remaining federal workforce,” said Paul Sonn, state policy program director at the National Employment Law Project, a workers’ rights advocacy nonprofit.

Palantir was among the donors funding the building of the new White House ballroom, a project that Trump is personally overseeing. In December 2024, Alex Karp, Palantir’s CEO, donated $1 million to MAGA, Inc., a pro-Trump super PAC.

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[Clouds Passing]

1. On a lighter note, I love your kitty collection 😻

[Nevilledog]

3. TY....they perfectly depict my usual mood.

I replied in the wrong spot initially because I actually can't do 3 things at the same time...lol