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Many of their recent contracts have been awarded by the NHS and DHSC, who\u2019ve spent almost \xa325 million on Palantir products since the start of the pandemic, most recently spending \xa323 million for \u201cdata management platform services\u201d within the NHS over the next two years. pic.twitter.com/tk2Tw5yvay
— The Citizens (@allthecitizens) January 6, 2021
examined the NHS contracts Palantir won under Covid19, trying to find out what aspects of our health data this private company has been given access to. But we couldn’t find out - key parts of the contracts are redacted.
At least £25.4m in contracts have been awarded to Palantir from UK Health Services. Their latest (Dec 2020) was worth up to £23m for them to continue deploying their Foundry data management platform within the NHS until
Foundry claims it can ‘source, connect, and transform’ data to ‘make operations analytical and analytics operational.’ It’s a big-data system that, in an NHS context, analyses patient data. More specifically, your
Palantir won their first NHS contract for just £1, supporting the COVID-19 datastore (Mar-June 2020); then a £1m, 4 month extension for the same work; then £908k for aiding the Test & Trace system (June-Sep
they’re asking for ONE BILLION DOLLARS in additional funding for the rape kits ALONE.
Survivors deserve policies that protect them and support their fight for justice. As President Biden and Vice President Harris take office, we\u2019ve sent them a letter outlining the actions we\u2019d like to see their administration prioritize over the next 4 years. @rainnaction 1/5 pic.twitter.com/dAuhCslVTm
— RAINN (@RAINN) January 26, 2021
notice many of these points are about giving more money to the state so they can put more people in jail.
i’ve long said the concept of a “rape kit backlog” is copaganda. it helps cops look like they’re not the ones actively sabotaging rape cases AND justify get more $$ for an issue they don’t care about.
"as you know, this means that thousands of sexual offenders remain at large, free to reoffend"
Carceral.
Ah, yes, trauma-informed abuse 🤩
Notice how they use "strongest predictor of arrest" as a metric for success. So it isn't even about victims...its about the system throwing more people in jail. They keep talking about rapists being "at large#"
Another #thread 🙃
A few days ago I complained about a bad piece by @GuardianNigeria, in which they were busied themselves dividing distance by cost and then proceeding to make wild comparisons between rail projects. While also getting cost wrong in some cases.
Just seen a very poor piece from @GuardianNigeria. Trying to Compare rail projects while getting basic facts wrong & making embarrassingly pedestrian (no pun intended) points.#LagosIbadanRail = 156km distance but actual rail length close to 400km because DOUBLE-track\u2014not SINGLE pic.twitter.com/H6sgulUA1I
— tolu ogunlesi (@toluogunlesi) January 19, 2021
The nuances of procurement, whether public or private sector, can hardly be accurately conveyed in your typical news headline, especially when headlines are driven mostly by virality ambitions. Always good to try and understand full picture before jumping to conclusions.
Important point: It’s very necessary for citizens to be able to assess public procurement projects for transparency & cost-efficiency. So I’m not saying don’t ask questions. Far from it. I’m simply saying all assessments MUST be based on a full picture, not headlines / conjecture
Take example of Super Tucanos. You’d read somewhere that Nigeria signed an almost $600m deal with the US Govt for 12 aircraft. Guess what our papers will do 😂
They’ll do their typical ‘dividing’ and say Nigeria paid $50m per aircraft. (The plane is not that expensive btw).
Also, the answer to a few questions including:
Yesterday’s Value That Company!
Also, Why am I so dumb?
Finally, Why listen to me? 🤷♂️
Here we go!
A few years ago, I get a call from an acquaintance (we have several mutual good friends). He’s running a fast growing consumer finance company and needs cash...
It isn’t “I need $5 Million by Friday” but it’s close...
How fast are they growing? By the time we are negotiating the deal a week or 10 day later, the ask is up to $10 Million...
We did a little time travel yesterday on Value That Company, and I put you back in my shoes 3 years ago...
(Answer shortly)... https://t.co/mNFNGgHiMI
It is time... For reasons that will be clear tomorrow, we are going into the archives for the first 2021 edition of Value That Company!
— Matt Willes (@SkolCapital) January 12, 2021
Today: Consumer Finance
TTM: 217 M Rev; 12.7 M EBITDA
Prior year: 97 M Rev; -4.4 M EBITDA
2 yr ago: 23 M Rev; -2.9 M EBITDA
More details: https://t.co/rn8lbARa4V
The business is fascinating, but also extremely sensitive to assumptions, underwriting, etc...
Management is good, but also very aggressive which I’m not sure I love...
Worse, we don’t have the time to really dig into the numbers as extensively as I’d like... https://t.co/np5UPBmjnu
Ok, stealing my thunder from tomorrow, BUT:
— Matt Willes (@SkolCapital) January 12, 2021
5% of customers never make even 1 payment: 100% loss rate
24% default before maturity: 15% loss rate
32% payoff < 90 days: 7% avg ROI
11% payoff > 90 days: 91% ROI
28% go full term: 121% ROI