Wladimir Mufty
@wlaatje@social.edu.nl  ·  activity timestamp 8 hours ago

From economy of occupation to economy of genocide…

🌍 The UN Human Rights Council report investigates how a network of corporate actors (companies, investors and service providers) is deeply involved in sustaining Israel’s settler-colonial policies, resulting in systemic displacement, #apartheid-like conditions, and acts like what the Rapporteur describes as #genocide

🧑🏽‍⚖️ On paper now

🔗 https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session59/advance-version/a-hrc-59-23-aev.pdf

#OHCHR#UN #bigtech #palestine #israel #microsoft #alphabet #amazon #palantir #thiel
Beardy Star Stuff
@dennyhenke@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp 2 hours ago

Just had a tech support call with client, a long-time Apple fan/user. He asked why I'd jumped ship. I was happy to explain. But it left me wondering, how folk that think of themselves as progressive or remotely leftish justify to themselves staying with , , , etc.

Have you TRIED any or made an effort to explore a phased transition out of the trap you're in? Do you even recognize it as a trap? When was the last time you took a real look at

The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 18 hours ago

Microsoft’s gaming division began cutting hundreds of employees on Wednesday, part of a broader culling at the software company as it seeks to control costs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/03/tech/microsoft-job-cuts-xbox-games/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #microsoft #gaming #xbox #jobs #tech

activity timestamp yesterday

“International Business Machines, and its president Thomas J. Watson, committed genocide by any standard. It was never about the antisemitism. It was never about the National Socialism. It was always about the money. Business was their middle name.”

– Edwin Black, IBM and the Holocaust

The more things change…

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ibm-holocaust_b_1301691

#IBM#Holocaust#BigTech#SiliconValley#Google#Microsoft #israel #genocide #apartheid#settlerColonialism #capitalism #neoliberalism #complicityhttps://infosec.exchange/@onrust/114779288628253881
jbz
@jbz@indieweb.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

💥 Microsoft is laying off as many as 9,000 employees • The Verge

｢ Xbox leader Phil Spencer said in a message to the team that “To position Gaming for enduring success and allow us to focus on strategic growth areas, we will end or decrease work in certain areas of the business and follow Microsoft’s lead in removing layers of management to increase agility and effectiveness.” ｣

https://www.theverge.com/news/693535/microsoft-layoffs-july-2025-xbox

#microsoft #layoffs #gamedev
Beardy Star Stuff
@dennyhenke@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

I'm planning to make a series of themed graphics, here's the first.
Choose Freedom, cooperation and community.

#FSF#LibrePlanet#Trisque#GNULinux
#Linux#Libre#FreeSoftware

It's past the time we reject companies that attempt to subjugate us.
#Apple#Microsoft#Google#Endof10

https://www.fsf.org/resources/resources/what-is-fs

An illustration of a sad person at a laptop on a desk. A black box with this text: "Computing with Microsoft, Google and Apple was never about serving you. Nevermind the marketing, never forget that you are there to be the source of their profit and they will only ever seek to increase their profit as they decrease your ability to control your computing. They want total control and total compliance. They will accept nothing less. Their hardware, their OS, their software. It was never yours. It was always theirs. It isn't personal, it's business. BUT WE DO HAVE A CHOICE. YOU DO HAVE A CHOICE. When you choose a libreOS and libre Software you choose your own freedom and cooperation with your fellow computer users. Build a better world with us." An illustration of the same person but happy is sitting near a laptop next to various libre software application icons and a Trisquel Linux icon with this text: "Thousands of apps have been built, this is just a tiny sample. Defend the freedoms and rights of all computer users! Visit fsf.org and gnu.org"
An illustration of a sad person at a laptop on a desk. A black box with this text: "Computing with Microsoft, Google and Apple was never about serving you. Nevermind the marketing, never forget that you are there to be the source of their profit and they will only ever seek to increase their profit as they decrease your ability to control your computing. They want total control and total compliance. They will accept nothing less. Their hardware, their OS, their software. It was never yours. It was always theirs. It isn't personal, it's business. BUT WE DO HAVE A CHOICE. YOU DO HAVE A CHOICE. When you choose a libreOS and libre Software you choose your own freedom and cooperation with your fellow computer users. Build a better world with us." An illustration of the same person but happy is sitting near a laptop next to various libre software application icons and a Trisquel Linux icon with this text: "Thousands of apps have been built, this is just a tiny sample. Defend the freedoms and rights of all computer users! Visit fsf.org and gnu.org"
An illustration of a sad person at a laptop on a desk. A black box with this text: "Computing with Microsoft, Google and Apple was never about serving you. Nevermind the marketing, never forget that you are there to be the source of their profit and they will only ever seek to increase their profit as they decrease your ability to control your computing. They want total control and total compliance. They will accept nothing less. Their hardware, their OS, their software. It was never yours. It was always theirs. It isn't personal, it's business. BUT WE DO HAVE A CHOICE. YOU DO HAVE A CHOICE. When you choose a libreOS and libre Software you choose your own freedom and cooperation with your fellow computer users. Build a better world with us." An illustration of the same person but happy is sitting near a laptop next to various libre software application icons and a Trisquel Linux icon with this text: "Thousands of apps have been built, this is just a tiny sample. Defend the freedoms and rights of all computer users! Visit fsf.org and gnu.org"