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Felicitas Macgilchrist
@discoursology@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

“Microsoft, which provides a range of cloud services to Israel’s military and public sector, bid for the Nimbus contract but was beaten by its rivals. According to sources familiar with negotiations, Microsoft’s bid suffered as it refused to accept some of Israel’s demands.”

Who would have thought. Microsoft acting more ethically (or: simply more legally) than Google and Amazon #nimbus

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/google-amazon-israel-contract-secret-code?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

the Guardian

Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret ‘wink’ to sidestep legal orders

The tech giants agreed to extraordinary terms to clinch a lucrative contract with the Israeli government, documents show
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Felicitas Macgilchrist
@discoursology@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

“Under the terms of the deal, the mechanism works like this:

If either Google or Amazon provides information to authorities in the US, where the dialing code is +1, and they are prevented from disclosing their cooperation, they must send the Israeli government 1,000 shekels.

If, for example, the companies receive a request for Israeli data from authorities in Italy, where the dialing code is +39, they must send 3,900 shekels.”

Felicitas Macgilchrist
@discoursology@social.coop replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

But this is the key:

“Several (legal) experts described the mechanism as a “clever” workaround that could comply with the letter of the law but not its spirit. “It’s kind of brilliant, but it’s risky,” said a former senior US security official.”

#nimbus

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Felicitas Macgilchrist
@discoursology@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

“Microsoft, which provides a range of cloud services to Israel’s military and public sector, bid for the Nimbus contract but was beaten by its rivals. According to sources familiar with negotiations, Microsoft’s bid suffered as it refused to accept some of Israel’s demands.”

Who would have thought. Microsoft acting more ethically (or: simply more legally) than Google and Amazon #nimbus

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/google-amazon-israel-contract-secret-code?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

the Guardian

Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret ‘wink’ to sidestep legal orders

The tech giants agreed to extraordinary terms to clinch a lucrative contract with the Israeli government, documents show
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Mike Honey
@mike_honey_@aus.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

Here's the latest variant picture for New Zealand, to early September.

NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" has continued to dominate, finishing at 57%.

It looks under serious threat from JN.1.* +DeFLuQE, which finished at 36%.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #NZ #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #DeFLuQE
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Mike Honey
@mike_honey_@aus.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

Here's the latest variant picture for New Zealand, to early September.

NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" has continued to dominate, finishing at 57%.

It looks under serious threat from JN.1.* +DeFLuQE, which finished at 36%.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #NZ #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #DeFLuQE
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Aral Balkan
@aral@mastodon.ar.al  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

I’ve started compiling a list on the Gaza Verified guide page of Mastodon instances that have publicly stated that they are sympathetic to the Palestinian plight and are a safe space for Palestinians:

https://gaza-verified.org/guide/

If you run a Mastodon server where Palestinians can feel safe creating an account without fear of it being shut down without reason, please reply to this post and let me know and I’ll add a link to your instance on the page.

Also, please take a look at the accounts on Gaza Verified and help them out if you can. Things are worse than ever with Israel forcing yet another displacement and destroying even more of Gaza in its ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people.

https://gaza-verified.org

Thank you!

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#Gaza#Palestine#GazaVerified#StopIsrael#StopTheGenocide#FreePalenstine #fediverse#Mastodon #solidarity

Asta McCarthy
@AstaMcCarthy@mastodon.pirateparty.be replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
@aral Great initiative! Please add a remark that it is also safe to install Signal via the @fdroidorg with @guardianproject repository.
(This is actually safer then via Google that is complicit in the genocide with project #Nimbus )
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Eva Winterschön
@winterschon@mastodon.bsd.cafe  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

monday morning starts off with the sentiment, "at least it feels better than yesterday", a subjective statement when there's a fever involved and still no vocal cord control. I don't want another day of bed rest, very tired of bed, tired of downtime. stupid covid.

#covid #healthcare #medical #nimbus

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Mike Honey
@mike_honey_@aus.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

Here's the latest variant picture for New Zealand, to early July.

The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant remained dominant, finishing at 64% frequency.

The XFG.* "Stratus" variant is the likely next challenger. But in NZ, XFG.* is still around 5%.

#COVID19#NZ#NB_1_8_1#Nimbus#XFG#Stratus

Report link:
https://mike-honey.github.io/covid-19-genomes/output/Coronavirus%20-%20Genomic%20Sequencing%20-%20report%20NZ.pdf

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Mike Honey
@mike_honey_@aus.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

Here's the latest variant picture for New Zealand, to early July.

The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant remained dominant, finishing at 64% frequency.

The XFG.* "Stratus" variant is the likely next challenger. But in NZ, XFG.* is still around 5%.

#COVID19#NZ#NB_1_8_1#Nimbus#XFG#Stratus

Report link:
https://mike-honey.github.io/covid-19-genomes/output/Coronavirus%20-%20Genomic%20Sequencing%20-%20report%20NZ.pdf

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Mike Honey
@mike_honey_@aus.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

Here's the latest variant picture with a global scope, to early June.

The LP.8.1., NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" and XFG. "Stratus" variants are battling for dominance in an unclear picture.

XFG.* "Stratus" seemed to have the best underlying momentum, until recently when samples from the US became less dominant.

#COVID19#Global#NB_1_8_1#Nimbus#XFG#Stratus
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Mike Honey
@mike_honey_@aus.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

Here's the latest variant picture with a global scope, to early June.

The LP.8.1., NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" and XFG. "Stratus" variants are battling for dominance in an unclear picture.

XFG.* "Stratus" seemed to have the best underlying momentum, until recently when samples from the US became less dominant.

#COVID19#Global#NB_1_8_1#Nimbus#XFG#Stratus
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