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oatmeal<p>Quoting Sergey Brin: "The use of the term genocide in the context of Gaza is very offensive to Jews, I would not rely on an anti-Semitic organization like the UN."</p><p>One might argue that companies profiting from genocide may react defensively... <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProjectNimbus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProjectNimbus</span></a> is a $1.2 billion cloud and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> contract between <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> that has been criticized internationally for enabling Israel's war on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a>, including surveillance and AI-driven tactics that contribute to the ongoing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a>. </p><p>Google is to Israel what <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> was to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> in the 1930s—tech support. See <a href="https://kolektiva.social/@oatmeal/114715091687865234" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kolektiva.social/@oatmeal/1147</span><span class="invisible">15091687865234</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GenocideDenialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenocideDenialism</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProjectNimbus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProjectNimbus</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OatmealQuotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OatmealQuotes</span></a></p>
OSNews<p>IBM launches Power11, vague rumblings about new Raptor workstations while IBM continues to not care about Power workstations</p><p>Ah, Power. The architecture that has so much going for it, and despite concerted efforts from very dedicated people, IBM seems to be hellbent on preventing anyone from expanding POWER beyond exp</p><p><a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/142734/ibm-launches-power11-vague-rumblings-about-new-raptor-workstations-while-ibm-continues-to-not-care-about-power-workstations/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">osnews.com/story/142734/ibm-la</span><span class="invisible">unches-power11-vague-rumblings-about-new-raptor-workstations-while-ibm-continues-to-not-care-about-power-workstations/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a></p>
DrALJONES<p>Panel: The global companies complicit in genocide &amp; profiting from occupation in Palestine</p><p>This panel includes Vaniya Agrawal, sacked by Microsoft for publicising how the company profits from the genocide in Gaza.</p><p>"Francesca Albanese’s landmark report identified Microsoft, Amazon &amp; Google as just some of the major US tech firms helping Israel sustain its genocide in Gaza."</p><p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/video/inside-story/2025/7/4/which-global-companies-are-benefitting-from-the-genocide-in-gaza" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aljazeera.com/video/inside-sto</span><span class="invisible">ry/2025/7/4/which-global-companies-are-benefitting-from-the-genocide-in-gaza</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CorporateComplicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateComplicity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EuroPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuroPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alphabet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BDS</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> .</p>
DrALJONES<p>Panel: Which global companies are complicit in genocide &amp; profiting from occupation’ in Palestine?</p><p>"Francesca Albanese’s landmark report identified Microsoft, Amazon and Google as just some of the major United States tech firms helping Israel sustain its genocide in Gaza."</p><p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aljazeera.com/program/inside-s</span><span class="invisible">tory</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CorporateComplicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateComplicity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EuroPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuroPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alphabet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BDS</span></a> .</p>
ℒӱḏɩę :blahaj:<p>This is pretty neat. I woke up today and wondered about this 🤓 <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ibm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ibm</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/mainframe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mainframe</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouAG4vXFORc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=ouAG4vXFORc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Aral Balkan<p>“Just as Nazi Germany’s crimes could not have been committed without the technology IBM provided to track, round-up and murder Jews, Romani people and the disabled, Israel’s apartheid and genocide of the Palestinians would not be possible without Microsoft.”</p><p><a href="https://thegrayzone.com/2025/05/23/microsoft-hub-israeli-intel/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thegrayzone.com/2025/05/23/mic</span><span class="invisible">rosoft-hub-israeli-intel/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>israel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/ethnicCleansing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethnicCleansing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/apartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apartheid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/settlerColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>settlerColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Holocaust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Holocaust</span></a></p>
DrALJONES<p>Panel: Which global companies are complicit in genocide &amp; profiting from occupation’ in Palestine?</p><p>"Francesca Albanese’s landmark report identified Microsoft, Amazon and Google as just some of the major United States tech firms helping Israel sustain its genocide in Gaza."</p><p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aljazeera.com/program/inside-s</span><span class="invisible">tory</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CorporateComplicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateComplicity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EuroPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuroPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alphabet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BDS</span></a> .</p>
DrALJONES<p>Panel: Which global companies are complicit in genocide &amp; profiting from occupation’ in Palestine?</p><p>"Francesca Albanese’s landmark report identified Microsoft, Amazon and Google as just some of the major United States tech firms helping Israel sustain its genocide in Gaza."</p><p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aljazeera.com/program/inside-s</span><span class="invisible">tory</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CorporateComplicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateComplicity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EuroPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuroPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alphabet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BDS</span></a> .</p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>"A United Nations expert has called on dozens of multinational companies to stop doing business with Israel, warning them they risk being complicit in war crimes in Gaza and the occupied West Bank."</p><p>"Her list includes arms manufacturer Lockheed Martin for selling weapons, and tech firms Alphabet, IBM, Microsoft and Amazon for providing technology which allows Israel to track and target Palestinians."</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2039xpv87o" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cx2039xp</span><span class="invisible">v87o</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gaza</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/idf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idf</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>israel</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/unitednations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unitednations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ibm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ibm</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alphabet</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amazon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lockheedmartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lockheedmartin</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/weapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weapons</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/warcrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warcrimes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/freepalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freepalestine</span></a></p>
Aral Balkan<p>“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.”</p><p>– Edwin Black, IBM and the Holocaust</p><p>The more things change…</p><p><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ibm-holocaust_b_1301691" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">huffpost.com/entry/ibm-holocau</span><span class="invisible">st_b_1301691</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Holocaust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Holocaust</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>israel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/apartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apartheid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/settlerColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>settlerColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neoliberalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/complicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>complicity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@onrust/114779288628253881" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.exchange/@onrust/11477</span><span class="invisible">9288628253881</span></a></p>
nix<p>Great infographic of companies involved in the genocide of Palestinians. Taken from this article, which also has more information on each: <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/1/un-report-lists-companies-complicit-in-israels-genocide-who-are-they" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/1/un</span><span class="invisible">-report-lists-companies-complicit-in-israels-genocide-who-are-they</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/aljazeera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aljazeera</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palestine</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gaza</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>israel</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/lockheedmartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lockheedmartin</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/ibm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ibm</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alphabet</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amazon</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palantir</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/chevron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chevron</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/cat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cat</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/airbnb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>airbnb</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/volvo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>volvo</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/bp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bp</span></a></p>
janhoglund<p>“War is a business. So is genocide. The latest report submitted by Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, lists 48 corporations and institutions…along with banks and financial firms…, insurers, real estate firms and charities, which in violation of international law are making billions from the occupation and the genocide of Palestinians.”<br>—Chris Hedges<br><a href="https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/profiting-from-genocide" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chrishedges.substack.com/p/pro</span><span class="invisible">fiting-from-genocide</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palantir</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/lockheedmartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lockheedmartin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alphabet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amazon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/ibm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ibm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/mit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/blackrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackrock</span></a></p>

Francesca Albanese’s latest report, which is scheduled to be presented at a news conference in Geneva on Thursday, names 48 corporate actors, including #USA tech giants #Microsoft, #IBM, #Alphabet Inc. – #Google’s parent company – and #Amazon. A database of more than 1000 corporate entities was also put together as part of the investigation.

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Al Jazeera · UN report lists companies complicit in Israel’s ‘genocide’: Who are they?By Federica Marsi
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@MelissaBearTrix
47 years till Cook arrives in AU.
Coal mine slavery continued in Scotland.
Colonialisation by Western European powers continues in India, America.

Yongzheng Era of Qing Dynasty begins.

CO2 near baseline of last 8000 years ~280ppm.

Black Act law in Britain introduces death penalty for +350 offences. Similar in focus to laws designed to stop #ClimateChange protests.

#IBM won't begin supplying computer data to help the Nazis for another 210 years.

Recent human cultures!

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@mroach @ColinHaynes

Three further brainteasers:

Is the 80186 The Processor That Time Forgot?

Is the 8088 better than the 8086 because it is 2 higher?

What comes after xmodem, ymodem, and zmodem?

(-:

I remember when the joke was that System/360 "covered all possible angles", and System/370 "covered all possible angles … plus ten degrees".

A Historic Photo: Torvalds and Gates Together
When #Linux met #Microsoft: a historic photo of Linus Torvalds and Bill Gates standing side by side for the very first time.

linuxiac.com/a-historic-photo-

From the hell is freezing department. #azure would be not existing without Linux.

And this fuels also the joke that the relationship between #WNT and #VMS is the same as between #IBM and #HAL.

Linuxiac · A Historic Photo: Torvalds and Gates TogetherWhen Linux met Microsoft: a historic photo of Linus Torvalds and Bill Gates standing side by side for the very first time.