https://www.thenation.com/article/society/google-employee-speaks-out-war-contracting/

A must-read piece from a tech worker at Google, arguing for a worker-led “AI arms embargo”: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/google-employee-speaks-out-war-contracting/

A Microsoft worker spoke up about the company's complicity in genocide, while leadership tried to ignore it and celebrate
https://www.theverge.com/news/643670/microsoft-employee-protest-50th-annivesary-ai

“Google’s acquisition of Wiz is yet another example of the company’s ongoing antitrust violations. While mired in antitrust lawsuits, Google spent a whopping $33 billion to acquire Wiz—the most expensive acquisition for the corporation to date. Emboldened by its coziness with the Trump administration, Google is playing with fire and trusting that its performative overtures toward new leadership in the country will protect it.

But changing political winds will not deter us. As workers, we remain steadfast in our commitment to force the company to end Project Nimbus and end its business with Israel.”

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Please read this. The New York Times and @theintercept confirm that Google has been lying about Project Nimbus for years
https://www.instagram.com/p/DDIbFexSFy_/
#NoTechForApartheid

Microsoft fired two employees for organizing a vigil, one of whom I know personally. Please take a moment to sign this petition calling out Microsoft for this unjust act of retaliation:
https://t.ly/NOAAPetition
https://www.instagram.com/p/DBtnYu9P8K_/
#noazureforapartheid
#NoTechForApartheid

I haven't done a #Connection #Connections list for a while where I bring you interesting accounts from across the , so let's start Saturday morning with that - and #coffee of course.

There were some really interesting folx at #Monktoberfest this week judging by the comments on the hashtag, including my all time fave @phire. Jenny is a writer, a socio-technologist and someone I admire greatly. You should follow her. @ag_dubs has super interesting takes on #Opensource supply chains and you should follow them too. @eamon seems super interesting and is into #prometheus and #k8s.

@asilata is into #maths, and loves #sourdough baking

@huertanix is into press freedom and mechanical #keyboards (ohai from my KeyChron 8 mapped using keyd with glow in the dark keycaps) and #infosec

@The0rangeMan is an organiser for #NoTechForApartheid

@rubenerd is into #FreeBSD and #NetBSD

@fenwick is a #Professor at #Concordia and author of Internet Daemons - which questions how much transparency and oversight we're handing over to autonomous agents.

@miskaknapek is into information #vizualisation and has a really engaging website!

@Andy_Tattersall is a #researcher and research trainer and did a thought-provoking post recently on which disciplines have moved from X/Twitter to other platforms

That's all for today, hope you all have a great day and let's continue to build a more deeply connected --- if we want to --- social network

Google Was Set to Host an Israeli Military Conference. When We Asked About It, the Event Disappeared.

https://theintercept.com/2024/09/27/google-israel-defense-tech-conference/

#CommonDreams #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #USA #genoside #CeaseFireNow #StopGazaGenocide #StopArmingIsrael #NoTechForApartheid #BicTech #AI #news

"Investigation Exposes Big Tech Ties to Israeli Genocide in Gaza"

"It's more than complicity: It's direct participation and collaboration with the Israeli military on the tools they're using to kill Palestinians," said one policy expert.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/idf-aws

from #CommonDreams
Investigation Exposes #BigTech Ties to #Israeli #Genocide in #Gaza

"It's more than complicity: It's direct participation and collaboration with the Israeli military on the tools they're using to kill #Palestinians," said one policy expert.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/idf-aws

#NoTechForApartheid
#972Magazine #LocalCall #IDF
#AmazonWebServices #AWS #CloudServices
#GoogleCloud #MicrosoftAzure
#ICJ #ProjectNimbus
#DivestFromIsrael #StopArmingIsrael
#CeasefireNow #EndUSAidToIsrael
#StopGazaGenocide
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#EndTheOccupation #PalestinianLivesMatter #StopArmingIsrael
#FreePalestine #LetGazaLive
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#IsraelWarCrimes #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant
#USHandsOffICC
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #politics
#USA #USPolitics
#media #news #press @palestine @israel

Google attended the IT for IDF conference in 2023. Sounds like they were all set to attend in 2024, but pulled out last second.

I don't think that Google is about to divorce itself from the IDF, but there's clearly understanding that continuing to do business with the IDF is a bad look.

https://theintercept.com/2024/07/25/google-it-idf-tech-conference-sponsor/
#NoTechForApartheid

#Nokia mainittu. #Torille

Does anyone know the story (or have a theory) about the in the #Atlassian email today? Subtle message of support for #NoTechForApartheid? Clueless accident? Something else?

Two people pointed it out to me today so it's getting noticed!

Take the Student Pledge here!

Refuse jobs at Google & Amazon for powering Israel's Apartheid system & genocide against Palestinians

https://notechforapartheid.com/students
#NoTechForApartheid

More than 1,000 students pledge not to work at Google and Amazon due to Project Nimbus

https://www.engadget.com/more-than-1000-students-pledge-not-to-work-at-google-and-amazon-due-to-project-nimbus-042439081.html?src=rss