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According to several sources, the enormous repository of intercepted calls – which amounted to as much as 8,000 terabytes of data – was held in a Microsoft datacentre in the Netherlands. Within days of the Guardian publishing the investigation, Unit 8200 appears to have swiftly moved the surveillance data out of the country. According to sources familiar with the huge data transfer outside of the EU country, it occurred in early August. Intelligence sources said Unit 8200 planned to transfer the data to the Amazon Web Services cloud platform. Neither the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) nor Amazon responded to a request for comment.

but also, la lucha sigue www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project

Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"

Chara and Togore the entire undertale stream

tenna's cool new show additions #deltarune #tenna

I bet you're wondering: "how did Harry trick Iron Circus into letting him write a pro-luddite story for their anthology about technology?" Well, I'll tell you. Because the Luddites weren't against technology! They were for a world where this technology improved people's lives. A new machine replacing thousands of jobs should be a good thing! A world where people are freed to do more and better! Instead, it's mostly good for whoever saved money firing all those workers. The Luddites simply observe earlier than most that it doesn't have to be this way. We didn't even make the work holding the world together less back breaking, we just exported that work somewhere else. This is the capitalist version of progress: people doing shitty jobs for no money. But elsewhere where you don't see it.

When people question the way technology is being used - feel their opportunities and autonomy getting smaller - the world luddite gets dusted off for reuse. When the used states took Microsoft to court for being a monopoly and illegally crushing their competition, Microsoft's lead attorney John Warren called it: "Not really an antitrust case but a return of the luddites, 19th century reactionaries who... went around smashing machines with sledgehammers." Microsoft lost incidentally. But the sentiment is clear: criticism of the future modern tech giants are building, even their crimes, is opposing progress itself. But the reality is people are still being looted by factory-masters. The industrial revolution massively increased productivity, but the profit from doing so went directly to the hands of the Owners. Take the same measurements of the 20th century's innovations and what do you get? The extremely simple truth - that it doesn't have to be this way - is terrifying if you benefit from the way things are now. An old ghost starts to feel close at hand.

So have a little sympathy for the owners of the world. It's a scary time for them too. They're really panicking. (listed is several headlines of Union-targeting actions by multi-billionaires and their accessories) Companies the world over have spent hundreds of millions trying to stop unionization efforts. Soon it might even be cheaper to just pay people more. Amazon even tried to ban words like 'injustice', 'compensation', and yes, 'UNION', from their internal apps. They must be vigilant - the old ghost cannot be killed. Only kept at bay.

Looming over Elon Musk, who the writer of this alt text truly hates, Ludd brandishes his sledgehammer with glowing red eyes. Elon looks like he doesn't know what to do without hundreds of thousands of people willing to get hurt for his money or acknowledgement. "--We used to shoot these people in the dick." Thank you for reading this comic! Be sure to always take your scheduled breaks. Do not let some 50+ year old slug tell you that you aren't "a team player" because you are not letting them take just a little more. Each break and benefit you get to take is written in blood, and you're only pissing off those who came before you and making someone who isn't paying you smile by doing extra. Want to read more of Failure to Launch? we've got that here: https://store.ironcircus.com/products/failure-to-launch

Looking to read more of Failure to Launch? You can get a copy here!: store.ironcircus.com/products/fai... Take your breaks at work, people worked for those!

In the early days of the movement when machines were found destroyed, people would joke "Ned Ludd is back! The secret union ran with it, now they were the Luddites. I don't think people recognize how fucking FUNNY it is a massively popular social movement named themselves after a joke. FUN FACT!: There's recorded instances of the police actually searching for 'Ned Ludd', criminal leader of the Luddites, in Sherwood forest. Some even claimed to have glimpsed him. Cops were really smart back then.

In Ludd's sights was Enoch Taylor of Marsden, West Yorkshire. The Taylors built machines for the textile mills that abused their workers. Luckily, the Taylors also made Sledgehammers. "Enoch made them, and Enoch shall break them!" I sweat this stuff writes itself. William Horsfall, a Marsden factory owner, once boasted that he would love to "ride up to my saddle in luddite blood!", Horsfall was later assassinated by Luddites, during an altercation in which he reportedly received a "groin injury". In history's greatest L, a rich guy talked shit about murdering Luddites, until they shot him in the dick to death.

Mills were being stormed by hundreds or sometimes thousands of protestors, the movement was GROWING. A spectre haunted England - the spirit of Ned Ludd. To the rich the answer was clear- kill all the luddites you can before people figure out they have a point. In 1812 Parliament found the time to pass an 'emergency measure": the Frame Breaking Act which made smashing machines punishable by death. The tens of thousands of soldiers were sent to deal with Luddites in mills and factories across the country. This was a sizable amount considering Britain was CURRENTLY FIGHTING NAPOLEON. Parliament happily went to war against British Luddites when they were supposed to be fighting actual wars. In 1813 17 luddites were hanged in a day, with more than 14 sentenced to be transported to Australia which was even worse than that. Historians view this as the point major Luddite activity started to die down.

A portrait of goofy, crown wearing Ned Ludd, covered in weaponry used upon him in a 1700s art style. "But here's the problem: they couldn't kill Ned. You can't kill people's ability to question how the benefits of automation have been distributed. He's still out there. And One day he'll be BACK."

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Stanhill, Lancashire, 1764. Wear and carpenter James Hargreaves invents the Spinning Jenny, the first practical spinning-frame, to make the tedious task of producing cloth a little bit faster. He doesn't know it yet, but this will destroy the world. Spurred by inventions like his, the industrial revolution will transform everything -- work power, the wealth of nations. Society as we know it began here, and it wasn't great for everyone. But a group of weavers and textile workers saw this future coming. And did their best to prevent it.

"Curse you spinning jenny, you ruined everything!" The standard narrative does that LUDDITES were foolish lunatics who, in fear of technology, decided progress was bad, and started hitting it with sticks. But the truth is entire ways of life were being destroyed. Previously, skilled craftsmen were respected for the time and effort it took to do their work. The entire family usit would form a cottage industry - creating something valuable, and command a decent living. But when a machine can work 10 times faster its owner can charge less for the prodcts- craftsmen couldn't compete and were left out of work almost overnight. And as factories became a fixture of the british landscape, these now unemployed labourers often ended up working the factories that had just destroyed their way of life. Britain was the most prosperous nation in history, factory owners became extremely wealthy and influential. But the people doing the actual work saw almost none of it.

Factory work paid little, since "the machines" did "the real work" human labourers were deemed unimportant and replaceable. FUN FACT!: Factory owners preferred to hire ORPHANS since less people would notice if they were maimed or killed on the job! Now the owners quickly realized the workers might notice they did all the work for almost no pay. If they went on STRIKE or ARGUED FOR HGHER WAGES, this would threaten their tremendous wealth. In 1799, Parliament passed the Combination Act, which made FORMING TRADE UNIONS, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, AND GOING ON STRIKE ILLEGAL. Organizing against the rich became a crime.

If you were living through it, opposing the industrial revolution wasn't techno-phobia. It was SELF-DEFENSE. The combination act forced unions underground into secret societies. And the greatest secret of all was their leader - Ned Ludd. Ned had been a folk character for years. In one version after being whipped by his master, he smashed two knitting frames in a rage. In more fanciful versions, he then escaped to the Sherwood forest, here he lived among the animals as their king. Some versions specifically call him 'Much Better Than Robin Hood'.

Happy Labor Day!

Today we're bringing you The First Union, as told by HBomberguy (@hbomberguy.bsky.social) and illustrated by Skutch (@skutchdraws.bsky.social) It's the dawn of the industrial revolution, and of the way many of us work...

Have you ever heard of the term "Luddite" from an elder?

NEW ADDITION TO MY FAMILY

(thank u SO much to @chefmaeda.bsky.social for makin the little guy, and @bugscouts.bsky.social to coming all the way down the country to deliver him to me ^_^)

Went on a date with Steve from Minecraft. We were really hitting it off for a while, but then he gave me the pick! 😂
…Blocked him afterwards 😂

Small Mario looks exasperated as he attempts to jump up to a Mushroom being held up by a Lakitu's fishing rod. The Lakitu remarks: "That's a shame, Mario... You would easily be able to reach if you were in your Super form. But there wouldn't be much point to grabbing it then, would there?

Small Mario: "Please don't let me die... If I get hit, I'll perish right away!" Super Mario: "Do NOT let him take damage. He can still become strong like me, if you nurture his growth." Caption: Guide Him To A Powerup ~In his World of Coins and Blocks, You are his only Hope~

A young chipmunk, its head slightly cocked to the side, poses on a moss-covered rock, bathed in the warm sunlight of late morning.

A sooty grouse, a wild bird reminiscent of a cross between a chicken and a dove, pauses briefly on a rock as it works its way up a hillside.

A young marmot stands on its back legs while grazing on the lush grass of an alpine meadow.

A pika caught mid-yawn, stretching its paw toward the camera and flashing its prominent front teeth.

More late summer gems from the North Cascades

A pika sits on a mossy rock.

Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head.

An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye.

An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"

Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Outta curiosity… would anyone be interested in an icon like this? Id say like $25? Medical bills have been kicking my ass this month n taking like 2 or 3 of these would help Immensely. Comment below if u want one

Spreading the good lord’s word

Lunar— the newest Sonic IDW character, does NOT go by they/them

Lunar has no pronouns. I believe this is the first canon character to have no pronouns at all!

Please give thanks to @spiritsonic.bsky.social for making this possible ❤️

Artwork of Agnes Tachyon (Umamusume: Pretty Derby) dressed as Herbert West.

Agnes Tachyon: Re-Animator

#umamusume #ウマ娘

a cartoon gorilla stands in front of a helicopter ALT: a cartoon gorilla stands in front of a helicopter

Pauline: We've made it to the core Donkey Kong...I can finally make my greatest wish i've dreamed of my whole life...

The Richest and Most Handsome Kong in all of Kongo Bongo: Change of Plans Little Girl! The Wish Belongs to the Richest and Most Handsome Kong in all of Kongo Bongo!

art redrawing a screenshot from revolutionary girl utena with deltarune characters. in this one, carol and dess are drawn in place of mikage and mamiya, and they are observing a rose in a glass case full of luminescent water.

art redrawing a screenshot from revolutionary girl utena with deltarune characters. in this one, noelle is in place of utena, and she is sitting in a chair and wearing a slim white dress with red stripes while she gazes at the lights of a ferris wheel in the distance.

art redrawing a screenshot from revolutionary girl utena with deltarune characters. in this one, kris is in place of anthy, and they are speaking on a red telephone in a dark room, one of their bright red pupils visible and glowing through the shadows covering their face.

art redrawing a screenshot from revolutionary girl utena with deltarune characters. in this one, susie is in place of utena. she is wielding a sword and wearing a pale pink rose bride dress, her expression furious and determined.

deltarune x revolutionary girl utena

"BOZO. EAT DUST. THIS BAG TWO-THIRDS AIR."

I often ask my wife to go sailing but she always declines

#deltarune #krusie animated the krusie scene...

i read the citations like the fx when opening a dark fountain

literally SO freaking good i love this piece so much. makes me insane

Experimental comm for @bugscouts.bsky.social 🧶