A kind of military-industrial feedback loop exists between the world's most profitable tech companies and the IDF. Israel's elite cyber unit -- something like the NSA in the U.S. -- spots potential agents in high school and trains them up. They often leave after a few years, then go out into the world with their training and join with the most sophisticated tech firms internationally, making personal fortunes, supplying the IDF with tech -- such as Microsoft's "Azure" -- for their military operations. Note, that according to news agencies, on 26 Sept. 2025 Microsoft announced it is ending a 3-year program of storing surveillance data of Palestinians for Israel’s elite spy agency, Dept. 8200.

Dept 8200

She had been fascinated with stories of the Titanic's sinking around this time and I held those stories in mind while writing this apology for being a dick.

My Titanic

Accelerationists believe the solution to problems caused by profit-driven technological development is more profit-driven technological development.  Oh, and a few other related beliefs as well.

Accelerator

This song quotes liberally from the Book of Lamentations in the Tanakh, and the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish, to paint a picture of the unending human cost of the strife between brothers and sisters in Israel and Palestine.

Lamentations

Social media: It's a kind of love, I suppose, which is promised and in a manner delivered.

Influencer

It's a Beautiful Thing

Why is life so difficult for most people? Nothing very complicated, really.

Simple Reasons

Max Ludi