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microsoft games are a bds boycott target, and because both bethesda + obsidian are owned by microsoft, this includes the games published by them.

microsoft is gonna further profit from a new virtual playground of ~post-apocalyptic bombed out towns in the desert~ while contributing to creating bombed out apocalyptic conditions in gazan towns, by collaborating with israel on so many fronts that bds calls microsoft the most complicit company in palestinian genocide.

Mona’s community aid initiative – verified by el-shab-hussein

The Sameer Project – has a british partner org, so UK folks can donate with gift aid here with no transfer fees

Revive Gaza Farmlands – has a canadian partner org, so canadians can donate via direct bank transfers with no transfer fee

multiple times just this week, let alone in the past recent months and years, I've had different friends reporting all sorts of apps either insidious new "features" designed to stunt and funnel your attention even further, or being straight up broken. The problem is not going to go away. it's only going to get worse.

Youtube, tumblr and bsky in specific are so much more functional in browser, especially if you pair with sponsor block for youtube. Facebook and twitter, if you use those, are perfectly serviceable, even if they try to prompt you to switch to the apps every so often. insta idk I've never tried, but it's gotta be better than wtf ever is going on in the app.

Private Equity: Pestilence (they are parasites that voraciously strip the value out of a healthy business until it withers and dies)

Workforce Optimization: Famine (cutting hours and employees until the business is starved of staff, barely functioning)

Scientists in China have developed a more efficient form of solar desalination that uses 47.4% less energy than alternatives. After the first year of testing, the scientists believe that at scale it would be able to desalinate water more cheaply than producing bottled water.

I'm pretty sure not many people are aware of the illegal occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco, so I invite everyone to do some research on the subject, especially if you support the Palestinian cause, then you should also know about the Sahrawis who, like the Palestinians, never got their freedom.

https://jacobin.com/2026/07/nolan-odyssey-western-sahara-morocco-colonialism

https://festivalsahara.org/en/the-odyssey-manifesto/

On another note, y'all should also watch this YouTube video of Farya Faraji, where he talks about the west centric/eurocentric retelling of Nolan's Odyssey (very good constructive criticisms) :