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  • DarkCloud@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldI'm ollllddd
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    2 days ago

    I’m just fucking with ya, I’m old. Walkmans were a thing when I was young, phasing out portable boom boxes that used large non-rechargable D cell batteries… All LEDs were red back then, because it was the only color available. The internet hadn’t been popularised yet, and “yo” was a cool new way to say hello.













  • Most big colleges have helped evict and deport people on studen visas. They cooperate and are complicit.

    I’m betting it wouldn’t be difficult to find links between MITs research and development labs and weapons and technologies companies involved in Gaza.

    Societies are sometimes like big interconnected machines, large parts become complicit in denial, repression, and destruction.

    Edit: yep, as expected:

    Since at least 2015, MIT laboratories have received millions of dollars from the Israeli Ministry of Defense for projects to develop algorithms that help drone swarms to better pursue escaping targets; to improve underwater surveillance technology; and support military aircraft evade missiles. Two of these sponsorships were renewed since October 7th, 2023, while one came up for renewal in December 2024. Second, MIT maintains institutional collaborations through the ILP, LGO, CSAIL, and MIT Energy Initiative programs with companies that sell vast amounts of weapons to Israel. These include Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest military contractor, as well as Maersk, Lockheed Martin, and Caterpillar. These collaborations grant genocide profiteers privileged access to MIT talent and expertise.

    P.S That drone swarm technology is part of why 83% of American doctors who have provided care in Gaza, have reported treating children for being shot in the head. Source: NPR’s The American Life.