●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, September 09, 2025 ●● ● Sep 09 [02:32] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [02:36] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@9jpvxnxwc8abw.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 09 [03:23] schestowitz[TR2] "" [03:23] schestowitz[TR2] Is an Amazon Worker Intifada forming? [03:23] schestowitz[TR2] Thanks to an Amazon insider we have received a few details. [03:23] schestowitz[TR2] Over the last few weeks weve watched as the Microsoft Worker Intifada has caused chaos within Microsoft (ransacking a farmers market, becoming aggressive with police, breaking and entering, and chanting Go away, Jews! to their Jewish co-workers) and now it appears something similar is brewing within Amazon in Seattle. [03:23] schestowitz[TR2] One Amazon / Whole Foods Software Developer is denouncing the Amazon CEO for expressing sympathy with the victims of the October 7th attacks by Hamas calling that sympathy with the victims a blatant act of White Supremacy. [03:23] schestowitz[TR2] He is calling on his fellow Amazon employees to Resist directly. Telling Amazon executives that the Pro-Hamas employees outnumber you and we will force your hand. [03:23] schestowitz[TR2] Palestinian resistance is forming at Amazon. [03:23] schestowitz[TR2] He included a sign up form to organize employees on Signal under the name Amazon Worker Intifada with employees meeting at lunch. [03:23] schestowitz[TR2] How serious is this? How many employees are involved? Remains to be seen. But the Microsoft Intifada managed to cause quite a bit of damage. [03:23] schestowitz[TR2] If you work for Amazon (or a subsidiary, such as Whole Foods) and have any additional information regarding this potential Intifada, you can reach out to The Lunduke Journal here on X (DMs are, as the kids say, open), or at https://lunduke.com [03:23] schestowitz[TR2] The identities of whistleblowers are kept confidential." [03:23] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-The Lunduke Journal & The Lunduke Computer Operating System ● Sep 09 [04:21] schestowitz[TR2] "Nice! I was digging through all the information and I know the register got to it today before I got you a draft, but heres the thing during my deep dive into the OSI. I discovered something very interesting. However, in their bylaws, it says specifically and explicitly declares no members. Yes. I had to read that three times because I couldnt believe my eyes. You cant make this stuff up! [04:21] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Sep 09 [05:48] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4fkycj8 [05:48] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4fkycj8 ) [05:48] schestowitz[TR2] "I started working at IBM in 1993 as a supplemental, changing to regular a couple of years later. IBM at that time was bloated, with TOO MUCH of everything. Too many data centers. Too many internal mainframe installs. Too much staff. Too many administrators. Callup hierarchies (remember Callup?) with 10 layers of management before you hit regular employees. [05:48] schestowitz[TR2] Gerstner continued firing people like his predecessor Akers...he had to, IBM was bleeding money. He got rid of divisions that weren't performing. The difference between then and now was that IBM could monetize services, and monetize it did...for a time. But now in the present day, IBM has run out of room. It has sold off almost all its divisions, leaving only mainframes and software. The mainframes and software are based on a 1960s [05:48] schestowitz[TR2] architecture, which is good enough for now...but competition isn't standing still. [05:48] schestowitz[TR2] It's hard to imagine how IBM could be saved at this point. [05:48] schestowitz[TR2] 11 hours ago by Anonymous [05:48] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions | Reply [05:48] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @kq+1k4fkycj8 [05:48] schestowitz[TR2] 0 [05:48] schestowitz[TR2] Started April Fools Day 4-1-93 when the G Man Lou Gerstner came in and THOUGHT he had a culture problem that needed to be destroyed, visibly and violently. He knew nothing about IT and computers and had never been in a data ctr etc. I bet the first time he heard "...but Lou we cannot do that as that would violate the 3 Basic Beliefs we have held as bonds for decades..." he went ballistic. Then he had to satisfy Wall St and did mass [05:48] schestowitz[TR2] ive layoffs. Then he started the "fuzzy math and financial engineering" and broke the pension promises hyped during recruiting" etc etc. So for over 30 years IBM has been adrift and wandering in the woods once WINTEL took over for compute and Cisco networking and EMC storage and then AWS/MSFT/Google for cloud more recently. Almost 200 acquisitions since 2000. IBM no longer has customer relationships, everything is a transaction. IB [05:48] schestowitz[TR2] M no longer has people that know what customers want (used to be called Offering Mgrs who knew very little) and now called Product Mgrs (who also know very little). As a returning IBMer I was stunned to see how WOKE IBM became. You have many people who just spew WOKE opinions in Slack all day and do nothing else. It is so blatant the recruiting and hiring being done seeking young, female, offshore, non male non white people. Being [05:48] schestowitz[TR2] a white male over 35 at IBM is a very hostile place to be. I saw Slack channels dedicated to women only. I saw mtgs and trainings be setup for women only. When I asked a trusted lady why this is, she sighed and said ..."well I also do not like how males are excluded at IBM but some females feel "safer and more comfortable" in female only things". That was the day I decided to leave. Imagine if males (God forbid white makes over 35) [05:48] schestowitz[TR2] started to have their own channels and mtgs?! IBM is toast like that leaking toilet. It still kind of works but reeks with bad smells and do-do all over the floor. [05:48] schestowitz[TR2] " [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4e2284n [05:55] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4e2284n ) [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] "here is the AI article from the White House : [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/09/president-trump-tech-leaders-unite-american-ai-dominance/ [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] 7 hours ago by Anonymous [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions | Reply [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @q7+1k4e2284n [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] @ng [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] And Alvind is too cheap (as usual) to make a donation...he would likely ask for his money back, if IBM didn't get any new Federal contracts involving AI. But then IBM AI is worthless junk. [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] No sign of the Hoodie Monster (RT) either, which was for the best. After all, how many "normal" people want to be seated next to a known co sua at the dinner table ? [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] " [05:55] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.whitehouse.gov | President Trump, Tech Leaders Unite to Power American AI Dominance The White House ● Sep 09 [07:38] *fantom_ has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [07:51] *rianne (~rianne@g4zjepqfr4vd4.irc) has joined #techbytes [07:51] *rianne (~rianne@freenode-l37.bsl.05usgu.IP) has joined #techbytes [07:55] *fantom (~fantom@freenode-kp6.s9d.ifb87q.IP) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 09 [08:12] *liberty_box (~liberty@g4zjepqfr4vd4.irc) has joined #techbytes [08:59] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes ● Sep 09 [09:18] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [09:42] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:42] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:44] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) ● Sep 09 [11:10] *GNUmoon2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:10] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@4fs59tyu6ppds.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 09 [13:17] *GNUmoon2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:22] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@sambgdmsawkyw.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 09 [14:25] schestowitz[TR2] > Dear Roy [14:25] schestowitz[TR2] > [14:25] schestowitz[TR2] > Thank you for contacting us about communication you have received in [14:25] schestowitz[TR2] > relation to feeding pigeons. I have been unable to identify a Council [14:25] schestowitz[TR2] > team that has contacted you about this. If you have received any written [14:25] schestowitz[TR2] > communication from us, please can you let us have a copy so that we can [14:25] schestowitz[TR2] > use this to see which team sent it. [14:25] schestowitz[TR2] > [14:25] schestowitz[TR2] > It may be that the communication you have received was from the local [14:25] schestowitz[TR2] > housing provider, One Manchester. If so, we can only advise you to [14:25] schestowitz[TR2] > contact them directly to raise any concerns you have. You can do this [14:25] schestowitz[TR2] > via their website at Complaints | One Manchester [14:25] schestowitz[TR2] > . [14:26] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.onemanchester.co.uk | Complaints | One Manchester [14:26] *liberty_box (~liberty@g4zjepqfr4vd4.irc) has joined #techbytes [14:26] *rianne (~rianne@g4zjepqfr4vd4.irc) has joined #techbytes [14:26] *rianne (~rianne@freenode-l37.bsl.05usgu.IP) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 09 [15:00] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [15:40] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes ● Sep 09 [16:05] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 09 [18:10] *schestowitz-TR2 (~acer-box@freenode-jtpmff.ldvb.0amm.hij1op.IP) has joined #techbytes [18:10] *schestowitz-TR has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [18:32] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@yu29f4abyrsnc.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 09 [19:02] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4gg1zdm [19:02] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4gg1zdm ) [19:02] schestowitz[TR2] " [19:02] schestowitz[TR2] AI is the future. [19:02] schestowitz[TR2] boomer execs think AI is magic [19:02] schestowitz[TR2] crash will be way bigger than dot.com burst in 90s. and that was Internet, actually transformative technology, not this expensive AI toy with direct dependency on the energy input which is not scalable. [19:02] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Sep 09 [20:05] *rianne has quit (Connection closed) [20:05] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:06] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:06] *liberty_box (~liberty@g4zjepqfr4vd4.irc) has joined #techbytes [20:06] *rianne (~rianne@freenode-l37.bsl.05usgu.IP) has joined #techbytes [20:06] *rianne (~rianne@g4zjepqfr4vd4.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 09 [21:08] *Now talking on #techbytes [21:08] *Topic for #techbytes is: Welcome to the official channel of the TechBytes Audiocast [21:08] *Topic for #techbytes set by schestowitz!~roy@haii6za73zabc.irc at Tue Jun 1 20:21:34 2021 [21:30] *rianne_ (~rianne@qiysgnj2chdjg.irc) has joined #techbytes [21:30] *asusbox (~rianne@qiysgnj2chdjg.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 09 [22:43] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/)