Paul BiggarDec 14, 2023

I wrote about the genocide in Palestine, and how tech has been silent and complicit.

https://blog.paulbiggar.com/i-cant-sleep/

I can't sleep

I can't sleep. I'm lying in bed every night, and images of Gaza are running through my head. Fathers holding their babies, dead, caked in dust. Bombs dropped on homes [1], on hospitals [2], on schools [3]. Tens of thousands of dead [4] in indiscriminate bombings [5]. Children crying, pulling

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Show threadPaul BiggarDec 14, 2023
In it, I call out my investors who are whitewashing the genocide and promoting Israeli talking points while Israel bombs and murders innocent civilians.
Show threadPaul BiggarDec 14, 2023

Please read and share - I don't want to have torched my career for nothing

https://blog.paulbiggar.com/i-cant-sleep/

I can't sleep

I can't sleep. I'm lying in bed every night, and images of Gaza are running through my head. Fathers holding their babies, dead, caked in dust. Bombs dropped on homes [1], on hospitals [2], on schools [3]. Tens of thousands of dead [4] in indiscriminate bombings [5]. Children crying, pulling

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Show threadMiguel de Icaza α―…πŸ‰Dec 15, 2023

@paulbiggar

Excellent compilation of data in a single post.

You are not alone.

Hugs man.

Show threadPaul BiggarDec 15, 2023
@Migueldeicaza thank you so much. Means a lot to know there's many in tech on the right side of history
Show threadBart Wronski πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ

@paulbiggar @Migueldeicaza yes, thank you for writing this up. I feel powerless and alone, and it helps with at least the latter part.

But why do I feel alone? In private conversations, 90% of colleagues agree. Because we feel intimidated to post anything on the topic. Nobody wants to be accused of antisemitism (even if definitely not true).
I tried not to post anything to not offend my close Israeli friend, I know he is suffering, but he stopped talking to me anyway, so whatever. Β―\_(ツ)_/Β―

Dec 16, 2023 at 12:16amWeb
Show threadOpticalNail πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈDec 25, 2023
@BartWronski @paulbiggar @Migueldeicaza "In private conversations, 90% of colleagues agree"
This is the phenomenon I see at a national level here, where I live. In private, many people are against whatever shit Israel is doing. Yet at the pro-palestine protests, there's a handful of people (and those are tracked and targeted by police, because that's how we roll).