Anil DashNov 8, 2024
I wanna say something to people who work in tech-related jobs in America: this is still a field where most people hate the rise of fascism and want to stop it. I know the media & amplification of the tycoons makes it seem like that’s the whole industry. But it’s not. And we still have power.
Show threadNicole ParsonsNov 8, 2024

@anildash

Let me introduce you to techniques that were used in Nazi factories during WW2:

1. 'Oopsies' where metal shavings accidentally got dropped into the lubrication of manufacturing equipment.

Every hour a metal press is out of commission for repairs means fewer V2 rockets landing in London.

2. Soldiers uniforms & boots so poorly sewed they fell apart upon their first use

https://theconversation.com/auschwitz-women-used-different-survival-and-sabotage-strategies-than-men-at-nazi-death-camp-132296

https://www.dw.com/en/weimar-exhibit-honors-bauhaus-artists-nazi-resistance/a-4541709

Tech workers have an equally infinite capacity to ...

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Auschwitz: Women used different survival and sabotage strategies than men at Nazi death camp

While male and female prisoners at Auschwitz faced the same ultimate fate – torture, forced labor and near-certain death – women sometimes reacted differently to Nazi captivity.

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Show threadNicole Parsons

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... sabotage a company's Nazi products. Even temporary delays in the DevOp are useful.

Malicious compliance & goldbricking can take many forms.

Poison the LLM's used in Saudi-funded AI with poor data quality practices? Never met a manager who wouldn't leap at a chance to reduce costs by cutting corners on quality.

Or introduce subtle flaws in a cryptocurrency algorithm?

This attack on democracy was funded by #KochNetwork, China, Saudi Arabia, and Russia.

Payback is a b*tch.

Nov 8, 2024 at 2:53amWeb
Show threadLucas TreffenstädtNov 8, 2024
@Npars01 https://www.openculture.com/2022/01/read-the-cias-simple-sabotage-field-manual.html if you need some more ideas
Read the CIA’s Simple Sabotage Field Manual: A Timeless Guide to Subverting Any Organization with “Purposeful Stupidity” (1944)

I’ve always admired people who can successfully navigate what I refer to as “Kafka’s Castle,” a term of dread for the many government and corporate agencies that have an inordinate amount of power over our permanent records, and that seem as inscrutable and chillingly absurd as the labyrinth the character K navigates in Kafka’s last allegorical novel.

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