Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 2nd November 2025

https://awful.systems/post/6080044

I might be behind the curve on this one, but ice are now using halo (the computer game) images in recruitment ads, and referring to immigrants (and people who look like immigrants, i guess) as “the flood”, the all-consuming alien horde who are one of the antagonists of the series.

Given how microsoft are happy to contribute to the development of the epstein ballroom, I can only assume that they’re cool with all this.

aftermath.site/microsoft-halo-dhs-ice-trump-flood

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A screenshot of a twitter post by the department of homeland security, showing an image from the halo video game series and the text “finishing this fight”, “destroy the flood” and a link to “join ice gov”.

Not Commenting Is Commenting - Aftermath

'Microsoft does not have anything to share on this matter'

Master Chief, you mind telling me what you are doing on that ICE propaganda?
Performing the SPARTAN Program’s original aim, sir.
hmmm, gotta name my future scifi franchise’s augmented monastic space marin-time infantry THEBANs (yes homo)