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Open Source Leftists Celebrate Murder of Charlie Kirk
Within moments of Charlie Kirk being shot, the Leftist Activists of Open Source & Big Tech were celebrating - including Tech Journalists, Linux developers, and employees of Red Hat.
"Palestinian resistance is forming at Amazon." Pro-Hamas Amazon employees tell executives "[we] outnumber you" and "we will force your hand". Thanks to an Amazon whistleblower for the details.
Ads are filling the entirety of the Web -- websites, podcasts, YouTube videos, etc. -- at an increasing rate. Prices for those ad placements are plummeting. Consumers are desperate to use ad-blockers to make the web palatable. Google (and others) are desperate to break and block ad-blockers. All of which results in... more ads and lower pay for creators.
It's a fascinatingly annoying cycle. And there's only one viable way out of it.
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Thanks to all of you, August was a truly spectacular month for The Lunduke Journal.
After everything was tallied up — audio podcast downloads, video views, and article views — all of you viewed (or listened to) my work over 9 million times last month.
I’m not sure if that’s a record or not — I’ll need to go over some of the past stats to be sure — but it definitely makes me smile.
It means that the real Tech News — the stories that most Tech Journalists refuse to tell — is getting out there. In a big way. No matter how much Big Tech wants some of these stories to go away.
Stats for August
Here’s some Lunduke Journal stats (because stats are fun):
238 shows, so far, in 2025 (Jan 1st → Sep 8th, nearly one show per day).
Over 9 million views (or listens) during the last month (August) alone.
131,817 free subscribers (not including audio podcast feeds).
4,488 new free subscribers on the primary platforms.
$0.00 (zero) taken from any corporation (no sponsorships, no ad campaigns… not a penny).
9 Million “views”. In one month. Hot diggity!
You better believe I’ll be keeping a close eye on the stats this month to see if we get close to 10 Million. Because 10 Million is a nice, big round number.
And big, round numbers are fun.
No Sales in September
One other thing I wanted to mention: I’m hoping to do away with sales and discounts on Lunduke Journal subscriptions. Which means no sales during this month (September).
My hope is that, with the rapidly growing size of The Lunduke Journal’s audience, enough new subscriptions and donations will continue to roll in to keep this publication afloat… without sales. Because, let’s be honest, sales are kind of annoying, right?
The Lunduke Journal is unique in taking zero money from any company (while giving away nearly everything for free). Most Tech News outlets struggle to keep the lights on even with running paid ads (and paid articles) nearly non-stop.
Being funded 100% by all of you is something no other Tech News outlet even attempts.
And if we can do that while making all articles & shows free for the world… without needing to run any sales or promotions? How amazing would that be? It would send a profound message.
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Fired Microsoft Employee Encouraged Corporate Sabotage
Leaked screenshots from a Microsoft whistleblower reveals efforts, by a "Worker Intifada" organizer, to disrupt Microsoft business and send spam propaganda email to thousands.
This last week, members of the Microsoft “Worker Intifada” claimed that some of their members were fired by Microsoft in an attempt to silence the speech of pro-Palestinian employees.
Thanks to an internal Microsoft whistleblower, we have gained additional insight into the real reasons at least one of the “Intifada” organizers was fired.
Including mass emailing thousands of Microsoft employees with anti-Microsoft messages, and building internal, corporate websites dedicated to disrupting company business. Over the course of months.
And, of course, we’ve got screenshots.
The Microsoft “Intifada”
The Microsoft’s “Worker Intifada” held a press conference, on August 28th, at the office of CAIR — a response to a Microsoft’s Media briefing held 2 days earlier.
A key topic being the firing of 4 Microsoft employees related to the “Intifada”.
One of those fired employees is Nisreen Jaradat, seen here speaking at the press conference at CAIR on August 28th:
Thanks to leaked Microsoft material, we can get a glimpse into the anti-Microsoft activity of Nisreen Jaradat… going back several months.
Anti-Microsoft Microsoft Employee
Nisreen created an internal website — on the Microsoft corporate Intranet — entitled “PledgeForPalestine”.
On that website, Nisreen encourages employees to take a pledge declaring that employees will “not support genocide”, specifically demanding that Microsoft no longer interact with Israel in any way.
It should be noted that, as of just a few days ago, this website was up within Microsoft.
Nisreen’s website also includes a list of ways where employees could sabotage internal corporate work.
Nisreen encouraged employees to:
Refuse to work on support tickets that involve Israel (and sabotage any tickets worked on by others).
Refuse to work with other employees on tasks which may involve Israel — or any Israeli Microsoft employees or customers.
In July, Nisreen sent internal Microsoft Teams messages to thousands of employees encouraging them to sign that anti-Israel and anti-Microsoft pledge.
But this wasn’t the first time Nisreen spammed Microsoft employees with pro-Palestinian propaganda.
Back in May of this year, Nisreen sent an email to over 8,000 Microsoft employees entitled “You can’t get rid of us.”
Within that email, she declared that her employers have “shown their true face, brutalizing, detaining, firing, pepper spraying, threatening and insulting workers and former workers protesting.”
Surprise, She Got Fired
Protesting your bosses and accusing them of “genocide” while encouraging thousands of other employees, in spam emails, to sabotage corporate work?
Now, think what you will about Microsoft… but I can’t imagine any company not firing someone who takes those actions internally.
In fact, I would suggest that it is wild that Microsoft put up with the actions of this “Intifada” organizer for so many months.
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