On the Microsoft firings
Last week saw two Microsoft employees fired for protests they made at the company's 50th anniversary celebration. They were protesting Microsoft's supply of cloud and AI products to the Israeli military, which they claim will be used to further a genocide of Palestinians and dispossession of Palestinian land in Gaza by Israel. The reasons stated for the firings by Microsoft's management were "cause, deliberate misconduct, insubordination, and willful neglect of duties".