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The West Forgot How to Make Things. Now It's Forgetting How to Code

https://techtrenches.dev/p/the-west-forgot-how-to-make-things

#HackerNews #WestForgottenSkills #CodingDecline #TechTrends #ManufacturingCrisis #DigitalSkills

The West Forgot How to Build. Now It's Forgetting Code

The defense industry lost the ability to make weapons when crisis hit. The same pattern is eroding software engineering skills. The timelines are identical.

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Bryan Tucker Sep 9, 2025

A visa scandal casts a shadow over America's EV boom. A massive ICE raid at Hyundai-LG's $7.6 billion battery plant in Georgia revealed widespread misuse of B-1 business and ESTA visas to bring in skilled foreign workers. The fallout—from diplomatic strains to alarm across global industries—highlights a simmering crisis beneath the clean-tech promise.

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Mufasa May 1, 2023

#Chicago Mayor #LoriLightfoot urges #Texas governor #GregAbbott to stop 'inhumane' practice of busing migrants to Chicago

#Immigration #WeaponizingGovernment #ManufacturingCrisis #Inhumane
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-lori-lightfoot-greg-abbott-news/13199084/

Mayor Lori Lightfoot urges Texas governor to stop 'inhumane' practice of busing migrants to Chicago

In her letter, Lightfoot also said nearly all the migrants who arrived in Chicago were "in dire need" of food, water and clothing, adding that many needed extensive medical care, which they did not receive in Texas.

ABC7 Chicago