Another roughly eight thousand people are now unemployed.
Meta is firing ten percent of its work force.
There's apparently a recording of a meeting where this was discussed/announced, and Tressie McMillan Cottom says listening to is will "move you to action"
I don't think I have the stomach for that, though; the email is shitty as fuck.
#MarkZuckerberg #MetaFacebook #MassLayoffs
https://www.businessinsider.com/read-meta-layoff-email-employees-2026-5
Less than 10 percent of the scientists — who run the gamut from biologists to epidemiologists, from toxicologists to greenhouse gas emissions specialists — now remain at the agency. Moving forward, they will be under a political commissar, and their research will have to “align with agency and administration priorities.”
#USPol #Trump #GOP #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #DonaldTrump #EPA #Layoffs #MassLayoffs #NationalScienceBoard #NationalScienceFoundation #Research #Science
Airbus A321, with 224 passengers & 7 crew members, was leaving on Flight 4345 to #LAX when the collision took place, acc/to statements from #FrontierAirlines & the #FAA.
Smoke was reported from inside the plane & the passengers were safely evacuated using emergency slides as a precaution.
The FAA said Saturday morning that the plane “struck a person on Runway 17L” as it was taking off & that the agency was investigating.
#FederalAgencies #DOGE #MassLayoffs #Trump #FederalGovernment
WTF?
A #FrontierAirlines plane struck & killed a person on the runway as it was taking off from Denver International Airport [#DIA] late Friday, authorities said.
The pilots aborted the takeoff, & the plane was evacuated after an engine fire.
#FAA #FederalAgencies #DOGE #MassLayoffs #Trump #FederalGovernment
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/us/frontier-airlines-plane-collision-denver.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
The people being asked to leave often built the thing that is now releasing them. That fact sits in the room whether anyone names it or not.
https://zurl.co/NGuso
More on legal minimums for mass layoffs in QC:
GWU Mtl "know your rights" pamphlet (a few years old so do cross-reference the info in it): https://gwumtl.com/kyr/KYR_Pamphlet_EN.pdf
CNESST reference: https://www.cnesst.gouv.qc.ca/en/working-conditions/termination-employment=/termination-layoff-dismissal-and-resignation
éducaloi articles on mass layoffs: https://educaloi.qc.ca/en/capsules/termination-of-employment/
News is coming out about a mass lay-off at Montréal studio Behaviour. If you have been affected (and if the 30-ish number is correct), you're entitled to 8 weeks notice or equivalent pay - don't sign anything agreeing to less!
https://bsky.app/profile/gamedeveloper.bsky.social/post/3mk3obyfjmg2c
Oracle Files H-1B Visa Petitions Amid Mass Layoffs
#HackerNews #Oracle #H1B #Visa #MassLayoffs #TechNews #ImmigrationPolicy
Oracle, the software company headquartered in Austin, Texas, has filed thousands of petitions for H-1B visas in the past two fiscal years, even as it lays off thousands of American workers as part of a broader organizational shift. Federal data shows Oracle filed for 2,690 H-1B visas in fiscal year 2025 and 436 so far in fiscal year 2026, totaling over 3,100 visa requests.
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