#masslayoffs — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #masslayoffs, aggregated by home.social.
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Meta posts $27B profit. Fires 115,000 workers. Blames "AI investment." The AI will consume 3% of global electricity by 2030 & drain aquifers in poor countries. But sure — call it progress. #BigTech #AIWashingtons #MassLayoffs
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 -
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 -
Most mass layoffs fail to deliver what they promised. The research has been saying this for 30 years. Most boards still do not read it.
lhttps://zurl.co/TyiWR
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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.
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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/
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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/
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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
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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
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Oracle Files H-1B Visa Petitions Amid Mass Layoffs
#HackerNews #Oracle #H1B #Visa #MassLayoffs #TechNews #ImmigrationPolicy
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Oracle Files H-1B Visa Petitions Amid Mass Layoffs
#HackerNews #Oracle #H1B #Visa #MassLayoffs #TechNews #ImmigrationPolicy
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Meta is considering cutting up to 20% of its workforce. The move is aimed at streamlining operations for AI expansion. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/technology/meta-considers-layoffs-20-pc-ai-investment-workforce-cut-report-da5ndnl1?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Meta #Layoffs #MassLayoffs #LatestNews
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... general strike in 2028. Nancy Hanover, Jane Wise, Tom Hall• 18 February 2026. Auto parts workers occupy plants across northern Mexico after 4,000 ...
The Mack Trucks worker and candidate for United Auto Workers president has issued a statement supporting the Mexican auto parts workers fighting mass layoffs by US-based corporations.#UAW #Lehman #Mexico #FirstBrands #occupations #masslayoffs #BrakePartsInc #BPI #Cardone #AutoLite
Will Lehman backs plant occupations by Mexican auto parts workers against mass layoffs -
Former Washington Post Staffers Slam Billionaire Bezos for Gutting Paper
“Journalism deserves better,” says Karen Attiah, who was fired last fall over comments about the death of Charlie Kirk. -
Friday, February 6, 2026
What happens when oligarchs own media -- Ukraine strikes Russia's Oreshnik launch site in Kapustin Yar with Flamingo missiles -- Epstein's Russia connections, explained -- I tested Russia's AI. It knows the truth, but it's been trained to lie ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/02/friday-february-6-2026/
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Friday, February 6, 2026
What happens when oligarchs own media -- Ukraine strikes Russia's Oreshnik launch site in Kapustin Yar with Flamingo missiles -- Epstein's Russia connections, explained -- I tested Russia's AI. It knows the truth, but it's been trained to lie ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/02/friday-february-6-2026/
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Microsoft killed his dream MMO despite apparently loving it, says former Elder Scrolls Online head, so he left: "The game I had waited my entire career to create"
Matt Firor left Zenimax after the cancellation of Project Blackbird
#Microsoft #Zenimax #gaming #MMO #layoffs #masslayoffs #technology #gamedev
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Microsoft killed his dream MMO despite apparently loving it, says former Elder Scrolls Online head, so he left: "The game I had waited my entire career to create"
Matt Firor left Zenimax after the cancellation of Project Blackbird
#Microsoft #Zenimax #gaming #MMO #layoffs #masslayoffs #technology #gamedev
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Trump Administration Makes Deep Cuts at FEMA as Climate Crisis Accelerates
An ex-FEMA official said the agency can’t do disaster response and recovery without the staff that are being laid off. -
Trump Administration Makes Deep Cuts at FEMA as Climate Crisis Accelerates
An ex-FEMA official said the agency can’t do disaster response and recovery without the staff that are being laid off. -
Mass layoffs should be banned for profitable companies especially tech companies like fucking Google and Amazon. CEOs and Shareholders should be thrown in prison for laying off workers for no good reason.
#banmasslayoffs
#masslayoffs
#fuckmasslayoffs
#jailceos
#jailshareholders
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Mass layoffs should be banned for profitable companies especially tech companies like fucking Google and Amazon. CEOs and Shareholders should be thrown in prison for laying off workers for no good reason.
#banmasslayoffs
#masslayoffs
#fuckmasslayoffs
#jailceos
#jailshareholders
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Payroll #employment in Oct fell by 105k, mostly as a result of the federal govt’s deferred-resignation program.
The full impact of #Trump’s #MassLayoffs is finally becoming clear. The federal govt shed 168k #jobs since Sept, when those who took a deferred resignation came off payrolls.
Health care continued to drive job growth, adding 46k jobs in Nov. Construction added 28k jobs. But in many other sectors, including manufacturing & transportation & warehousing, employers shed jobs.
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Payroll #employment in Oct fell by 105k, mostly as a result of the federal govt’s deferred-resignation program.
The full impact of #Trump’s #MassLayoffs is finally becoming clear. The federal govt shed 168k #jobs since Sept, when those who took a deferred resignation came off payrolls.
Health care continued to drive job growth, adding 46k jobs in Nov. Construction added 28k jobs. But in many other sectors, including manufacturing & transportation & warehousing, employers shed jobs.
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#Utility #prices have risen roughly 3X faster than overall #inflation this year, at a precarious time for the #economy. Businesses are announcing #MassLayoffs, & it’s taking #unemployed Americans much longer to find new #work. There are also signs that lower- & middle-class families are pulling back on spending.
#affordability #CostOfLiving #Trump #recession #trumpcession
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#Utility #prices have risen roughly 3X faster than overall #inflation this year, at a precarious time for the #economy. Businesses are announcing #MassLayoffs, & it’s taking #unemployed Americans much longer to find new #work. There are also signs that lower- & middle-class families are pulling back on spending.
#affordability #CostOfLiving #Trump #recession #trumpcession
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Many Warned That a Child Care Cliff Was Coming. It’s Now Here.
Facing budget shortfalls, states are quietly cutting child care funding — and families are running out of options.https://murica.website/2025/11/many-warned-that-a-child-care-cliff-was-coming-its-now-here/
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Layoffs in 2025 Second-Highest Since 2009 in Potential Sign of Looming Recession
“Those laid off now are finding it harder to quickly secure new roles,” one of the report's authors said. -
The American Federation of Government Employees #AFGE & other #labor #unions have sued to stop the “reductions in force” #MassLayoffs, saying the firings were an #AbuseOfPower designed to punish #FederalWorkers & pressure #Congress.
Lawyers for the government claim the district court does not have the authority to hear personnel challenges [which is bullshit].
#law #OrchestratedShutdown #PowerGrab #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #plutocracy
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The American Federation of Government Employees #AFGE & other #labor #unions have sued to stop the “reductions in force” #MassLayoffs, saying the firings were an #AbuseOfPower designed to punish #FederalWorkers & pressure #Congress.
Lawyers for the government claim the district court does not have the authority to hear personnel challenges [which is bullshit].
#law #OrchestratedShutdown #PowerGrab #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #plutocracy
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Paramount Skydance will reportedly lay off 1,000 employees following its recent $8 billion merger https://english.mathrubhumi.com/education/career/paramount-skydance-to-cut-1000-jobs-layoffs-pa4l8ud8?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ParamountSkydance #MassLayoffs #Layoffs #JobCut #LatestNews
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Critics Alarmed as Trump Leverages Shutdown to Gut Special Education Office
Some believe the layoffs are a way to force the special education law to be managed by some other federal office. -
Judge temporarily blocks the #Trump administration from firing #FederalWorkers during the government #shutdown
#law #labor #unions #MassLayoffs #TrumpCoup2
https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-layoffs-trump-unions-b312b3ca77cbdbc72e778ece3b2cbffc?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-15-Breaking+News -
Judge temporarily blocks the #Trump administration from firing #FederalWorkers during the government #shutdown
#law #labor #unions #MassLayoffs #TrumpCoup2
https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-layoffs-trump-unions-b312b3ca77cbdbc72e778ece3b2cbffc?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-15-Breaking+News -
US judge says she will likely block #Trump #MassLayoffs during #shutdown
A federal judge on Wednesday said at the beginning of a court hearing that she will likely block the Trump admin from laying off thousands of #FederalWorkers amid a partial govt shutdown.
US District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco said she agreed with 2 #unions that the admin is unlawfully using the lapse in govt #funding to carry out its agenda of *downsizing* the #FederalGovernment.
#law
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-judge-says-she-will-likely-block-trumps-mass-layoffs-during-government-2025-10-15/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement -
US judge says she will likely block #Trump #MassLayoffs during #shutdown
A federal judge on Wednesday said at the beginning of a court hearing that she will likely block the Trump admin from laying off thousands of #FederalWorkers amid a partial govt shutdown.
US District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco said she agreed with 2 #unions that the admin is unlawfully using the lapse in govt #funding to carry out its agenda of *downsizing* the #FederalGovernment.
#law
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-judge-says-she-will-likely-block-trumps-mass-layoffs-during-government-2025-10-15/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement -
US federal workers begin mass layoffs as President Trump escalates pressure on Democrats to end the ongoing government shutdown. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/white-house-says-substantial-shutdown-layoffs-have-begun-yt34ou8o?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #DonaldTrump #MassLayoffs #UnitedStates #FederalWorkers
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More people to fight the Trump regime coup!
White House says mass layoffs of federal workers have begun. Shutdown live updates.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/10/federal-government-shutdown-day-10-trump-live-updates/86551198007/#MassLayoffs #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #AmericanFascistParty #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
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More people to fight the Trump regime coup!
White House says mass layoffs of federal workers have begun. Shutdown live updates.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/10/federal-government-shutdown-day-10-trump-live-updates/86551198007/#MassLayoffs #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #AmericanFascistParty #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
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Deadlocked Democrats continue stubborn standoff, prolonging government shutdown
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.theblaze.com/news/deadlocked-democrats-continue-stubborn-standoff
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Former career #diplomat who served as director of the #CIA, deputy Secretary of #State, served 32 years in the #UnitedStates #ForeignService & 7 years as president of the Carnegie Endowment for International #Peace William J. Burns writes ‘A Letter to America’s Discarded Public Servants’
“You all deserved better.”
#GiftArticle #Trump #RevengePolitics #retribution #CivilServants #PublicService #MassLayoffs #labor #law #WeaponizationOfGovernment
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/10/trump-retribution-public-servants/683914/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxWgvPL95XrR70qjeawHGu7Y -
Former career #diplomat who served as director of the #CIA, deputy Secretary of #State, served 32 years in the #UnitedStates #ForeignService & 7 years as president of the Carnegie Endowment for International #Peace William J. Burns writes ‘A Letter to America’s Discarded Public Servants’
“You all deserved better.”
#GiftArticle #Trump #RevengePolitics #retribution #CivilServants #PublicService #MassLayoffs #labor #law #WeaponizationOfGovernment
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/10/trump-retribution-public-servants/683914/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxWgvPL95XrR70qjeawHGu7Y -
With the July report, the #BLS ended the calculation & publication of approximately 350 indexes, including data from the #PPI Final Demand-Intermediate Demand, special index, industry & commodity classifications.
The agency has suffered years of #underfunding under both #Republican & #Democratic admins, a situation worsened by an unprecedented campaign by #Trump to remake the #FederalGovernment through deep spending cuts & #MassLayoffs of public workers.
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With the July report, the #BLS ended the calculation & publication of approximately 350 indexes, including data from the #PPI Final Demand-Intermediate Demand, special index, industry & commodity classifications.
The agency has suffered years of #underfunding under both #Republican & #Democratic admins, a situation worsened by an unprecedented campaign by #Trump to remake the #FederalGovernment through deep spending cuts & #MassLayoffs of public workers.
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The Environmental *Protection* Agency said Friday that it would eliminate its #scientific #research arm & begin #firing hundreds of chemists, biologists, toxicologists & other #scientists, after denying for months that it would do so.
The move underscores how #Trump is forging ahead w/efforts to slash the federal work force & dismantle agencies after #SCOTUS allowed these plans to proceed while legal challenges unfold. Govt scientists have been particular targets of the admin’s #MassLayoffs.
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The Environmental *Protection* Agency said Friday that it would eliminate its #scientific #research arm & begin #firing hundreds of chemists, biologists, toxicologists & other #scientists, after denying for months that it would do so.
The move underscores how #Trump is forging ahead w/efforts to slash the federal work force & dismantle agencies after #SCOTUS allowed these plans to proceed while legal challenges unfold. Govt scientists have been particular targets of the admin’s #MassLayoffs.
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On July 5, as floodwaters were starting to recede, #FEMA received 3,027 calls from disaster survivors & answered 3,018, or ~99.7%, documents show. Contractors w/ 4 call center companies answered the vast majority of the calls.
That evening, however, #KristiNoem did not renew the contracts w/ the 4 companies & hundreds of contractors were fired….
#Trump #idiocracy #ExtremeWeather #floods #Texas #FederalGovernment #Funding #MassLayoffs #BudgetCuts
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On July 5, as floodwaters were starting to recede, #FEMA received 3,027 calls from disaster survivors & answered 3,018, or ~99.7%, documents show. Contractors w/ 4 call center companies answered the vast majority of the calls.
That evening, however, #KristiNoem did not renew the contracts w/ the 4 companies & hundreds of contractors were fired….
#Trump #idiocracy #ExtremeWeather #floods #Texas #FederalGovernment #Funding #MassLayoffs #BudgetCuts
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After #floods, #hurricanes & other #disasters, survivors can call #FEMA to apply for different types of financial assistance. People who have lost their homes, for instance, can apply for a one-time payment of $750 that can help cover their immediate needs, such as food or other supplies.
#Trump #idiocracy #ExtremeWeather #floods #Texas #FederalGovernment #Funding #MassLayoffs #BudgetCuts
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The details on the unanswered calls on July 6, which have not been previously reported, come as #FEMA faces intense scrutiny over its response to the #floods in #Texas that have killed >120 people. The agency, which #Trump has called for eliminating, has been *slow* to activate certain teams that coordinate response & search-&-rescue efforts.
#idiocracy #ExtremeWeather #FederalGovernment #Funding #MassLayoffs #BudgetCuts
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#FEMA laid off the contractors on July 5 after their contracts expired & were not extended…. [Dog killer] #DHS secy #KristiNoem instituted a new requirement that she personally approve expenses over $100k. She did not renew the contracts until Thurs, 5 days after the contracts expired.
#Trump #idiocracy #ExtremeWeather #floods #Texas #FederalGovernment #Funding #MassLayoffs #BudgetCuts
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2 days after catastrophic #floods roared through Central #Texas, #FEMA did not answer nearly ⅔ of calls to its #disaster assistance line, acc/to documents reviewed by NYT.
The lack of responsiveness happened because the agency had #fired hundreds of contractors at call centers….
#Trump #idiocracy #ExtremeWeather #FederalGovernment #Funding #MassLayoffs #BudgetCuts
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/climate/fema-missed-calls-texas-floods.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare -
…#Federal officials are barred from making decisions that benefit the business holdings of themselves or their spouses, but that prohibition does not extend to assets held by their adult children, acc/to Richard Painter, who served as the chief White House #ethics lawyer during Republican George W. Bush’s admin.
#law #Trump #broligarchy #profiteering #BudgetCuts #MassLayoffs #Project2025
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#ElonMusk who spent >$250 million to help elect #Trump, owns a controlling interest in #SpaceX & its #satellite subsidiary #Starlink. Both are regulated by the #NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce [#OSC], which lost about ⅓ of its staff in Feb #MassLayoffs facilitated by the #DOGE, which #Musk created.
SpaceX also stands to gain through a new generation of #private & federally funded #weather satellites that would be carried into orbit on its rockets.
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#HowardLutnick is not the only one #Trump nominated for a key post w/close relationships to companies involved in the gathering of vital #weather data.
Trump’s pick to lead the #NOAA, #NeilJacobs, was chief atmospheric scientist for Panasonic Weather Solutions & has been a vocal proponent of #privatization. Trump’s nominee for another top NOAA post, #TaylorJordan, is a lobbyist with a roster of weather-related clients.
#law #broligarchy #BudgetCuts #MassLayoffs #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather