#terminated — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #terminated, aggregated by home.social.
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“Sources familiar with the matter say the company (#META) could lay off as much as 20 percent of its staff, eliminating roughly 15,800 positions. That would be the largest series of #layoffs at the company since it #terminated 22,000 workers over just a few months between November 2022 and early 2023.
Word of the potential #downsizing comes after Meta signaled that it was all but giving up on #VR and the #Metaverse, slashing budgets and closing studios. Instead, the company has been spending big to attract #AITalent, build #DataCenters, and acquire companies like #Moltbook.”
I note the “silver bullet” approach by a company who was founded on PHP widgets and #SocialMedia.
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork <http://theverge.com/business/895026/meta-laying-off-20-percent> / <https://archive.md/MlrOR>
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In June, two suits filed against the Trump administration in federal court in Boston led to more than 2,000 #terminated #NIH #grants having their funding restored.
And just this week, an agreement with the plaintiffs to reconsider #DEI-related research applications led to the funding of more than a hundred grants whose reviews had been paused.
But in comments made on a podcast posted Wednesday, NIH Director #Jay #Bhattacharya indicated the reprieve will be short-lived for the grants restored in June
They could be terminated over the next year.
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Jayanta Bhattacharya, director of the #National #Institutes of #Health, called for review of all #research activities to identify those that don’t align with agency priorities. Those activities may be #restricted, #paused, not #renewed, or #terminated. #NIH https://www.fiercebiotech.com/research/nih-chief-calls-immediate-research-review-dangling-threat-project-termination
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The 9 unnamed #FBI agents who filed the lawsuit on Tues alleged, "The purpose for this list is to identify agents to be #terminated or to suffer other adverse employment action."
Their attorneys asked for a #jury #trial & wrote that the agents feared "this list might be published by allies of President #Trump, thus placing themselves & their families in #immediate danger of #retribution."
#Jan6 #insurrection #law #TrumpCoup #PoliticalViolence #StraightUpIllegal
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Top #DiversityEquityInclusion officer for #Nike sentenced to 5 years in #federalprison for nearly $5 million in alleged #ConArtist #kickback #fraud #schemes
She went from working at MTV/Viacom and #CoxCommunications and became a "Global #Diversity Program Manager" at #Facebook, where the #ERG exec issued millions in #Venmo, #PayPal and Ca$h App payments thru accounts of friends and relatives.
#Meta, determined her $4.9m #embezzlement schemes began within weeks of joining the #SocialMedia empire, who'd reputedly found her through posts on #LinkedIn, and employed her for 4 years before she moved in to #grift Nike. The Oregon based sportswear mfg giant, who also discovered fiscal irregularities under her aegis, told prosecutors her “complete lack of #accountability or #remorse was incredibly disappointing,”
The attached video shows Barbara Furlow-Smiles describing her inclusive #PayItForward #philosophy while engaging with young #JobSeekers before she was #terminated by #FacebookHQ.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/16/facebook-nike-furlow-smile-prison-fraud.html
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If Donald Trump returns to the White House, close allies want to dramatically change the government's interpretation of #Civil #Rights-era laws to💥 focus on "anti-white racism" 💥rather than discrimination against people of color.
Trump's Justice Department would push to #eliminate or #upend programs in government and corporate America that are designed to counter racism that has favored whites.
Targets would range from decades-old policies aimed at giving minorities economic opportunities, to more recent programs that began in response to the pandemic and the killing of George Floyd.
Trump campaign spokesperson #Steven #Cheung told Axios: "As President Trump has said, all staff, offices, and initiatives connected to Biden's un-American policy will be immediately #terminated."
Longtime aides and allies preparing for a potential second Trump administration have been laying legal groundwork with a flurry of lawsuits and legal complaints — some of which have been successful.
A central vehicle for the effort has been #America #First #Legal, founded by former Trump aide #Stephen #Miller, who has called the group conservatives' "long-awaited answer to the ACLU."
America First cited the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in February in a lawsuit against CBS and Paramount Global for what the group argued was discrimination against a white, straight man who was a writer for the show "Seal Team" in 2017.
In February, the group filed a civil rights complaint against the NFL over its "Rooney Rule."
The rule — named for Dan #Rooney, late owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers — was instituted in 2003 and expanded in 2022.
It requires NFL teams to interview at least two minority candidates for vacant general manager, head coach and coordinator positions.American First argued that "given the limited time frame to hire executives and coaches after the season, this results in fewer opportunities for similarly situated, well-qualified candidates who are not minorities."
In 2021, Miller's group successfully sued to block the implementation of a $29 billion pandemic-era program for women- and minority-owned restaurants, saying it discriminated against white-owned businesses.
"This ruling is the first, but crucial, step towards ending government-sponsored racial discrimination," Miller said then.
Other Trump-aligned groups are preparing for a future Trump Justice Department to implement — or challenge — policies on a broader scale.
The #Heritage #Foundation's well-funded "#Project2025" envisions a second Trump administration ending what it calls "affirmative discrimination."
Part of the plan, written by former Trump Justice Department official #Gene #Hamilton, argues that "advancing the interests of certain segments of American society ... comes at the expense of other Americans — and in nearly all cases violates longstanding federal law."
Hamilton is America First Legal's general counsel.
Such groups have gained momentum with the #Supreme #Court's turn to the right
— most notably its recent rejection of affirmative action in college admissions.The court ruled that programs designed to benefit people of color and address past injustices discriminate against white and Asian Americans.
In 2021, a federal judge blocked a $4 billion program to help Black farmers
https://www.axios.com/2024/04/01/trump-reverse-racism-civil-rights
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Terminated! Undead Chemnitz before the end?
Our landlord gave us notice today (May 19) with no reason given as of 9/30-22.We wanted to celebrate our 20th anniversary this year. Our house is one of the most important cultural institutions in our region and is known far beyond the borders and has an international reputation. Many who are reading t
https://word.undead-network.de/2022/05/19/terminated-undead-chemnitz-before-the-end/
#fightback #fuckthelandlord #Terminated #undeadchemnitz