Tootfinder

Incredible douchebag move. Once again underlining how the H1-B Visa program is weaponized by the (mostly tech) industry to exploit foreign labor. https://discuss.systems/@dan/112078895180533879

Haberman claiming that he "appeared to nod off a few times" and reiterating that when he did, she could see "his mouth going slack and his head drooping onto his chest."
Trump's lead defense attorney, Todd Blanche, "passed him notes for several minutes," she added, "before Mr. Trump appeared to jolt awake and notice them."
Sleepy Don
I’m so sleepy, yeah,
I’m so sleepy, yeah,
I could lay my head on a piece of lead
…

sometimes I wonder if the stable release branch of Chrome would feel less like canary if Google simply did not lay off a bunch of engineers for no reason

Finally true innovation by ditching the concept of...
...checks notes...
...making new vehicles as a car company.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/tesla-to-lay-off-everyone-working-on-superchargers-new-vehicles/…

Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles
Tesla is also getting rid of its public policy team, despite robotaxi ambitions.

Elon has laid off the entire Supercharger team at Tesla. Possibly his most bizarre move yet (and that includes torching $44bn at Xitter). https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/tesla-to-lay-off-everyone-working-on-superchargers-new-veh…

Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles
Tesla is also getting rid of its public policy team, despite robotaxi ambitions.

[Thread] The Center for Public Integrity Union says the nonprofit plans to lay off 11 staffers, which represents over half of its members (@publici_union)
https://twitter.com/publici_union/status/1766221026097029460

Center for Public Integrity Union (@Publici_Union) on X
Today, @publicintegrity management informed us that they will lay off 11 of our beloved coworkers. This figure represents more than half our unit.

In the nicest possible terms - "F Corporate Greed". Amazon gross profits were $270 BILLION in 2023. Why exactly do you have to "cut costs"? Read as "lay off workers".
#Amazon #AWS

There’s a hidden Google search setting that makes searches more precise
Turn on #verbatim #mode in Google searches
On the search results page, look for a menu that says Tools. It may be on the far right side of the screen. 
• On desktop, look on the far right side of the page, to the right of any buttons …

How to Make Google Show You the Good Search Results Again
Off-target search results are getting more and more common, and we can only lay part of the blame on the results being cluttered with AI-generated junk and human-generated SEO-bait. I don’t have a fix for what people (and bots) are writing, nor can I reach into Google’s ranking algorithm and shuffle the pages around. But I can tell you how to get Google to actually search for the thing you typed in.

Sony plans to lay off around 900 employees, or 8% of workforce, at its PlayStation division, and close its London Studio in the UK (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/27/24084494/sony-playstation-layoffs-2024

Sony is laying off 900 PlayStation employees
Sony is laying off around 900 PlayStation employees. The London Studio in the UK is closing fully, with employees affected worldwide.

How to Make Google Show You the Good Search Results Again
There’s a hidden setting that makes searches more precise: the "Verbatim" option
https://lifehacker.com/tech/how-to-get-more-accurate-google-search-results

How to Make Google Show You the Good Search Results Again
Off-target search results are getting more and more common, and we can only lay part of the blame on the results being cluttered with AI-generated junk and human-generated SEO-bait. I don’t have a fix for what people (and bots) are writing, nor can I reach into Google’s ranking algorithm and shuffle the pages around. But I can tell you how to get Google to actually search for the thing you typed in.

"Elon Musk Laid Off" <= I wish the headline ended here.
"Tesla announced Tuesday that it will lay off everyone who works on both the new vehicle and Supercharger teams. At this point, no one has any idea what CEO Elon Musk was thinking or what’s going to happen going forward. Including other automakers that recently switched to NACS."

Elon Musk Laid Off Supercharger Team After Taking $17 Million in Federal Charging Grants
Despite its CEO railing against Biden, Tesla was more than happy to take the administration's money.

I guess Elon is getting his wish to lay off 20% of Tesla because sales fell 20% (which is an idiotic equivalence by the way).
“Tesla announces fourth round of layoffs in four weeks”
#cars #ev #tesla

Tesla announces fourth round of layoffs in four weeks
The latest cuts affect engineers, HR, and service advisers.

Time For 9 o'clock #HashTagGames hosted by @…
Taking a day off work? Ran out of excuses? Maybe you need a day at the beach or just lay around the house. Let's play!
#ExcusesForCallingOffWork
#HashTagGames
How to play: Write something, Use the HashTag, Toot/Post and Repeat!

Source: Amazon Prime Video plans to lay off less than 5% of its staff across its European offices, as part of a restructure impacting Europe, MENA, and Africa (Jesse Whittock/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2024/03/prime-video-staff-lay…

Prime Video Staff Face Layoffs In Europe As Job Consultations Begin
Prime Video is today beginning job consultations with staff in Europe. The Amazon layoffs will impact less than 5% of staff.

⚮⚮⚮Putting a stop[ to losing canes and Gerber knives.
⚮⚮⚮Annoyed self by being unable to lay hands immediately on the vented to stir the stew. I felt that wood was appropriate for this purpose.
⚮⚮⚮Set off smoke alarm, bumped head.
#TealLensman

I like this "comedy rebels" framing to explain why certain comedians use cancel culture panic as a method of developing an audience.
Also why Lorne Michaels like these guys.
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/25/1233584316/<…

“A new #Alabama law banning diversity, equity and inclusion offices, programming and training in public colleges and other state agencies will go into effect this fall.
[…]
“It is not clear yet whether the law will force some state colleges, which support a combined $16 million in diversity spending, to lay off staff.”

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signs DEI bill into law: What the ‘divisive concepts’ ban will do
It is not clear whether the law will force some state colleges, which support a combined $16 million in diversity spending, to lay off staff.

For Security Teams Inside Organizations
Let’s take a deep dive into this piece of consumer messaging —
1958. American Football. A sports reporter bluntly asks coach Vince Lombardi “What are you going to change to turn this team around after a string of failures and losing seasons?”
His reply: “I am not going to change anything. We will use the same players, the same plays and the same training system. But we will concentrate on becoming brilliant at the basics.”
This is an incredibly motivating message. And it paid off!
In the next nine seasons, Coach Lombardi’s team, the Green Bay Packers, went on to win five NFL Championships and two Super Bowls.
The phrase “Brilliant At The Basics” found its way into popular culture, becoming a recurring theme.
And the graphic? For the general public, the lightbulb image = Good Idea.
Consumers are already familiar with these two concepts.
In Your Organization, You Define “The Basics”
Find the sweet spot between everything that’s possible and what your users are willing and able to do.
☑️ Ask yourself "What should our users know? What actions should they take?"
☑️ Define them clearly and give them a simple, catchy name — "The Basics."
☑️ Show your users "This Is How We Do It Here."
☑️ Let them know they can master The Basics.
☑️ Then let your users know there's More Where That Came From, if they're interested, but … The Basics are the focus.
We should deliver cybersecurity advice to non-technical people in bite-size, digestible pieces. Consumers hate feeling like they’re at the pointy end of a firehose. And they don’t like being lectured to. Let’s not overwhelm them. First lay a strong foundation, then line by line, concept by concept — build up from there.
My partner led consumer product development programs that sold $100M and $400M of consumer products every year. Now he develops consumer products for Pokémon. We have hard-won experience when it comes to speaking to and persuading consumers.
We want to share that with you.
Would you like to experiment with this messaging and these laptop stickers in your organization?
Three additional benefits for you:
☑️ Over time, if The Basics in your organization change, the graphics and the laptop stickers stay the same.
☑️ A campaign like this might help identify potential Cyber Champions in your organization.
☑️ The laptop stickers provide persistent visibility for Cybersecurity within your organization.
We’d be happy to send some free samples for you to try out with your users.
1.) Visit this Brilliant At The Basic page on our website: #BrilliantAtTheBasics
_________________
♻️ Please feel free to share this post and let others know about this offer.

Sony says its PlayStation layoffs will also impact game makers Insomniac, Naughty Dog, and Guerrilla, three of its most successful subsidiaries (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-27/…

Sony Cuts 900 Jobs in Gaming, Shuts Down London Division
Sony Group Corp. will lay off 900 people across its video-game division worldwide, or about 8% of its employees, and close a group in London.

EV startup Rivian to lay off 10% of salaried workforce
#RealEstate #UrbanDevelopment #SmartCitiesDive

Memo: Boston public radio station WBUR CEO Margaret Low says 31 employees, or ~14% of its staff, are leaving, with 24 of them taking a voluntary buyout (Aidan Ryan/The Boston Globe)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/04/24/business/wbur-layoffs/

WBUR lays off seven employees, as 24 staffers take buyouts
The decision to lay off staff comes two months after WBUR chief executive Margaret Low first informed staff that the station was facing financial challenges.

Is this for real? Did Elon just lay off #Tesla’s entire Supercharger business division?
“Rebecca Tinucci, senior director of the electric vehicle maker's Supercharger business, and Daniel Ho, head of the new vehicles program, will leave on Tuesday morning, the report said.
Musk also plans to dismiss everyone working for Tinucci and Ho, including the roughly 500 employees who work in th…

Memo: Boston public radio station WBUR CEO Margaret Low says 31 employees, or ~14% of its staff, are leaving, with 24 of them taking a voluntary buyout (Aidan Ryan/The Boston Globe)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/04/24/business/wbur-layoffs/

WBUR lays off seven employees, as 24 staffers take buyouts
The decision to lay off staff comes two months after WBUR chief executive Margaret Low first informed staff that the station was facing financial challenges.

For Security Teams Inside Organizations
Let’s take a deep dive into this piece of consumer messaging —
1958. American Football. A sports reporter bluntly asks coach Vince Lombardi “What are you going to change to turn this team around after a string of failures and losing seasons?”
His reply: “I am not going to change anything. We will use the same players, the same plays and the same training system. But we will concentrate on becoming brilliant at the basics.”
This is an incredibly motivating message. And it paid off!
In the next nine seasons, Coach Lombardi’s team, the Green Bay Packers, went on to win five NFL Championships and two Super Bowls.
The phrase “Brilliant At The Basics” found its way into popular culture, becoming a recurring theme.
And the graphic? For the general public, the lightbulb image = Good Idea.
Consumers are already familiar with these two concepts.
In Your Organization, You Define “The Basics”
Find the sweet spot between everything that’s possible and what your users are willing and able to do.
☑️ Ask yourself "What should our users know? What actions should they take?"
☑️ Define them clearly and give them a simple, catchy name — "The Basics."
☑️ Show your users "This Is How We Do It Here."
☑️ Let them know they can master The Basics.
☑️ Then let your users know there's More Where That Came From, if they're interested, but … The Basics are the focus.
We should deliver cybersecurity advice to non-technical people in bite-size, digestible pieces. Consumers hate feeling like they’re at the pointy end of a firehose. And they don’t like being lectured to. Let’s not overwhelm them. First lay a strong foundation, then line by line, concept by concept — build up from there.
My partner led consumer product development programs that sold $100M and $400M of consumer products every year. Now he develops consumer products for Pokémon. We have hard-won experience when it comes to speaking to and persuading consumers.
We want to share that with you.
Would you like to experiment with this messaging and these laptop stickers in your organization?
Three additional benefits for you:
☑️ Over time, if The Basics in your organization change, the graphics and the laptop stickers stay the same.
☑️ A campaign like this might help identify potential Cyber Champions in your organization.
☑️ The laptop stickers provide persistent visibility for Cybersecurity within your organization.
We’d be happy to send some free samples for you to try out with your users.
1.) Visit this Brilliant At The Basic page on our website: #BrilliantAtTheBasics
_________________
♻️ Please feel free to share this post and let others know about this offer.

BuzzFeed sells Complex, which it acquired for $300M in 2021, to livestream shopping platform Ntwrk for $108.6M; BuzzFeed plans to lay off 16% of its workforce (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2024/02/21/buzzfeed-sells-complex

BuzzFeed sells Complex for $108 million, announces job cuts
The struggling publisher is unloading a brand it acquired for $300 million in 2021.

A look at TDCommons, a site Google launched in 2015 that publishes technical details of ideas from companies and individuals, to block future patent disputes (Paresh Dave/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/google-tdcommons-dpub-patents-prior-art/

This Tiny Website Is Google’s First Line of Defense in the Patent Wars
TDCommons is a free space for inventors to lay claim to breakthroughs without having to file a patent. Why is it so off the radar?

Sources: Vice Media executives are planning to lay off hundreds of its 900 employees over the next week, eliminating staff from its digital publishing division (Benjamin Mullin/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/business/vices-new-layoffs.html…

Vice’s New Owners Prepare to Slash What’s Left of Its Work Force
Vice Media, which emerged from bankruptcy last year, is planning to cut hundreds of its more than 900 employees.

Cisco doing a #layoff to “shift its focus to “key priority areas,” such as artificial intelligence”.
Getting the feeling that “shifting focus to #AI” is becoming a bullshit term used to rationalize literally everything.
“Cisco to lay off thousands of employees”

BuzzFeed sells Complex, which it acquired for $300M in 2021, to livestream shopping platform Ntwrk for $108.6M; BuzzFeed plans to lay off 16% of its workforce (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2024/02/21/buzzfeed-sells-complex

BuzzFeed sells Complex for $108 million, announces job cuts
The struggling publisher is unloading a brand it acquired for $300 million in 2021.