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The #Trump admin has suspended an #AirQuality monitoring program at #NationalParks across the country, acc/to an internal email obtained by WaPo & 2 people…..

The #Interior Dept, which includes the #NationalParkService, issued stop-work orders last week to the 2 contractors running the program, the email shows. The move adds to the chaos & uncertainty at many national parks that are already reeling from widespread #layoffs ahead of the busy summer season.

#environment
washingtonpost.com/climate-env

The Washington Post · Park Service suspends air-quality monitoring at all national parksBy Maxine Joselow

"US Border Towns💔Are Being Ravaged by Canada’s Furious Boycott
Economically dependent on their northern neighbor.

Economically dependent on their northern neighbor, business owners in Washington state are🚨laying off employees & shutting their doors."

Since Trump said he wanted to make Canada a US state with “economic force,” Canadians have boycotted the US.

#Layoffs #Unemployment #Firings #Trumpcession #Austerity #Economy #Resist #TrumpRegime #UPol bloomberg.com/news/features/20

"The Machine Fired Me" is a vibrant reminder of what the world of work is like and how we hand over control of ourselves to automated processes, even to the point of executing a lay-off without any official decision.

At the era of AI, is worth of questioning us.

idiallo.com/blog/when-a-machin

Ibrahim Diallo BlogThe Machine Fired MeIt was 7am when my phone rang. Instead of an alarm, it was my recruiter disturbing me from a pleasant dream. It was too early for a phone call or to be caught off guard, so I did not answer. I went to

「 Chipmaker Intel announced significant spending cuts Thursday that will shrink its workforce this quarter, months after announcing huge layoffs and receiving more than $7 billion in funding from a Biden administration program designed to revitalize U.S. semiconductor manufacturing 」

washingtonpost.com/technology/

The Washington Post · Intel to cut jobs and spending after award of $7.9 billion in federal grantsBy Hannah Ziegler

🔥 EA reportedly lays off over 300 employees, cancels new Titanfall game | Eurogamer.net

「 EA's latest round of layoffs was initially reported by Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, who - citing a source "familiar with the cuts" - claimed "between 300 and 400 positions" had been eliminated. Around 100 of those cuts were said to have been made at Apex Legends and Star Wars Jedi studio Respawn Entertainment 」

eurogamer.net/ea-reportedly-la

Eurogamer.net · EA reportedly lays off over 300 employees, cancels new Titanfall gameBy Matt Wales