If I had more time it would be fun to calculate the cycle time between lettering people go and rehiring them. Even more fun would be to calculate the cost impact of this.

Coté@cote.io · 2d ago

Forrester: 55% of employers regret their tech-driven staff cuts, and half of AI-attributed layoffs will get quietly reversed. Robert Half says a third of those execs already rehired. "We did it because of AI" was the story told afterwards, not the reason. cote.io/2026/08/03/a...

Sometimes when doing genealogy research you stumble upon stuff that leaves you speechless.

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“Here we go” said Frog.

I didn't want to believe that my dad was stealing from his job as a road worker. But when I got home, all the signs were there ...

Anyone who doesn’t see how very satisfied I’ve been throughout production doesn’t get what I most want out of an adaptatation. Mind you, that does tend to happen.

Tfw mothra gave you power of attorney

The nice lady on Fillmore selling me pants today asked where I lived, and when I told her, she made a concerned face and asked "Is it safe there?" so I replied "I'm the most dangerous thing there," and this is the only answer I will be using from now on.

Everyone you meet is fighting a war you know nothing about, because the first thing the enemy did was take out satellite and ground-based relays before hitting STRATCOM with combined physical and cyber attacks

Unintentional accent mirroring is positively correlated with higher levels of empathy, by the way

Kat Tenbarge@kattenbarge.bsky.social · 2w ago

People are making fun of AOC for having a slight southern accent while speaking in Memphis but they clearly don’t know the pain of habitually and unconsciously imitating the speaking style of the people around you

It's like Waffle House has an airline now

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Does this kind of thing happen on budget airlines outside the UK? Honest question.

Yes, ha ha ha, YES

Finally

This BBC advert after that weird ass halftime show seems ill planned

This World Cup halftime had everything Ex Brazilian football players, Madonna, the dude from LA Phil harmonic, the muppets, 7 nation army, BTS, Ted Lasso, Hailey Bieber’s baby daddy, Shakira…

Bill Hader as Stefon on SNL

ALT: Bill Hader as Stefon on SNL

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It rules that the list of cities to host a World Cup Final is like London, Berlin, Rio De Janeiro, East Rutherford, NJ

I don’t know if this is a great game but it’s been entertaining

LOL, this game is nuts...9 GOALS?!?

Olise should have at least two in the second half

England is aware that there is a second half to the game right?

Did not expect England to be up 2-0 in the first 20 with that lineup

it's pretty clear that people who believe in "bush did 9/11"-style conspiracy theories have no experience with enterprise project management

When you call your dog… Without calling him. Original post

Emu night (1/2)