Another reason you do this is so you can say, "That role sounds stupid/pointless, cut it"
A manager/head will be able to explain why a seemingly random role is actually critical to a wider strategy. But a specific employee may not be able to advocate for themselves
New: In a note to staff this morning, New CBS EIC Bari Weiss asked everyone across CBS News to send her a memo by next Tuesday explaining how they spend their workday and what’s working/not working…
No clearer indication of the right’s moral rot than the swift evolution from angrily denying any association with buffoonish bigots like like Posobiec and Fuentes, to “there’s no harm in having a conversation,” to openly praising and promoting them.
Obviously the below is a key factor, but some of the moves we've seen – Merck in particular – do feel rather extreme and self-defeating over something that, if taken on its face, is resolvable
This rather backs up my suspicion that moves such Merck suddenly pulling out of the UK market, and the Eli Lilly CEO going on a tirade about us being tight-arses, are in large part due to political pressure from the US
I was at a pub in Hackney on Sunday evening that had to restrict entry because it was over capacity!
The net closures we're seeing across the sector do mask the reality that pubs are *still* popular, and that moves which give them more options to turn a profit are a good thing
I have to say, the reactions to this online have been quite strange
People are variously claiming that most pubs are "desolate" by 9pm, which, in my (London bubble) experience, isn't the case, or acting like pubs will be forced at gunpoint to stay open. They can still set their own opening hours!
SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan
Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke
As one of the countless people *actually* cancelled by Bari Weiss, via her vast favor-trading networks of fellow nepotistic gatekeepers in media and publishing, I think both of these asinine dipshits should go fuck themselves.
Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.
