Block just cut 40% of its workforce — the largest voluntary single-announcement cut by a going-concern S&P 500 company.
I built this tracker because the biggest cuts haven’t happened yet. The AI layoffs are just getting started.
56 events. ~1.7 million jobs. More to come.
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For nine months, my wife Brooklyn carried our baby boy knowing he was dying. Three months in, they told us he had severe hydrocephalus. Too much fluid crushing his brain. "Off the charts bad," the specialists at Cincinnati Children's said. So extreme they stopped measuring because it didn't matter anymore.
The MRIs were sickening to look at. They said over 90% chance he'd either die right after birth or survive with such severe brain damage that any quality of life was impossible. We had meetings about breathing tubes. About when to remove life support. About letting our son "pass peacefully."
Brooklyn moved to Cincinnati, lived in a hotel near the hospital in case she went into labor. I drove back and forth, working, trying to hold our family together while planning our baby's funeral. On July 8th, fifteen minutes before her C-section, we had another meeting about the breathing tube. About when we'd need to remove it and let him go to Heaven.
Then Charlie came out crying. The sweetest sound I've ever heard.
He stayed in intensive care until yesterday. Now he's home, doing everything babies do. Normal. Beautiful. The doctors have no medical explanation. His brain somehow cleared the blockage on its own, something they've never seen in a case this severe. Nurses with decades of experience kept saying "miracle" and "divine intervention."
Thousands of people were praying for us. Friends, family, strangers, people we'd never met. I'm practical, I believe in science, but I know God was involved in this. I give Him all the credit.
During those endless nights in Cincinnati, I started woodworking in the hotel parking lot just to keep my hands busy, to stop my mind from breaking. Made small toys hoping one day Charlie might hold them. Listed a few things on the Tedooo app where I'd been selling my work, and strangers started buying pieces they didn't need, sending messages saying they were praying for our son. That community held me when I couldn't stand.
Charlie's here. He's alive. Prayer is real, and miracles still happen.
By Amanda Cain
Something has to be done. College football has to end sooner. We don’t need 2-3 weeks between the end of the season and the playoffs starting. Jan 1 end is ideal. Max one week later. Push the season up. Get the games played. We continue to do things that don’t make any sense.
Scott Jennings hits a former NYPD Lieutenant with a BRUTAL dose of common sense about the shooting in Minneapolis.
As Darrin Porcher attempted use his law enforcement background to question the ICE officer’s actions, @ScottJenningsKY delivered the kind of plainspoken truth the media doesn’t want to hear.
He spelled out the ABCs of what actually happened on the ground for the entire CNN panel.
PORCHER: “Procedurally, this is not sound, but from a law perspective, it can be somewhat questionable.”
Then Jennings laid out the facts:
JENNINGS: “I mean, contrary to what I heard out here the other day, this person was not a random passerby, who just happened to be driving through her neighborhood.”
“This person is part of a group of people who form convoys to interfere with federal law enforcement operations. They drive convoys of cars into active law enforcement situations.”
“They interfere with ongoing law enforcement activity. This is a felony to do that, A.”
“B, this person had been following ICE around all day. Apparently according to witnesses, now, according to further reporting.”
“C, they didn’t follow lawful commands to stop, get out of the car.”
“D, they accelerated a car into the officer. It clearly hit the officer.”
“I don’t understand how you could watch this video and all the other videos that have come out and not come to the conclusion that this is an unfortunate, tragic situation that was caused by someone, the person driving the vehicle, using extraordinarily poor judgment from top to bottom.”
“Doesn’t make me happy. I don’t like it, I hate this, I don’t like it when U.S. Citizens or anyone dies in any kind of engagement with law enforcement like this, but this person exercised EXTREMELY poor judgment and put themselves in harm’s way, probably committing a felony in the process.”
“And this is the result.”
John Calipari is right on this — allow one player transfer, after that, you have to sit out a year to transfer. We have guys playing for four different teams in four years. It’s beyond ridiculous and bad for the sport:
Remembering the life and legacy of Lt. Brendan Looney. He was a teammate, a brother, a father and an American hero. Brendan embodied everything we strive to be on and off the field. He was a leader at the Naval Academy, a captain on the lacrosse team, and ultimately gave his life in service to our country as a Navy SEAL.
The military academies continue to be among the top lacrosse programs in the country — where Brendan, his two brothers and Navy competed in the NCAA National Championship game on Memorial Day in 2004.
We are forever grateful to all of our servicemen and women, especially those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. Your courage gives us the freedom to play, compete, and live with purpose.
As BL would say, “Be strong. Be accountable. Never complain.”
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NEW: CNBC host verbally stunned after billionaire Howard Lutnick explains how Trump's tariffs will be used as a negotiation tactic to make the U.S. a "bunch of money."
Lutnick shot down the media narrative that tariffs would increase inflation.
"It's a bargaining chip. We can't sell a Ford or GM in Europe. You go to Europe, you can't sell a Ford..."
"They're gonna come and negotiate and their tariffs are gonna come down. And finally, Ford and General Motors are gonna be able to sell in these places. How's that sound?"
"This is just negotiating strategically."
"When you're running for office, you make broad statements so people understand you. Tariffs are an amazing tool for the president to use."
"Use tariffs to build in America. If we want to make it in America, tariff it... we need to protect the American worker."
"So which is it? Do we make a lot of money on tariffs or do we bring change behavior productivity here? And we drive up our workers here. So it's a win-win scenario."
Becky Quick: "This is the best explanation I've heard."