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Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of its workforce

Oct. 26, 2026 at 8:30 am Updated Oct. 26, 2026 at 9:39 am
By Alex Halverson
Seattle Times business reporter

Microsoft is offering buyouts to about 60,000 employees, or roughly a quarter of its workforce, as the company tries to ...

This is not a complete analysis by any means and I'm too lazy to do one. But I'd remiss not to at least add something along these lines.


How will a generational stock market panic per the fourth turning theory of Strauss and Howe be different now that the world has entered a new dark age?

AI ...

From the point of view of Generational Dynamics, there is still one more "shoe to drop" -- a massive, worldwide generational panic and crash. I've described many times what I expect to see happen; here's a summary: An elemental force of nature, where millions or even tens of millions of Boomers and ...

There are two things that John said that I think are relevant to insert at this time.

One was generational change is a force of nature.

The second was that you can prepare.

My next task will be to revisit all those applicable quotes to get John's exact take on those two things. Or if anyone else ...

On Friday, the Democratic party rep stopped by here. I talked to him for quite awhile about Talarico vs Paxton, the death in the Amazon warehouse and other things brought up here. He was about my age and claimed to be a former Republican leaning independent. I doubt it, but maybe so. The main ...

https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/the-hidden-looting-by-the-rich-leads

The Hidden Looting by the Rich leads to the Physical Looting by Those Who've Been Looted

CHARLES HUGH SMITH

This set of values would turn human ingenuity away from wasting resources to increase profits to virtuous ...

The Hidden Looting by the Rich leads to the Physical Looting by Those Who've Been Looted

CHARLES HUGH SMITH

An astute reader summarized the dynamic succinctly: “Looting by the rich is hidden, silent, not criminalized while the physical looting by the poor is overt, thunderous and criminal ...

Welcome, Grace. Is that Manchester, UK or Manchester, NH?

The Hidden Looting by the Rich leads to the Physical Looting by Those Who've Been Looted

CHARLES HUGH SMITH

Those who aren’t delighted to further enrich the moneylenders in the temple with their labor quit in disgust, while those with zero scruples and limitless greed devote every waking hour ...

First, let's go back to the specific example of the Amazon worker who died in the warehouse in Oregon.

This raises several issues with respect to what Charles Hugh Smith is discussing generally.

Amazon's response and the coverage by their accomplices in the legacy media boils down to two ...