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Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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539 points donohoe | 1 comments | 09 Jul 25 14:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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alganet ◴[09 Jul 25 15:22 UTC] No.44511169[source]▶
Is this another case of "may this sacrifice appease the rain gods and bring forth a good harvest"?
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JKCalhoun ◴[09 Jul 25 15:26 UTC] No.44511243[source]▶
Perhaps that and "Let me just disembark this sinking ship if I may…"

(Sorry she ever boarded?)

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1. alganet ◴[09 Jul 25 15:47 UTC] No.44511512[source]▶
I mean more generally, in the sense that all public executive firings done to increase stock value (or prevent it from falling) are not that different from sacrificial cults.