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ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton.
she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back.
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![The fallout from the decision to pull Kimmel off the air was immediate; the Jimmy Kimmel suspension is already so much worse than Stephen Colbert's cancellation. On Thursday, hundreds of union writers and actors protested Kimmel's suspension outside Disney's Burbank studios (via Deadline). On-air and off-air talent have made their anger clear; mega-successful producer Damon Lindelof, for example, has stated he will not work with Disney unless it reinstates Kimmel.
Kimmel's own staff, who learned the show was being suspended just before taping on Wednesday, has also been up in arms. In-person and Zoom negotiations between Disney, Jimmy Kimmel, and his staff, aimed at carving a pathway to getting Kimmel back on air, have gone nowhere. Reportedly, Disney wants Kimmel to tone down his rhetoric, as well as provide an apology to Charlie Kirk's family and donate to his right-wing organization, Turning Point USA, suggestions that have only served to increase the backlash.
Interestingly, some of the hottest anger over the decision to cave to Trump and Carr is reportedly coming from Disney studio executives and corporate management. The feeling is that CEO Bob Iger and Disney Entertainment Co-Chairman Dana Walden caved too easily to MAGA pressure and manufactured outrage once again.
"This is not how we thought Bob [Iger] would handle this. Senior people told him this is not what we should be doing," said one senior executive. "It's such a betrayal." As another anonymous executive told Deadline, “The reaction is like ‘Don’t Say Gay’ on steroids.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kllsytqjwtuqsrgwtp3y6y3d/bafkreie7th3j3ufs7d2k3uhwb67ss3heim2asv2omsieh3hirw72ehskii)
