'You can see the name, date and the balance': Scammers are selling Social Security accounts on the dark web, researcher says — here's what you can do to protect your benefit checks
https://moneywise.com/news/top-stories/scammers-selling-social-security-accounts-online-researcher-says-protect-your-benefit-checks
#cybersecurity #SocialSecurity #scams #government #RIFS

Scammers are selling Social Security accounts online, researcher says — how to protect your benefit checks
Once a person has control, they can "funnel the payments" elsewhere.
https://moneywise.com/news/top-stories/scammers-selling-social-security-accounts-online-researcher-says-protect-your-benefit-checks
#cybersecurity #SocialSecurity #scams #government #RIFS

Job - Alert 📢

📚 STUDENTISCHE HILFSKRAFT (W_M_D) - UNTERSTÜTZUNG DES VERANSTALTUNGSMANAGEMENTS

Deadline: 2025-04-13
Location: Germany, Potsdam, Brandenburg

👉🏼 https://www.academiceurope.com/job/?id=7248

#hiring #eventmanagement #student #RIFS #studentassistant

Leaked VA memo calls for up to 83,000 layoffs to reduce workforce to 2019 levels
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/03/va-plans-lay-many-83000-employees-year/403477/
#ycombinator #veterans_affairs #va_health_care #layoffs #rifs #trump #doug_collins

🚨 Mass Layoffs & No Exit: Federal Employees Lose Resignation Option as Cuts Deepen 🚨

Federal workers are facing massive job cuts under Trump’s latest executive order, which enforces hiring freezes, reductions in force (RIFs), and office closures. Now, OPM has officially closed the Deferred Resignation Program, leaving many without a clear exit strategy.

📌 Read the full breakdown: https://jmadisonplc.com/blog/2025/02/mass-layoffs-and-no-exit-federal-employees-lose-resignation-option-as-cuts-deepen

#FederalJobs #OPM #GovernmentLayoffs #RIFs #EmploymentLaw #JMadisonPLC

@carnage4life what's old is new again. same playbook by CEOs +LTs. when money is cheap and you're riding a hype wave they are the geniuses and titans of industry. when the spigot runs dry these geniuses pull the easiest lever, blame those 'poor performers' for bloating the business. oh and no need for that bs HR or compliance stuff like severance or having a little compassion for how this impacts those in the list or their families. #tech #zirp #rifs

A call for applications for fellowships
The DAAD German Academic Exchange Service Artists-in-Berlin Program, the City of Potsdam, and the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) – Helmholtz Centre Potsdam are issuing a joint call for #applications for international #artists who wish to develop work that explores the intersection between #art and #sustainability during a fellowship in #Potsdam, Germany. #RIFS #fellowship
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rifs-potsdam_fellowship-applications-artists-activity-7264865076606586880-J732?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

Suasion will be here 3 day's to show Birmingham what they're made of! Supported by @leavenowitnessofficial at @centrala_space

Ticket's just £5 in advance and £8.50 on the door.

See you down the front

Link here 🔗 and in bio

https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham/Centrala/Suasion-UK-Tour/37266741/

#suasion #leavenowitness #centrala #birmingham #metalcore #deathcore #rifs #belgium #fridaynight

The #Euro-CORDEX annual general assembly in Hamburg provides a status update on regional climate modelling in Europe and climate science needed for studying the impacts of climate change and regional climate information for climate change adaptation. #WCRP #RIFS #CORDEX #GERICS #IPCC
#climatechange #climatecrisis #globalwarming

RIFS Arctic researcher Anne Chahine opening a conversation on research ethics and evaluation at the EU Horizon ICEBERG project kick-off in Oulu today. #ArcticGovernance #ICEBERG #ethics #RIFS https://www.rifs-potsdam.de/en/events/kick-event-horizon-research-and-innovation-project

Learning about Buy Clean and Whole Life Carbon Regulatory Standards for Buildings

2morrow starts the international #conference "Carbon Footprint Policy Accelerator: Learning about Buy Clean and Whole Life #Carbon Regulatory Standards for #Buildings" @RIFS_Potsdam
7-8 November 2023 #hybrid - see the #agenda here: https://www.rifs-potsdam.de/de/node/9707

- Keynote: Klaus Töpfer, former German environment minister, former UNEP director, founding Director of the IASS - now #RIFS

Dein Umfeld tickt anders als du denkst:

59% sind für Windkrafträder (statt angenommenen 32%)
77% sind bereit weniger Strom & Gas zu verbrauchen (statt angenommen nur etwas mehr als die Hälfte)

Jedoch widersprüchlich bei was die Stadtplanung tun soll und beim eigenen Verhalten.

"Die Menschen kritisieren die hohen Kosten für grüne Energie sowie einen falschen Fokus bei der Umsetzung klimaneutraler Mobilität und nehmen außerdem eine soziale Ungleichheit in Chancen und Lastenverteilung der Strom- und Verkehrswende wahr."

#RIFS #Energiewende #Verkehrswende #Stadtplanung #Verhalten #habits

https://www.rifs-potsdam.de/de/news/weitaus-mehr-menschen-als-angenommen-befuerworten-klimaschutz

Seit dem 1. Januar gehört das renommierte Potsdamer Institut für Nachhaltigkeitsforschung (#IASS) zum Deutschen GeoForschungsZentrum und ist damit Teil der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft – unter seinem neuen Namen #RIFS. Ein Gespräch mit dem wissenschaftlichen Direktor Mark Lawrence über die speziellen Methoden seines Instituts, die Chancen der Zusammenarbeit – und darüber, weshalb er sich auf die neue Etappe freut. https://www.helmholtz.de/newsroom/artikel/wir-bekommen-eine-langfristige-stabile-perspektive/ (hk)