A new South Dakota policy to stop the use of gender pronouns by public university faculty and staff in official correspondence is also keeping Native American employees from listing their tribal affiliations in a state with a long and violent history of conflict with tribes....
They’re not even pretending it’s “just” about pronouns anymore. Now it’s just overt racism. Not surprised they went for the indigenous first.
Incidentally, there are over 70,000 indigenous Americans living in South Dakota. Considering the state has less than a million people, that’s not insignificant, so this is going to fuck over more than one or two people.
Tack “&udm=14” on to the end of a normal search, and you’ll be booted into the clean 10 blue links interface. While Google might not let you set this as a default, if you have a way to automatically edit the Google search URL, you can create your own defaults.
Stupid criticism but also not a very good response. I don’t think he meant to put it that way, but it makes it sounds like he’s saying they aren’t white men because they’re from another planet and that planet doesn’t have black people on it so there is no ‘white’ there. Again, I don’t think that’s what he meant, but he could have put it better by saying something like it was an unfortunate oversight not to have more human diversity in the early films, but it was not his intent to show a galaxy of white men and he hopes we can all look at Star Wars as inspiration since it’s a galaxy where all types of intelligent beings are equals (except droids).
I think something people don’t understand about these companies- both processed food and fast food companies- is that they hire a huge number of scientists, from people who design custom artificial flavors and odors to psychologists who understand how to best design packaging to appeal to certain demographics.
They are using their understanding of human psychology and human sensory input to make these products appeal to us as much as they ever possibly could.
And both that understanding and the technology itself keeps improving.
So this will only get worse.
Just remember that every time you see anything advertised to you from a major food company or restaurant chain that they are using your brain against you and doing it well. And it will still work. It works with me despite knowing it.
As part of DeSantis’ “Freedom Summer” initiative, the state’s transportation secretary, Jared W. Perdue, announced earlier this month that bridges in the state will have no choice but to be illuminated in red, white and blue from Memorial Day through Labor Day....
Pronouns and tribal affiliations are now forbidden in South Dakota public university employee emails (apnews.com)
A new South Dakota policy to stop the use of gender pronouns by public university faculty and staff in official correspondence is also keeping Native American employees from listing their tribal affiliations in a state with a long and violent history of conflict with tribes....
A matter of perspective... (lemmy.world)
Morgan Spurlock, documentary filmmaker behind 'Super Size Me,' dies at 53 (www.nbcnews.com)
The moon is a hot topic worldwide! (lemmy.world)
I'm with McCoy here (lemmy.world)
Sorry about that ridiculous watermark.
Historical[?] Plaque (lemmy.world)
Scientific dietary advice (lemmy.world)
Daily marijuana use outpaces daily drinking in the US, a new study says (apnews.com)
Google Search’s “udm=14” trick lets you kill AI search for good | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
Tack “&udm=14” on to the end of a normal search, and you’ll be booted into the clean 10 blue links interface. While Google might not let you set this as a default, if you have a way to automatically edit the Google search URL, you can create your own defaults.
I wouldn't use either at this point... (lemmy.world)
The Bubble Directive (images3.memedroid.com)
George Lucas Defends 'Star Wars' from Criticisms That 'It's All White Men': 'Most of the People Are Aliens!' (people.com)
Reserve your home now! (lemmy.world)
Jerky, 7-Fingered Scarlett Johansson Appears In Video To Express Full-Fledged Approval Of OpenAI (www.theonion.com)
ICQ, One of the Oldest Instant Messengers, Is Shutting Down (www.pcmag.com)
ICQ will stop working on June 26. It’s encouraging users to migrate to a messaging app from Russia-based VK, its parent company....
“Deny, denounce, delay”: The battle over the risk of ultra-processed foods (arstechnica.com)
Arr, matey! (lemmy.world)
This is where you put your victims’ bodies on display:...
Tea, Earl Grey, hot. Extra glue. (lemmy.world)
Ron DeSantis' new target in his 'war on woke'? Colors, apparently (www.msnbc.com)
As part of DeSantis’ “Freedom Summer” initiative, the state’s transportation secretary, Jared W. Perdue, announced earlier this month that bridges in the state will have no choice but to be illuminated in red, white and blue from Memorial Day through Labor Day....
Best Buy, Geek Squad most impersonated for scams in 2023 (www.theregister.com)
The richest Dutch pay 28% tax while the rest pay 40% or more (www.dutchnews.nl)
I thought we should bring some attention to this.
Free Speech (lemmy.world)