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....
This measure in a vacuum is not inherently bad, though it is authoritarian and, yes, contrary to a Republican’s (theoretical) advocacy to small government. Rwanda also removed legal distinctions between Tutsi and Hutu, but it was done after and because of the genocide.
A new animated video, “Otsuchi Cho Kagura Daihammer,” produced in collaboration with the Sanriku ❤️ Otsuchi PR Ambassadors and the citizens of Otsuchi town, was released on the Otsuchi Town Tourism Association YouTube channel on May 7th!...
In absolute terms, it’s a middling TV episode-length feature. But if you consider that a local town commissioned this i.e. it has a low budget, what came out with the available resources is pretty decent.
It’s really very hard to have a proper conversation on the limits of actions that can be taken. Like, how can someone push back on overreaching/unreasonable measures without being accused of being an enabler or a perpetrator?
Today, one day after Microsoft announced that it would shut down four of its games studios, Matt Booty, head of Xbox Game Studios, held a town hall to discuss the division’s future goals. “We need smaller games that give us prestige and awards,” Booty told employees, according to internal remarks shared with The Verge....
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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....
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A new animated video, “Otsuchi Cho Kagura Daihammer,” produced in collaboration with the Sanriku ❤️ Otsuchi PR Ambassadors and the citizens of Otsuchi town, was released on the Otsuchi Town Tourism Association YouTube channel on May 7th!...
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Was banning human slavery an authoritarian decision?
Obviously it was a good thing that it was banned, but I’m just wondering if it would technically be considered authoritarian....
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Today, one day after Microsoft announced that it would shut down four of its games studios, Matt Booty, head of Xbox Game Studios, held a town hall to discuss the division’s future goals. “We need smaller games that give us prestige and awards,” Booty told employees, according to internal remarks shared with The Verge....
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