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ProPublica<p>The Office That Investigates Disparities in Veterans’ Care Is Being “Liquidated”<br>—</p><p>The closure effectively hobbles the VA’s efforts to investigate and eliminate long-standing racial inequities that the department itself has acknowledged. “The consequences will be dire, wide-reaching and deadly,” an advocate for Black veterans said.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/veterans-affairs-trump-disparities-benefits-office-equity-assurance?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/veteran</span><span class="invisible">s-affairs-trump-disparities-benefits-office-equity-assurance?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Veterans</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Military</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Equity</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Government</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
HarriettMB<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> So much worse too. From <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> tl. Holy shit</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> Department Opens <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Snitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Snitch</span></a> Line Against <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Diversity</span></a></p><p>The snitch portal was launched in association with the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/extremist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extremist</span></a> group Moms for Liberty</p><p>Trump's Dept of Education has launched a new portal for Americans to rat out the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a>, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a>, &amp; <a href="https://beige.party/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> efforts at their local <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PublicSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSchools</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extremism</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StateSponsoredTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateSponsoredTerrorism</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-education-department-snitch-portal-against-diversity-1235282457/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rollingstone.com/politics/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics-news/trump-education-department-snitch-portal-against-diversity-1235282457/</span></a></p>
Former Comrade (from Little Whinging, Fuckershire) KeepTakingTheSoma<span class=""><span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://spinster.xyz/users/HebrideanHecate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>HebrideanHecate</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://spinster.xyz/users/TriptychTwinsRidesAgain" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TriptychTwinsRidesAgain</span></a></span> </span>If only they identified as non-binary pansexual gender fluid they/thems, perhaps they would be able to integrate into the rarified circles. <br><a class="hashtag" href="https://spinster.xyz/tag/equity" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#equity</a>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JointChiefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JointChiefs</span></a> chairmen traditionally remain in place as admins change, regardless of the president’s political party. But <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> White House &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> officials said they wanted to appoint their own top leaders.</p><p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> [drunk rapist] has previously said that General Brown should be fired because of his “woke” focus on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> programs in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryPreparedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryPreparedness</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> team identified 131 agencies within the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a>, then assigned one of at least 30 reviewers to examine all the agency’s sub-offices &amp; employees. DOGE staffers searched each agency’s structure &amp; personnel for the terms “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a>,” “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a>,” “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a>,” “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a>” &amp; “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a>.” Reviews were often completed within a day or two, records show.<br>
<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RegimeChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegimeChange</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heterosexism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A team of workers from the “US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> Service” developed step-by-step plans for carrying out <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s order to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/purge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>purge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> initiatives from the federal government—&amp; over the next six months intend to expand that campaign dramatically, acc/to documents obtained by WaPo. DOGE aims to target staffers who are NOT in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> roles &amp; employees who work in offices established by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> to ensure <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EqualRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EqualRights</span></a>, internal DOGE documents show.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a></p>
Snippety Snap (she/her)<p>My local brewpub, Kulshan Brewery, has this poster in their front window. More businesses need to take a stand, post similar messages publicly, and identify themselves as safe spaces in the resistance. </p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Diversity</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Equity</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inclusion</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The Biden admin encouraged schools in the opposite direction, promoting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> initiatives &amp; directing schools to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/respect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>respect</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> students’ rights, but it NEVER tried to CONDITION federal FUNDING on what was taught in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/classrooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classrooms</span></a>. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> Dept during <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s first term also did not try to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/curriculum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>curriculum</span></a>, w/then-Secretary Betsy DeVos arguing that the curriculum should be decided at the local level.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Whitewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whitewashing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReichEducationMinistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReichEducationMinistry</span></a></p>
ImYour HuckleberryOne of the best definitions of WOKE that I have heard. The rest of the video is on point also.<br><br><a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/Woke" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>Woke</a> <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/NickFreitas" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>NickFreitas</a> <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/MentisWave" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>MentisWave</a> <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/PostModernism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>PostModernism</a> <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/ObjectiveTruth" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>ObjectiveTruth</a> <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/ObjectiveMorality" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>ObjectiveMorality</a> <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/Equity" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>Equity</a> <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/Equality" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>Equality</a><br><br><a href="https://youtu.be/Y811Cw2_hZI?si=JsQp8UhOmsDqOlap&amp;t=469" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/Y811Cw2_hZI?si=JsQp8UhOmsDqOlap&amp;t=469</a>
Rowland Mosbergen<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://progressivecafe.social/@TonyStark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TonyStark</span></a></span> Cheryl Samuels en Twitter</p><p>Powerful delivery of Broken Ladders Report findings @shabnabegum76. Black women seen as too aggressive, Asian women seen as too passive. This is part of the reason for the concrete ceiling hindering career progression, when women are categorised this way. <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/womenleaders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womenleaders</span></a> <a href="https://t.co/vLQEtP3XB7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">t.co/vLQEtP3XB7</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> / Twitter</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/chezzy319/status/1674342737347325953" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">twitter.com/chezzy319/status/1</span><span class="invisible">674342737347325953</span></a></p><p>Found via nottheonlyone.org as one of 10,300+ <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Diversity</span></a>, <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Equity</span></a> and <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inclusion</span></a> items.</p>
Rowland Mosbergen<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://progressivecafe.social/@TonyStark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TonyStark</span></a></span> </p><p>No more tick boxes…</p><p>I have lost count of the number of time I’ve been told how “stretch opportunities” (such as acting up, secondments, and involvement in significant projects) which are the key to career progression have been filled by a tap on the shoulder followed by promotion. <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/SideBySide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SideBySide</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mdxminds.com/2021/09/16/no-more-tick-boxes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mdxminds.com/2021/09/16/no-mor</span><span class="invisible">e-tick-boxes/</span></a></p><p>Found via nottheonlyone.org as one of 10,300+ <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Diversity</span></a>, <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Equity</span></a> and <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inclusion</span></a> items.</p>
Rowland Mosbergen<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://progressivecafe.social/@TonyStark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TonyStark</span></a></span> </p><p>Here are some examples of why discrimination is like being poisoned.</p><p>I have lost count of the number of times I have had BME staff describe to me how they have watched White colleagues – whom they had welcomed, inducted, supported and helped to train – get promoted over them again and again. </p><p><a href="https://mdxminds.com/2021/09/16/no-more-tick-boxes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mdxminds.com/2021/09/16/no-mor</span><span class="invisible">e-tick-boxes/</span></a></p><p>Found via nottheonlyone.org as one of 10,300+ <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Diversity</span></a>, <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Equity</span></a> and <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inclusion</span></a> items.</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> puts federal “DEI staff” on leave </p><p>The Trump admin is moving to put employees in federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> programs on paid leave by 5PM Wednesday.</p><p>The move, which calls for agencies to develop a "reduction-in-force action" against the employees, comes after Trump signed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrders</span></a> ending <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> programs in the federal government.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heterosexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteChristianNationalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/01/22/nx-s1-5270081/trump-executive-orders-dei" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/01/22/nx-s1-52700</span><span class="invisible">81/trump-executive-orders-dei</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In its first cuts, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s *non-governmental* advisory group, the Department of Government Efficiency, or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>, posted a screenshot on X of a deleted page for the Office of Personnel Management’s inter-agency council for chief <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a> officers. The council advised agencies on diversity, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> programs. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> on Monday promised the end of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> practices in federal government &amp; said hiring would be based on merit (sure, Jan). “It begins,” Musk posted.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FACA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FACA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Among the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> executive actions rescinded by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> include an order that directed the federal government to prioritize racial <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> in its policy making.</p><p>The Trump admin revoked a Biden executive order that created a task force to reunify families separated at the southern <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a>. In the time the task force was in place, it reunified nearly 800 children with their parents, according to a report it released last year.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FamilySeparation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FamilySeparation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> uses his speech to declare that there “are only two genders: male and female,” according to government policy. That has to be a first for an inaugural speech.</p><p>Trump declares that he will stop efforts to “socially engineer <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/race" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>race</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> into every aspect of public &amp; private life” &amp; will instead “forge a society that is colorblind &amp; merit-based.” (Yeah, right)</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a></p>
h o ʍ l e t t<p>→ Amazon Quietly Rescinds Pledges to Protect Black and <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> Rights<br><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/amazon-quietly-rescinds-pledges-to-protect-black-and-lgbtq-rights/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">truthout.org/articles/amazon-q</span><span class="invisible">uietly-rescinds-pledges-to-protect-black-and-lgbtq-rights/</span></a></p><p>“This change comes as part of broader corporate rollbacks of <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a>, <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a>, and <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> (<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a>) programs, seemingly aligning with the GOP’s <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/farright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farright</span></a> agenda and signaling a disregard for the <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>safety</span></a> of <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/marginalized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marginalized</span></a> communities”</p><p>“While I have always believed that we are not going to be saved by <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/rainbow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rainbow</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a>, it is shocking how quickly years of work have been erased”</p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a></p>
NNY Liberty<p>Report: NYS grid transmission process must be more equitable</p><p><a href="https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2025-01-09/energy-policy/report-nys-grid-transmission-process-must-be-more-equitable/a94534-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">publicnewsservice.org/2025-01-</span><span class="invisible">09/energy-policy/report-nys-grid-transmission-process-must-be-more-equitable/a94534-1</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://liberdon.com/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a> <a href="https://liberdon.com/tags/NYS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYS</span></a> <br><a href="https://liberdon.com/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://liberdon.com/tags/Grid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grid</span></a> <a href="https://liberdon.com/tags/PowerGrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowerGrid</span></a> <br><a href="https://liberdon.com/tags/Equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Equity</span></a> <a href="https://liberdon.com/tags/Policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Policy</span></a> <a href="https://liberdon.com/tags/Transparancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transparancy</span></a></p>
Sharon Cummings Art (Back Up)<p>loving all people<br>a true Jesus follower<br>not a heretic</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastoprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastoprompt</span></a> - heretic</p><p>ART<br><a href="https://fineartamerica.com/featured/colorful-rainbow-art-by-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fineartamerica.com/featured/co</span><span class="invisible">lorful-rainbow-art-by-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artwork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colorful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colorful</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colorfulart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colorfulart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rainbow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rainbow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rainbows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rainbows</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/loveislove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loveislove</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>love</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lgbt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lgbt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtq</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lgbtqia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtqia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jesus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jesus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>christian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>christianity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kindness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kindnessmatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kindnessmatters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hope</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastoart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fedigiftshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fedigiftshop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/buyintoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buyintoart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SharonCummingsArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SharonCummingsArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lesbians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lesbians</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lesbian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lesbian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/friends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>friends</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/friendship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>friendship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smallpoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smallpoems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pride</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>family</span></a></p>
Puneet Singh Singhal<p>The holiday season often feels like a minefield for many neurodivergent individuals. Navigating overstimulation, disrupted routines, unspoken expectations, and the pressure to meet social norms; all of this is just so exhausting and overwhelming.</p><p>But, there’s power in acknowledging this. In naming the struggle. In recognizing that it’s not a weakness, but a mismatch between the world’s expectations and your unique wiring.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neurodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neurodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Equity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a></p>