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Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Admin Threatens to Withhold <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Funds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Funds</span></a> From <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSchools</span></a></p><p>State <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> officials will be required to verify that they have eliminated all programs that promote <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> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a>] that the administration deems *unlawful* [uncomfortable for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigots</span></a>] according to a new memo.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/indoctrination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indoctrination</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/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</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/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> <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/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</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/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/us/politics/public-school-funding-trump-dei.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=AEB43A0E-0ED5-401C-9960-8E17975F9091" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/03/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/public-school-funding-trump-dei.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=AEB43A0E-0ED5-401C-9960-8E17975F9091</span></a></p>
Martin Michaelis (he/him)<p>Life is not fair. "Compared with a white driver traveling the same speed, we find that racial or ethnic minority drivers are 24 to 33% more likely to be cited for speeding and pay 23 to 34% more money in fines." <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equality</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp5357" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc</span><span class="invisible">e.adp5357</span></a></p>
Katy Elphinstone<p>"There's nothing in this world stronger than a soft heart that refused to harden"</p><p>That's beautiful ❤️ </p><p>(Credit to @colavsdaughter)</p><p>💜💙💚💛🧡❤️🩷</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Autistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autistic</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disabled</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Feminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Feminism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Equity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BlackLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackLivesMatter</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a></p>
PeachMcD<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@nazgul" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nazgul</span></a></span> <br>The US was built on stolen land, from murdered populations, using enslaved labor</p><p>"A house built on sand cannot stand...." &amp; this house has been given plenty of time to recognize its cruel ignorant arrogance </p><p>I am heartbroken about the suffering the fall of this house is causing but praying we can eventually rebuild on Rock:<br><a href="https://union.place/tags/Equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Equity</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Compassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Compassion</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Truth</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solidarity</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In an especially strange twist, the case — against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TownstoneFinancial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TownstoneFinancial</span></a>, a small Chicago-based lender — was brought during <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s first term by Kathleen Kraninger, the director he appointed to run the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussVought</span></a>, who became the agency’s acting director last month, said it had “used radical ‘<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a>’ arguments to tag Townstone as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a> with zero evidence, &amp; spent years persecuting &amp; extorting them.”</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></p>
Paul Giulan<p>How <a href="https://federate.social/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> is stored in the <a href="https://federate.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://federate.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/RealEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RealEstate</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/consumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumer</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/stocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stocks</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/pension" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pension</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gold</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/investment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investment</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/investing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investing</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/asset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asset</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/graphics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graphics</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/visualization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>visualization</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/DataViz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataViz</span></a></p>
Lisa Schiff<p>Need a place to discuss <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> in these challenging moments? Come to the 3/24 DLF Committee on <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> mtg where we’ll talk about supporting each other in this time; how institutions are responding, or not; how to best advocate for IMLS. DM me for participation info.</p>
The Carpentries<p>📢 Affirming Our Commitment to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility.</p><p>The Carpentries has always been committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and accessible community. In light of growing global challenges to efforts that support diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility—including the impact of the recent U.S. Executive Order on related programs—we want to reaffirm our stance.</p><p>💡 Creating inclusive and equitable learning spaces is essential to open science and open education—not radical, wasteful, or preferential.</p><p>For 27 years, our community has built pathways to make learning more accessible, research more reproducible, and collaboration more inclusive. We remain steadfast in that mission. </p><p>Read our full statement by our Executive Director <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@drkariljordan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>drkariljordan</span></a></span> and Chair of our Board of Directors <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@yabellini" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>yabellini</span></a></span>, and explore our resources to support this work: <a href="https://carpentries.org/blog/2025/03/the-carpentries-reinforced-commitment-to-inclusion-diversity-equity-and-accessibility/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">carpentries.org/blog/2025/03/t</span><span class="invisible">he-carpentries-reinforced-commitment-to-inclusion-diversity-equity-and-accessibility/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TheCarpentries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCarpentries</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inclusion</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Diversity</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Equity</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a></p>
Peter Gleick<p>Fantastic new report from the Pacific Institute on how climate change will affect access to water and sanitation in vulnerable, frontline communities in the US, and what to do about it. Climate, water, and equity continue to be our focus.<br><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a></p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/wastewater-systems-climate-change-trump-3f172f63fc95dbd7d44b9404cb4793da" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/wastewater-</span><span class="invisible">systems-climate-change-trump-3f172f63fc95dbd7d44b9404cb4793da</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“If anybody needed a clearer sign that this administration gives not a single damn for the people of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>, this is it,” Matthew Tejada, a fmr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> ofcl who is now a snr VP for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EnvironmentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalHealth</span></a> at the Natural Resources Defense Fund, a nonprofit.<br>Molly Vaseliou, an EPA spox, described the moves as *organizational improvements* that align w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s orders to end *wasteful* spending &amp; <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.<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/EnvironmentalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalJustice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HealthEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthEquity</span></a></p>
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>
Nonilex<p>While <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> suggests the federal govt is doing too much on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a>, he also demands that it do more. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> is expected to amplify Trump’s call for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> to excise *illegal discrimination* in the *guise* of <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 or risk losing federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a>, which accounts for about 10% of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/K12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>K12</span></a> public <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/school" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>school</span></a> dollars &amp; a significant share of higher education funding.</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/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</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/indoctrination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indoctrination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Starting Wed, &gt;100k people, many of them parishioners at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BlackChurches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackChurches</span></a>, are pledging to abstain from shopping at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Target" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Target</span></a>, part of a 40-day nationwide <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/boycott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boycott</span></a> of the retail giant more than a month after the company abandoned its <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.
<br>The effort, led by prominent faith &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> leaders such as Pastor Jamal Bryant, includes Atlanta, Houston, Jacksonville, &amp; Alexandria.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</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/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</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/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/05/target-boycott-dei-40-day-fast/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/business/20</span><span class="invisible">25/03/05/target-boycott-dei-40-day-fast/</span></a></p>
(((Cindy Weinstein)))<p>Not nearly good enough: "A spokesperson for <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Target" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Target</span></a> said the company is still committed to inclusivity and offers a wide range of products and services, including items that are owned by Black and minority vendors."</p><p><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/40-day-target-boycott-starts-103052115.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">yahoo.com/finance/news/40-day-</span><span class="invisible">target-boycott-starts-103052115.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BoycottTarget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottTarget</span></a><br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Diversity</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Equity</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inclusion</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRightsAreHumanRights</span></a></p>
Voting is Your POWER<p>Apple’s shareholders voted, and the company’s DEI policies will continue. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/dei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dei</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-investors-reject-proposal-against-dei-policies-2025-02-25/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/technology/apple-i</span><span class="invisible">nvestors-reject-proposal-against-dei-policies-2025-02-25/</span></a></p>
Adam van Sertima<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/newIntroduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newIntroduction</span></a></p><p>Hi, I’m Adam. I teach film &amp; culture at a small college in Montréal(unceded territory). Bonne Française, wenig Deutsch &amp; Latin.</p><p>I also do carpentry &amp; renos. Interactive sculpture &amp; music are my creative practices.</p><p>I’m straight, but not narrow. Until women, the differently-abled, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, Trans Folx &amp; Worker’s rights are universally protected, no human is really free.</p><p>We are in a climate crisis. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LessIsMore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LessIsMore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LeaveItInTheGround" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeaveItInTheGround</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Vaccinate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vaccinate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BeKind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeKind</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Equity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> 🇨🇦</p>
beSpacific<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> Deleted From Government Websites, Federal Workers <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Fired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fired</span></a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Colleges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colleges</span></a> Erase Programs and Research – “Colleges have been a conservative target for years. Under <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, it’s total <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/warfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warfare</span></a> on all aspects of higher <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> — from student life to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/hiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hiring</span></a> to athletics.” Update via <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/LLRX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLRX</span></a> on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> escalating actions to eliminate <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</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/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a>, and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> throughout institutions of higher learning. <a href="https://www.llrx.com/2025/02/climate-and-dei-deleted-from-government-websites-federal-workers-fired/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">llrx.com/2025/02/climate-and-d</span><span class="invisible">ei-deleted-from-government-websites-federal-workers-fired/</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/civilliberties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civilliberties</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a></p>
farnkraut<p>This is a really good time for Europe to properly question <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> and <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> and work towards a different kind of <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> that is more conducive to and keeping <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> alive. With much more <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> and <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equality</span></a> and a focus on societal happiness instead of GDP and investor greed.</p>
Nonilex<p>Tiffany Justice, of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MomsForLiberty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MomsForLiberty</span></a>, touted the launch of the portal, highlighting it as an opportunity for parents to push back against "critical [race] theory, *rogue* sex education, &amp; *divisive* ideologies." She added: "Now is the time that you share the receipts of the betrayal that has happened in our public schools."</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/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extremism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateSponsoredTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateSponsoredTerrorism</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/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Snitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Snitch</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> <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/PublicSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSchools</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The portal, called EndDEI.ed.gov [yes, that’s an official dot gov address], debuted w/a press release that featured no govt authorities, but rather a quote from a co-founder of the reactionary group <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MomsForLiberty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MomsForLiberty</span></a>, which is infamous for its anti-<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ activism &amp; links to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightWing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/militant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>militant</span></a> groups like the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ProudBoys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProudBoys</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/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</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> <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/PublicSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSchools</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extremism</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/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>