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Bill Barrick
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77yo retired RN Health Care Research guy. Into tech that brings people together. 🏳️‍🌈 @bbarrickrn on Threads and Bluesky
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2. The designation is only legally available to companies majority owned by someone: 1. "Subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice or cultural bias," AND 2. Has a net worth of under $850,000.

Elon Musk is neither of these things

Neuralink did not respond to a request for comment.
Musk’s Neuralink falsified federal forms, claims to qualify for racial diversity program
The company, owned by the world's wealthiest man, says it is a "small disadvantaged business"
www.muskwatch.com
July 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
And why would Trump start paying contractors at this late date?
July 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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The study uses the patchwork of state and local plastic bag policies across the U.S., plus crowdsourced data from 45k+ shoreline cleanups, to show that plastic bag taxes and fees reduce bag litter by 25-47% in the jurisdictions that pass them. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/c...
Banning Plastic Bags Works to Limit Shoreline Litter, Study Finds
www.nytimes.com
June 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Also, checking NYT front page, it does not mention that the murdered Minnesota “politician” was a Democrat and that the shooter was a conservative Republican.

It’s as if the NYT is actively trying to hide the rise in extreme Republican political violence.
June 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM