The question for those making the counter argument, or accepting it without doing any deeper reflection, is What do they really mean? If they are to say what they mean, not what they say, what would that really be?

… the definition of diversity is likely changing, expanding, and companies at their best are doing that (and at their worst just cutting and running) but these sure to stay soundbites are opportunities to better explain own’s position and add understanding to public debate. Shock dont really help.

A well designed, wholly legal, DEI plan related to hiring means considering a diverse slate of candidates and if an applicant is qualified for a position, as qualified as any other candidate, considering diversity, which most executives will tell you is important organizationally. It’s not a quota …

Effectively, it's a bogeyman for all sorts of headline failures and fears, so point is: no one should be aghast or shocked or whatever knee jerk reaction you have to it. Reasonable, well-informed arguments about why it is wrong on the facts are the only response, even if those fall on deaf ears.

This has become pretty consistent talking point, dating back to Boeing 737 Max (though only coincidentally about planes) when people pointed to clause in Boeing exec comp tied to DEI goals as cause, thru LA wildfires, and today. The political use of the 'DEI disaster' is fairly well established now.

@evgostock.bsky.social one of the best ways to make the EV transition reality is by providing reliable service to consumers. So…when a charging station is entering its fourth week of being down and the company’s message is that work is “ongoing” but there aint no sign of any work, not helping (imo)

Well, we won the Great American Coffee War of 2025, but seems over the weekend we also began losing the AI war of global supremacy. Personally, coffee more important to me, but nonetheless, here’s a primer on the Chinese tech breakthrough behind the latest market panic.
www.cnbc.com/2025/01/24/h...

“Think about that for a second. A Yankee chose to be a Met. And not just any Yankee.”
"I think Juan Soto looked at the New York Mets' future and believed that the Mets have a better future than Yankees."
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No. 5! A mystifier, but if u have kids/let em infest car bluetooth, 1 popstar earworm will burrow,and so ‘Enchanted’ by Taylor. Like a bad BF, couldnot get it outofmyhead. Oddly i hear a sludgy90sindieaxe version in there with bittersarcastic not genuine lyrics, and to song’s credit, it offers that

As EV owner in NYC i expect charging to be annoyance. Still, i have trouble with biz model of lots charging regular parking fee AND then charging for charging. Something seems wrong about that. I know space in NY at premium. But gas station dont charge entrance fee, so “the future” gotta do better

No. 6! ‘Javelin’ from Sufjan Stevens, all of it, one long sweet sad suite of a song imo. cant choose track. Just incredible stuff. And what he went thru to make, sure, dont need pain to make art but sometimes merciless unpitying pain can only be chipped away by means massively good like this music.

No. 7! From ‘I Could Never’ to ‘I Can’t Shake the Stranger Out of You,’ A. Savage, who left NY for Paris, continues to make great tunes wherever-this one at Wilco’s Loft in Chicago. A cover and blind spot in my knowledge: from what’s considered first openly gay Nashville album, Lavender Country,1973

No. 8! Prince’s ‘I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man.’ Took me by surprise in btwn admiring sea wall on FDR Drive and jogging-bigger surprise yet. Epic, poppy and relaxed.No easy feat. Guess couldabeen ESP hint of Kamala lament to Dems but think just song i never truly appreciated waybackwhen

No. 9! Because this band never gets enuf credit (from lame rock hall of fame or any of the many who say “arent they a joke band?”) … Devo’s ‘Girl U Want.’ No band ever better at breaking rock song down into its bare bones and reconstituting it as something novel. you can disagree. Freedom of Choice

My ten favorite song binges of 2024, in noparticularorder (though all maybe predictably similar) No. 10! … ‘Buffalo’ by Hurray for the Riff Raff. No song ever made me want to run to a guitar so fast to poorly sing and strum. Think maybe about climate apocalypse but it gives me nuthin but joy.

Passing along as shameless way to say i bought my first EV, a GM Equinox (maybe the last EV ever purchased in America, at least with tax credits) so if anyone has charging advice for Brooklynite please share. Or if anyone would like to laugh at Brooklynite who does not own home with charger, also OK

A wise former CEO once
told me that the worst mistake a leader can make which is sure to burn them is shifting with political winds. So if going all-in on DEI was arguably mistake No. 1, at least based on that belief, looks like maybe we’ve moved right along to mistake No. 2.

Any time you try something new you compare it to something old and known and there’s always the chance change alone will make you skeptical. ‘They were
too alike to be ignored, but too dissimilar to be trusted.’ Somebody philosophizing about humans said that, so that’s where I’m at.