What Republicans really mean when they blame 'DEI'
submitted by https://lemmy.world/u/MicroWave
Summary
The term “DEI” (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) has become a coded way for Republicans to conceal their anti-Black racism, echoing past racist dog whistles.
This parallels with Lee Atwater’s 1981 admission that conservatives used abstract terms like “states’ rights” to mask racism.
Today, figures like Alina Habba, Tim Burchett, and far-right influencers use “DEI hire” to discredit qualified Black figures.
The media’s failure to challenge this rhetoric allows racism to persist, making “DEI” a modern substitute for explicit racial slurs.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/11/dei-trump-republicans-racism
google is not and never was your friend, it is a dictator tool: Degoogle
submitted by https://lemm.ee/u/ooli2
Laundry Day at the Department
submitted by https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/u/Sir_Kevin
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/c08d6f6e-76f0-4f83-83f6-a9370b3c043b.webp
My cat is yelling because I faked bathroom time
submitted by https://lemmy.ca/u/wise_pancake
Every night before bed my cat either waits at the bathroom for me or runs into the bathroom at full speed for before bed bathroom time. If I’m up too late he tries to get me to go to bed to keep his routine.
Today he wasn’t there so I just went without him.
After I came out he sat at the door staring at me meowing. My wife convinced me to give him fake bathroom time, so I went to the bathroom and sat down and pet him for a minute or two then left.
Except when I left he just sat at the door, clearly knowing it wasn’t real bathroom time. He’s being yelling and howling since and refuses to come to bed now that I’ve broken our ritual.
Upvote RSS - Generate RSS feeds from social aggregation websites like Reddit, Lemmy, and Hacker News
submitted by https://lemmy.world/u/johnny5w
Upvote RSS is a self-hosted project I’ve been working on that generates RSS feeds from social aggregation websites like Lemmy, Reddit, and Hacker News. You can subscribe to Lemmy communities, subreddits, and Hacker News while filtering to only the top posts. It will embed Reddit post media (videos, images, galleries), and you can optionally include parsed article content, AI-generated summaries, top comments, and more. Here are some of the features:
Supports Lemmy communities, subreddits, Hacker News, and more to come
Configurable filtering to dial in the right number of posts per day in your feed reader
Embedded post media: videos, galleries, images
Parsers to extract clean content and add featured images
AI article summaries
Estimated reading time, score, and permalinks to the original post
Top comments
NSFW filtering/blurring (Reddit only for now)
Custom Reddit domain
Light/dark mode for feed previews
Here’s the GitHub link if you’d like to give it a spin:
https://github.com/johnwarne/upvote-rss
And the preview website (not all options are available here):
In emergency decision, James Webb telescope will study 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 before its close approach to Earth
submitted by https://lemmy.ca/u/floofloof
Valve Bans Forced In-Game Ads From All Steam Titles
submitted by https://lemmy.ca/u/alessandro
https://kotaku.com/valve-steam-adverts-ads-ban-free-to-play-1851759164
Steam's overlords still think in-game ads are fine as long as they're "appropriate"
submitted by https://lemmy.zip/u/ZippyBot
One year ago!
submitted by https://lemmy.world/u/BallShapedMan
It’s been a year since I decided to invest in myself in art. Started with buying a PC connected tablet (pictured) and within a month or so getting a phone that comes with a pen. The phone has made a world of difference as it eliminated the barriers between my busy life and art. Join a conference call early, draw. Waiting at the doctor’s office, draw. Watching something with my wife that she enjoys but I’m not excited about, draw.
Totally worth it and the art I’ve made on this little phone sometimes gets close to artists I admire and have wish I could be like.
If you’re thinking you want to get better at art maybe eliminate barriers and do your art daily.
If you’re a reader, the book Atomic Habits has a ton of great ideas. It’s what inspired me to get the tablet and then the phone.
3 Baltic states disconnect from the Soviet-era grid to merge with the European energy system
submitted by https://lemmy.world/u/MicroWave
Summary
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania officially disconnected from Russia’s Soviet-era power grid on Saturday, marking a major geopolitical shift.
The Baltic nations will operate independently for 24 hours before integrating with Europe’s energy system via links with Finland, Sweden, and Poland.
The move severs their last energy ties with Russia and Belarus, reducing reliance on Russian resources amid ongoing tensions.
For the three countries, as well as the rest of Europe, the move was steeped in geopolitical and symbolic significance.
!fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com is a community dedicated to the promotion of Lemmy to other platforms (mostly Reddit)
submitted by https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/u/Blaze
!fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com
We could use some help to spread the word about Lemmy in relevant Reddit threads, feel free to join if you’re interested
Polls keep showing Americans want Elon Musk and DOGE out of government
submitted by https://lemmy.world/u/MicroWave
Summary
Multiple polls show that a significant portion of Americans oppose Elon Musk’s influence in government, particularly through DOGE.
A CBS/YouGov poll found that nearly half of respondents want Musk to have little or no influence, with opinions split along party lines.
Other polls from The Economist, Quinnipiac, and advocacy groups also reveal broad concerns over Musk’s power and lack of oversight.
Meanwhile, the White House continues to defend Musk and selectively highlight poll results that support Trump’s administration while ignoring criticism.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/polls-elon-doge-out-of-government/
Fox Bleeps Out Entire Kendrick Lamar Performance
submitted by https://lemm.ee/u/Garibaldee
https://theonion.com/fox-bleeps-out-entire-kendrick-lamar-performance/
Measles outbreak erupts in one of Texas’ least vaccinated counties
submitted by https://lemmy.world/u/return2ozma
The Great Leveler
submitted by https://lemmy.world/u/merari42
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/79eb8355-36b1-4526-890c-f964ce5150f3.webp
Silver Wolf booty
submitted by https://ani.social/u/severalkittens
https://ani.social/pictrs/image/b41be4bc-50b9-487b-8034-8420b4e9ff72.webp