Kulturkampf

[Potato]

Kanye is clearly very uncomfortable when she drops that coat.

[HaughtyFrank]

When you download a nude patch for your wife

[Alpacx]

 

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Kanye is back too

Meanwhile in Canada:

[benji]

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

That Readers added context post. 

[DavidCroquet]

That Readers added context post. 

wtf i love x now

EDIT: I take it back, the context notation got replaced with something that--while still accurate--is nowhere near as funny.

[Alpacx]

Too stupid for the international politics thread 



https://bsky.app/profile/mcuban.bsky.social/post/3lha7r7cofs2g

[Ribosome]

Isn't this guy the Bluesky Satan?

[benji]

[Uncle]

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/target-sued-defrauding-shareholders-dei-224901614.html

(Reuters) - Target has been sued for allegedly concealing the risks of its diversity and social initiatives, leading to a backlash that caused customers to flee and the stock price of the Minneapolis-based retailer to plummet.

In a proposed class action on Friday, shareholders led by the City of Riviera Beach Police Pension Fund in Florida said Target defrauded them into paying inflated prices for its stock and unknowingly supporting management's "misuse of investor funds to serve political and social goals."

The lawsuit said the retailer, CEO Brian Cornell and other officials failed to disclose the risk of consumer boycotts stemming from Target's Environmental, Social and Governance and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives.

It also said Target concealed backlash from its May 2023 Pride Month campaign, which led the retailer to remove some LGBTQ-themed merchandise after in-store confrontations led some employees to fear for their safety.

Target's share price fell 22% on Nov. 20, 2024, wiping out about $15.7 billion of market value, after it forecast disappointing profit and holiday sales.

Shareholders said Target's underperformance stood "in stark contrast" to results at rival Walmart, and reflected "continued backlash from its campaigns."

Target did not immediately respond on Monday to requests for comment.

The lawsuit in the Fort Myers, Florida federal court seeks damages for Target shareholders from Aug. 26, 2022 to Nov. 19, 2024.

It was filed after Target said on Jan. 24 it would end DEI initiatives this year, including a program to support Black-owned businesses that it adopted following the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.

Target joined Walmart, Amazon.com and some other prominent companies to scale back such initiatives, which have been attacked by many conservatives including U.S. President Donald Trump.

The case is City of Riviera Beach Police Pension Fund v Target Corp et al, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, No. 25-00085.

[Polident]

Target, specifically, was wild to visit recently because everything is locked up. I had to buzz a worker to hand me a $4.49 shaving cream. How did it get this way.

[HaughtyFrank]

Creator of the Terrifier movies says they're not political movies. People get mad

[benji]

Media literacy is when every aspect of the story and even the existence of the story itself is an ideological statement about how society should be.

[benji]

[Potato]

In her defence, she's not trying to be funny

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[benji]

Apologies for account, wanted the video, his tweet is clearly wrong they aren't mandating a non-binary person be elected he's trying to explain how they've changed the gender balance rules from two males/two females to one male/one female/one any:

Where's the representation of candidates who have NO gender? 

[DavidCroquet]

Also isn’t this balance clearly worse?

Dude might as well have said “instead of 2 men and 2 women, we’re going to a system of having 2 men and 1 woman”

[Uncle]

I know 90% of bore is like I ain't watchin' that, you don't have to, just dropping this off

[HardcoreRetro]

I have to say that the Emilio Estevez trans actor shit has been entertaining as hell.

Kind of want "her" to win now.

[Alpacx]

I know 90% of bore is like I ain't watchin' that, you don't have to, just dropping this off

I actually listened to the podcast yesterday. The Exec left A-B a few years before Dylan Mulvaney incident so it wasn't really an inside view.

He had interesting stuff to say but i couldn't stand the host. Just fast forwarded whenever I heard the host's voice.

I've never been an "ESG is ruining business" person and there was foo much of that and not enough about A-B for me.
 

Edit: correction: It was actually another dudebro podcast I listened to. Exec's hustling promoting his book.

The one interesting thing I heard him say and the reason he left A-B was he had a collaboration for Bud lined up with some 'murica coffee company that was squashed because the coffee company's values weren't in line with the ~2021 progressive zeitgeist.

That probably wouldn't have damaged the brand like Mulvaney did

[Uncle]

I agree, had the same thoughts when they said right at the start that he left before it all went down, but there was some interesting discussion in there about watching the decline, like their plans to partner with black rifle coffee for lots of sensible business reasons but then couldn't because some guy wore a black rifle coffee hat on jan 6

[Alpacx]

I agree, had the same thoughts when they said right at the start that he left before it all went down, but there was some interesting discussion in there about watching the decline, like their plans to partner with black rifle coffee for lots of sensible business reasons but then couldn't because some guy wore a black rifle coffee hat on jan 6

Ahh, don't think he mentioned the Jan 6 hat on the podcast I actually listened to.

For sure he has some interesting stuff to say. I'd rather read the book but 1) I'm not buying that. 2) no way my Canadian library brings it in even if I request it.

[Uncle]

listen at 41:52 for the black rifle coffee story

[HaughtyFrank]

I have to say that the Emilio Estevez trans actor shit has been entertaining as hell.

Kind of want "her" to win now.

Would guaranteed be an all timer victory speech

[TylenolJones]

 

White slavery is now legal under Trump.

[benji]

The slave masters just sold him at auction again.

[DavidCroquet]

Posted without comment.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/what%E2%80%99s-the-point-of-supporting-a-single-nba-team-when-its-players-can-be-traded-at-any-moment.1101864/

[Besticus Maximus]

Posted without comment.

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Americans 

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Posted without comment.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/what%E2%80%99s-the-point-of-supporting-a-single-nba-team-when-its-players-can-be-traded-at-any-moment.1101864/

It's almost like sports are just a life sized game of make believe actions figure playdates for the ultra rich.

[TylenolJones]

The slave masters just sold him at auction again.