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Old Oct 13, 2025 | 02:21 PM
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This one is from 2019, but it is as relevant today as it was then.

Specifically, the slide below was part of a presentation given by Angela Jones, J.D. at the 2019 Washington STEM summit:






STEM, of course, stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, generally in the context of education.


Here is Angela Jones' LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-jones-j-d-218a073/

She is putting her law degree to good use as an "Agent of Change / Good Ancestor" at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, where she is the director of "Washington State Initiative & US Charters."

"If you conclude that outcomes differences by demographic subgroup are a result of anything other than a broken system, that is, by definition bigotry."


This is a real thing.



Old Oct 13, 2025 | 02:36 PM
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I left my position as a mentor of one of the local robotics team for this very reason. Either you want to teach science and engineering, or you indoctrinate. You can't have it both ways. A bandsaw doesn't care what your pronouns are, it will still take your fingers off.
Old Oct 13, 2025 | 02:39 PM
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Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!
https://www.historyonthenet.com/azte...man-sacrifices
Old Oct 13, 2025 | 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by xturner

I'm assuming that there is probably a leftist somewhere who can explain why pointing out that the Aztecs engaged in ritual human sacrifice is racist.

I also saw an interesting statistic recently. It says that there are millions of genders, but only two races: White and Diverse.
Old Oct 13, 2025 | 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
I also saw an interesting MADE-UP statistic recently. It says that there are millions of genders, but only two races: White and Diverse.
Fixed that for ya.
Old Oct 13, 2025 | 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by rleete
I left my position as a mentor of one of the local robotics team for this very reason.
I'm sorry to hear that.

This specific instance struck me as particularly galling, given the context of the setting.

Saying "this phenomenon can have only one possible cause" is precisely the opposite of how a good scientist would approach just about anything.


Old Oct 13, 2025 | 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
I'm assuming that there is probably a leftist somewhere who can explain why pointing out that the Aztecs engaged in ritual human sacrifice is racist.
I suppose it would be equally racist(under current definitions) to point out that the Aztecs were conquered -and colonized- by the Spanish.

My friend Tony Colon is Puerto Rican - “I always thought that I was white!”
Old Oct 21, 2025 | 02:17 PM
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I completely forgot about International Pronouns Day this year! Didn't even get a cake to bring into work.


Old Oct 21, 2025 | 03:33 PM
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Da fuq?
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kids are born this way:

also kids:

Old Nov 23, 2025 | 02:40 PM
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Old Nov 23, 2025 | 02:57 PM
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Old Dec 31, 2025 | 12:29 PM
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Someone has been having fun with ChatGPT:


Old Jan 1, 2026 | 04:42 PM
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I have found a new favorite cartoonist.



Old Jan 8, 2026 | 11:52 AM
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In other news, Professor Martin Peterson at Texas A&M University has been instructed to remove certain works by Plato, one of the foundational scholars of Western philosophy, from the curriculum of his Intro to Philosophy course.

This is because some of Plato's writings violate the Texas A&M University System's rules which prohibit the discussions of “race or gender ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity” in most undergraduate courses.

https://pen.org/press-release/plato-...ptq29PI9ds8qPw

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Definitely wouldn't want snowflakes to learn to question what they are told or what they think they believe.

That bit of nonsense deserves some Monty Python.
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cant decide who is worse in this situation:





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