If reporting critically on what the government and its members are up to is now "feeding the trolls", then the phrase has lost all meaning.
It's one thing to not engage with online bullies and leave them bored. It's another thing entirely to start anew with first they came for the illegal immigrants, and I didn't say anything, for I wasn't an illegal immigrant.
Translating a comment by a Norwegian author:
as someone who once put in a lot of effort to excuse the far right etc when they maybe cross the line a little bit but probably don't really mean it so let's all calm down a bit, I've learned one thing:
the only reward you get for doing this is that they the next day bombastically step over that same line to show that they don't feel bound by your wimpy sense of decency
because the fight is against what they perceive as a wimpy, castrated centrist decency is one of the central driving forces in such groups
More people who have tried to explain away the nazi salute could probably stand to learn the same lesson ASAP. The only thing they're really communicating is that the rich & powerful can do what they want and the excusers will stay their loyal lapdogs.
As I read it, it seems they want people to report if some place pretended to end DEI practices after the election but actually just reworded it so it wouldn't be directly impacted by a literal anti-DEI mandate by Trump.
The actual mail phrasing came from another government agency, the “Chief Human Capital Officers Council” (chcoc.gov); this is likely sent out far more places than just NASA.
The email content is the content of the template email in this "Chief Human Capital Officers Council".gov document on "Initial Guidance Regarding DEIA Executive Orders".
So while it's signed Janet Petro, she's ~*~ just following orders ~*~, and it's clear that's what the white house wants as well with that vague threat of "adverse consequences"
I imagine the German response here is to be annoyed that they've worked very hard to be able to do this without telefax, indeed without paper at all, and it's still not considered good enough by the peanut gallery.
A whole lot of their worldview seems centered on their inability to create or improve things.
It's kind of funny; I remember conservative messaging about personal responsibility. But when they're on the receiving end of that same messaging it's just a personal insult, apparently.
I have no idea what it could actually be used for either, or what would make it a worthwhile investment
Finally Oslo can get its own Tyholt tower! I am expecting a revolving Egon's up in there!
yeah, ä and æ get transcribed as ae and is a different sound.
Aj kudd traj tu eksplejn itt, bøtt Aj'll dsjøst lett the "æøå" viddijåo du the tåking. År singing, Aj gess.
Yeah, X is sort of his Dearborn Independent. Only that never became state-controlled media the way X now has with Musk becoming part of the state.
Lots of food has been getting more expensive. The response seems to be largely electing climate deniers.