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Remember Tractor Supply? And John Deere? Robby Starbuck gets results!

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, business, Culture, DEI, Economics, government, Health care, Law and Justice, Media bias, Politics in the Age of Trump, Progressive "Thought", Religion, Science and research, social media, transportationLeave a comment

This year, Robby Starbuck has been targeting large US companies for their counter-productive Woke policies, that might be making life difficult for employees, and upset customers. Insiders send him documents, and he publicizes the policies on X/Twitter. All that adverse publicity has changed corporate behavior dramatically in a short time. In a great real-world example …

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I reject the Metaverse

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Big Tech has deemed that the future is in the so-called "metaverse".  This is a virtual world, where people are supposed to be living and interacting with others, as avatars.  In fact, the biggest of "big tech", formerly known as Facebook, has gone so far as to change its corporate identity to Meta Platforms.  This …

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