Disney Parks went full woke on Tuesday as Disney Parks Chairman Josh D’Amaro detailed the organization’s commitment to having “more representation and accountability.” Disney Parks will take a new approach that provides “greater flexibility with respect to forms of personal expression surrounding gender-inclusive hairstyles, jewelry, nail styles, and costume choices” as part of the addition of its new core “Key of Inclusion.” A Disney Parks blog, titled “A Place Where Everyone is Welcome,” detailed Disney’s recommitment to diversity, in which D’Amaro envisioned a place where cast members “feel a sense of belonging at work.” “That means cultivating an environment where all people feel welcomed and appreciated for their unique life experiences, perspectives and culture,” he wrote, calling to celebrate “allyship.” In order to create magic for everyone, we must include everyone. Our Chairman shares an update on how we’re building a Disney where all are welcome and everyone … [Read more...] about Disney Unveils ‘Key of Inclusion’ in Effort to ‘Create World Where Everyone Belongs’
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This HD TV is virtually free at Walmart
If you need to buy a new TV, whether to add entertainment to a room or to replace a model that can’t be saved by repairs, you shouldn’t worry about having to spend too much. You can purchase a TV even with a tight budget if you know where to look, including our roundup of the best Walmart TV deals . An offer from Walmart that might be too good for you to refuse is for this 32-inch JVC HD TV, which is on sale with a $51 discount to lower its price to just $79, from its original price of $130. The JVC LT-32MAW200 features a 32-inch screen with 720p resolution, for picture quality that lets you enjoy all the details of your favorite TV shows and movies, while the LED-backlit flat panel display’s high brightness enables vivid and brilliant pictures. The HD TV’s slim bezels create an even more immersive viewing experience, as the design makes the screen look even larger. This 32-inch JVC HD TV is equipped with three HDMI ports, so you can have multiple devices connected to it at … [Read more...] about This HD TV is virtually free at Walmart
A dozen people are missing after a commercial vessel capsized off Louisiana coast
(CNN) Six people were rescued and 12 others are missing after a commercial vessel capsized several miles south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana, officials said Tuesday. The lift vessel had 18 people on board, Lafourche Parish President Archie Chaisson told CNN. "Coast Guard watchstanders received an emergency position indicating radio beacon notification at 4:30 p.m. of a distressed 129-foot commercial lift vessel," according to a Coast Guard news release . An urgent marine information broadcast was issued, and multiple "good Samaritan boatcrews" responded, helping with the rescues, according to the release. The National Weather Service in New Orleans issued a special marine warning Tuesday about steep waves for the coastal waters from Port Fourchon to Lower Atchafalaya River, Louisiana. Read More "Seek safe harbor," the service said, adding, "Take protective actions." This is a developing story and will be updated. … [Read more...] about A dozen people are missing after a commercial vessel capsized off Louisiana coast
Lifelogging isn’t dead. It lives on, just without any of the promised benefits
If you were interested in technology around 2013 and 2014, lifelogging , or the practice of recording everything about your life for digital posterity, increased self-awareness, and potentially personal growth, was the big trend . The wide adoption of lifelogging seemed inevitable, at least based on the number of products and interest surrounding it, but it never really took off in the way lifelogging evangelists said it would. Or did it? Despite all the privacy concerns that eventually made lifelogging a dirty word, we have still all become lifeloggers — we just don’t call it that. Sadly, we may have lost out on the main redeeming feature about it in the process. Lifelogging tech Google Glass is perhaps the quintessential life-logging product. It was designed to be worn all the time and had a camera that could take stills and video, which it then uploaded directly to Google Now (remember that?) for all to see, and you to remember. You could feasibly catalog everything that … [Read more...] about Lifelogging isn’t dead. It lives on, just without any of the promised benefits
Stitch Fix: Reluctant Pioneers Of The Slow Startup Movement
advertisement advertisement advertisement Unlike a lot of startups bolstered by VC bucks and big expectations, Stitch Fix knows when to button up and get to work. advertisement advertisement When I met with CEO Katrina Lake early last year, I had the distinct impression that she didn’t really want to talk to me. We met in the San Francisco offices her company occupied at the time. They were larger than the apartment-slash-headquarters she’d operated from while finishing up at Harvard Business School, but the space felt crowded with its four full-time employees, handful of part-timers, and racks of on-trend women’s clothes and accessories waiting to be plucked, packed, and shipped in personalized, five-item “fixes” that customers could try on, keep, or return according to their whims. Lake agreed to speak for a story about subscription commerce companies but only on the condition that neither she nor Stitch Fix would be the … [Read more...] about Stitch Fix: Reluctant Pioneers Of The Slow Startup Movement
Fauci fatigue sets in as top doc sows doubt in vaccine effectiveness
Years from now when we look back at the coronavirus pandemic, one of the first people we'll think of is Anthony Fauci Anthony Fauci Overnight Health Care: US health officials call for J&J vaccine pause over rare blood clots | White House seeks to reassure Five questions raised by the Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause Biden says vaccine supply not impacted by J&J pause MORE , director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. And why not? It was one year ago when an argument could be made that the two most trusted public figures on COVID-19 were Fauci and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Andrew Cuomo New Mexico governor settles with former campaign aide over claim of unwanted sexual behavior Fauci fatigue sets in as top doc sows doubt in vaccine effectiveness New Mexico governor signs marijuana legalization bill MORE (D). We all know about the spectacular fall of the latter from 70-something percent approval … [Read more...] about Fauci fatigue sets in as top doc sows doubt in vaccine effectiveness
Holder, Yates lead letter backing Biden pick for Civil Rights Division at DOJ
A group of former Justice Department officials, including former Attorney General Eric Holder Eric Himpton Holder Holder, Yates lead letter backing Biden pick for Civil Rights Division at DOJ Senate panel dukes it out over voting rights Progressive groups announce M voting rights effort MORE and former acting Attorney General Sally Yates Sally Caroline Yates Holder, Yates lead letter backing Biden pick for Civil Rights Division at DOJ Biden directs DOJ to phase out use of private prisons The Hill's 12:30 Report: Sights and sounds from chaotic downtown DC MORE , wrote to senators on Monday in support of President Biden Joe Biden IRS to roll out payments for ,000 child tax credit in July Capitol Police told not to use most aggressive tactics in riot response, report finds Biden to accompany first lady to appointment for 'common medical procedure' MORE 's nominee to lead the department's Civil Rights Division. The … [Read more...] about Holder, Yates lead letter backing Biden pick for Civil Rights Division at DOJ
The Memo: How liberal will the Biden presidency be?
Nearly three months after President Biden Joe Biden IRS to roll out payments for ,000 child tax credit in July Capitol Police told not to use most aggressive tactics in riot response, report finds Biden to accompany first lady to appointment for 'common medical procedure' MORE assumed office, friends and foes alike are looking for clear evidence of just how liberal his administration is going to be. It has been hard to pin the White House down, ideologically speaking. Is he maintaining the cautious center-left approach that he has followed most of his career? Or is he pursuing a paradigmatic shift in American politics in the manner of President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society or President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal? ADVERTISEMENT The answer is: a bit of both. And that holds both opportunities and perils. Corbin Trent, a former communications director for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez NY House Democrats demand … [Read more...] about The Memo: How liberal will the Biden presidency be?
Republican legislators target private sector election grants
Republican state legislators are promoting legislation in states across the country that would ban local government officials from accepting money from private sector groups that would aid in election administration. A massive election overhaul package in Georgia included the ban on private funding last month. The Arizona legislature passed a measure banning outside funding for elections operations last week. The Texas legislature is working on its own measure, part of a broader overhaul of election administration rules that Democrats have castigated as a means of excluding minority and low-income voters. The measures come after groups funded by wealthy benefactors, including Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg Mark Elliot Zuckerberg Republican legislators target private sector election grants Advocacy group accuses Facebook of fueling anti-Muslim hate Texas GOP move to overhaul voting laws: What you need to know MORE and his wife, the physician Priscilla Chan, … [Read more...] about Republican legislators target private sector election grants
Harris: Daunte Wright ‘should be alive today’
Vice President Harris spoke out Tuesday on the recent police killing of Daunte Wright , a 20-year-old Black man, saying the country needs to "fully address racial injustice." “He should be alive today,” Harris said while participating in a White House roundtable on Black maternal health. “Our nation needs justice and healing and law enforcement must be held to the highest standards of accountability.” “We know that folks will keep dying if we don't fully address racial injustice and inequities in our country from implicit bias to broken systems,” she added. ADVERTISEMENT Wright was shot and killed at a traffic stop Sunday afternoon in Brooklyn Center, Minn., a suburb of Minneapolis and roughly 10 miles from where former police officer Derek Chauvin is standing trial for the May 2020 killing of George Floyd. Body camera footage of the traffic stop has been released, and the Brooklyn Center police chief said at a press conference Monday that the officer, Kim Potter, … [Read more...] about Harris: Daunte Wright ‘should be alive today’