Bluesky

Yeah they didn't end dei. They just stopped supporting "controversial" events, like pride parades and such. Still deserves to be up there. Though I'm not in the market for a million dollar tractor, either.

I work at Lowe's, and here in the Deepest South, we have a wildly diverse staff. Black, gay, Hispanic, kids on their first job, old folks staying busy, all kinds. They do seem to lean heavily on hiring vets, but that falls under DEI.

https://talent.lowes.com/us/en/diversity-and-inclusion

I should note: Our CEO is black. Don't know anything about the guy, but I do like listening to him talk. I don't get any sense of BS or fake corpo talk. Only been there 2 months but I'm a little taken aback by the lack of corporate BS. LOL, it ain't exactly heaven, but better than expected.

The retailer also will no longer participate in an annual survey by the Human Rights Campaign that measures workplace inclusion for LGBTQ+ employees, and will also stop sponsoring and participating in events, such as festivals and parades, that are outside of its business areas.

I don't have a problem with this. Aren't we always bitching about rainbow capitalism? I'd rather a company drop it than fake it.

Plus their products are garbage. I had curtain rods from them such that the metal snapped without even significant strain. Had to replace after two years, was a huge waste of time and money, although these umbra brand it's are so much better.

I also would like to see what these companies actual statements are. Because a few companies are 'rolling back dei' in that they're just renaming the program and rewording the mission statements. Like it's just for show because a diverse workforce is extremely profitable.

Target was actually a surprise for us when the news first came out.

We expected them to bow to pressure eventually; but diversity was such a big part of their image, we thought they'd hold out a bit.

The one is just a guy named Ford, we should boycott him.

It's hard, boss.

Impossible unless you live completely off the grid.

I canceled my Target card and told them it was because of this bullshit. And yeah Walmart's been on my list for a long time. Running out of places to shop.

Between Target and my local grocery doing anti-union bullshit, I just started shopping at Costco even though I'm only shopping for 1. So far so good, other than the whole "guess this is what I'm eating for the next 15 meals straight". But I'm lucky to even have a Costco very close by.

We do what we can, but some people just don't have a lot of options realistically.

Find your local stores and support them as hard as you can.

In order of impact

• Live without it

• Repair/repurpose something you already have (ex: dig out a spare you might not have in easy reach)

• Secondhand, local (ex: yard sale, estate sale, Craigslist)

• Secondhand, online (ex: Mercari, Depop, eBay)

• Small/medium business, local (ex: farmer's market, your local co-op grocery store)

• Small/medium business, online (ex: an individual that makes a certain type of widget, an online specialty store)

• Large business, local (ex: Meijer, Kroger, Target, Walgreen's)

• Large business, online

• Amazon

I have personally been going with Meijer as my large business of choice when nothing else serves my needs. I'm not sure how much of an impact choosing Meijer over Target has. But I figure the less I give to any large businesses, the better.

Edit: formatting

Shoplifting

Part of me wants to start shopping at Walmart because at least they’re unabashedly evil?

Motor Company

Third from the bottom