"Even dumber is that the “lesson” that Walter #Isaacson seems to take from this little episode is not that #Musk’s impulsivity is a dangerous, out of control wrecking ball that is going to destroy some serious stuff, but that (ex)#Twitter’s employees had to learn how to better “manage” the man-baby in charge:"
by @mmasnick

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/09/12/the-batshit-crazy-story-of-the-day-elon-musk-decided-to-personally-rip-servers-out-of-a-sacramento-data-center/

Nothing I've said all Black history month has changed anyone's mental model. The racist people hate-following me, still hate Black people. The anti-racist people, still think racism is bad.

All that's changed, is that a few more folks now have a more complete set of data that they can interpret, using the exact same mental model that they had in January. They're now using the same assumptions as a lot of Black folk in the US, and have the same context.

And that's enough for a lot of progress.

Q: Why do Black folk disrespect the military by kneeling during the anthem?

A: But... most active duty military fully support the kneeling protests? 🙂🙃

You'll understand why that support exists, once you understand the military's true demographics. About 47% of the military is non-white.

There's a stark contrast between most "honor our veterans" PR montages and a non-staged photo of a large group of service personnel. You can't "honor vets" or "support troops" by ignoring half of them.