Reading List
The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.
ICE Detained a 4-Year-Old U.S. Citizen and her Honduran Family in Hotels for Weeks
A Honduran mother, her seven-year-old son and her four-year-old daughter, who is a U.S. citizen, were held by ICE agents in a series of hotel rooms for nearly three weeks while the Trump administration sought to deport them. The ordeal started on Dec. 20, when the family, who live in Suffolk County, reported to an […]
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Fallout season 2 settles a longtime fan debate over vehicles (the games need them)
Bari Weiss Claims Ideological Diversity Begins And Ends With Her
The post Bari Weiss Claims Ideological Diversity Begins And Ends With Her appeared first on The Onion.
Tim Cook Wrote a Memo on the ‘Events in Minneapolis’
Tim Cook, in a company-wide memo (first published by Mark Gurman):
Team,
I’m heartbroken by the events in Minneapolis, and my prayers and deepest sympathies are with the families, with the communities, and with everyone that’s been affected.This is a time for deescalation. I believe America is strongest when we live up to our highest ideals, when we treat everyone with dignity and respect no matter who they are or where they’re from, and when we embrace our shared humanity. This is something Apple has always advocated for. I had a good conversation with the president this week where I shared my views, and I appreciate his openness to engaging on issues that matter to us all.
I know this is very emotional and challenging for so many. I am proud of how deeply our teams care about the world beyond our walls. That empathy is one of Apple’s greatest strengths and it is something I believe we all cherish.
Thank you for all that you do.
Tim
“Events” is doing a lot of work there, to describe what has happened and is happening in Minneapolis.
Trump’s “openness” on this particular “issue” has been to replace Greg Bovino — the diminutive Himmler-cosplaying “commander at large” of Border Control, who insisted, adamantly, that the real victims in Alex Pretti’s murder were the Border Patrol agents who shot him — with “border czar” Tom Homan, a man who took a $50,000 cash bribe from undercover FBI agents in exchange for a promise to award them government contracts if Trump were reelected.
Cook took three days to not name Alex Pretti in his not public statement and 20 days to not name Renée Good in his not public statement. [...]
2020 Tim Cook on Apple’s homepage: “Right now, there is a pain deeply etched in the soul of our nation and in the hearts of millions. To stand together, we must stand up for one another, and recognize the fear, hurt, and outrage rightly provoked by the senseless killing of George Floyd and a much longer history of racism.”
Quite the different message (and medium — this time with nothing on Apple’s website, let alone their homepage) from 2020, for what I consider far more outrageous and alarming killings.