The anti-DEI provocateur @robbystarbuck stopped by the NYC office to meet with the @BBGEquality team and other editors. #dei Here’s some of what he had to say: bloomberg.com/news/newslette…. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Did an uncomfortable thing today and wrote about something personal. I’m disappointed that an insurance decision can override my doctor’s treatment plan and swap me out of a med that was working — into an uncertain future. #GLP1 #wegovy #zepbound bloom.bg/47fiENC

Today the interesting news on #DEI comes from @IBM. The company this week detailed changes over the last several months, which it disclosed to employees after discussions with @robbystarbuck - which he featured in his video today. linkedin.com/posts/jeffalang…

Another #DEI retrenchment from a company targeted by @robbystarbuck , this time at @cbrands bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Interesting news today from @FCC chair @BrendanCarrFCC on #DEI and the potential regulatory hurdles from his agency - as well as a new role for @robbystarbuck bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

MENA EMERGES: People of Middle Eastern and North African descent can place themselves in a distinct group for the first time in US government data collection - story w/@RiddhiKSetty & @gardnerakayla bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @bbgequality #MENA #census

PUPTASTIC NEWS: @Starbucks pup cups and free waters aren’t going anywhere, top executives assured investors bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @business #dogs

TALENT: Starbucks shareholders approved a plan to drop a bonus tied to DEI goals for its executives as the term increasingly is the target of conservative activism - story w/@dani_lsc bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @business #dei #pay

POST PARTUM: Women's health startups are finally having a moment with investors. I talked to a co-founder of food-as-medicine, post-partum depression startup Chiyo about their challenges. bloomberg.com/news/newslette… via @business #prognosis @BBGEquality #pregnancy #WomensHealth

WORD SALAD: "Anti-racist" is out and softer, vaguer terms are in for corporate America filings at places like Uber & Citi as many grapple with conservative backlash against company diversity programs - story today with @SimoneFoxman bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @bbgequality #DEI

ODYSSSEUSNESS SUPREME: A US-made lander touched down on the moon on Thursday, making it the first private spacecraft to land on the lunar surface intact - story from @lorengrush bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @technology #Space

HARDHAT TO HARD DATA: Worker safety is going high tech - with a #Detroit tech company going all in. bloomberg.com/news/newslette… via @thefuture @BBGEquality

MINDING THE GAP: A new study shows that states that have focused on addressing the gender pay gap are having some success. bloomberg.com/news/newslette… via @bbgequality #pay

BOARDERLINES: Women keep reaching new highs in America’s boardrooms — but they’re still a decade away from reaching parity bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @bbgequality #Gender

DISCHARGED: Hertz plans to sell a third of its US electric vehicle fleet and reinvest in gas-powered cars due to weak demand for the battery-powered options - reports @DavidWelch47 and Rick Clough. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @climate #ElectricVehicles

HITTING THE GAS: The major wave of liquefied natural-gas facilities coming online starting this year will reshape the energy landscape for decades - story from @SStapczynski, @ruthcoverslng, & @a_shiryaevskaya bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @climate

IMPACT PLAYER: Victor Wembanyama has a path to become the first NBA player to reach $1 billion in basketball earnings. Here’s how he could do it, explains @AvatarRandall (And Gen Z values add a twist) bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @business #NBA #sports

THE KIDS MAYBE AREN'T ALL RIGHT: Be sure the read the main story, where @gregorykorte, @nancook, @elena___mejia, Denise Lu, and Jennah Haque take a look at Biden's challenges with #GenZ bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…