Summary
The Trump administration is facing backlash after reports that the Defense Department flagged over 26,000 images for deletion due to alleged connections to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
Among them are photos of trailblazing pilots, including the Tuskegee Airmen and Col. Jeannie Leavitt.
Most controversially, an image of the WWII aircraft Enola Gay was flagged, seemingly because its name includes the word “gay.”
The revelation has sparked mockery online, with critics calling this “the STUPIDEST administration in American history.”
Ctrl F, “Gay”. How the admin makes a naughty list
This is 100% what actually happened. Plus no oversight of course.
Yeah probably some pimple-faced DOGE kid who never learned about the Enola Gay because their school systems were underfunded and they’re too young to remember OMD.
The kids are just the easy targets but don’t let that fool you, there are several people in their 40s and at least one guy in his 60s.
Ok, well, it’s stuck in my head now, so https://youtu.be/d5XJ2GiR6Bo
Back in the mid 90’s I worked on developing an internet search engine long before Google existed. One of the tasks I worked on was a porn filter. Our first attempt failed miserably when we tried filtering on XXX and suddenly everything from Super Bowl 30 to all manner of other content with Roman numerals got flagged…
This reminds me of just how clueless we were way back then…
It’s a bit worse now because we have “AI” that parses through things, makes crazy different kinds of mistakes and people in power have more faith in its accuracy than they do in the humans whose lives they alter because of it.
Unrelated, but I have always hated how they use roman numerals for Super Bowls. I can convert roman numerals to arabic but I never feel like actually doing so, so whenever I read something about a particular game I never really know which one they’re talking about. Even if they used arabic, it still wouldn’t be as useful as just knowing what year it was.
Amazing, I’m sure you’ve got many an interesting story to tell being in the field for that long.