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 via @bbgequality #DEI

@DannyGroner And you don’t suspect Tupperware or a great new fitness pyramid opportunity? :)

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 via @bbgequality #MENA #census

PUPTASTIC NEWS: @Starbucks pup cups and free waters aren’t going anywhere, top executives assured investors 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 via @business #dei #pay

@Lucas_Shaw Not going to lie, read this line and wondered how many Phishing emails you would get. :)

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. via @business #prognosis @BBGEquality #pregnancy #WomensHealth

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 via @technology #Space

HARDHAT TO HARD DATA: Worker safety is going high tech - with a #Detroit tech company going all in. 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. via @bbgequality #pay

BOARDERLINES: Women keep reaching new highs in America’s boardrooms — but they’re still a decade away from reaching parity 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. 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 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) via @business #NBA #sports

And check out the @podcasts with @wbenjaminson and the Big Take crew: ‘Union Joe’ Falls Behind Trump in Michigan

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

PAYIN THE BILLS: Support for ESG has plummeted among Millennial and Gen Z investors, as a more turbulent financial outlook tempers enthusiasm, according to a survey from Stanford University and the Hoover Institution via @bbgequality #esg #investing #GenZ

LIFE AFTER DEATH: Companies like Johnson & Johnson are enhancing employee bereavement policies in the wake of the pandemic, giving more time off for grieving Story w/ @bizboyle via @bbgequality #bereavement #benefits #death

UNRETIRED: More retirees are going back to work. But some professionals can un-retire without losing their pension -- it may be a small way to mitigate worker shortages. via @thefuture #retirement #workforce