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chinathrow ◴[11 Dec 25 07:47 UTC] No.46228736[source]▶

> U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor Antony Blinken's decision to adopt Calibri a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.

What a waste of government time and spending.

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baggachipz ◴[11 Dec 25 14:45 UTC] No.46231999[source]▶

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The levels of pettiness in this administration know no bounds. I'm sure they'll forbid the use of "woke", and require all government employees to say "I terminated sleep this morning".

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1. rbanffy ◴[11 Dec 25 20:37 UTC] No.46236803[source]▶

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> The levels of pettiness in this administration know no bounds

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/the-cruelt...

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Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri