But as well as asking the question we all want it to ask—where in the world is Carmen Sandiego, naturally—it asks another, too. Who in the world is she?

IBMs prisoner punch cards are certainly an unflattering example of a company that profited from an atrocity.

Yeah, there were a few weird moments this season where the Doctor was outright furious at the idea of killing an enemy regardless of the circumstances. Like, we remember she’s killed billions of people, right?  When the audience knows it and sees her refusing to tell her companions that it seems like she’s being…

I’m pretty sure the Nazi’s drank beer, and Volkswagon designed the Bug specifically for Hitler. we should end all references to both, Bumblebee is a Nazi.

This is American “journalism.”  Nearly everyone in the comments section is calling this out as fucking stupid.

The first nomination for most useless gizmodo post of 2019 congrats!

The Swastika also has Nazi ties, but is originally a noble symbol for the Sun called the Manji. Just cause the Nazi’s perverted something for their own image doesn’t mean it’s necessarily bad. It’s what/how it’s used and who uses the thing in that way which is bad, not the thing or it’s meaning itself.

That part stood out to me too. They explained it very clearly and I agree with their reasoning as well. By adding the line “He did not address why the team decided on the name despite already knowing about the negative connotations” at the end only makes it look like the scientists had ulterior motives when that is…

Writing this article only makes it worse.

You’re joking, but the Nazis did try to claim (based on bogus “racial science”) that a bunch of ethnic groups we would usually describe today as non-white were actually “Aryans”: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/15/nazis-considered-sioux-extension-native-americans-aryans-2/

Better ban that episode of Space 1999 in case it encourages Nazis to be more like Brian Blessed - which would be wrong on so many levels.

Oh good christ. Digging a little bit are we? Thule is a well known supplier of car/bike racks, Vw still makes cars and Hugo boss still makes suits. Are we gonna tsk tsk for every example of one time Nazi affiliation?

But it’s a bummer that the New Horizons team is doubling down on the name, despite already knowing about its nefarious second meaning.

Didnt he?

It’s such a “bummer”, man. Bummer!

In a related story, Indian religions have refused to stop using the swastika as a holy symbol, and rejected efforts to revise Vedic texts to remove references to “aryans.” It’s almost as though words and practices co-opted by the Nazis didn’t lose all other meanings.

Scene opens:

Goblin Shark: neat living fossil, shows how some of the more successful predatory fish turned into sharks after discarding the “heavier armor and thicker, sharper jaws” arms race they’d been in previously. I’m sure medieval Japanese fishermen thought they were being pranked when they caught one.

Welcome to the reality of the Corporate States of America, whose motto is the Golden Rule: He who has the gold makes the rules.