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This is how it begins. “Why not add your pronouns to your email signature?” “Why not announce your pronouns at the beginning of meetings?” “Why not encourage your staff members to ask for pronouns in day-to-day conversation?” After all, it’s just about being compassionate and creating a more “inclusive” work environment. Only a bigot would object to tha… ncG1vNJzZmiZnpm%2FpsPDqLClnV6owqO%2F05qapGaTpLpwvI6cpqaolaG5prCMrKeenZOdeq7B0q1kmqSnlsa0ecGeZKudo57AtbHD

My office hours from last week went well. I answered a question about seeking Clojure jobs. And I got into a nice discussion about the REPL getting out of sync with your code. I also learned that I should have more questions ready to fill time. There are no Office Hours this week. But I’ll pick it up next week. Please ask a question here. The other day I pulled up The Muppet Show, the classic 1970s show by Jim Henson and his crew.

Sure, bands like Cheap Trick were giving grunge and nü metal the finger and refusing to fade quietly into the night, but there were also a few younger bands following in the footsteps of those guitar pop heroes. I was working in a small, run-down used record store in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida at the time, surviving on bands like Ben Folds Five, The Knack, Union, Samantha 7, Imperial Drag, SHAD, and Paul Gilbert's incredible journey into power pop.

I’m weedily deep into some research on preventive health care coverage. It’s for a forthcoming policy paper out of the American Institute for Boys and Men. If you’ve not signed up for our newsletter, do it now! Thank you! I’m trying to figure out how best to correct the gender imbalance in preventive health coverage that has led, for example, to anxiety screening being covered for women and adolescent girls, but not for boys and men.

The Charlotte Ledger is an e-newsletter that offers free and paid subscription plans. Sign up today: Today’s Charlotte Ledger is sponsored by Sinclair Public Affairs: THE DATING GAME: Singles looking to forge connections in real life came to this Blind Date Night event at Suffolk Punch last August. (Photo courtesy of Alexis Kaiser) By Alexis Kaiser Covid has been a lonely and isolating time for many singles, but not everyone has sworn off love.

At 58 I’m not supposed to still be ashamed of where I went to college. But I’ve carried that with me my entire career, and last week someone made a sneering comment on X/Twitter that validated my feelings. In response to Joshua Benton’s February 28th Nieman Lab article, “Is The New York Times’ newsroom just a bunch of Ivy Leaguers? (Kinda, sorta.),” I saw someone tweet the screenshot below—a collection of schools that the fewest in the Times newsroom attended—and remark in their tweet how surprised they were that anyone at the Times had gone to any SUNY school.

Film Yap is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. I dig a good crime picture. I’ve also enjoyed the recent spate of movies that have been nostalgic for the early-to-mid 1990s … especially ones that incorporate rap music from the era. “Confidential Informant” (now available on VOD and in select theaters beginning Friday, June 30) has both of these elements on paper.

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