I just ran the numbers, and you should know that if you've see three five-person manels (all-male panels) in a row, you've witnessed something that should be less likely than getting struck by lightning. If you're a guy, think about that for a bit, then ask yourself what you should be doing.
Here, you can check my math:
http://aanandprasad.com/diversity-calculator/?groupName=women&numSpeakers=5&populationPercentage=50
@derek @aral Many years ago I was assigned to a small project where one of the stated outcomes was the elimination of 10 FTEs. I asked what an FTE was and was told "full time employee". It's real easy to talk about eliminating people if you don't call them people.
Edit: Yes, I'm aware that FTE may mean Full Time Equivalent but that's not what I remember the person saying.
What are 5-7 of your favorite authors? add them as hashtags so we can find each other, boost this, share your own, etc. some of mine:
Some of my favorite authors:
#NeilGaiman
#CharlesStross
#NKJemisin
#MaxBarry
#RayBradbury
If you see this message and you're on mastodon.social/mstdn.social/mastodon.online (they're all good servers, bront), and you're thinking:
"AAH THERE'S TOO MUCH IT'S A FIREHOSE WHAT DO I DO?!?"
I encourage you to find a smaller server to make your home. Switching costs are lower than you think, especially if you only created your account in the past couple weeks.
You can start here! https://joinmastodon.org/servers
And there are people (like me) who can help, just ask.
(boost 4 reach if you wanna)
David Colarusso
Alaric Aloor🐕🏎⚽️🥃
Greg Egan
Elizabeth Joh
David Gerard
Noah Berlatsky
ScottMGS
SalusaSecondus
phildini