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Cool Stuff Daily

Wed. 10/21 - Co-Working On A Ferris Wheel

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Tech News, News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Today is International Pronoun Day so here are some historical facts about pronouns. Scientists have discovered a previously unknown organ in the human body. And forget about WeWork, a Japanese amusement park has offered up their ferris wheel as a co-working space. Sponsors: FightCamp, joinfightcamp.com/ride  Fitbod, Get one month free at Fitbod.me/kottke Links: A brief history of singular 'they' (Oxford English Dictionary) He, she, or ... ? Gender-neutral pronouns reduce biases – study (The Guardian) Gender-neutral pronouns: When 'they' doesn't identify as either male or female (Washington Post)  Kamala versus Daenerys (The.Ink) International Pronouns Day (Pronouns.Org) Scientists Just Discovered a Mysterious Organ Lurking in The Centre of The Human Head (Science Alert) Doctors May Have Found Secretive New Organs in the Center of Your Head (NY Times) Japanese theme park lets you co-work from the Ferris wheel (CNN) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.9

I'm Jackson Bird.

0:42.6

Today is International Pronoun Day, so here are some historical facts about pronouns.

0:49.8

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown organ in the human body.

0:55.3

And forget about WeWork, a Japanese amusement park has offered up their Ferris wheel as a co-working space.

1:03.4

Here are some of the cool things from the news today.

1:09.3

So today, the third Wednesday in October is International Pronouns Day, which I only know about

1:16.7

because my roommate had to attend a diversity and inclusion Zoom call about pronouns for work

1:22.0

this morning. International Pronouns Day only began in 2018, but is already being celebrated in 25 countries

1:28.8

and is defined on the website as a day which, quote, seeks to make respecting, sharing,

1:35.3

and educating about personal pronouns commonplace, end quote.

1:39.9

And when we talk about pronouns in this context, we mean words like he, she, or they,

1:44.8

ones that we use to refer to each other when we're not using someone's name.

1:48.9

Sometimes which pronoun you should use for someone isn't obvious.

1:52.1

Sometimes someone might even use a gender neutral pronoun like they or Z that you might not be familiar with.

1:58.5

And while mainstream awareness and in some cases corporate recognition

2:01.6

of gender neutral pronouns has grown in recent years, they're actually not as new as they

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