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Behind The Politely Savage Patriarchal Parody Of “Dad Magazine”

Jaya Saxena and Matt Lubchansky just put out the ultimate dad joke—a book-length satire of universal dad behavior, in deadpan magazine form.

One of the most important distinctions between parents is in their namesake jokes. The quintessential mama joke is one someone else makes about your mom, often that her weight is just grotesquely, dangerously disproportionate to her height. The classic dad joke is one your dad cracks in response to any number of obvious, familiar prompts, often within the confines of a chain restaurant. Mama jokes thrive on the motherly love the teller leverages to make both you and your mom the butt of the joke. The only butt of a dad joke, however, is your dad, who is too oblivious to realize he just played himself (again.)

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Biz Stone’s Jelly Is Back As A Crowdsourced Search Engine

The new version is anonymous—and it aims to direct your queries to experts on any subject.

In 2013, Twitter cofounder Biz Stone released Jelly, a Q&A app that allowed you to crowdsource answers to questions, getting answers from your friends and friends of friends. The idea didn’t exactly take off, and the company opted to pivot away from the Q&A model and launch Super, a social networking app that also didn’t gain a ton of traction.

Now a little over two years later, Stone and his cofounder Ben Finkel are bringing a whole new version of Jelly out of beta, one that they believe will be much more successful.

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The Important Statistics That Are Missing From Most Diversity Reports

Many companies are leaving out some of the most important statistics when disclosing their diversity numbers.

Earlier this month, Microsoft wrote a blog post about its gender pay gap. It shared that its pay gap between men and women is much smaller than the national average, and that overall its non-white employees earn slightly more: Microsoft’s U.S. female employees make on average 99.8 cents to every dollar their male counterparts make. For non-white employees the breakdown goes: “African American/black employees are at $1.003; Hispanic/Latino(a) employees are at 99.9 cents; and Asian employees are at $1.006 for every $1 earned by Caucasian employees at the same job title and level, respectively.” The company pledged to continue monitoring this data and publicly disclosing it.

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7 Ways You Can Be Your Own Career Coach

If you need motivation but aren’t ready to hire a professional coach, take these steps to coach yourself.

At some point during your career, you may feel the need for a little extra motivation, insight, or accountability. For many, the solution is to hire a professional coach who can help you move in the direction you want. IBISWorld’s 2015 Business Coaching report estimates that the sector has grown to $11 billion annually in the U.S.

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