Had work to do, so links. We will finish November strong with responses to query posts, but for now — web humour from McSweeney’s Internet Tendency:
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-open-letter-of-thanks-to-my-absentee-students
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-open-letter-to-white-people-in-need-of-a-token-brown-person
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/signs-that-you-are-a-gen-xer-going-through-menopause