Deborah Edwards-Oñoro

Deborah Edwards-Oñoro enjoys birding, gardening, taking photos, reading, and watching tennis. She's retired from a 25+ year career in web design, usability, and accessibility.

Farewell, Microsoft Retires Internet Explorer 11 in Windows 10

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An open laptop sits on a desk, with the Internet Explorer logo displaying on the screen.

Today, June 15, 2022, is the day Microsoft ends support for Internet Explorer (IE) 11 for certain versions of Windows 10.

You’ll find numerous stories and posts about Internet Explorer’s retirement, with history about its launch and what it accomplished over the years.

Along with the memories (and frustrations) of using it.

For a whole generation of people, Internet Explorer was the browser they first used to access the Internet.

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Improving Your Writing: What Is Singular They?

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Headshot of J.T. Bushnell, with short hear, glasses, wearing a black top with words next to him saying, If a writer cares about grammar, they'll use pronouns carefully.

When we’re taught writing, we learn about pronouns: “he,” “she,” “you”, and “they.”

And when I was growing up in school, “you” and “they” were the pronouns we used when we didn’t want to refer to a specific gender.

“You” was used to refer to one person, “they” referred to more than one person.

But that’s changed recently, as “they” is slowly becoming the accepted word to refer to someone in a gender-neutral way.

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Photo of the Week: March For Our Lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan

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Listening to speeches, a woman and man sit next to each other in lawn chairs. The back of the chairs have handpainted signs saying Enough is Enough and How Many More. In the background, other marchers sit on concrete ledge.

Four years after attending March For Our Lives in Monroe, Michigan, I never dreamed I’d be attending another March For Our Lives event.

The student-led demonstration in support of gun-control legislation was held in March 2018, one month after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.

Yet, here we are.

Again.

Four years later.

Gathering together to share our outrage with lack of gun control legislation by our states and Congress.

Yesterday’s March For Our Lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan was one of hundreds of local marches held throughout the United States protesting continuing mass shootings and gun violence in our communities and schools.

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