Compared to the news of Andy Mills’ resignation from the Times which received 100+ upvotes and remains near the HN front page, this news seems more likely to materially affect tech workers. I’ve already seen coworkers refer to major papers’ style guides and editorial practices when debating how sensitive topics may be discussed, both internally and externally (Do we capitalize the “b” in Black? How about the “w” in White? etc). The decision by Times leadership that context and intent no longer matter when uttering bad words, and indeed that termination is an industry-accepted response to otherwise benign and well-intended utterances, may have broad implications for knowledge workers.