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Add November 2024 newsletter to the website (#1291)
* feat: add november 2024 newsletter * chores: update data in newsletters.ts * Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: Meg Gutshall <[email protected]> * Prettified Code! --------- Co-authored-by: Meg Gutshall <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: adiati98 <[email protected]>
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‎src/content/newsletters/2024-11.jsx‎

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import Link from 'next/link';
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import LeadText from '@/components/content/LeadText';
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export const handle = {
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meta: {
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title: 'Virtual Coffee Newsletter, November 2024',
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description:
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"It's time to swap talking to the compiler to talking to people. Writing month is here! 💝",
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},
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date: '2024-11-01',
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listTitle: 'November 2024',
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};
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export const meta = () => {
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return handle.meta;
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};
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export default function Issue() {
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return (
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<>
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<h2>Hey Friends!</h2>
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<LeadText>
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<p>
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We’re ready to write! Last month we went all in on Hacktoberfest and
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open-sourced our{' '}
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<a href="https://github.com/Virtual-Coffee/VC-Community-Docs">
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VC Community Docs
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</a>
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! Community members came together to maintain, contribute, and mentor
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to and for each other, all aligned on the goals of open-source
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empowerment and building community.
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</p>
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<p>
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And now we want to take some time as we approach the year’s end to
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write some thoughts. Our learning, our aspirations, our takeaways, our
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lessons. We believe that everyone has a story to tell and an audience
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that needs to hear that story.
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</p>
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</LeadText>
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<hr />
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<h2>💞 Kindness and Gratitude</h2>
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<p>
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<em>Spotlighting some of the kindness happening in our community.</em>
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</p>
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<blockquote className="blockquote">
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<p className="mb-0">
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"I’m very grateful to Brian for continuing the gratitude posts."
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</p>
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<footer className="blockquote-footer">Bekah</footer>
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</blockquote>
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<blockquote className="blockquote">
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<p className="mb-0">
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"Thanks everyone for all the birthday wishes, it makes me very
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grateful that I get to share my birthday with my vc versary here with
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all of you."
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</p>
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<footer className="blockquote-footer">Rad</footer>
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</blockquote>
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<blockquote className="blockquote">
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<p className="mb-0">
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"I believe I spotted Shelley in the chat at online talk for work
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today, thank you for coming!!!"
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</p>
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<footer className="blockquote-footer">Mark</footer>
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</blockquote>
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<hr />
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<h2 className="my-5">💡 What's happening at Virtual Coffee</h2>
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<h3 className="mb-4">October Recap: Hacktoberfest!</h3>
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<p>
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Every year since 2020, we’ve tried to get involved in some way with the
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Hacktoberfest initiative. Virtual Coffee aligns with the spirit and
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ethos of open source and tries every year to be an accessible avenue to
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learning, supporting, and tending to open-source projects. Shoutout to
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all the folks who participated in another successful Hacktoberfest!
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</p>
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<h3 className="mb-4">November is the time to write: 50k words!</h3>
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<p>
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This month, we're working together to blog 50,000 words! Based off the{' '}
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<a href="https://nanowrimo.org/">
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NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) Challenge
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</a>
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, we'll be doing the tech and non-tech take on writing and working
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together towards the goal while posting on our own blogs.
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</p>
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<p>Get those blog posts up!</p>
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<h4 className="my-4">How to Participate</h4>
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<p>
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Once you've written and published your content,{' '}
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<a href="https://airtable.com/app10kd5ewHiLTjxn/shrgRjUFpNjLN1V12">
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add your entry to our VC NaNoWriMo entry form
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</a>
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!
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</p>
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<h4 className="my-4">
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What kind of content counts towards the challenge?
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</h4>
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<p>
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Any tech-related or non-tech blog posts, articles, or novels published
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in November! For tech-related posts, feel free to include code samples
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in your word count totals (if it's a word and you wrote it, we'll count
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it 😊).
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</p>
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<p>
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While we love good documentation here at Virtual Coffee,{' '}
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<code>README</code> docs or anything else you would typically consider
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documentation, don't count for this challenge.
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</p>
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<h4 className="my-4">What if I'm not confident about my writing?</h4>
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<p>
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We all start somewhere. The more you practice, the better you'll get. We
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have volunteers willing to proofread and give you feedback on your
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writing. Just put a link to your draft in the{' '}
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<code>#monthly-challenge</code> or <code>#content-creation</code>{' '}
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channel and ask for the help you need.
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</p>
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<h4 className="my-4">What if I don't know what to write about?</h4>
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<p>
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We've got you covered with extensive topic lists in{' '}
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<a href="https://github.com/orgs/Virtual-Coffee/discussions/711">
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this discussion
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</a>{' '}
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and{' '}
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<a href="https://github.com/orgs/Virtual-Coffee/discussions/458">
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this discussion
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</a>
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.
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</p>
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<p className="mt-4">
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Find more resources, and see past challenges on our{' '}
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<Link href="/monthlychallenges">monthly challenge page</Link>. Learn
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more about this challenge in{' '}
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<a href="https://dev.to/virtualcoffee/monthly-challenge-blogging-challenge-35o4">
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this blog post.
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</a>
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</p>
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<p>
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To view all of the details of this year's challenge,{' '}
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<Link href="/monthlychallenges/nov-2024">
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check out the November 2024 challenge page
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</Link>
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.
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</p>
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<p>And remember, we're always here to help ❤️</p>
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<h3 className="mt-4">☕🪑 Coffee Table Events</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>Tech Interview Study Group (Mondays at 4:00 PM ET)</li>
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<li>
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Accountabilibuddies (Tuesdays at 7:00 PM ET | Thursdays at 9:00 AM ET)
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</li>
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<li>
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The Pack Hunt (Tandem Job Hunting) (Wednesdays at 10:00 AM ET |
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Wednesdays at 10:00 PM ET)
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</li>
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<li>
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Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA) Office Hours (Wednesdays at 4:00
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PM ET)
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</li>
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<li>Feelings Friday (Fridays at 8:00 PM ET)</li>
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<li>
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Frontend Friday Folks fighting CSSBattle.dev (Fridays at 11:00 AM ET)
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 className="mt-4">📅 Weekly Async Events</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<strong>Mondays:</strong> Goal-setting post in{' '}
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<code>#goals-and-wins</code>
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</li>
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<li>
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<strong>Tuesdays:</strong> Trivia in <code>#game-night</code>
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</li>
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<li>
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<strong>Wednesdays:</strong> Midweek check-in in <code>#general</code>
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</li>
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<li>
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<strong>Fridays:</strong>{' '}
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<a href="https://twitter.com/VirtualCoffeeIO">X (formerly Twitter)</a>{' '}
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chat and gratitude post in <code>#general</code>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<a href="https://github.com/orgs/Virtual-Coffee/discussions/1223">
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Practical Deep Learning Study Group
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</a>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 className="mt-4">☕ Official Virtual Coffee Events</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>
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Virtual Coffee (Tuesdays at 9:00 AM ET | Thursdays at 12:00 PM ET)
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</li>
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<li>
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Async Twitter Chat (Weekly chat begins every Friday at 9:00 AM ET)
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p className="mt-4">
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<strong>Note:</strong> These are the currently scheduled times for these
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events at the time of this publication. Please check the official VC{' '}
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<code>#announcements</code> Slack channel, or other noted channels, for
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any updates and links to event rooms. For the full list of events, check
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out <Link href="/events">our events page</Link>.
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</p>
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<h3 className="mt-5 mb-4">🎙️ The Podcast is Back!</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<a href="https://virtualcoffee.io/podcast/building-relationships-in-open-source">
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Building Relationships in Open Source
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</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="https://virtualcoffee.io/podcast/climbing-the-contributor-ladder">
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Climbing the Contributor Ladder
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</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="https://virtualcoffee.io/podcast/open-sourcing-a-private-repo">
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Open Sourcing a Private Repo
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</a>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 className="mt-5 mb-4">🆕 New Career Focus Channels Alert</h3>
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<p>
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We've added three new private channels — <code>Senior+</code>,{' '}
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<code>Mid-level</code>, <code>Early-career</code> — to our Slack for
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peer-to-peer conversation, because we know that it's good to be able to
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support and nurture conversations specific to your career level. If
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you're interested in joining the one you identify with most, DM Bekah or
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Meg on Slack.
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</p>
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<hr />
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<p>
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We're very excited to continue open membership with the support of our
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active volunteers! All our active volunteers have an invite to send out
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to someone interested in joining Virtual Coffee. If you're interested in
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joining the volunteer team, check out{' '}
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<Link href="/resources/virtual-coffee-handbook/get-involved/paths-to-leadership">
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some of the roles
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</Link>
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</p>
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<hr />
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<h2>✨ Member Content Highlights</h2>
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<p>
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<em>
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Our members are making the internet a better place with their words
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and wisdom!
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</em>
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</p>
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<h3>Articles</h3>
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<li>
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<a href="https://dev.to/alexcurtisslep/css-masonry-catness-2nhj">
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CSS Masonry Catness — Alex Curtis-Slep
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="https://dev.to/nerajno/11-things-learnt-from-being-on-board-from-11-months-7d2">
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</ul>
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<h3>Videos</h3>
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Slots, Slots, Slots, Everybody! — Abbey Perini
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</ul>
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<div className="card my-5 border-primary">
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<div className="card-body">
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<h2 className="card-title text-primary mb-3">🏆 Member Wins</h2>
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<div className="card-text">
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"Not a work win, but... Big news—I made it to the final round of
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the NPO Concerto Competition!"
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<footer className="blockquote-footer">Lex</footer>
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</blockquote>
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<blockquote className="blockquote">
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"Got a PR merged today, which took me several weeks of working
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<footer className="blockquote-footer">Eddie</footer>
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<h2>👀 What our members are up to</h2>
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Monthly Challenge: 50,000 Word Blogging Challenge
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If you're a member and you’d like to give a Lunch & Learn or Workshop,
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submit your idea here
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Have a question, suggestion, or want to nominate someone’s act of
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</>
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);
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}

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import { handle as issue202411 } from '@/content/newsletters/2024-11';
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import { handle as issue202410 } from '@/content/newsletters/2024-10';
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import { handle as issue202409 } from '@/content/newsletters/2024-09';
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import { handle as issue202408 } from '@/content/newsletters/2024-08';
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const newsletters = [
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{ handleData: issue202411, slug: '2024-11' },
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{ handleData: issue202410, slug: '2024-10' },
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{ handleData: issue202409, slug: '2024-09' },
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{ handleData: issue202408, slug: '2024-08' },

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