Who let the pedant out?

Diabetes in the news: remember this scary government proposal?  Although doctors apparently disagreed, it appeared that the government was proposing "diabetes" for us, which I was reluctant to take advantage of.

I was checking out some of the Recipe Collections on taste.com.au recently, and I noticed that when I clicked on a link, it automatically filled in the search box for me. The diabetes-friendly recipes came up with this spelling in the search box. You only have my word for it that I did not fill the search box in myself this way.I thought that somehow, the spelling "dietbeties" was appropriate, given that the recipes listed were appropriate for people with diabetes.

International Womens Day has been a time of renewed calls for equal pay for women.  I am fortunate not to suffer this glass ceiling in my industry (in fact, I earn more than many men I know, but don't tell them.)  This article was on a news website today:

I was surprised - I'm left wondering which industries pay a worker more if he is male, and less if she is female? I have only worked in government where the pay is the same, and in private practice where I set my fees.  Can anyone tell me about where the pay discrepancy lies?  I'd be genuinely interested to learn more.

The caption below the picture (of women walking to work) does offer us hope though.  Perhaps women don't earn more money than men, but they do get to walk home with 84% of the men they work with, which is a good consolation prize.  They could put their accumulated men to work in the home, doing the floors, washing, lawns, etc.  So that's good at least.