🌼 wild strawberry 🌿 Fragaria virginiana #nativeplants #ecoregion71

It's spring in the northern hemisphere, I'd like to suggest if possible you try to grow one (1) edible plant this year. The goal should not be self-sufficiency or never having to buy groceries from a shop again. That isn't feasible for most people. If you've never gardened before, start small.

I'm copy editing a book on concussions and it's making me think way too much about the times I hit my head and blacked out as a child. Never went to the hospital for them, so, uh, hopefully I'm fine?

the lesson from today’s downtime isn’t that it was caused by vibe coding (bluesky went down all the time before Claude too), it’s that if you use AI you will no longer get the benefit of the doubt and everyone will mock you for laziness regardless of the cause

🌸 glade phlox 🌿 Phlox bifida subsp. stellaria phlox smell so nice 😌 #nativeplants #ecoregion71

I used to do this! It was some of the most rewarding volunteering I've ever done. I highly recommend getting involved if your local library has something similar.

As the Stonetop #TTRPG team are not on social media... The final proof has arrived and met satisfaction. It has been placed on the edge of the woods as an offering to tempt the Forest Folk back. Let us be good neighbors. Preorder your copy at ttrpg.link/stonetop

I find it really funny that what's going to tip me from player to GM is how many indie TTRPGs I've bought since joining Bluesky. No one is going to run these for me so I hope my friends are ready to be begged into cozy environmentalism.

Taxes are making my back hurt. And all I'm doing is organizing files for my accountant!

If you don’t quite get this shot right away take a second to zoom in - such a fun photo of a great bird.

AI commercial produced on budget of just 3 lakes

You shouldn’t have to work if there’s a bird outside you want to watch

fairies✨

Big news for nature! Prime Minister Carney just announced $3.8 billion in new funding and renewed programs to protect nature. Media Release: tinyurl.com/5n9a3kzh

Ouch. And yes. www.joanwestenberg.com/the-passive-...

Listening to the dawn chorus in the damp morning air remains one of the most pleasurable everyday experiences.

Introducing the… 🏳️‍⚧️ TRANS CREATIVES 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦋 #TDOV STARTER PACK 🦋 Follow the pack to support trans creatives in a variety of industries! We have 9 spots left if you’re a trans creative & want to join 🔁 RT & Follow! 🔁 #IndieDev #VisualNovel #TTRPG #Art #OCArt #Comic #VoiceActor #Webcomic #FanArt #Music

My brain is not functioning well today, probably because of lingering travel stress and worrying about The Future. So I'm reminding myself to be kind and go slow. #AmEditing

A few more photos of my friendly neighbourhood voles. I'm going to miss these little guys once the snow melts. #mammals 🌿

Indexers use the title given in the book and then sort the index entries based on the alphabet. I would never expect to see École des Beaux-Arts under S for School...! People want the version of the actual book that was consulted, because not all books have the same pagination among other things.

Today in "Things Liberals fought against when Harper did them but now are good actually when Carney does them".

We should have a specific word, 'dendroclasm', for the deliberate felling of sacred trees

Honestly, they *can’t* fix it, because the entire way these things work is by generating text or image from scratch in an attempt to match the patterns in their datasets It’s not search; it’s pattern-mimicking based on statistics

There's still time to register for the @indexerscanada.bsky.social conference, Sorting It Out! It's happening online and recordings will be available to ticket holders for 12 months afterward. I massively enjoyed the 2025 conference and will be attending again! #indexing #AmIndexing

REALIS, the science fantasy TTRPG I’ve been working on for the last five years, is now live on Kickstarter! 55 Player Classes 150+ NPC Classes 29 Factions 20 Example Moons of Realis GMing and Prep Guidance Over 100 incredible illustrations from 17 artists! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...

Breathless is making a HUGE come back with new rules to help support campaign play as well as a bunch of cool adventures all packaged in the same format as the great CBR+PNK game by @cabinetofcuriosities.games and @mythworks.bsky.social Follow the Kickstarter: farirpgs.com/r/breathless

Haunted Sun 🌞

It's Autism Acceptance Month! A good time to learn more about the people, the condition, and how to make the world a better place for us. Remember to research any organization before supporting it, as there are many autism non-profits that do not align with autistic folks (e.g. Autism Speaks).

Because it’s #AprilFools day, I'll be posting flowers from the DBG (Denver Botanic Gardens) Conservatory from various dates since I have no April 1st flower pics. I’ll call them #FoolishFlowers like this Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'The Path' even though this one’s prettier than it is foolish. Enjoy! 😎 🌿

Hey, if any of y'all are planning to make turkey for Easter [*waggles eyebrows*] 👇👇👇

Last but not least, the origin of domestic dogs has been pushed back by thousands of years! New analysis reveals man’s best friend was already widespread in Europe and Türkiye 14,000 years ago after evolving from wolves. Find out more about what's been found👇 (4/4) www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

As the climate changes, winter weather is becoming more unpredictable — as Labradorian athletes found out while training for the 2026 Labrador Winter Games. thenarwhal.ca/labrador-win...

I spoke to BBC Culture's Neil Armstrong about the ambivalence of fairies - and my new book about them: www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...

Back from England to face more rain in one go than I saw the whole time over there. That was quite a thunderstorm!!

Journalism job alert: The Narwhal’s Ontario bureau is excited to announce a new position for a reporting fellow to cover Queen’s Park and the ways policy affects people in racialized communities. Learn more and apply:

Nation almost excited to see how bad Via Rail can get after Carney’s spending cuts (podcast)

If you've ever thought of doing this, please please please reach out to an editor first. PLEASE. I already have multiple documented cases of ai suggestions being grammatically incorrect. Even if all you want are copy edits, AI is bad at it. NOT TO MENTION line edits or developmental editing.

How incredible: “The full delivery took about 30 minutes. For hours afterward, pairs of whales held the baby above the water until it was able to swim… What struck the researchers was how many mother, sister and daughter whales united to support the new calf, even ones that weren’t related.”

a change I've been trying to make lately is to stop talking about statistical models built on large data sets like they are living beings. ChatGPT says -> the output was AI tools -> statistical models

Packed with care 💛 Volunteers came together at Central Library last week to prepare book bundles filled with stories, songs, and early learning resources. Shared with families through Indigenous community partners across London.

Don't let time run out! March 31st is the last day for submissions: ennie-awards.com/new-submissi...

I've added a "Purgatory" category to my worklist. Before I had four categories: high, medium, and low priority and "waiting." I use them to track projects and when to work on them. But some of the "waiting" projects have sat for so long that a new, pettier, category was needed.

The Spanish name for Volcano Hummingbirds is chispita which means "little spark." They are one of the smallest birds in the world at just 2–3 g. Male on the left with a purplish-green gorget and female on the right with a delicately #speckled throat. San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica #BirdOfTheDay

Interested in being a professional proofreader or just want to level-up this task at the job you have? A new university-level proofreading session was just added to my list. Learn on your own time, at your own pace, with instructor guidance and feedback. Starts May 4 at TMU! scieditor.ca/training/

here’s johnny

"Getting COVID Again Is More Dangerous Than Most People Realize" "Each COVID-19 infection is a new stress on the body. Repeated infections may increase the risk of long COVID" "What makes getting long COVID especially dangerous is that there is currently no cure for it." Source: archive.md/Re86O

🌹 lil sweet betsy 🌿 Trillium cuneatum #nativeplants #ecoregion71

If anyone's ever looking for data entry help, I've got two people on my team that are really good at it and fast as heck. And, in general, I've managed enough projects to have a list of solid recommendations for data entry, editing, indexing, design, alt text, plain language, production, etc.

A thread of so, so many beautiful words about and pieces written by Alice.

I made a papercraft just for this