Last week, while taking a #stetwalk after #ACESVCON25, I noticed this spray-painted amendment on the road where some construction is being done. This is the construction workers' version of the copyeditors' stet.

Post a female character you love.

It's kinda unusual to see a chipmunk this high up. It's on top of a fence that's about six feet high.

When you really, really don't like tailgaters.

Canceling my Hulu subscription. I'm not supporting a company that caves to every whim of the current administration.

@racheloestreich.bsky.social I just saw this from the yarn store Darn Knit Anyway in Minnesota, and I had to share it with you because of the colorway name.

It's scary how much people are willing to sacrifice to be "productive." They don't care about the environmental, legal, ethical, or governmental costs of gen AI so long as the tech lets them send off more crappy emails.

I'm so, so happy for @rhiannonroot.bsky.social! She has consistently funny, witty, clever headlines.

Going to a ton of conferences and events between October and November, and although I know some of these locations get set years in advance, if you're someone who organizes this shit, you CANNOT avoid state politics anymore, especially if you want to protect your trans and pregnant attendees.

I love seeing presenters' cats and dogs during presentations. I'm attending Oh the Horror! Editing Novels that Make You Squirm, and two of the panelists' cats are making appearances. #ACESVCon

Vermont, the brave little state. Truly glad once again that I live here.

When people tell me that gen AI is just like a calculator, I get frustrated. The only way they are like calculators is if calculators frequently lied, were based on stolen texts, used tons of power and water, and convinced their users to kill themselves. So, not like calculators at all.

"English is full of traps, which is why copyeditors are necessary." Peter Sokolowski #ACESVCon25

I'm presenting on a panel at ACES #VCON25 tomorrow on Making the Invisible Visible: Communicating the Value of Editing to Non-Editors. See you there! #ACESVCon25

Very much enjoying #ACESVCon25. The only way they could improve it is to include virtual cats and dogs in the Spatial Chat sessions, as copyeditors are not the most outgoing people.

To meet the new AP editor, is what I meant to say. Too excited to write correctly! #ACESVCon25

In case you wondered, the copyeditors at #ACESVCon25 are very excited to meet the new AP Stylebook.

If you're bummed that you can't attend ACES VCon, the next best thing is following @carolinavonkampen.com who is live posting about some of the sessions. #ACESVCon25

I want to be clear that I really appreciate anyone who chooses to get vaccinated to protect themselves and others. It’s a public health failure that we are not helping people protect themselves more by providing masks for free, requiring them in medical settings, and educating on how to use them.

One of my current knitting projects is a brioche scarf. I'm using a pattern by Lavanya Patricella and Malabrigo's Rasta yarn. This is my second brioche project and I'm really enjoying it. 🧶

There are a lot of morning glories growing wild in my neighborhood. They have such pretty, delicate flowers.

Context: we recently bought a new bath mat. Me: Oh, right, I need to put down the new bath mat. My husband, to the mat: You call yourself a mat? You look more like a Timothy.

Does anyone else hear "No Time for Caution" from Interstellar when they watch their Roomba docking itself?

My get up and go got up and left.

I know that I'm attending this session on Wednesday.

I rarely get to see praying mantises around here, so I was excited to spot this one on a #stetwalk. I made sure to give them a wide berth and took this photo from several feet away.

Vaccinated, or "boosterized" as my mom would say. Had to wait over 40 minutes because the pharmacist was late coming into work but I had my knitting with me and chatted a bit with some of the other folks waiting. There were about six or so people there to get vaccinated.

Roland (Don Cheadle): And why did you take the [self-defense] class? Sylvia (Amzie Strickland): Well, my husband worries about me. I go on the bus, and he says it's too dangerous. My husband says that I'm frail and old and just asking for trouble. 1/2

A bumblebee was enjoying this milk thistle flower. I love looking at all the different pollinators when I go on my walks. #stetwalk

You can now watch TV shows and movies made in other countries so much more easily now.

I finally posted an article going over the biggest style sheet I've ever made (150 pages) that I made for Blue Planet: Recontact, a 600-page cli-fi TTRPG. www.rachellapidow.com/writing/2025...

www.linkedin.com/pulse/gettin... I finally did it! Here's my article on the massive style sheet I made for Blue Planet: Recontact, created by @biohazardjeff.bsky.social. Thank you to @nadiageageapupa.bsky.social for encouraging me and @ninjafingers.bsky.social for editing this. 1/2

@ivacheung.com, I have one of the Angry Jelly Donut T-shirts that you made some years ago. My husband always finds it delightful. Yesterday he asked, "You know who Angry Jelly Donut's father is? I said I didn't. "Hot Cross Bun."

"At this time, AI cannot replace professional book indexers and we are doubtful that it will be able to do so soon, or even at all." #IndexSky asindexing.org/ai-news/whit....

Q: but what if a full Epstein investigation also takes down Bill Clinton????? A:

Love that OpenAI has gone from a company that is going to replace all office workers to a company that made "powerful" agents that'd were going to do all your chores, to a company making a crappy animated film. And of course, the AI fan boys are ready to proclaim this move as genius.

Bakery store clerk: How is your day going so far? Me: Well, I just saw a Cybertruck. Bakery store clerk: Ugh. We then discussed how ill-suited that cursed vehicle is for Vermont driving.

I found a beetle in our place. As is his custom, my husband retrieved it in a jar to release it outside. But he was curious about what kind of beetle, and looked it up online and determined that it likely came from one of the wooded areas near us. 1/2

Spotted this happy boy/girl last week. One thing that's a bummer about winter is not getting to see dogs poking their heads out of car windows.

It's hard to keep my cool when a writer replies "but AI says xyz" rather than looking in the style guide we are following. I don't give a flying fuck what that lying "AI" says, even if you had asked it the right question.

I'm writing an article about my style sheet for Blue Planet: Recontact. Because the game uses so many fish and whale puns, I'd like the title for my article to be a pun as well. But the best I've come up with so far is "Fin-tastic Style Sheet," which is objectively pretty bad. Any suggestions?

Doctors I trust more than RFK Jr.

Just sent my BIL a birthday gift from a Chicago-area cheesemonger. What are they called? A Beautiful Rind.

My husband and I have been watching Task Master. If you need something fun and silly to watch, I highly recommend it. In the US, all the episodes are up on YouTube. Anyhoo, one task required the contestants to snatch a 5-pound note from underneath a full pint of beer without spilling any beer. 1/3

If releasing the Epstein files would end your presidency, then your presidency needs to end.

When you first enter the store, there's a small section of school supplies that are free for students and teachers.

There's a very cool craft thrift store near me. I just donated a bunch of yarn that I know I'm not going to use or that I dislike knitting with (looking at you Sugar 'n Cream). I ended up getting three knitting books, including one on brioche knitting. But I still left with way less stuff.

Every person who says "of course there are some uses for LLMs" should be forced to immediately list what those uses are, taking into account that: a) they cannot be accurate and there is no way to make them accurate b) they have been repeatedly shown to make users dumber and worse at their jobs

What an awesome opportunity!

Thanks for a great chat, Nick! And thanks for hosting Sasha! #ACESChat