But if you want to start smaller: my new book (with Bethann Garramon Merkle), 'Teaching and Mentoring Writers in the Sciences', is loaded with evidence-based tips to lighten the load! scientistseessquirre... 🧪 2/2

I honestly suspect that he vacillates like this in order to push what people will accept as a norm. The news cycle has moved on from him kidnapping the president of Venezuela, or threatening to invade Greenland, or colonizing Palestine or— it’s not distraction. It’s abuser behaviour.

They oversaw a very important social media influence operation for the Kremlin, got caught, fled. And now they're not just back, they're guests at Donald & Melania Trump's Easter Egg Roll at the White House.

Untranslated headlines in German are much clearer than New York Times headlines in English

Great article. And, yeah, I saw a lot of this when I lived there (I'm a born-and-raised Albertan).

I see I got added to this list. Wow, so apparently I am a hater and toxic. Just because I don't want to see shit from Bluesky's AI tool. Whoever runs this list has zero credibility. Cuz that's quite the leap in logic.

"Two Spirit, trans, nonbinary, and gender diverse people deserve to be visible — every day, everywhere." egale.ca/egale-in-act...

"...what I think goes underreported is that the Trump-Vance administration is losing court orders far more than they are winning — their loss rate has generally been between 70 and 80%." thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/skye-perry...

I've finally figured out why Trump is so threatened by #Canada and #Mexico. And the answer couldn't have been more obvious.

In-Game Learning thinks workplace training should be something people want to do—not something they feel they have to do. They design online, game-based learning that’s effective, memorable, and genuinely fun. If you’re interested in plain language, check it out. ingamelearning.com

There is a divide between the public-facing Poilievre, and the version he puts out on online spaces like X. Reporters should really try to get Poilievre on the record about this stuff. Ask him if he supports mandatory sex-testing for female athletes in Canada. Make him explain it on mic.

#NiceToEatYou: A Hansel & Gretel-inspired tale full of dark humor and clever wordplay. Are the kids in for a snack—or are they the snack?! Get 25% off at B&N if you preorder by 3/26. Use code PREORDER25. Words by me, art by @carolinacoroa.bsky.social, from Orchard Books (Scholastic). 🧙‍♀️🧁 #KidLit 📚

This is an ICE agent at TSA. Post their unmasked faces everywhere.

ICE officers getting paid for standing around doing nothing while TSA employees work without pay is a pretty succinct summation of where we're at right now

A reminder that we don’t need billionaires to pay charity, we need them to pay their damn taxes. Billionaire philanthropy is PR to disguise their tax evasion. Don’t fall for it. Tax billionaires. Save our democracy. Period.

Great short video. "If we have positive assumptions about people with Down syndrome, we'll give them more opportunities in their schools, workplaces, relationships and activities. And maybe these positive assumptions will become reality. " youtu.be/9HpLhxMFJR8?...

As someone who edits government documents, I related to Jamila Savoy's story so much. She talks about the key things you need to advance plain language work in that environment. Episode 4: ingamelearning.com/top-of-their...

This honestly explains a lot.

I'm putting together a post of indie and self-published SFF by trans and non-binary authors if anyone would like to be added! (If I miss you for the post, I can also add you to my LGBTQIA+ collection!)

Sharilyn has posted an update on this. They've raised a fair bit from lots of small donations but still need some more. Please consider this young lad in your donations this month.

My friend's nephew needs some help. I just donated. Please consider chipping in too. Even small amounts help if a lot of people contribute a wee bit. gofund.me/d096f5757

Just a reminder that Muslims have been on this continent since the first arrival of non-Indigenous people. They were among the first generation of Americans, and have been here ever since.

Here is one Democrat already saying the very easy and obvious thing to say in response to comments like Ogles' bsky.app/profile/whip...

Pete Hegseth's murderous buffoonery, coming amid a lifetime in which he's betrayed everyone close to him and failed up from one disaster to the next, is a perfect example of how the appeal of Trumpism is that it creates a permission structure for people to openly be their worst selves

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Editor: AU: Is the cup in the process of being filled or emptied? If filled, is there an expectation that it should or will be fuller? Also, three paragraphs ago you mention a mug. Is this meant to be the same item?

Seems like the media should at least express some curiosity about this. open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...

This is such a delightful series by the most delightful author! If you've ever felt frustrated that romance always seems to feature young adults, @brennabaileybooks.bsky.social has the cure for you!

I've seen this reported in a few places today. So repulsive.

That last answer almost made him lose - #canada #Canadian #gameshow #canada🇨🇦 #canadalife

I continue to be fascinated by the phenomenon whereby an expert engages with any of the LLMs on their field of expertise and is instantly horrified by the wrong answers, and then goes on to use it for things they are not experts in as though it won’t be just as bad for those.

Who's spreading conspiracy theories? www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art... @mediatechdemocracy.bsky.social "...about 100 very active Canadian users who account for nearly 70% of conspiratorial content" "...small, highly active & visible subset of social media users who exert disproportionate influence"

Great read. This is the main thing I got out of my education. It doesn't make me feel unsure or lacking in confidence. Just cautious. It seems to bug people when I say, "I don't know enough about that to have an opinion." Or even just "I'm not sure yet." But the alternative isn't serving us well.

The Olympics is a great opportunity to celebrate American unity and diversity at once. About 3% of athletes competing on Team USA are foreign-born and another 13.5% are children of immigrant parents. americasvoice.org/blog/nearly-...

Wow.

Would be nice if @theguardian.com correctly identified our Governor General in this story. Right now, the article says this: "The prime minister, holding hands with opposition leader Pierre Poilievre while flanked by First Nations chiefs and local officials..." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Indigenous photojournalist fellowship alert! Apply! Share! Tell your friends! It’s a a weeklong, bootcamp-style intensive for five to seven emerging Indigenous photojournalists, happening May 17 to 23 at the University of King’s College in Mi’kma’ki (Halifax, NS). indiginews.com/first-person...

I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them

Plain language is about what your reader needs and that can change with who your readers are. Wise words from Annetta Cheek in the latest episode of the Top of Their Game podcast. By the way, Annetta was responsible for the 2010 Plain Writing Act in the US. ingamelearning.com/top-of-their...

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Don't enter this. You'll lose all rights to your story. Period. Competitions like this need to be called out, so they learn their good reputation shouldn't be used to steal the bread from writers' mouths. And that we're not all clueless rubes waiting to be taken advantage of.

This is my favourite series of books. I just adore DS George Cross. I'm so glad readers in the US will be able to read them now too.

Youngest bro often quotes a prof of his from long ago: ‘Shakespeare. Every time I re-read him it’s like he knows everything that’s happened to me since I read him last.’

A fantastic read. I loved this blog post.

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A series of recent government actions has raised serious questions about free speech, press freedom, and the free flow of information. The Board of Directors of ACES: The Society for Editing condemns actions that lessen the ability of people to be heard and informed in our democracy.

I just heard that Martin Cutts died last week. That's so sad. He was a big name in the plain language field. I never got to meet him. I was always hoping I would.

Fellow Canadians, this is a local business in Kitchener Ontario condoning the recent murder by ICE. Shame on them 😡😡

Shame on @hootsuite.com - if you are an existing customer, consider cancelling. I'm so embarrassed that Hootsuite is also Canadian. #hootsuite mobilesyrup.com/2026/01/26/v...

‪Anyone who has read any of the dozen-plus books I have written knows what a deeply patriotic American I am. But Europeans are on the right side here. The junta in control of the US right now is on the wrong side. of everything. If I were not American, I'd be avoiding American goods and services.