So, Alice Wong's work is still on Teen Vogue. They deleted the tag, making her columns harder to find. Serves no purpose I can think of. Whoever cut her column then deleted the tag: Hell ain't hot enough link to tag www.teenvogue.com/tag/disabili... contrib page www.teenvogue.com/contributor/...

"Elizabeth, you are my favourite person" is a response my client wrote in a Word comment today. 🥰 (It was regarding my saying that we should probably briefly explain a particular urban issues term, although if there wasn't room we could probably "get away with it on vibes.") #AmEditing #WinJar

This song is in the back of my head all the time now. (At the Oct rally in front of the U.S. consulate, the Gen Z-er MC-ing doing their best to explain who Woody Guthrie was to a largely boomer-Gen-X crowd, bless them.) Sometimes "we will win" isn't enough; its important that the fascists will LOSE.

Hey, potential indexers ... ask me about my indexing course at TMU staring in January. And, if you can't take mine, take Jola Komornicka's (@closereadingie) course. Starts a few weeks later.

NOVEMBER CARTOON: ivacheung.com/2025/11/over... #AmEditing

Please tell them DON'T!!!

Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications: Applicant names, profiles, demographics Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores

Love this! Diana Athill and Ursula Nordstrom are long-time faves; great to have a thoughtful round-up of some others in this decidedly -- and delightfullly -- niche genre.

Great-auntie Klingons: "Today is a good day to 'Oh, my!'"

My client had commented in the MS that she'd love to add an exclamation point to particular lively, good-news sentence but knew it wouldn't be appropriate for the document. I worked in an (apppropriate) em dash with the comment that it would add a bit of the desired drama. She said I made her day. 😀

Done. (Was only a free account, and had a six-step, hard-to-discover process and a confirmation email, sheesh.)

Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have. Python foundation said no and rejected the grant. If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.

Books to read on World Pasta Day (today)… •The Heart is a Cannelloni Hunter •Love in the Time of Carbonara •Farfalle from the Madding Crowd •The Merchant of Vermicelli •Silas Marinara •Remembrance of Things Pasta •Pi-gnocci-o •A Tale of Two Zitis •Fear and Loathing in Lasagne •Al Dente's Inferno

You can donate to the Chicago Street Vendor Relief Fund to help buy out a local street vendor’s cart for the day. They’ve partnered with a bike patrol / cycling solidarity group, which rides around buying out the inventory then distributing the food at homeless & unhoused encampments & shelters.

"But, despite early promises, Carney – and so many other leaders – have failed to genuinely support the one sector that makes Canada, well, Canadian: culture."

Trump slammed for demolishing White House before Canadians could burn it down again

Xxxx is the anchor for building great communities... --> Xxxx is the foundation on which great communities are built... #AmEditing [In fairness, this text--even the rest of this sentence--is good stuff! It's easy to lose track of a metaphor in the writing process. That's what I'm here for.]

My husband would like to sign up for that first one, please.

CABLE COMPANY PERSON A: You can get a better rate if you updgrade you equipment. ME: Pls upgrade me. CC PERSON B: Appt made for an upgrade on Monday. ME: OK! Let's revisit my rates? CC PERSON C: Call back after Monday. ME: Srsly??? CC: This is better for *you* because ... ME: OK, NOW just fuck off.

"To be angry & alone is to be depressed. To be part angry and part of a group is to be energized."

Can't wait!

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase. The President is building an army to attack his own country.

I've always loved the scramble; what joy to see it put to its best use yet! 👍

Beats me, but I think I found a photo of the guards!

BY THE WAY If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2. There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security. Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation." TURN IT OFF.

A fun (“fun”) new thing we need to address is the time wasted correcting the errors of people who arrive at a conversation having only read the AI summary of a document.

I love this. One of the main reasons I'm generally an optimistic person is that I notice and appreciate small kindnesses *all the time.* They sustain me. Years later, I remember the stranger who handed me a bandaid when I cut myself, the train conductor who drove me to my hostel at midnight.

I'll be there! Love me some word nerd trivia.

Fuck. Him.

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In honor of Hallowe'en coming up, share a 4-word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand. Copyedit this in Adobe.

Suggested to client that we cut a figure in this paper and their response was basically "But it's so BEAUTIFUL!" and it really is. (Some parts of this paper are pretty dense; readers DESERVE to see this gorgeous figure! 😀)

Time for my annual Covid/flu Vaccine PSA for Toronto folks: If you have mobility issues and need a vaccine at home, Toronto Paramedic Services will come to you! You don’t have to be a senior to qualify. (I was referred by a TPH nurse but self-referral is fine) Spread the word!

Ooh, I want that font!

I showed this pic to my husband and he said, "Wow, whatever AI program you used really screwed up your request for a picture of two cats cuddling, didn't it?" #Caturday

One famous Christmas night in my childhood, my mom handed my brother (age 9) a big, full pot & and asked him to "take it downstairs," meaning "put this stock in the rec room fridge." He, accepting this dark liquid w/ crud in it, assumed she meant "pour this filthy water down the laundry room sink."

Just back from watching Frankenstein (the 1931 Boris Karloff) shown in the 19th-century cemetery across the street. Our dog did not approve of the last 15 minutes or so (much chaos & fire). Pretty neat to see 200 or so people turn out with their lawn chairs (in a town of 4,000).

Friends! I'm dreadful at promotion, so I'm asking for your help over the next few weeks. Book sales don't benefit me personally, but I do want #AfterTheFeast to succeed as a fundraiser. Today's ask: I'm not on Instagram. If you are & you like this book, would you post about it over there? 🙏

Can I just say for a moment how annoying it is that I'm busily working on a file, reading and replying to and resolving comments, when suddenly Word throws a pop-up threatening to PHONE somebody?! (Often ME!)

I made a li'l cookbook! *After the Feast* suggests ways to use up leftovers from your big turkey dinners. The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre. Please spread the word! 🍗 ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...

The House floor today. On the Democratic side, seats are filled. On the Republican side – empty.   Government funding expires at midnight. Republicans didn’t even show up to work.

If you're going to describe an Ai video as "weird" in your headline, you really should use a serifed font

Visuel par l'artiste Dyna Moe

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Radio Canada --> Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Société Radio-Canada Good Canadian editors, even functionally bilingual ones like me, know to ALWAYS check the French! (Radio-Canada [with hyphen!] is short form, corresponding to CBC) #AmEditing #JeRévise

Car drivers are so uncoupled from the responsibility of life and death that not only is the solution laid on cyclists and pedestrians but the word ‘Car’ never appears in the article’s summation.

WTF? Canadians know this one (all too) well also!

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

As my mother's POA holder, I just received a piece of routine paperwork to sign from the (lovely, helpful, competent) folk who manage her investments and it ends with (as the template probably has for years) "Thank you for your attention to this matter" and yikes I can't stop shuddering.

OMG, this is 100% me rn.

a big reason the Disney thing is important is that in the most visible fight the administration has picked, a fight they celebrated winning, ended up as a loss. it's embarrassing and demoralizing. it also shows non-political folks that the pendulum can swing back. that emboldens all of us to fight.