Small steps you can start today to future-proof your #freelance career. blog.freelancersunion.org/2025/10/20/5...

An interesting study! The findings suggest that my use of an exclamation point lends a friendly tone, but also makes it more likely that you (the reader) will conclude I am female. #amediting #grammar #communication www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Some @theguardian.com coverage! Women use exclamation marks 3x more than men—not from extra joy, but to avoid sounding unfriendly 😬 Online, neutrality reads as hostility, so warmth is outsourced to punctuation!! BUT it boosts likability and can hurt credibility www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

How hard is it to correct the record on junk science? Here’s @drkatiesuleta.bsky.social with her experience—starting in summer of 2024—corresponding with a journal to get a flawed autism study corrected www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... #scipub #publications #journals

“In one sentence you can appreciate the words an author selected, the order in which they appear, the connections they make, and the sound and visual effects they generate.” A meta sentence for #SundaySentence from 25 GREAT SENTENCES AND HOW THEY GOT THAT WAY, by Geraldine Woods

Kudos to Mpix for this holiday card #grammar advice on how to pluralize your last name 🙌 enews.millerslab.com/q/FmkLFROgJA...

Join us Thursdays at #humansOfBlueSky and Broadcast this so more people join Show photos about friends , strangers, candid or portraits as board as you imagine feed at▶️ bsky.app/profile/did:... #storytelling #luiscordobapharchive #eastcoastkin #art #scape #photography #portrait #relax #beach

mailchi.mp/fabledbooksh... One of my favorite indie bookstores, Fabled Bookshop in Waco, TX, has awesome book displays and makes it easy to “shop the display” from afar. Click here for a newsletter filled with spooky and magical fall reads. #booksky

Far more authors use AI to write science papers than admit it, publisher reports | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Good reminders here to celebrate your wins. But yes, I did mostly click on the article thanks to the cute cover image of a bunny and chicks. 🐥 #freelancelife #worklife www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

A beautiful and personal tribute to Jane Goodall by @katharinehayhoe.com #climate #hope

Here’s a list from Hachette for Banned Books Week. #ReadBannedBooks www.hachettebookgroup.com/book-list/ba...

Posting my latest pile of #books on this quiet Sunday morning. I’d like to challenge you to post yours too: #BlueBrewBooks #BookSky #EastCoastKin

I made another attempt at providing some insight into the journals process (To prevent procrastination, I didn’t proofread it. So don’t judge it too harshly) open.substack.com/pub/onisillo...

What’s your sign?

My favorite reads always have a strong sense of place. #amwriting #booksky

Speaking of #SundaySentence, nearly every one of the sentences in this brilliant piece by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social is worthy of the hashtag. Read it and weep through the laughter.

“The buds on the peony were filling now, like tight green scoops of ice cream with a hint of raspberry peeking through.”—THE PLACE OF TIDES, by James Rebanks #SundaySentence

Sometimes #TheRoad comes with rainbows. #BlueSkyArtShow

An excellent source on using language consciously: The Conscious Language Newsletter #language #amediting mail.consciousstyleguide.com/p/conscious-...

Reading for empathy: John Alba Cutler, a faculty member at UC Berkeley, recommends 3 books to better understand the experience of undocumented people #booksky www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep: 1. Books I’m currently reading 2. Books I just finished reading 3. Books I’m going to read next #booksky

Introducing Every Stage Health, your go-to online resource for evidence-based patient health information you can trust. From puberty to menopause and beyond, get the expert answers you need at EveryStageHealth.org.

I found it interesting that large author groups (10 or more) had a higher acceptance rate. 📖 Whose papers have an edge at Science? In unusual study, journal looks in the mirror | Science #scipub #research www.science.org/content/arti...

Ruby Beach on the Washington coast for #TidesoutTuesday

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

“There the trees wore thick moss stockings, and the ferns splayed their fronds neatly, like fingers.” NORTH WOODS, by Daniel Madon #SundaySentence

in case you missed yesterday's crucial "myriad" discourse

Research studies I would love to have edited #amediting www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Guest Post — May the AI Be With Science scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/09/19/g...

📑 Hope everyone is enjoying Peer Review Week! Check out the Science Editor's Peer Review Collection as we recognize value of peer review in scholarly publishing 👉 www.csescienceeditor.org/topic/peer-r...

Oyster farming and carbon sequestration: nice summary of a recent article in PNAS #climate #scicomm phys.org/news/2025-09...

Well, there’s only one book on this list that I haven’t yet read (and I loved the other 3), so it looks like WILD DARK SHORE should be my next read. #booksky www.hachettebookgroup.com/novel-suspec...

“What is a plant without a means to communicate? A husk. And without conversation, a forest is not a forest.” THE LIGHT EATERS, by Zoë Schlanger #SundaySentence #naturewriting

Young people stand up against policies that would worsen climate-exacerbated effects on allergies and asthma #climate #healthcare kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Sol Duc Falls in Olympic National Park for #waterfallwednesday

“And the tears? I stetted the tears.” —Poet Maggie Smith in rejecting the “edits” her husband made to a piece sent for publication during their divorce. Stetting the tears is my new mantra. How many times as a woman have you been told that your emotional response is too much? #morningreads

Emily Henry has become the master of the contemporary romance novel, publishing six bestsellers since 2020. Now, five are being adapted into movies and shows.

Succulents become rechargeable night lights after injection with tiny phosphor particles go.nature.com/4oVQb5O

May you sail into the week. #BlueSkyMonday

“Once he read a book that said that people with neuropsychiatric disorders need to make friends with their brain. But Ted and Ted’s brain are not friends. They are classmates. Forced to do a group assignment called Life together.” #SundaySentence +a few extra from MY FRIENDS, by Fredrik Backman

How climate change affects our favorite activities. 🚴‍♀️ I’ve never ridden RAGBRAI, but I have ridden in Hotter ‘n Hell in Wichita Falls, Texas. Soon every ride will be hotter than hell. #climate insideclimatenews.org/news/1308202...

Better Living Through Biochemistry - bioGraphic | Science writer Emma Marris explains custom microbiomes and how they could be used to tackle environmental issues like microplastics #scicomm www.biographic.com/better-livin...

The burning of fossil fuels & the changes in our climate it’s causing are arguably the leading avoidable causes of morbidity (ill health) & mortality (death) in the world today. This new report focuses on pregnant women, babies, & children—who are especially vulnerable. @gchalliance.bsky.social

What is the best way to deal with an invasive species? Kill it or coexist? An essay by Jeanne Malmgren on Substack. #nature open.substack.com/pub/jeannema...

Morning run in the hostile hellscape.

Overlooking Trinity Washington University in Edgewood, as adults play pickleball and kids are in fall football practices at the rec center across the street

Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC