No, autocorrect, I don’t want to change “be an issue” to “bean issue”…unless I happen to be editing a recipe with specific legume requirements. 🫘 #AmEditing

Proofreading an index and not quite sure what’s going on? Why are things are out of alphabetical order? What’s the best way to cut for length? Come to my EFA webinar to learn what non-indexers should know about indexes! Aug. 14. #edibuddies #AmEditing community.the-efa.org/events/Event...

Cat: *paws at window screen* Me: “Young lady, if you don’t stop that, I’ll have to close the window. You don’t want that to happen, do you?”

Some springtime birds I saw while visiting Japan! 🌸🪶

I honestly don’t eat a lot of seafood, but I *love* looking at the art on tinned seafood.

Sometimes I’m overwhelmed by the number of cool people who are doing cool stuff and sharing it online — visual artists, writers, comedians, musicians. I’m grateful to them all for putting goodness out into the world even when times are tough.

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you don’t have to: • “update your wardrobe” every season • add accessories to “style” your outfits • change your style to avoid looking “like a millennial” These rules exist to sell you things you don’t need. If you like your clothes, wear them.

“oohs and ahhs” → “oohs and aahs” #AmEditing

So weird that only one political party is expending this much time, energy, money and political captital to prevent as many people from voting as they possibly can - and ignore or nullify those votes if they feel like it. One would think this imbalance would dominate headlines. 🤷‍♀️

May or may not have fallen asleep during the workday because I’m still so tired from #ACES2025 🙃

When we return from a trip, it’s interesting to see what the petsitter has been watching on our streaming services. Our last sitter favored true crime shows; the new one watched Harry Potter movies.

So dang happy to be at #ACES2025 with my people 💙

Calling all #ACES #edibuddies going to Salt Lake City! We are planning to gather at SaltFire Brewing Co. on Wednesday night, April 2, at 5:00 p.m.! Get your tickets at the link below or by using the QR code: bit.ly/freelancershappyhour2025 #ACES2025

Me, working on my little articles and book projects in February 2025:

Shout-out to mental health professionals, parents, teachers, and anyone else who is taking care of others’ emotional needs right now in addition to their own. Y’all are doing some of the hardest work.

Here are some nice mushrooms

A bit of good news: Thomson Reuters just had the first big copyright win against an AI company.

No, no, this is perfectly comprehensible behavior: everyone knows nighttime is the right time for the zoomiest zoomies.

At least three earthquakes have happened near Boston while I’ve lived here, and I’ve never felt one until today. It’s creepy, but TBH I’m glad I know what everyone is talking about this time. 🙃

this is your irregularly scheduled social media reminder to take your phone out of its case and disinfect both case and phone, brought to you by me remembering to do this myself

I’m going to repost this at different times of day until everybody’s seen it.

Fun fact: Philadelphia (no, not NYC) has the oldest T-Day parade. 💛🧡💚

Dear every website: No, I do not want an AI summary of product reviews. I want to read the actual reviews written by actual people.

Whoever named frogs got it 100% right. Those things are frogs

People always talk about beast mode, but beast median is generally more useful

fuck it, the world is bad, birds are good, here are some more birds also I took that bluebirds shot yesterday and I really like it (remember, kids, and last reminder for now, make sure you turn ALT TEXT on as required in your settings under accessibility, please)

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OK, someone had to do it! Here's a starter pack for lexicography. Please send me additions (I tried—I'm sorry if I missed you)! Please share! #linguistics go.bsky.app/TjzjMVw

A lot of folks have been lamenting that now so many people are here and their accounts are growing they can't shitpost anymore and I say: No, friends, shitpost harder! Be the shitposter you want to see in the world! Lean the fuck in!! Protect the Bluesky vibe at all costs!

Ok, I'm just getting started on this, but here's the beginnings of my Starter Pack. Please share far and wide, and let me know if you're a media, music, or restaurant person who would like to be added! go.bsky.app/Gu7TsMM

[God making a Pangolin] "What if a pineapple was alive and always looked like it was worried it might have left the oven on..."

Here's your ear worm for today. Probably one of a small handful of songs I know my dad would sing along with in the station wagon if it came on over the radio.

“urine contraction” → “uterine contraction” #AmEditing

Fantastic thread!

It baffles me that jeans with no stretch are back in style. Why would people do that to themselves? I’ll be wearing stretchy jeans forever, thanks.

“aid in the transmission of signals” ✂️→ “help transmit signals” #AmEditing

Ah. The Olympics. I love the events.

“Laryngeal” absolutely stops looking like a real word after you’ve read it 50 times in an hour. #AmEditing #SemanticSatiation

JULY CARTOON: ivacheung.com/2024/07/tria... #AmEditing

I’m learning that no matter how “easy” a YouTuber says a hairstyle will be, I will not be able to do it. 🙃

“No studies show a casual relationship” → “No studies show a causal relationship” 👀 #AmEditing

a good cheap trick to stay cool is to freeze a bunch of wet washcloths in ziplocks. I use this method a ton for my bad back (heat->cold->heat) but work so well on your neck and back to keep you cool. when one gets warm just stick it back in the freezer and pull another one out

No institution on earth has authority over the English language. The Oxford English Dictionary is just some dictionary. It has some notable strong points but also downsides. A school, venue, or employer can require adherence to a style guide as terms of a deal but there's no official standard.

I do not comment on shark bites. A group of animals older than the rings of Saturn is critical for keeping coastal ecosystems healthy and faces a very real threat of extinction, and you want to ask me about how some of them bite people sometimes? I'll pass, thanks.

I know that I'm not supposed to curl my lip when I see "on accident" or "all of the sudden," because then I'm being all judgey and prescriptive and classist/regionalist and stuff, but I do curl it. More important, perhaps: They barely show up. #copyediting

“mylar” → “Mylar” #AmEditing