I listened to this episode this morning. It was excellent!

💉 Where can you find accurate information on vaccines❓ ✅ American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP-... ✅ Medical societies: cmss.org/programs-and... ✅ CIDRAP for in-depth evidence review: vaxintegrity.cidrap.umn.edu/evidence-rev...

Finally removed addictive puzzle apps from my phone. And now I’m at a car appointment brainstorming ideas for a plain language blog I’d like to start. 14 so far!

#SpellingBee spell off! Holy cow!

Finally got myself connected to watch the #spellingbee! Hooray! I look forward to this every year!

When I was a college student on Long Island, I heard L-I-R-R or "the train" most of the time.

Quiet afternoon working through the exercises in the EFA's (@efafreelancers.bsky.social) medicolegal editing course. Hoping to expand in this direction soon!

A good copy editor is worth their weight in gold. Mine is the freaking best. I just wrote something that is incredibly well known in my field and got back: "Got a source for this?" I do... but boy is it superb to be held to account every single time. #copyeditorsareprobablygods #katyaespecially

One of the biggest hazards of #freelance life, at least for me, is the temptation to try every path under the sun. Distraction is powerful. When I stay in my lane (editing and proofreading health materials), I tend to feel more grounded.

You might personally choose not to use AI, but you might not have a choice as to whether your team or office uses it. If your organization is using AI to write alt text, always review it to make sure it's accurate and appropriate. AI won't necessarily understand how or why an image is being used.

Just borrowed a bucket of garden tools from my local library. 🙂👩‍🌾🪴

On my after-dinner #stetwalk, I saw a purple truck marked "Central Oil - The Purple People Heaters." I have no idea if purple modified "people" or "heaters," but it was entertaining nonetheless. (It whizzed by too quickly for me to snap a photo.)

Today I joined the National Association of Memoir Writers with thoughts of adding a family history layer to my editorial business. I'm looking forward to learning more. But in the meantime, I'm thinking of this family getting ready for a camping trip around 1934. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

I have always wondered this! Eventually, I figured out that "troops" meant individual people, but when I was younger, I thought of "troop" like my Girl Scout troop one rainy weekend at Camp Bonnie Brae.

Such an interesting article and video on the research behind this important work. #genealogy news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

Seen during an after-dinner walk in the neighborhood: A white convertible with a skeleton in the back seat. The skeleton was wearing a black top hat and bow tie.

I have a wonderful memory of the time my mother called just to tell me she saw an indigo bunting at her bird feeder. I'm looking forward to reading this for a nonfiction book group next month. #birds #birdwatching

I'm not sure how visible this is, but when I'm feeling frustrated, this duck offering coffee never fails to make me smile. ☕🦆😊 www.instagram.com/p/DVWRXTFkcZM/

A Swedish scientist made up a fake skin condition and then uploaded two fake studies about it to a preprint server in early 2024. The fake papers were then cited in peer-reviewed literature. This aligns with my experience #editing content, especially in the past year www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Whenever I do a sudoku puzzle, I get the #Beatles version of “Kansas City” stuck in my head. “It’s just a-123456789.”

A new indie bookstore is opening in my area next weekend! And another opened last fall. Hooray!

Another great reminder to consider your audience!

Today, I saw my first ice cream truck of the season and proudly called it a ding dong cart, in true Western Massachusetts fashion.

This little sign in the #Massachusetts #Berkshires made me smile.

You’ve all heard of biopsy. But what happens after? Biomedical Scientist Yolly takes us inside a lab, where science turns cells into answers. Together for health. #StandWithScience

People should be able to understand content the first time they read or hear it. No one should need a legal background or a Latin dictionary to understand a website. Users should be able to absorb content and instructions without needing to make sense of stuffy, stilted language.

Have you used AI tools for health advice?

Local news archives have been incredibly helpful for my family history research. Still trying to find coverage of my ancestor who was arrested for swearing though.

“Your clients aren’t just hiring a set of skills. They’re trusting you with work that matters to them.” Excellent post for understanding content marketing for your own freelance business.

It's #NationalPublicHealthWeek, and I had this in mind when choosing library books yesterday: A History of the World in Six Plagues by Edna Bonhomme The Masters of Medicine by Andrew Lam, MD Women in White Coats by Olivia Campbell What are you reading these days?

"Within weeks ... major artificial-intelligence systems began repeating the invented condition ... The fake papers were then cited in peer-reviewed literature. Osmanovic Thunström says this suggests that some researchers are relying on AI-generated references without reading the underlying papers."

The Campanile in Springfield, Massachusetts, is one of my favorite buildings. On Saturday, I was pleased to gather nearby with other No Kings folks. It's the same place my Mom and her family joined with neighbors to celebrate the end of World War II.

Let's ideate on this and circle back.

For screen readers to recognize headings, heading text can't just be body text or normal text that's been made to look bigger and bolder. It must be formatted as a heading. In Microsoft Word and Google Docs, this can be done in the styles box. In HTML, use the tags h1 through h6.

I saw the word "thermos" in a puzzle this morning, so this is kind of mandatory. 🎵 I'm picking out a thermos for you / not an ordinary thermos for you 🎵 youtu.be/ovSSFI9UcBY?...

Headings serve as landmarks for users and help them understand how different pieces of information relate to each other. For example, a section with a level 3 headings probably provides information in support of information provided in the previous level 2 heading, and so on.

The ‘bel’ in ‘decibel’ is for Alexander Graham Bell. Since the ‘B’ in 'dB' is a name-derived unit, it is capitalized when abbreviated.

I'm intrigued to learn that "d'oh" was one of the most looked-up words on @merriam-webster.com this morning. And I'm even more intrigued to learn that its first recorded use as an interjection was in 1945. Here I was thinking it was liked to Homer Simpson! 😀

Visions26: The Rocky Road to Multilingualism in the US

Q: Why are people sharing their pronouns? A: Using correct names and gender pronouns can make a significant difference in someone’s life. @emkayhey.bsky.social @sandylaping.bsky.social thosenerdygirls.org/sharing-pron...

I love that Bad Bunny's upcoming performance is inspiring people to learn Spanish!

Here are five ways that the uninsured can find affordable care. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

A guy in a Bobcat is moving the Mount Marshmallow snowbank from the parking area to our condo's back yard. He's having a grand time, spinning this machine with great speed and agility. All I can think of is "Bitchin' Camaro! Bitchin' Camaro! Donuts on your lawn." www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeY2...

I've been making so many adjustments to my #editing business lately. And I rejoined ACES, too! Looking forward to connecting with more editorial folks here on BlueSky. @acesediting.bsky.social

I love the camaraderie of neighbors helping neighbors clear snow and dig each other's cars out after a snowstorm.

Was anyone else spooked as a kid by the 1975 song "Wildfire" by Michael Martin Murphey? I still am. I heard it last night, and that hoot owl outside the window gets me every single time. youtu.be/l2ZrHyMfkO8?...

Here are six things you think are AP style rules that actually aren't: www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...

#Simpsons fans may be amused to hear that my website had a hit from Shelbyville today. (I'm quite amused to share that.)

I just learned that 2026 is the National Year of Reading in the UK! Now that is an initiative this American will happily join. 😊📚📰 These are the books that have been surrounding my reading chair for the past few weeks. What's in your to-read pile?