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Jaime Sperling

@diedofennui.bsky.social

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Copyediting, proofreading, cats, running, insomnia. Not necessarily in that order.
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Jeramy Neugin @lostcitymagic.bsky.social · 2 days
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Jaime Sperling @diedofennui.bsky.social · 16 hr
"personages" --> "people" #AmEditing
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Jaime Sperling @diedofennui.bsky.social · 2 days
It's only two in the winter.
Avatar Marnie Shure @marnieshure.bsky.social · 2 days
How long does it take you to stop sweating after working out? I average about three days
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Jaime Sperling @diedofennui.bsky.social · 2 days
"Inelegance"—bit of an understatement here.
Avatar Jane Austen @austenquotebot.bsky.social · 2 days
What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.
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Jaime Sperling @diedofennui.bsky.social · 3 days
"ubiquitous all over the globe" --> "ubiquitous" #AmEditing #DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment
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Jaime Sperling @diedofennui.bsky.social · 7 days
fishing weird --> fishing weir #AmEditing #WhenSpellCheckWontHelp
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.bsky.social · 7 days
your periodic reminder that the only people who earnestly use the term "Judeo-Christian" are anti-Semites
Avatar Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 7 days
Tired: Project 2025 wants to bring back the Sabbath. Wired: Project 2025 will ban Sunday sportsball games and forget about getting beer.
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Andy Clark, Nerdling Herder @andycruns.bsky.social · 8 days
Horror Haikus Frankenstein I have made a man! My power is unbridled! Oops, I fucked this up
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Jaime Sperling @diedofennui.bsky.social · 8 days
@rudydoesbooks.bsky.social is an academic indexer.
Avatar Kevin R. McClure @kevinrmcclure.bsky.social · 11 days
Seeking recommendations for an academic/non-ficition book indexer. Thank you!
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Q. Pheevr @qpheevr.bsky.social · 9 days
The moral of today’s proofs: If an author’s name is spelled right on the first page, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s also spelled right in the verso running header. #AmEditing
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10 days
Penny for your thoughts?
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Rudy Leon, editor @rudydoesbooks.bsky.social · 11 days
I have one space left in my summer schedule. One lucky scholar can set themself a deadline to get a draft out to an editor (me!) by July 23, and then be in great shape to complete revisions before the start of semester. Won't that feel great? #AcademicSky
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Willie Fitzgerald @williefitz.bsky.social · 11 days
TRUMP: I am going to drop daisy-cutter bombs on Seattle just cuz BIDEN: I'll have the Bob Salad — ha, COBB Salad, whoops. NYT: Biden's Gaffe Sends Shockwaves Through Democratic Party; Trump Pledges Infrastructure Changes to Northwest
Avatar andy™ @andylevy.net · 11 days
what are we doing here? he accidentally said million instead of billion and then immediately knew it and corrected himself. he didn’t “flub a line” and then “make an effort to correct himself,” he did the speaking equivalent of a typo that you know you’ve made and instantly correct
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Patrick S. Tomlinson @stealthygeek.bsky.social · 13 days
Trump: -Old -Fraud -Rapist -2x impeached -3x adulteror -4x indicted -6x bankrupt -34x felon -$600mm+ fines & settlements -Cheated in 2016 election -Launched J6th insurrection -Ran fake university -Stole from vets and cancer kids -Stole classified documents -Killed a million Americans Biden: -Old
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 13 days
It really is making *me* feel crazy to see a bunch of other Democrat voters running around screaming about how Biden is now unelectable, on the basis of one bad debate and an incredibly obvious ratfucking campaign by America’s most craven newspaper.
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Jaime Sperling @diedofennui.bsky.social · 14 days
Eating chocolate and doomscrolling is a known cure for #insomnia, right?
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Jaime Sperling @diedofennui.bsky.social · 15 days
As usual, Iva reveals the truth.
Avatar Iva Cheung @ivacheung.bsky.social · 15 days
JULY CARTOON: ivacheung.com/2024/07/tria... #AmEditing
Triage - Iva Cheungivacheung.com
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Dave Wagner @davewagner.bsky.social · 17 days
you'll often see a cat's ear twitch for no reason. that's because a ghost is talking to them. ghosts talk to cats constantly. they never shut up. that's why cats are so tired all the time. some random dead Victorian dude won't stop telling them how much mutton costs in 1872.
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Jaime Sperling @diedofennui.bsky.social · 17 days
Your pet/what they're named after.
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Your pet/what they’re named after
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 19 days
Recently, I was peer reviewing a paper, and it cited one of my papers. Except... it wasn't anything I had written. The title sounds like something I'd write. It included coauthors I work with, and was in a journal I've published in. But it wasn't real. AI is not good for science.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 19 days
"I know it sounds crazy, but I have absolutely zero urge to turn on my TV tonight."
Nation Can’t Believe That It’s Saying This, But It Doesn’t Want To Watch TVwww.theonion.com WASHINGTON—With the first presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle airing tonight, Americans across the country told reporters Thursday that they couldn’t believe they were saying this, but they...
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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 20 days
happy lottery day 🥰 www.newyorker.com/magazine/194...
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Jaime Sperling @diedofennui.bsky.social · 20 days
It's only the first week of my CSA, and I'm already behind - as in, I have more vegetables than I can eat in a week. And I like vegetables!
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Jaime Sperling @diedofennui.bsky.social · 20 days
"faun" --> "fawn" #AmEditing (Yes, "faun" is a word. It is not the word meant in my current project.)
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Mindy Weisberger @laminda.bsky.social · 22 days
As we steel ourselves for the 6/27 debate, let's revisit a few of the nicknames that irate Scottish folk tweeted in 2016 after Trump claimed that Scotland supported Brexit: Weapons-grade plum Bawbag-eyed fuck bumper Knuckle-brained fart lozenge Tiny-fingered, Cheeto-faced, ferret-wearing shitgibbon
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Jaime Sperling @diedofennui.bsky.social · 22 days
Will you just look at this pretty face?!
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Jaime Sperling @diedofennui.bsky.social · 23 days
On the first nice day (i.e., not sweltering) in a week, I've thrown all my windows open to alleviate the stuffiness ... to the sound of leaf blowers. Oh, how I hate gas-powered leaf blowers! 😠 Also, this will thwart my nap plans, which are necessary thanks to last night's insomnia.
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Jaime Sperling @diedofennui.bsky.social · 23 days
Hey there, sleeplessness. It's been a while since you've come to hang out. I can't really say that I've missed you, and now I must ask you to leave because I o have to get up in four hours.
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Bully, Little Stuffed Bull 🐮 @bullythelsb.bsky.social · 1 mo
please sign my petition to post the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition on the wall of every Louisiana classroom
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Catbus @catbus.bsky.social · 1 mo
would they still love the Kwisatz Haderach if he was a worm