Erin K. Maher
@erinkmaher.bsky.social
Academic copyeditor, line editor, and indexer in the arts and humanities. PhD in musicology, UNC Chapel Hill (2016). She/her/Dr. It's pronounced "mar."
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IF THIS IS THE FIRST POST YOU SEE TODAY LOG OFF AND GO BACK TO BED
Next 3 hours or so are going to contain a lot of this as folks wake up across the US
What the fuck
January 3, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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forget the long arc of history bending towards justice, I need the rube goldberg machine of inexorable consequence to endgame the kind of profoundly ironic yet blackly hilarious karmic downfall that would’ve had ancient greek theatergoers hollering at the chorus
January 3, 2026 at 12:28 PM
forget the long arc of history bending towards justice, I need the rube goldberg machine of inexorable consequence to endgame the kind of profoundly ironic yet blackly hilarious karmic downfall that would’ve had ancient greek theatergoers hollering at the chorus
One of my ~new year's resolutions~ is to put my phone across the room at night and not grab it right away in the morning, so uhhh I had a really nice 20 minutes there. Played some little word games on my social-media-less tablet! Did my little stretches!
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January 3, 2026 at 11:34 AM
One of my ~new year's resolutions~ is to put my phone across the room at night and not grab it right away in the morning, so uhhh I had a really nice 20 minutes there. Played some little word games on my social-media-less tablet! Did my little stretches!
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😬
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My man looks like a revered elder in a dramatic film about the Oompa-Loompas
January 3, 2026 at 3:52 AM
My man looks like a revered elder in a dramatic film about the Oompa-Loompas
library room...... with access to R1-level online resources
I want the *good* JSTOR again
I want the *good* JSTOR again
if you could have one absolutely ridiculous thing in your house, money is no issue, what would you add?
January 3, 2026 at 3:55 AM
library room...... with access to R1-level online resources
I want the *good* JSTOR again
I want the *good* JSTOR again
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It’s no guarantee but the first thing you should do if you see an outrageous story that’s just an image or screenshot or video with no link to a reputable source is to check the replies and see if someone is saying “that’s an AI fake.” And then don’t spread it either way because it’s not sourced.
January 2, 2026 at 7:40 PM
It’s no guarantee but the first thing you should do if you see an outrageous story that’s just an image or screenshot or video with no link to a reputable source is to check the replies and see if someone is saying “that’s an AI fake.” And then don’t spread it either way because it’s not sourced.
This game brightened my day. I love the little frogs. ☺️
Happy New Year everyone! I hope this year gives you some moments of tranquility.
New Years is my absolute favorite holiday, and to celebrate we launched a new word game to subscribers: Ribbit!
Play here: www.puzzmo.com/play/ribbit
New Years is my absolute favorite holiday, and to celebrate we launched a new word game to subscribers: Ribbit!
Play here: www.puzzmo.com/play/ribbit
January 2, 2026 at 12:01 AM
This game brightened my day. I love the little frogs. ☺️
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Jazz will be replaced by Buzz
January 1, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Jazz will be replaced by Buzz
same
January 1, 2026 at 4:10 PM
same
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ScanDisk. My anxiety started here.
January 1, 2026 at 3:43 PM
ScanDisk. My anxiety started here.
I'm telling myself that if I color-code my 2026 reading log spreadsheet, I'll read more books. 🤷♀️
I finished 16 books this year (that I wasn't being paid to read), which is a new low for me and feels pathetic, but I *am* comparing myself to my friends from a book-related message board back in the day who have somehow kept up their teen-level reading habits in their 30s/40s...
NEW: How many books did you read this year? If it was more than 2, congrats: you read more than the median American.
Read on for way more @today.yougov.com polling from me on America's book-reading habits in 2025. 1/
Read on for way more @today.yougov.com polling from me on America's book-reading habits in 2025. 1/
January 1, 2026 at 3:27 PM
I'm telling myself that if I color-code my 2026 reading log spreadsheet, I'll read more books. 🤷♀️
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Happy New Year! We love sharing these pro-book posters from the Works Projects Administration Poster Collection in the Library's Prints and Photographs Division. Of the 2,000 WPA posters known to exist, the Library of Congress's collection of more than 900 is the largest.
January 1, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Happy New Year! We love sharing these pro-book posters from the Works Projects Administration Poster Collection in the Library's Prints and Photographs Division. Of the 2,000 WPA posters known to exist, the Library of Congress's collection of more than 900 is the largest.
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They updated the display name and turned over the @NYCMayor account but all the old Adams tweets are still there so now they have Mamdani's name over them.
January 1, 2026 at 6:52 AM
They updated the display name and turned over the @NYCMayor account but all the old Adams tweets are still there so now they have Mamdani's name over them.
I'm starting the year behind on work because of eye strain, so it's already going great. 😣 But, you know, a year ago, I figured we'd be in full Civil War II / Societal Collapse by now, so I can't *really* complain.
(yes, I know things are very bad, I did not say they aren't very bad)
(yes, I know things are very bad, I did not say they aren't very bad)
January 1, 2026 at 5:07 AM
I'm starting the year behind on work because of eye strain, so it's already going great. 😣 But, you know, a year ago, I figured we'd be in full Civil War II / Societal Collapse by now, so I can't *really* complain.
(yes, I know things are very bad, I did not say they aren't very bad)
(yes, I know things are very bad, I did not say they aren't very bad)
felt attacked by this one
December 31, 2025 at 11:38 PM
felt attacked by this one
Seeing this video at age 13 changed the course of my life.
December 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Seeing this video at age 13 changed the course of my life.
I finished 16 books this year (that I wasn't being paid to read), which is a new low for me and feels pathetic, but I *am* comparing myself to my friends from a book-related message board back in the day who have somehow kept up their teen-level reading habits in their 30s/40s...
NEW: How many books did you read this year? If it was more than 2, congrats: you read more than the median American.
Read on for way more @today.yougov.com polling from me on America's book-reading habits in 2025. 1/
Read on for way more @today.yougov.com polling from me on America's book-reading habits in 2025. 1/
December 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I finished 16 books this year (that I wasn't being paid to read), which is a new low for me and feels pathetic, but I *am* comparing myself to my friends from a book-related message board back in the day who have somehow kept up their teen-level reading habits in their 30s/40s...
December 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
today in words I'm indexing for the first time: bishōnen
December 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
today in words I'm indexing for the first time: bishōnen
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nonfiction titles today:
First Things: Why The Morning Ends (And Why It Doesn’t Have To)
Pasta Fabulous
1927: The Year Before 1928
What Costco Can Teach Us About China, and What China Can Teach Us About Strategy
www.thechatner.com/p/what-every...
First Things: Why The Morning Ends (And Why It Doesn’t Have To)
Pasta Fabulous
1927: The Year Before 1928
What Costco Can Teach Us About China, and What China Can Teach Us About Strategy
www.thechatner.com/p/what-every...
What Every Non-Fiction Book Is Called Now
we all remember the “tiny things we know to be small” title crisis of 2022 but we ought not overlook nonfiction titles like
www.thechatner.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
nonfiction titles today:
First Things: Why The Morning Ends (And Why It Doesn’t Have To)
Pasta Fabulous
1927: The Year Before 1928
What Costco Can Teach Us About China, and What China Can Teach Us About Strategy
www.thechatner.com/p/what-every...
First Things: Why The Morning Ends (And Why It Doesn’t Have To)
Pasta Fabulous
1927: The Year Before 1928
What Costco Can Teach Us About China, and What China Can Teach Us About Strategy
www.thechatner.com/p/what-every...
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-get paid for a crossword puzzle
-remember how to make time for non-work reading
-stay on my concertgoing BS
-improve my business income after it uhh un-improved this year for various reasons
-the big one and the least likely to happen (see above): move to a walkable part of the suburbs
-remember how to make time for non-work reading
-stay on my concertgoing BS
-improve my business income after it uhh un-improved this year for various reasons
-the big one and the least likely to happen (see above): move to a walkable part of the suburbs
Fuck resolutions. How about a wish list of things we'd like to do or things we'd like to see happen in 2026? And knowing full well these things might not get done--and that's okay?
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
-get paid for a crossword puzzle
-remember how to make time for non-work reading
-stay on my concertgoing BS
-improve my business income after it uhh un-improved this year for various reasons
-the big one and the least likely to happen (see above): move to a walkable part of the suburbs
-remember how to make time for non-work reading
-stay on my concertgoing BS
-improve my business income after it uhh un-improved this year for various reasons
-the big one and the least likely to happen (see above): move to a walkable part of the suburbs
if there's ever a "non-interactions with people in the specific contexts in which they could be considered celebs" thread, I'm ready (e.g., elevator at AMS with just me and Richard Taruskin avoiding eye contact)
December 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
if there's ever a "non-interactions with people in the specific contexts in which they could be considered celebs" thread, I'm ready (e.g., elevator at AMS with just me and Richard Taruskin avoiding eye contact)
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When 90s conservatives were freaking out about gay men raising children, this was probably not what they had in mind, but my daughter is atm refusing to fall asleep unless we play her the triumphal march from Aida.
December 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
When 90s conservatives were freaking out about gay men raising children, this was probably not what they had in mind, but my daughter is atm refusing to fall asleep unless we play her the triumphal march from Aida.
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I got my first opera premiered! It's about the poet Amy Lowell going back in time to visit Sappho, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Emily Dickinson, using exclusively the poetry of all four.
If you like women artists, female voices, literature, or gay shit, give it a listen
youtu.be/e_A94tDTpWY?...
If you like women artists, female voices, literature, or gay shit, give it a listen
youtu.be/e_A94tDTpWY?...
The Sisters
YouTube video by Patricia Wallinga
youtu.be
December 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I got my first opera premiered! It's about the poet Amy Lowell going back in time to visit Sappho, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Emily Dickinson, using exclusively the poetry of all four.
If you like women artists, female voices, literature, or gay shit, give it a listen
youtu.be/e_A94tDTpWY?...
If you like women artists, female voices, literature, or gay shit, give it a listen
youtu.be/e_A94tDTpWY?...