Mededitor
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As a medical editor, language - usage - lexicography - culture - memes - all meet someplace. And that place appears to be my desk.
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The only thing I can offer you on #Bluesky is a distraction from you own sense of impending doom. Think 2025 is a bad year to be alive? Let me remind you of worse (medical) realities from the past. Smallpox! Bubonic Plague! Typhoid! It's all waiting for you on my timeline... 😂
Another mass Twitter exodus! Welcome, followers - old and new.
If you ever wondered what would happen if you needed a leg amputated in 1832, or if you had a toothache in 1765 - look no further.
From the weird to the wonderful, I'm your gal for all things medical history!
If you ever wondered what would happen if you needed a leg amputated in 1832, or if you had a toothache in 1765 - look no further.
From the weird to the wonderful, I'm your gal for all things medical history!
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The only thing I can offer you on #Bluesky is a distraction from you own sense of impending doom. Think 2025 is a bad year to be alive? Let me remind you of worse (medical) realities from the past. Smallpox! Bubonic Plague! Typhoid! It's all waiting for you on my timeline... 😂
Finally got one of those electric kettles my Uk friends keep mentioning. What a useful appliance!
November 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Finally got one of those electric kettles my Uk friends keep mentioning. What a useful appliance!
Heard on a police bodycam video: Tow truck operator, a native speaker of English, says, "You need to be out with people who need your guys's help." People talk like that.
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Heard on a police bodycam video: Tow truck operator, a native speaker of English, says, "You need to be out with people who need your guys's help." People talk like that.
One of my pastimes is watching arrest videos. No two are alike, but certain themes emerge. “I don’t have ID” generally means the perp has an outstanding warrant. “I don’t answer questions” will escalate the situation.
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
One of my pastimes is watching arrest videos. No two are alike, but certain themes emerge. “I don’t have ID” generally means the perp has an outstanding warrant. “I don’t answer questions” will escalate the situation.
Damn, I love my new city.
November 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Damn, I love my new city.
A couple days ago, whipped up a batch of fresh kimchi, and got it into the fermenter. Today I saw the first bubbles in the airlock. It’s alive!
November 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A couple days ago, whipped up a batch of fresh kimchi, and got it into the fermenter. Today I saw the first bubbles in the airlock. It’s alive!
I’m noticing this kind of carelessness more often, a sign of cost-cutting run amok:
November 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I’m noticing this kind of carelessness more often, a sign of cost-cutting run amok:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.
November 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.
Notice that the superfluous signage isn’t square; they clipped around the words, making it look even more slapdash and jejune.
November 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Notice that the superfluous signage isn’t square; they clipped around the words, making it look even more slapdash and jejune.
Hey, New York? Elon Musk and his billionaire buddies have ordered you to vote for Cuomo. They have threatened you that they will be unhappy if you elect Mamdani. They caution that if you cross them, they might punish you by moving away. Take them up on the bet.
November 5, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Hey, New York? Elon Musk and his billionaire buddies have ordered you to vote for Cuomo. They have threatened you that they will be unhappy if you elect Mamdani. They caution that if you cross them, they might punish you by moving away. Take them up on the bet.
My new neighborhood is way into Halloween—3 big bags of candy gone in less than an hour. Happy!
October 31, 2025 at 10:27 PM
My new neighborhood is way into Halloween—3 big bags of candy gone in less than an hour. Happy!
Getting ready for Trick-or-Treaters:
October 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Getting ready for Trick-or-Treaters:
Spittles
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Scarburst
Scarburst
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Knickers
Knickers
October 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Spittles
What shall we name our establishment? Something tasteful that reflects our customers’ verve and elan…
October 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
What shall we name our establishment? Something tasteful that reflects our customers’ verve and elan…
Confused old man is angry at magnets.
October 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Confused old man is angry at magnets.
I remember having an aunt Sophie. She was delightful. A close family friend, but we weren’t related to her. I imagine a lot of families have ad-hoc members like that.
October 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I remember having an aunt Sophie. She was delightful. A close family friend, but we weren’t related to her. I imagine a lot of families have ad-hoc members like that.
Getting around to DFW’s “The Pale King.” It’s brilliant and daunting. A test of the reader’s mettle.
October 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Getting around to DFW’s “The Pale King.” It’s brilliant and daunting. A test of the reader’s mettle.
The word “yay,” in the expression “yay high” is a demonstrative adverb, meaning it requires a hand gesture to complete the sense of it. Stems from “yea” (verily, truly).
October 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The word “yay,” in the expression “yay high” is a demonstrative adverb, meaning it requires a hand gesture to complete the sense of it. Stems from “yea” (verily, truly).
Any company asked to commit this atrocity should have declined to do the crime.
October 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Any company asked to commit this atrocity should have declined to do the crime.
This is the kind of typo that’s easy to miss. Right up there with public/pubic.
Washington Post editorial board: Right-wing idiots who also cannot spell.
October 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This is the kind of typo that’s easy to miss. Right up there with public/pubic.
They never learn. www.theverge.com/news/804106/...
Meet Mico, Microsoft’s AI version of Clippy
Copilot now has its own virtual character for its voice mode.
www.theverge.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
They never learn. www.theverge.com/news/804106/...
I was trying to look something up. The lackeys have been busy.
October 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I was trying to look something up. The lackeys have been busy.
We need federal troops in this Baltimore hellscape…
October 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
We need federal troops in this Baltimore hellscape…