Encyclopedia Briannica
@e-briannica.bsky.social
technical editor, historical linguist, 2D cartoon person
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My profession is #TechnicalEditing, my special interest is #HistoricalLinguistics. I deeply love #CompoundMorphology and #ReferenceWorks and I'm always hunting for new #CutthroatCompounds.
I am a part of many wonderful organizations: #Wordnik, #OddSalon, #ACES, #DSNA, #ADS, and #NPL.
I am a part of many wonderful organizations: #Wordnik, #OddSalon, #ACES, #DSNA, #ADS, and #NPL.
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This is because Intuit, Inc. gave Donald Trump $1,000,000 for his "inauguration." Intuit owns Turbo Tax, which makes money off charging taxpayers to file their returns.
The corruption is rampant and in plain sight.
The corruption is rampant and in plain sight.
November 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
This is because Intuit, Inc. gave Donald Trump $1,000,000 for his "inauguration." Intuit owns Turbo Tax, which makes money off charging taxpayers to file their returns.
The corruption is rampant and in plain sight.
The corruption is rampant and in plain sight.
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I think we should bring back vibe spelling. Just add extra letters wherever, as you feel ‘em. Things can be frantick or hectick if you need that superfluous ’k’ edge. Resist the tyranny of received orthography!
November 9, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I think we should bring back vibe spelling. Just add extra letters wherever, as you feel ‘em. Things can be frantick or hectick if you need that superfluous ’k’ edge. Resist the tyranny of received orthography!
The latest @aoaoaoapod.bsky.social is about Hallmark movies and maybe contains a new #CutthroatCompound. Misspeaking, they call movies "move-me's, because they move me". youtu.be/R_574v-EU5k?... I have other verb-pronouns: WARM-HER, ARCHIVE-IT, CHEAT'EM, but no other -ME's yet. #AmResearching
November 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The latest @aoaoaoapod.bsky.social is about Hallmark movies and maybe contains a new #CutthroatCompound. Misspeaking, they call movies "move-me's, because they move me". youtu.be/R_574v-EU5k?... I have other verb-pronouns: WARM-HER, ARCHIVE-IT, CHEAT'EM, but no other -ME's yet. #AmResearching
DAGGERREVENANT
November 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
DAGGERREVENANT
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November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
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We've now crossed 3k - some of the offices people have looked up in the last few days:
- Kansas City School Board
- OH state house
- NC state house
- OH board of education
- FL state house
- Indianapolis county council
Among many many many others
- Kansas City School Board
- OH state house
- NC state house
- OH board of education
- FL state house
- Indianapolis county council
Among many many many others
HUGE: Nearly 3000 people have signed up with @runforsomething.net to run for office since Tuesday night. runforwhat.net
Run for Something
Find offices you can run for
runforwhat.net
November 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
We've now crossed 3k - some of the offices people have looked up in the last few days:
- Kansas City School Board
- OH state house
- NC state house
- OH board of education
- FL state house
- Indianapolis county council
Among many many many others
- Kansas City School Board
- OH state house
- NC state house
- OH board of education
- FL state house
- Indianapolis county council
Among many many many others
@electrolemon.bsky.social Thanks for being literally inspiring. I couldn't believe no one had done this idea yet, so I had to give it a shot. Happy 5th! youtube.com/shorts/v2Npe...
5th of November
YouTube video by Encyclopedia Briannica
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November 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
@electrolemon.bsky.social Thanks for being literally inspiring. I couldn't believe no one had done this idea yet, so I had to give it a shot. Happy 5th! youtube.com/shorts/v2Npe...
Remember, remember, the 5th of November
November 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Remember, remember, the 5th of November
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“A team led by researchers at the University of Waterloo found in a simulated study that ChatGPT-4o, the well-known large language model (LLM) created by OpenAI, answered open-ended diagnostic questions incorrectly nearly two-thirds of the time.”
Don’t use AI for medical advice.
#Canada
#AI
Don’t use AI for medical advice.
#Canada
#AI
AI’s medical diagnostic skills still need a check-up | Waterloo News
You may want to think twice about using powerful artificial intelligence (AI) programs such as ChatGPT to self-diagnose health problems. A team led by researchers at the University of Waterloo found i...
uwaterloo.ca
November 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Filmed four episodes of Reading Rainbow, all are out on KidZuko on YouTube 😁
Thankful to still be in the world for this journey. Highest of honors for one of Reading Rainbow & LeVar Burton’s biggest fans ✨
Proud & grateful for all involved! 🦋🌌
“Take a look, it’s in a book!”
YOU can be anything 📚🌈
Thankful to still be in the world for this journey. Highest of honors for one of Reading Rainbow & LeVar Burton’s biggest fans ✨
Proud & grateful for all involved! 🦋🌌
“Take a look, it’s in a book!”
YOU can be anything 📚🌈
October 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Filmed four episodes of Reading Rainbow, all are out on KidZuko on YouTube 😁
Thankful to still be in the world for this journey. Highest of honors for one of Reading Rainbow & LeVar Burton’s biggest fans ✨
Proud & grateful for all involved! 🦋🌌
“Take a look, it’s in a book!”
YOU can be anything 📚🌈
Thankful to still be in the world for this journey. Highest of honors for one of Reading Rainbow & LeVar Burton’s biggest fans ✨
Proud & grateful for all involved! 🦋🌌
“Take a look, it’s in a book!”
YOU can be anything 📚🌈
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Now you can become an EFF member for as little as $20! And, as our thanks, you'll get a Take Back CTRL Camera Cover set with any member gift to help spread the word. supporters.eff.org/donate/tbc
Defend Privacy and Free Speech
Don’t let tyrants co-opt tech. Join EFF and help fight back.
supporters.eff.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Now you can become an EFF member for as little as $20! And, as our thanks, you'll get a Take Back CTRL Camera Cover set with any member gift to help spread the word. supporters.eff.org/donate/tbc
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This week, I talked with @benzimmer.bsky.social about the linguistic detective work of antedating words — finding earlier usages than those published in dictionaries.
Learn about the surprising origins of "Ms.," "scallywag," and the baseball history of "jazz"!
🎧 Listen now: pod.link/173429229
Learn about the surprising origins of "Ms.," "scallywag," and the baseball history of "jazz"!
🎧 Listen now: pod.link/173429229
October 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This week, I talked with @benzimmer.bsky.social about the linguistic detective work of antedating words — finding earlier usages than those published in dictionaries.
Learn about the surprising origins of "Ms.," "scallywag," and the baseball history of "jazz"!
🎧 Listen now: pod.link/173429229
Learn about the surprising origins of "Ms.," "scallywag," and the baseball history of "jazz"!
🎧 Listen now: pod.link/173429229
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THIS. All of this, right here.
(the entire article is worth a read)
(the entire article is worth a read)
October 25, 2025 at 3:03 AM
THIS. All of this, right here.
(the entire article is worth a read)
(the entire article is worth a read)
🎵 ERHU (ARR-hoo) is a Chinese instrument
🇵🇰 URDU (IRR-doo) is a language of Pakistan
🇵🇰 URDU (IRR-doo) is a language of Pakistan
October 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🎵 ERHU (ARR-hoo) is a Chinese instrument
🇵🇰 URDU (IRR-doo) is a language of Pakistan
🇵🇰 URDU (IRR-doo) is a language of Pakistan
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wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
What's a GIRT? Girth? Someone sent me a clip of @susiedent.com discussing STIFFRUMP on Countdown, friend thought it was a cutthroat compound (not so), and now I'm down a STIFF- compound rabbit hole, learning that the 2nd half is often a body part... STIFF-ARM, STIFF-LIPPED, STIFF-MINDED, STIFF-GUT.
October 17, 2025 at 3:06 AM
What's a GIRT? Girth? Someone sent me a clip of @susiedent.com discussing STIFFRUMP on Countdown, friend thought it was a cutthroat compound (not so), and now I'm down a STIFF- compound rabbit hole, learning that the 2nd half is often a body part... STIFF-ARM, STIFF-LIPPED, STIFF-MINDED, STIFF-GUT.
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Uh… this was basically the leading cause of the British Civil Wars in the 1640s www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.
Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money
The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.
nyti.ms
October 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Uh… this was basically the leading cause of the British Civil Wars in the 1640s www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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My new book, UNABRIDGED, published by @groveatlantic.bsky.social, is out! It took a long time to report and write and I'm proud of it and would be grateful if you bought it and would love to see people when I'm traveling to promote it. Consider this an official book thread
October 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
My new book, UNABRIDGED, published by @groveatlantic.bsky.social, is out! It took a long time to report and write and I'm proud of it and would be grateful if you bought it and would love to see people when I'm traveling to promote it. Consider this an official book thread
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Many things are being destroyed & the news of it is a psychological & political onslaught.
So it’s important that you create things.
It can be art, cookies, a community pantry, a garden, a mask bloc. It can be beautiful, practical, silly. Just create & share.
It’ll do your brain & the world good.
So it’s important that you create things.
It can be art, cookies, a community pantry, a garden, a mask bloc. It can be beautiful, practical, silly. Just create & share.
It’ll do your brain & the world good.
October 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Many things are being destroyed & the news of it is a psychological & political onslaught.
So it’s important that you create things.
It can be art, cookies, a community pantry, a garden, a mask bloc. It can be beautiful, practical, silly. Just create & share.
It’ll do your brain & the world good.
So it’s important that you create things.
It can be art, cookies, a community pantry, a garden, a mask bloc. It can be beautiful, practical, silly. Just create & share.
It’ll do your brain & the world good.
I got called a "chopped unc" last night in person by a younger internet woman (playfully), because I admitted that I was an Elder Millennial. Not an incorrect descriptor for me, just interesting to be labeled as if the worst thing you can be is old. knowyourmeme.com/memes/just-f... #AmResearching
Just Found Out I'm Chopped and Also Unc | Know Your Meme
Just Found Out I'm Chopped and Also Unc refers to a TikTok sound from a viral video shared by TikToker Riley Hardwick (@rileyhardwick) in mid-July 2025, in
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October 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I got called a "chopped unc" last night in person by a younger internet woman (playfully), because I admitted that I was an Elder Millennial. Not an incorrect descriptor for me, just interesting to be labeled as if the worst thing you can be is old. knowyourmeme.com/memes/just-f... #AmResearching
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Paid for by the NEH Public Scholars fellowship I was privileged to receive in 2022. Your federal tax dollars getting put back into the economy.
apropos of previous post, for BYE BYE I LOVE YOU, I hired
-- a photographer
-- a sensitivity reader
-- a history of science reviewer
-- an editor
-- a podcast consultant
-- an indexer
-- an expert
-- a photographer
-- a sensitivity reader
-- a history of science reviewer
-- an editor
-- a podcast consultant
-- an indexer
-- an expert
September 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Paid for by the NEH Public Scholars fellowship I was privileged to receive in 2022. Your federal tax dollars getting put back into the economy.
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I'm planning to talk a bit abt the history of disability and the Ugly Laws in my intro lesson for our Misfits class. In my prep, I learned that PBS's American Experience (now "paused" thx to Trump's cuts) recently released a documentary about the history of the Americans with Disabilities Act
American Experience | Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act | Season 37 | Episode 2
The dramatic story of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990.
www.pbs.org
September 21, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I'm planning to talk a bit abt the history of disability and the Ugly Laws in my intro lesson for our Misfits class. In my prep, I learned that PBS's American Experience (now "paused" thx to Trump's cuts) recently released a documentary about the history of the Americans with Disabilities Act
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CBS parent company Paramount canceled Colbert to win approval from Trump's FCC to merge with Skydance.
Now ABC parent company Disney suspends Kimmel as it seeks DOJ approval to buy Fubo — and its affiliate Nexstar seeks FCC approval to buy Tegna.
See how this works?
Now ABC parent company Disney suspends Kimmel as it seeks DOJ approval to buy Fubo — and its affiliate Nexstar seeks FCC approval to buy Tegna.
See how this works?
September 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
CBS parent company Paramount canceled Colbert to win approval from Trump's FCC to merge with Skydance.
Now ABC parent company Disney suspends Kimmel as it seeks DOJ approval to buy Fubo — and its affiliate Nexstar seeks FCC approval to buy Tegna.
See how this works?
Now ABC parent company Disney suspends Kimmel as it seeks DOJ approval to buy Fubo — and its affiliate Nexstar seeks FCC approval to buy Tegna.
See how this works?