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Wrangler of words. Adopter of books. Knower of stuff.
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Maybe you don’t care that the president of the United States is punishing The Associated Press, but you should.
OPINION: Trump Trying To Force World’s Biggest News Org To Bend To His Will
Maybe you don’t care that the president of the United States is punishing The Associated Press, but you should.
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February 15, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Though he's not feeling very well, Su-purr-visor Udon (who was featured as a #StetPet this week!) is still on the job, ensuring my typing is up to snuff by blocking the backspace. My high school keyboarding instructors would approve.

#AmEditing
December 12, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Su-purr-visor Udon wants it known that he disapproves of working on holidays, voluntarily or not.

#StetPet #AmEditing
November 29, 2024 at 12:26 AM
All that time spent monitor blocking and tea stealing wears out Su-purr-visor Udon and Meow-nager Soba.
#AmEditing #StetPet
November 25, 2024 at 11:24 PM
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Optimist: The cup is half full.

Pessimist: The cup is half empty.

Copy editor: Nine pages ago it was described as a "mug"; do you intend the terms to be interchangeable or is this supposed to be a different drinking vessel?
Optimist: The cup is half full.

Pessimist: The cup is half empty.

Engineer: The specification is wrong.
Optimist: The cup is half full.

Pessimist: The cup is half empty.

Historian: The cup, 1789-1914
November 23, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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Māori MPs briefly suspended the Aotearoa parliament’s attempts to reinterpret their founding treaty in the most bad ass use of the Haka I’ve ever seen.
November 14, 2024 at 3:23 PM
I finally had cause to bust out my hardbound CMOS18 today. Did I thumb through the pages to fill the air with new book aroma before honing in on my style quarry? Yes. I definitely did. #AMEditing
November 15, 2024 at 4:04 AM