Jon Wensley
@jonwensley.bsky.social
“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.” - Oscar Wilde
A Procurement Consultant, Proofreader and Copyeditor
www.somertonsservicesltd.co.uk
A Procurement Consultant, Proofreader and Copyeditor
www.somertonsservicesltd.co.uk
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Jon Wensley
@jonwensley.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Professional proofreading and copyediting
Working with fiction & non-fiction books, articles, magazines, CVs, academic papers and contracts.
Specialising in work for non-native English speakers and those with dyslexia.
somertonsservicesltd.co.uk/portfolio/
#Proofreading #copyediting #dyslexia
Working with fiction & non-fiction books, articles, magazines, CVs, academic papers and contracts.
Specialising in work for non-native English speakers and those with dyslexia.
somertonsservicesltd.co.uk/portfolio/
#Proofreading #copyediting #dyslexia
X is seeing a fairly dramatic fall in active users across Europe.
“We found that X had a total of 94.8 million monthly active users in Europe in the 2025 report, down 13.2% from the 109.2 million it had a year ago.”
I wonder why?
“We found that X had a total of 94.8 million monthly active users in Europe in the 2025 report, down 13.2% from the 109.2 million it had a year ago.”
I wonder why?
July 16, 2025 at 7:29 AM
X is seeing a fairly dramatic fall in active users across Europe.
“We found that X had a total of 94.8 million monthly active users in Europe in the 2025 report, down 13.2% from the 109.2 million it had a year ago.”
I wonder why?
“We found that X had a total of 94.8 million monthly active users in Europe in the 2025 report, down 13.2% from the 109.2 million it had a year ago.”
I wonder why?
Do you think one of his team is deliberately taking the piss out of him?
May 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Do you think one of his team is deliberately taking the piss out of him?
Robert Crampton in @thetimes.com today showing how absolutely mad researchers can be, and leaves me wondering who on earth they talked to in order to get these results… apart from, ummm, some other rather strange Americans.
April 19, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Robert Crampton in @thetimes.com today showing how absolutely mad researchers can be, and leaves me wondering who on earth they talked to in order to get these results… apart from, ummm, some other rather strange Americans.
The Times shouldn’t sit on the fence.
Their review of the live action version of Smow White rips it to pieces, and ends up giving it one ⭐️!
Their review of the live action version of Smow White rips it to pieces, and ends up giving it one ⭐️!
March 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The Times shouldn’t sit on the fence.
Their review of the live action version of Smow White rips it to pieces, and ends up giving it one ⭐️!
Their review of the live action version of Smow White rips it to pieces, and ends up giving it one ⭐️!
Oh what a shame…
X(Twitter) is having problems.
X(Twitter) is having problems.
March 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Oh what a shame…
X(Twitter) is having problems.
X(Twitter) is having problems.
@thetimes report on the Utd game was obviously written before the result:
“If Amorim wanted to know why Moyes had managed a new-manager bounce… he only needed to watch the first five minutes of this convincing Everton victory to see the difference.“
Everton victory?
I thought it was a 2-2 draw.
“If Amorim wanted to know why Moyes had managed a new-manager bounce… he only needed to watch the first five minutes of this convincing Everton victory to see the difference.“
Everton victory?
I thought it was a 2-2 draw.
February 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
@thetimes report on the Utd game was obviously written before the result:
“If Amorim wanted to know why Moyes had managed a new-manager bounce… he only needed to watch the first five minutes of this convincing Everton victory to see the difference.“
Everton victory?
I thought it was a 2-2 draw.
“If Amorim wanted to know why Moyes had managed a new-manager bounce… he only needed to watch the first five minutes of this convincing Everton victory to see the difference.“
Everton victory?
I thought it was a 2-2 draw.
I hate to have to break it to you, but the real victim is actually Allison Pearson. 😳
January 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I hate to have to break it to you, but the real victim is actually Allison Pearson. 😳
JFK: Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country.
Clinton: In serving, we recognise a simple but powerful truth: We need each other & we must care for one another.
Reagan: [American] is hopeful, big-hearted, idealistic, daring, decent, and fair.
Trump:
Clinton: In serving, we recognise a simple but powerful truth: We need each other & we must care for one another.
Reagan: [American] is hopeful, big-hearted, idealistic, daring, decent, and fair.
Trump:
January 20, 2025 at 7:42 AM
JFK: Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country.
Clinton: In serving, we recognise a simple but powerful truth: We need each other & we must care for one another.
Reagan: [American] is hopeful, big-hearted, idealistic, daring, decent, and fair.
Trump:
Clinton: In serving, we recognise a simple but powerful truth: We need each other & we must care for one another.
Reagan: [American] is hopeful, big-hearted, idealistic, daring, decent, and fair.
Trump:
Watch to the end.
“I am sorry, darling, I didn’t have time to unload the dishwasher as I was working on a really important time- sensitive project all day”.
😂
“I am sorry, darling, I didn’t have time to unload the dishwasher as I was working on a really important time- sensitive project all day”.
😂
January 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Watch to the end.
“I am sorry, darling, I didn’t have time to unload the dishwasher as I was working on a really important time- sensitive project all day”.
😂
“I am sorry, darling, I didn’t have time to unload the dishwasher as I was working on a really important time- sensitive project all day”.
😂
A question.
Why do @Canderel only put one sweetener in each of the packets, when it is obvious that anyone that they will need at least two, especially when they are having a deep fried full English breakfast alongside their cup of tea?
There would be less wastage to double the number in each one.
Why do @Canderel only put one sweetener in each of the packets, when it is obvious that anyone that they will need at least two, especially when they are having a deep fried full English breakfast alongside their cup of tea?
There would be less wastage to double the number in each one.
January 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
A question.
Why do @Canderel only put one sweetener in each of the packets, when it is obvious that anyone that they will need at least two, especially when they are having a deep fried full English breakfast alongside their cup of tea?
There would be less wastage to double the number in each one.
Why do @Canderel only put one sweetener in each of the packets, when it is obvious that anyone that they will need at least two, especially when they are having a deep fried full English breakfast alongside their cup of tea?
There would be less wastage to double the number in each one.
Please give this a read and, if you can, support Ed in running the London Marathon for Care Parkinson’s.
www.justgiving.com/page/ed-fitz...
www.justgiving.com/page/ed-fitz...
Ed's fundraiser for Cure Parkinson’s
Help Ed FitzGerald raise money to support Cure Parkinson’s
www.justgiving.com
January 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Please give this a read and, if you can, support Ed in running the London Marathon for Care Parkinson’s.
www.justgiving.com/page/ed-fitz...
www.justgiving.com/page/ed-fitz...
It is ‘through [the] wringer’, not ‘through [the] ringer’.
The Daily Mail, if you want a proofreader I can point you in the direction of someone else.
The Daily Mail, if you want a proofreader I can point you in the direction of someone else.
January 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
It is ‘through [the] wringer’, not ‘through [the] ringer’.
The Daily Mail, if you want a proofreader I can point you in the direction of someone else.
The Daily Mail, if you want a proofreader I can point you in the direction of someone else.
Doing a pick up from Stansted Airport. Plane was delayed (over 2 hours), their luggage still hasn’t made it to the carousel, and I am going to be charged the earth for parking.
I was supposed to be picking them up at 11pm, it is now 2:15am, and I am somewhat tired.
Rant not over by a long shot.
I was supposed to be picking them up at 11pm, it is now 2:15am, and I am somewhat tired.
Rant not over by a long shot.
December 28, 2024 at 2:13 AM
Doing a pick up from Stansted Airport. Plane was delayed (over 2 hours), their luggage still hasn’t made it to the carousel, and I am going to be charged the earth for parking.
I was supposed to be picking them up at 11pm, it is now 2:15am, and I am somewhat tired.
Rant not over by a long shot.
I was supposed to be picking them up at 11pm, it is now 2:15am, and I am somewhat tired.
Rant not over by a long shot.
December 27, 2024 at 2:37 PM
For those who question the position of the BBC in British life…
“This year's viewing figures were a success for the BBC - it was the first time that all 10 most watched Christmas Day shows were screened on BBC One.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“This year's viewing figures were a success for the BBC - it was the first time that all 10 most watched Christmas Day shows were screened on BBC One.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Christmas TV: Gavin and Stacey tops ratings
More than 12 million viewers tuned in to watch the finale of Gavin and Stacey on Christmas Day.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 26, 2024 at 1:30 PM
For those who question the position of the BBC in British life…
“This year's viewing figures were a success for the BBC - it was the first time that all 10 most watched Christmas Day shows were screened on BBC One.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“This year's viewing figures were a success for the BBC - it was the first time that all 10 most watched Christmas Day shows were screened on BBC One.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Honda and Nissan to merge, creating a company with a market capitalisation of $50bn.
Tesla has a market capitalisation of $1.3tn.
I still can’t work out why anyone would think Tesla is worth that much.
Tesla has a market capitalisation of $1.3tn.
I still can’t work out why anyone would think Tesla is worth that much.
December 23, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Honda and Nissan to merge, creating a company with a market capitalisation of $50bn.
Tesla has a market capitalisation of $1.3tn.
I still can’t work out why anyone would think Tesla is worth that much.
Tesla has a market capitalisation of $1.3tn.
I still can’t work out why anyone would think Tesla is worth that much.
#InkBlackHeart #Strike
Why is any book that is too long for a critic to read in an evening considered unacceptable? Maybe because they have to actually put some work into it and try to understand more than one story line at a time.
Why is any book that is too long for a critic to read in an evening considered unacceptable? Maybe because they have to actually put some work into it and try to understand more than one story line at a time.
December 17, 2024 at 4:04 PM
#InkBlackHeart #Strike
Why is any book that is too long for a critic to read in an evening considered unacceptable? Maybe because they have to actually put some work into it and try to understand more than one story line at a time.
Why is any book that is too long for a critic to read in an evening considered unacceptable? Maybe because they have to actually put some work into it and try to understand more than one story line at a time.
“I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don’t have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you...”
November 28, 2024 at 8:59 PM
“I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don’t have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you...”
@hugorifkind.bsky.social has written an incredibly compelling and thought provoking article about the ‘assisted dying debate’.
“Today’s column was about how my mother’s long illness shaped my view on assisted dying, but perhaps not in the direction you’d assume.”
www.thetimes.com/article/5050...
“Today’s column was about how my mother’s long illness shaped my view on assisted dying, but perhaps not in the direction you’d assume.”
www.thetimes.com/article/5050...
My mother’s MS has shaped my view on assisted dying
From a position of health it’s easy to say we’d take the quick route. But real life isn’t like that
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2024 at 7:37 PM
@hugorifkind.bsky.social has written an incredibly compelling and thought provoking article about the ‘assisted dying debate’.
“Today’s column was about how my mother’s long illness shaped my view on assisted dying, but perhaps not in the direction you’d assume.”
www.thetimes.com/article/5050...
“Today’s column was about how my mother’s long illness shaped my view on assisted dying, but perhaps not in the direction you’d assume.”
www.thetimes.com/article/5050...
Once again I find myself agreeing with Daniel Finkelstein.
On those rare occasions I disagree with him, I have to go back and re-read the article and try to work out why I am wrong.
www.thetimes.com/article/ac67...
On those rare occasions I disagree with him, I have to go back and re-read the article and try to work out why I am wrong.
www.thetimes.com/article/ac67...
Band Aid’s critics are just feeding cynicism
The charge of ‘white saviour complex’ against the charity single is designed to make people feel guilty about giving
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Once again I find myself agreeing with Daniel Finkelstein.
On those rare occasions I disagree with him, I have to go back and re-read the article and try to work out why I am wrong.
www.thetimes.com/article/ac67...
On those rare occasions I disagree with him, I have to go back and re-read the article and try to work out why I am wrong.
www.thetimes.com/article/ac67...
@StigAbell
However, there may come a time where a book that you tried to read and just didn’t ‘get’ comes back later, and you love it.
As Stig Abell wrote about Moby Dick…
It might be worth leaving a book unfinished, not wasting precious reading time on it… but trying again later when it might just ‘click’.
As Stig Abell wrote about Moby Dick…
It might be worth leaving a book unfinished, not wasting precious reading time on it… but trying again later when it might just ‘click’.
November 27, 2024 at 9:05 AM
@StigAbell
This is the type of pedantry I love.
November 24, 2024 at 8:42 PM
This is the type of pedantry I love.
Benylin really should change the name of this.
It doesn’t fill me with the hope that it would either taste nice or do me any good.
It doesn’t fill me with the hope that it would either taste nice or do me any good.
November 24, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Benylin really should change the name of this.
It doesn’t fill me with the hope that it would either taste nice or do me any good.
It doesn’t fill me with the hope that it would either taste nice or do me any good.
The chaos caused by Storm Bert. How did we cope?
November 23, 2024 at 12:51 PM
The chaos caused by Storm Bert. How did we cope?