Lauren Spencer
@ldspencer.bsky.social
Writer. Copy editor. Word enjoyer.
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No Kings, Catskill Ny
June 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
No Kings, Catskill Ny
Reposted by Lauren Spencer
The reduction of copy editors at publications like the NYT doesn’t just increase risk of poor sentences and questionable word choices, it also means that stories with gaping holes or structural challenges get through. This, imo, is a leading reason why we see what we do. There is no “last defense.”
February 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The reduction of copy editors at publications like the NYT doesn’t just increase risk of poor sentences and questionable word choices, it also means that stories with gaping holes or structural challenges get through. This, imo, is a leading reason why we see what we do. There is no “last defense.”
New York Times headline:
“Why Federal Courts May Be the Last Bulwark Against Trump: With a compliant Congress and mostly quiet streets, the president’s opponents are turning to the judicial branch with a flurry of legal actions…?”
“Mostly quiet streets” worries me the most in that headline.
“Why Federal Courts May Be the Last Bulwark Against Trump: With a compliant Congress and mostly quiet streets, the president’s opponents are turning to the judicial branch with a flurry of legal actions…?”
“Mostly quiet streets” worries me the most in that headline.
February 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
New York Times headline:
“Why Federal Courts May Be the Last Bulwark Against Trump: With a compliant Congress and mostly quiet streets, the president’s opponents are turning to the judicial branch with a flurry of legal actions…?”
“Mostly quiet streets” worries me the most in that headline.
“Why Federal Courts May Be the Last Bulwark Against Trump: With a compliant Congress and mostly quiet streets, the president’s opponents are turning to the judicial branch with a flurry of legal actions…?”
“Mostly quiet streets” worries me the most in that headline.
Damn it. And yet she still came out and apologized for not being able to finish the show.
Patti Smith collapses on stage in Brazil after suffering days-long migraine
Patti Smith collapses on stage in Brazil after suffering days-long migraine
The poet, author and musician fell during a performance with Soundwalk Collective, who later posted ‘she is being cared for by the best doctors’
Patti Smith collapsed during a performance in Brazil after experiencing a severe migraine for several days.…
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Damn it. And yet she still came out and apologized for not being able to finish the show.
Reposted by Lauren Spencer
President Trump's DOE has made themselves clear: they will support book banners in their efforts to strip our institutions of learning of the books that define them.
So let us be perfectly clear: we're going to do whatever we can to try and stop them.
So let us be perfectly clear: we're going to do whatever we can to try and stop them.
January 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
President Trump's DOE has made themselves clear: they will support book banners in their efforts to strip our institutions of learning of the books that define them.
So let us be perfectly clear: we're going to do whatever we can to try and stop them.
So let us be perfectly clear: we're going to do whatever we can to try and stop them.
Just listened to If Books Could Kill (the latest Patreon members moment) & it made me happier than anything has in very many days! @ifbookspod.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Just listened to If Books Could Kill (the latest Patreon members moment) & it made me happier than anything has in very many days! @ifbookspod.bsky.social