Megan Schindele
@meganschindele.bsky.social
Project editor, copyeditor, and recovered academic. (I help make books happen.) She/her.
I've gotten out of the habit of checking this place, alas. But hello, if you're seeing this.
May 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I've gotten out of the habit of checking this place, alas. But hello, if you're seeing this.
We're more than six months into Chicago 18 now, and I still am not used to capitalizing "from" and "with" in titles. Not even two years of editing mostly in APA or AMA can cure me of wanting thinking those two should be lowercased in titles.
May 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
We're more than six months into Chicago 18 now, and I still am not used to capitalizing "from" and "with" in titles. Not even two years of editing mostly in APA or AMA can cure me of wanting thinking those two should be lowercased in titles.
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here’s a curse word free version of “look it up” as requested by countless teachers and librarians 🥰😘
April 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
here’s a curse word free version of “look it up” as requested by countless teachers and librarians 🥰😘
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I hate it when I accidentally tell all my secrets to the editor of the Atlantic. Real oopsie doopsies
March 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I hate it when I accidentally tell all my secrets to the editor of the Atlantic. Real oopsie doopsies
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Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid
March 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid
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Need more “Hell No!” energy like this.
March 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Need more “Hell No!” energy like this.
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Keep hearing reports of guys trusting ChatGPT’s output over experts or even actual documentation. Honestly feels like the AI Bubble’s hold over society has strengthened considerably over the past three months
March 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Keep hearing reports of guys trusting ChatGPT’s output over experts or even actual documentation. Honestly feels like the AI Bubble’s hold over society has strengthened considerably over the past three months
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chatgpt has fully broken-through to every facet of the corporate environment. I'm spending a not-insignificant amount of my time every week now explaining to people that just because chatgpt told you that something was possible doesn't mean that it a) is or b) even exists
March 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
chatgpt has fully broken-through to every facet of the corporate environment. I'm spending a not-insignificant amount of my time every week now explaining to people that just because chatgpt told you that something was possible doesn't mean that it a) is or b) even exists
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I think people who have these in their homes should be required to have a notification on their entryway so you know you might be recorded
March 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I think people who have these in their homes should be required to have a notification on their entryway so you know you might be recorded
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Oh neat, March 28 is national "Smash Your Amazon Echo Devices With A Hammer" day.
March 15, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Oh neat, March 28 is national "Smash Your Amazon Echo Devices With A Hammer" day.
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Congrats, they heard you! The Social Security Administration has decided tonight to abandon its plans to end phone service for millions of Americans filing retirement and disability claims. Thank you to all who shared our post and made calls today—you did it!
March 13, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Congrats, they heard you! The Social Security Administration has decided tonight to abandon its plans to end phone service for millions of Americans filing retirement and disability claims. Thank you to all who shared our post and made calls today—you did it!
I finished a crocheted throw for myself last week. I've made lots things for other people, but mostly I don't make stuff for myself. I absolutely love this throw, though. I feel like, "Aww, somebody loves me," and that somebody is myself.
March 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I finished a crocheted throw for myself last week. I've made lots things for other people, but mostly I don't make stuff for myself. I absolutely love this throw, though. I feel like, "Aww, somebody loves me," and that somebody is myself.
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I need y'all to sit with this headline and understand what is being done to our community. They're trying to criminalize our very existence.
This is a campaign of eradication.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...
This is a campaign of eradication.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...
March 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I need y'all to sit with this headline and understand what is being done to our community. They're trying to criminalize our very existence.
This is a campaign of eradication.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...
This is a campaign of eradication.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...
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we're in legit first they came for territory and a lot of people have been failing at this test they cite all the time
if you find yourself reluctant to support the guy at Columbia because you find some of the politics he espoused distasteful or even abhorrent, you should know that this is exactly the reaction that they hoped for in choosing him as a target for unlawful detention based on political speech.
March 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
we're in legit first they came for territory and a lot of people have been failing at this test they cite all the time
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️
March 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️
I am extraordinarily tired today, but I have already edited two full children's books and am starting on a third. Woo! #AmEditing
March 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I am extraordinarily tired today, but I have already edited two full children's books and am starting on a third. Woo! #AmEditing
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“She says it was like a horror movie. They were screaming in different rooms”
I would argue no one should travel to the U.S. right now because it’s important to vote with your wallet. Don’t spend tourist dollars there
Another reason? The threat of being detained by ICE. It’s not safe in America
I would argue no one should travel to the U.S. right now because it’s important to vote with your wallet. Don’t spend tourist dollars there
Another reason? The threat of being detained by ICE. It’s not safe in America
‘Like a horror movie’: German tourist detained by ICE says she spent week in solitary confinement
A German tourist is fighting to get released from an immigration detention center after she was denied entry at the San Diego border and taken into custody by ICE last month.
www.10news.com
March 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
“She says it was like a horror movie. They were screaming in different rooms”
I would argue no one should travel to the U.S. right now because it’s important to vote with your wallet. Don’t spend tourist dollars there
Another reason? The threat of being detained by ICE. It’s not safe in America
I would argue no one should travel to the U.S. right now because it’s important to vote with your wallet. Don’t spend tourist dollars there
Another reason? The threat of being detained by ICE. It’s not safe in America
I am *absolutely* incorporating "fibliography" into my vocabulary.
March 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I am *absolutely* incorporating "fibliography" into my vocabulary.
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Participating in a nationwide economic boycott is easy when you live in a small town with no national chains and also you had no plans to leave your house anyway
i think the economic boycott has had further reach because the poster is so cute. okay bunny i will listen to you.
February 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Participating in a nationwide economic boycott is easy when you live in a small town with no national chains and also you had no plans to leave your house anyway
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Guess we are doing this again.
We’re not gonna abandon the red states we’re gonna build solidarity with the citizens inside the rightwing autocratic core.
We’re not gonna abandon the red states we’re gonna build solidarity with the citizens inside the rightwing autocratic core.
February 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Guess we are doing this again.
We’re not gonna abandon the red states we’re gonna build solidarity with the citizens inside the rightwing autocratic core.
We’re not gonna abandon the red states we’re gonna build solidarity with the citizens inside the rightwing autocratic core.
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Hey everyone -- Moms of Liberty and Dept of Education launched a snitch line portal today to rat out teachers and anyone promoting anything DEI.
FLOOD THE PORTAL
Spam the hell out of it.
Pass it on! It works!
enddei.ed.gov
FLOOD THE PORTAL
Spam the hell out of it.
Pass it on! It works!
enddei.ed.gov
February 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Hey everyone -- Moms of Liberty and Dept of Education launched a snitch line portal today to rat out teachers and anyone promoting anything DEI.
FLOOD THE PORTAL
Spam the hell out of it.
Pass it on! It works!
enddei.ed.gov
FLOOD THE PORTAL
Spam the hell out of it.
Pass it on! It works!
enddei.ed.gov
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DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA.
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
See how this works?
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
See how this works?
February 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA.
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
See how this works?
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
See how this works?
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Friendly reminder that Joann Fabrics isn’t closing because it’s a bad business. It’s closing bc it was bought by a private equity firm. This is also what is happening to Hooters and what happened to US Toys R Us and Red Lobster. These companies are being dismantled intentionally.
February 27, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Friendly reminder that Joann Fabrics isn’t closing because it’s a bad business. It’s closing bc it was bought by a private equity firm. This is also what is happening to Hooters and what happened to US Toys R Us and Red Lobster. These companies are being dismantled intentionally.
Okay, I keep thinking about those pride flag yarns at Joann's. If you are someone I know who would like a crocheted scarf or keychain in the colors of a particular pride flag, let me know (either comment or message, whatever you feel comfortable with). (NB: Note the "someone I know" bit.)
I visited our soon-to-be-closing Joann's today, and apparently Joann's Big Twist brand of yarn has pride flags colorways. So that's pretty darn cool. (The pan flag makes especially lovely yarn.)
February 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Okay, I keep thinking about those pride flag yarns at Joann's. If you are someone I know who would like a crocheted scarf or keychain in the colors of a particular pride flag, let me know (either comment or message, whatever you feel comfortable with). (NB: Note the "someone I know" bit.)