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Kristen M. Clark (she/her)

@bykristenmclark.bsky.social
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Government editor | plain language writing coach and trainer | owner and founder of @pristineclarity.bsky.social | award-winning former journalist. (Opinions my own.)

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Kristen M. Clark (she/her) @bykristenmclark.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Anyone else perplexed?
Image reading: “ How can we have a
"Great American State Fair" in a federally governed *district* ... that we refuse to
make an actual *state*?”
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Kristen M. Clark (she/her) @bykristenmclark.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
#edibuddies, use that joy and love you feel after #ACES2026 to apply to be a committee volunteer! 🙋🏻‍♀️ Help shape how @acesediting.bsky.social develops training, recognizes excellence, builds an inclusive community, and supports editors of all kinds.🤗 aceseditors.org/membership/v... #AmEditing
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
To all journalists and news organizations attending tonight's White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner:
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a woman in a hijab is standing in front of a group of men with the words shame shame shame written below her
ALT: a woman in a hijab is standing in front of a group of men with the words shame shame shame written below her
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Kristen M. Clark (she/her) @bykristenmclark.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
#DFW ✈️➡️ #ATL Wishing safe travels to all the #edibuddies traveling to Atlanta this week for #ACES2026! 🤗
Selfie of Kristen seated in an airplane wearing a black ACES hoodie that reads “Editing is my superpower.”
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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Learn all about plain language and why editing with plain language in mind is beneficial to readers with @bykristenmclark.bsky.social's recent presentation. This video is available for any editor to watch through 3/10, after which it will be for Guild members only. www.edsguild.org/intro-plain-...
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Intro to Plain Language with Kristen Clark — Northwest Editors Guild
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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
And more free virtual #AmEditing events: 🗓️ Intro to Plain Language with @bykristenmclark.bsky.social, 1/12, 6:30 pm Pacific 🌷 Far North Editors Meeting, 1/14, 11:15 am Pacific ✏ Scholarly Editing in the Humanities Happy Hour (Member Only), 1/14, 5 pm Pacific (🧵: 3/5)
Giant Pencil wearing tropical shirt and glasses. Text: @EdsGuild Virtual Event. Virtual Member Meeting (open to all editors, Guild member or not!)
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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Join us online 2 weeks from today (1/12) for "Intro to Plain Language" with @bykristenmclark.bsky.social, where she'll discuss editing for reader-friendly content with this free presentation rescheduled from Red Pencil. Open to all editors, registration required at www.edsguild.org/meetings-eve...
Giant Pencil wearing tropical shirt and glasses. Text: @EdsGuild virtual event. Virtual Member Meeting (open to all editors, Guild member or not!)
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 16/11/2025
THAT'S LITERALLY HOW THE SUBSIDIES & ACA EXCHANGES WORK ALREADY. CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY. I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
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Kristen M. Clark (she/her) @bykristenmclark.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
No Kings. 🚫👑
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ACES: The Society for Editing @acesediting.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
🌟Want to be recognized for your impact and innovation? The Connolly Rising Star Awards celebrate early-career editors (10 years or less) who have made significant contributions—whether through innovation, advocacy, or excellence in editing. Nominate through 10/15. tinyurl.com/593pa5d8
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Pristine Clarity @pristineclarity.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
What a joy to be in Calgary today to deliver a #PlainLanguage workshop!🇨🇦
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Federal employees should never be used as political pawns in shutdown negotiations.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2025
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Trump just designated “Antifa” as a terrorist organization, on par with ISIS and Al Qaeda. As a reminder, “antifa” is short for “antifascist”. They will use this lie to surveil, imprison, and kill Americans on the left. This may be our Reichstag Fire moment. Wake up. www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/p...
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Trump says he’s designating Antifa as a terrorist organization | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump said he is designating the far-left anti-fascism movement Antifa as a terrorist organization, announcing the move on his Truth Social platform in the early hours of Thursday mor...
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Kristen M. Clark (she/her) @bykristenmclark.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Today begins ACES #VCON25! 🎉 Fellow attendees: Don’t miss my chat with Jess Stampe, Jonathan Fusfield, and Brian Tich at 2:30 pm ET / 11:30 am PT. We promise it’ll be a fun time and a worthwhile conversation!🤗
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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Once again… Racism is not a different political opinion. It’s racism.
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Alysha Love @alyshalove.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Hello there! I'm not on Bluesky much, but I'll be here to host an #ACESChat on Oct. 1 about marketing yourself as an editor (whether you're freelance or just thinking about your personal brand). See you then!
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Kristen M. Clark (she/her) @bykristenmclark.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
I'm thrilled to share a new achievement: I'm officially a Certified Copy Editor and Certified Stylistic Editor through @editorscanada.bsky.social! 💖 It's an honor to see my name on their roster of certified editors: editors.ca/professional...
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Roster of certified editors - Editors Canada
View a list of editors who are certified by Editors Canada.
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Pristine Clarity @pristineclarity.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
How time has flown… Pristine Clarity is celebrating its second anniversary!🥳 This past year, we’ve expanded our client base and our services to offer #PlainLanguage training and help more professionals write more clearly and precisely. Learn more at PristineClarityLLC.com.✅
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Mignon Fogarty @grammargirl.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Since we seem to be doing this again ... I recently investigated the origin of the ridiculous myth that em dashes are a sign of AI writing. (The people who blew up the idea didn't even know it's called a dash. They called it "the long hyphen.")
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Pristine Clarity @pristineclarity.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Excited to share that I (‪@bykristenmclark.bsky.social‬) will be presenting at the @edsguild.bsky.social's 2025 Red Pencil Conference this fall, offering an introduction to #PlainLanguage editing. Registration is now open at edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025. Will I see you there?!🤗 #edsguild2025
Infographic featuring Kristen Clark's picture, the logos for the Northwest Editors Guild and the 2025 Red Pencil Conference, and text saying "I'm presenting at the Red Pencil Conference. Kristen M. Clark. Intro to Plain Language Editing. November 8, 2025. Lynnwood Event Center and Online. Registration now open. edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025. Northwest Editors Guild. Red Pencil Conference 2025: Framing Our Future--Perspectives on a Changing Industry. #edsguild2025.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
We’re calling for a Florida boycott over the inhumane “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site. Cancel your family vacation and choose a different destination this summer.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Well, this we can agree on, even Senator Thom Tillis is calling out his own colleagues: “Too many elected officials are motivated by pure raw politics who don’t really give a damn about the people they promised to represent on the campaign trail,” the North Carolina Republican wrote.
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Kristen M. Clark (she/her) @bykristenmclark.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Change your passwords, folks.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom, but also a reminder: freedom delayed is freedom denied. #Juneteenth #BlackHistory #FreedomDay #NeverForget
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 14/06/2025
Trump's "perade" is the only event today where crowds are smaller than expected.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
This is chilling to watch and utterly unacceptable in the United States of America. As a former Senator, I’m calling on all current members to speak out on behalf of Sen. Padilla and defend him and the Senate against these outrageous attacks.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/06/2025
Quay Crowner believes she may have been targeted for dismissal because she attended a DEI training program offered by the first Trump administration. However, she says white colleagues who attended the same training hadn’t been pushed out. By @davidmcswane.bsky.social‬
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Dismissed by DEI: Trump’s Purge Made Black Women With Stable Federal Jobs an “Easy Target”
The president’s attack on diversity efforts has derailed the government careers of highly educated civil servants — even though the jobs some lost were not directly involved with any DEI programs.
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4. Their genetic data is uploaded to an FBI database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future. Insane dystopia scoop from @dmehro.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/cbp-dn...
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The US Is Storing Migrant Children’s DNA in a Criminal Database
Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4, whose genetic data is uploaded to an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
What if, just as an experiment, every journalist and every elected Democrat worked to make this statement from Trump into the explosive scandal it deserves to be instead of just shrugging?
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
This administration will go to any lengths to keep the public in the dark. Transparency? Why would America deserve that.
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Kristen M. Clark (she/her) @bykristenmclark.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
I'm thrilled and humbled to share that I've been elected as an at-large member on the ACES: The Society for Editing Board of Directors. 🥰 I truly love this organization, so this is a genuine honor. I'm so excited to serve ACES members in this new capacity. 🤩 1/
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” is Project 2025 in legislative form. Here’s how it quietly turns a far-right wishlist into federal law: - Sec. 10008 - Expands work requirements for SNAP - Project 2025: Pushes “moral reform” to make low-income people work more for food assistance.
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WIRED @wired.com · 19/05/2025
As fog blanketed Seattle, @knibbs.bsky.social's waited to meet @jay.bsky.team—CEO of Bluesky. Fittingly, just before she arrived, the skies cleared. It felt poetic. Her name, Lantian, means “blue sky” in Mandarin. And her mission? Clear the smog from social media.
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Bluesky Is Plotting a Total Takeover of the Social Internet
All the lefties fled to Bluesky following Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. But CEO Jay Graber says the app is for everyone—and could revolutionize how people communicate online.
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Kristen M. Clark (she/her) @bykristenmclark.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
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WIRED @wired.com · 18/05/2025
Russell Vought, acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell Americans’ most sensitive data, credit history, and Social Security numbers.
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CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17/05/2025
It’s not just Newark: Nearly all air traffic control facilities in the U.S. are understaffed.
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Newark Airport's Crisis Puts Spotlight on U.S. Air Traffic Controller Shortage
As of May 7, all but two of the 313 air traffic control facilities in the United States were understaffed, a New York Times analysis found.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 17/05/2025
Across the federal government, DOGE’s push for early retirement and voluntary separation is fueling an exodus of experienced, knowledgeable staffers unlike anything in living memory, according to longtime staffers.
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Thousands of experts and leaders are fleeing Trump’s government
The U.S. DOGE Service’s push for early retirement and deferred resignation is leading to a federal brain drain, longtime staffers fear.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17/05/2025
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture “does not shy away from the tragedies, but neither does it give short shrift to the joy,” John McWhorter writes. It “trusts everyone to tolerate — no, celebrate — the contradictions.”
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Opinion | The Future of Black History
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ACES: The Society for Editing @acesediting.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Attention, ACES members: Today is the last day to vote for the Board of Directors. It's your association. Where do you want it to go? The ballot closes at midnight ET. tinyurl.com/27rrakhp
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
I’m not saying this to be fighty, but I would always have put money on librarians being braver under duress than elite law firms and CEOs. The massively unequal distribution of power between librarians, elite law firms, and CEOs tells us a lot about the country, though.
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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 12/05/2025
Your periodic reminder that "fancy fonts" on places like Bluesky are unicode & are a nightmare for screen reader users. DON'T use for your name Not only that, good lucky having anyone search for you in the search bar by name. More examples in the original post on Masto: toot.cafe/@aardrian/11...
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ACES: The Society for Editing @acesediting.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Attention, ACES members: Five more days to vote in the 2025 Board election. Find the candidate statements and link to the ballot: tinyurl.com/27rrakhp
nine headshots of smiling people, plus their names. More details in the link.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 09/05/2025
Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.
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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 08/05/2025
As a German I will forever be grateful to all who fought for the liberation of Europe. But as a historian I am looking at front pages today and must wonder: What is the point of remembering #VEDay 80 years on, what is the point of our thanks, when we are failing to protect the sacrifices made? 🧵
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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
🚨 SCOOP: DOGE just cut millions in Labor Department grants to support getting women into manufacturing & construction jobs & tackling gender-based violence & harassment at work. It may be illegal since some grants were mandated by law. New @motherjones.com: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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DOGE killed dozens of grants that supported women workers
Advocates say the cancellations, which Mother Jones is first to report, will lock women out of construction and manufacturing jobs—and may violate the law.
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ACES: The Society for Editing @acesediting.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Thanks, @bykristenmclark.bsky.social ! #ACESChat will be back May 21 — but only if we get a presenter. Might that be you? Please sign up: tinyurl.com/43kmajf2 Let's keep this going. It's easy: Just talk about what you know.
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ACES: The Society for Editing @acesediting.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Q9: What resources or best practices do you suggest for those who want to learn more about plain language? #ACESChat, @bykristenmclark.bsky.social
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Kristen M. Clark (she/her) @bykristenmclark.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Thanks for sharing! #ACESchat
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ACES: The Society for Editing @acesediting.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Q8: Can someone become certified in plain language? #ACESChat, @bykristenmclark.bsky.social
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