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The essential guide to conscious language, by @karenyin.bsky.social. ➕ Book: KarenYin.com/books/csg-book/ ➕ Newsletter: mail.consciousstyleguide.com/subscribe ➕ Website: ConsciousStyleGuide.com

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Rachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
As honoured as I am to see that The Times has picked up my Chagos article practically *word for word*, including my hard-gotten quotes, I’d prefer some credit — or for everyone to read my original FT piece! free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴
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Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin @consciousstyleguide.com · 31/08/2026
Hello, @mapquest.com! “Google has also previously carried out the Trump administration’s bidding in other ways, including eliminating DEI hiring goals [and] donating $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund last year. So maybe we all go back to using MapQuest again?”
motherjones.com
Google’s obedience to Trump’s “Lake America” order follows a depressing pattern
The tech giant renamed Lake Ontario for American eyes only—and hedged everywhere else.
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Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin @consciousstyleguide.com · 22/08/2026
“If you hear the term ‘personalized pricing’ a lot more than ‘surveillance pricing,’ you can bet that Trump and other business interests are winning the battle.” @gizmodo.com
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Trump's FTC Wants You to Call Surveillance Pricing 'Personalized Pricing'
Biden's FTC used the term surveillance pricing.
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Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin @consciousstyleguide.com · 12/08/2026
Good. “Platforms are now rushing to watermark AI-generated content after backlash from users and to avoid regulatory scrutiny.”
techcrunch.com
Anthropic says it will watermark text generated by its AI models | TechCrunch
Anthropic will extend support for watermarking AI generations for older models as well.
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Trans Journalists Association @transjournalists.org · 06/08/2026
Save the date 🗓️: We're hosting our inaugural Trans Journalists Summit, March 24–27, 2027, in Chicago, a historic, application-based conference for and by trans and gender-expansive journalists. Applications open later this year. LEARN MORE: bit.ly/TJS27
Save-the-date graphic for the Trans Journalists Summit. Top section shows a torn-newspaper collage with quotes about art and love, including lines attributed to Rumi and Henri Matisse. Below, on a deep purple background, the TJS logo (a stylized mark in yellow, pink, and blue) appears beside white text reading ‘Trans Journalists Summit.’ The bottom section, on a purple-to-blue gradient with a line illustration of the Chicago skyline, reads ‘Mark Your Calendars, March 24–27, 2027, Chicago, IL.’ A tagline at the very bottom states: ‘Professional development and training for and by trans and gender-expansive journalists.
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Auburn Scallon @wsauburn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
“All staff who utilize AI at any of these stages must agree to live, work, and retire beside a data center & bathe in its wastewater for the equivalent number of months. One AI-generated headline, one month next door, effective immediately.”
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Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin @consciousstyleguide.com · 23/07/2026
AP updates guidance on using generative AI. What would you add or change?
ap.org
AP updates newsroom standards for artificial intelligence  | The Associated Press
AP today released updated newsroom standards governing the use of artificial intelligence, reinforcing that AI can assist journalists with specific tasks.
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Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin @consciousstyleguide.com · 15/07/2026
New media guide from EBU Sport @ebu.ch: “Raising the Bar: Guidelines for Respectful Media Coverage in Women’s Athletics” ✅ Download: www.ebu.ch/guides/open/... #StyleGuide #ConsciousImages #ConsciousStyle
Screenshot of a page with two columns: Text in the first column: "Positive Angles: Handheld cameras provide the opportunity to get close to the athlete, whether they are celebrating with coaches or sitting nervously. They can also be used to animate the clearance/fail graphic after a vault." First image is a wide shot of a woman walking on a running track at a straight angle, and second is a tight shot of her and a man with a lanyard around his neck, laughing. They have a green check mark in the upper right. Text in the second column: "Negative Angles: Often, the roaming cameras provide artistic shots of the athletes; however, there are times when these angles can be compromising and uncomfortable for the athlete, particularly when the camera is positioned low or behind them." First image is a frontal shot of a woman sitting on the ground, with her knees up, and second is a low three-quarter view of her bending over, her face obscured. They have a red X in the upper right.
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Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin @consciousstyleguide.com · 15/07/2026
New media guide from EBU Sport @ebu.ch: “Raising the Bar: Guidelines for Respectful Media Coverage in Women’s Athletics” ✅ Download: www.ebu.ch/guides/open/... #StyleGuide #ConsciousImages #ConsciousStyle
Screenshot of a page with two columns: Text in the first column: "Positive Angles: Handheld cameras provide the opportunity to get close to the athlete, whether they are celebrating with coaches or sitting nervously. They can also be used to animate the clearance/fail graphic after a vault." First image is a wide shot of a woman walking on a running track at a straight angle, and second is a tight shot of her and a man with a lanyard around his neck, laughing. They have a green check mark in the upper right. Text in the second column: "Negative Angles: Often, the roaming cameras provide artistic shots of the athletes; however, there are times when these angles can be compromising and uncomfortable for the athlete, particularly when the camera is positioned low or behind them." First image is a frontal shot of a woman sitting on the ground, with her knees up, and second is a low three-quarter view of her bending over, her face obscured. They have a red X in the upper right.
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Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin @consciousstyleguide.com · 08/07/2026
Headlines matter.
margaretsullivan.substack.com
The yin and yang of the New York Times in the Trump era
Crucial stories but Trump-normalizing headlines — and why that's not just nitpicking
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Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🎃 @karenyin.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Today, and every day, believe in your power to create change. #July4 #ConsciousLanguage 📚
Graphic featuring the navy-blue cover of The Conscious Style Guide. In a slanted red banner above: “A tremendous resource.”—Paula Froke, editor, The Associated Press Stylebook. In a light-red banner below: KarenYin.com/books. To the right of the book, on a white background: A flexible approach to language that includes, respects, and empowers. Available now. In the bottom right corner: Little, Brown Spark logo, an S with solar-like flares.
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Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🎃 @karenyin.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The Lineage Logistics warehouse fire in Boyle Heights burned for over a week. Interesting how quickly the references to it evolved throughout print, online, and broadcast media (“Boyle Heights fire” —> “Lineage Logistics fire” —> “Lineage fire”). Well done. #ConsciousLanguage
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Macmillan Children's School & Library Marketing @mackidssl.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
When one harmful slur changes everything, two teen boys must confront identity & the pressures of toxic masculinity. @adibkhorram.bsky.social's ONE WORD, SIX LETTERS is a powerful read that sparks important conversations 📚🏳️‍🌈 It's received TWO starred reviews! tinyurl.com/4p84dnyt #edusky #newbooks
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Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
This #WriterShareWednesday is the perfect time to remind you that our virtual conference, Storycrafting Sessions: Disability in Writing is happening in THREE DAYS! Check out our panel schedule & grab your tickets now to join us for a day of fun and learning
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Storycrafting Sessions: Disability in Writing FULL SCHEDULE - Weeknight Writers
We are pleased to announce our full schedule for Storycrafting Sessions: Disability in Writing, happening on May 30th! This will be a full day of FREE virtual panels discussing various aspects of effe...
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Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🎃 @karenyin.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Happy 2nd birthday to “The Conscious Style Guide”! 🎁 What a whirlwind it has been since my wonderful agent sold it in a two-day bidding war between six houses. I could not have predicted that my life’s work would be published in Canada, the UK, Australia, and… More: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Photo of me, a light-skinned Chinese American woman with long hair. I am wearing purple glasses and smiling behind a white face mask while pointing to The Conscious Style Guide on a display shelf in a library. I am wearing a black tee that says "Make peace with words."
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Credit where credit is due: The NYT homepage has come around to recognizing the enormity of this story. The articles are still full of weasel words, but it's progress!
NYT home page full of headlines about Trump's outrageous slush fund and is corruption. (Though they don't use those words.)
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Editors/Réviseurs Canada @editorscanada.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Calling academic editors! Be sure you're upholding ethical standards by reading our guidelines for ethical editing of papers at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels. Download them for free now:
editors.ca
Guidelines for Ethical Editing of Student Texts - Editors Canada
To aid editors who edit undergraduate and graduate students' work, Editors Canada has developed guidelines for the ethical editing of English-language papers, theses and dissertations.
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Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🎃 @karenyin.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Read the March/April 2026 #ConsciousLanguage Newsletter here: mail.consciousstyleguide.com/p/conscious-... Please follow @consciousstyleguide.com on Bluesky!
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The Conscious Language Newsletter: March/April 2026
When is it OK for non-Muslims to use “inshallah”?
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Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin @consciousstyleguide.com · 04/05/2026
Want to connect with editors, writers and communication professionals from across Canada? Join @editorscanada.bsky.social in Halifax, NS, for Editing in the Age of Misinformation, May 21–23, and learn about trends and new challenges in the editing profession. Registration is limited—sign up now!
Featured in the center of the image is an illustration of a lighthouse. In the upper left corner is the Editors Reviseurs Canada logo, a large caret in a square. The text below: Editing in the Age of Misinformation. May 21–23, 2026. Halifax, NS.
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Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELS @kokedit.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The March/April 2026 edition of The Conscious Language Newsletter, from @consciousstyleguide.com, has arrived! mail.consciousstyleguide.com/p/conscious-...
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The Conscious Language Newsletter: March/April 2026
When is it OK for non-Muslims to use “inshallah”?
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Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🎃 @karenyin.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
This month’s Conscious Language Newsletter is out! The most popular articles so far: #1: Physicians Are Not Providers: The Ethical Significance of Names in Health Care: A Policy Paper From the American College of Physicians www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
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Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🎃 @karenyin.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
My #ConsciousLanguage Newsletter is out! The most popular articles so far: • We’re Talking About AI All Wrong. Here’s How We Can Fix the Narrative • Words Matter, Including “Fat,” “Obese,” “Curvy,” and “Heavy” • Why “Biological Sex” May Not Mean What You Think Follow 👉 @consciousstyleguide.com
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The Conscious Language Newsletter: January 2026
What language do people in larger bodies actually prefer?
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De Gruyter Brill Linguistics @dgb-linguistics.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
💡Learn about the use of gender-inclusive language across 14 European languages in this new book edited by Falco Pfalzgraf: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111701608/html#overview @lhekanaho.bsky.social @sofialampro.bsky.social @genderedform.bsky.social @michael-hornsby.bsky.social
Book cover of the collection entitled "Gender-inclusive language: Findings from 14 languages and open research questions", edited by Falco Pfalzgraf.
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Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin @consciousstyleguide.com · 14/01/2026
What does "biological sex" mean? Tips from the Trans Journalists Association on being clear, specific, and accurate. #ConsciousLanguage
transjournalists.org
Why “biological sex” may not mean what you think
There are many terms to refer to a person’s sex: sex, birth sex, natal sex — and more contentiously, assigned sex at birth and biological sex.
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Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🎃 @karenyin.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
🫣 Generative AI 😍 Predictive AI
technologyreview.com
Generative AI hype distracts us from AI’s more important breakthroughs
It's a seductive distraction from the advances in AI that are most likely to improve or even save your life
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Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🎃 @karenyin.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Need a last-minute gift for the writers, editors, teachers, or college students in your life? Give them the #ConsciousStyleGuide audiobook—a friendly guide to language that promotes equity! 🎁 Buy from Libro.fm: libro.fm/audiobooks/9... 🦋 Follow CSG on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/cons...
A square version of the book cover, which is navy blue, with the handwritten word Conscious inserted via a red caret into the title, which reads The Conscious Style Guide: A Flexible Approach to Language That Includes, Respects, and Empowers.
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Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🎃 @karenyin.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
🥁🥁🥁 This month’s Conscious Language Newsletter is out, and the top three articles are… #1: Why Can’t Lawyers and Judges Just Say What They Mean?
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Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin @consciousstyleguide.com · 18/12/2025
“Whatever you can do to explain our process, no matter how obvious it may seem to us, will help lessen the gap between your journalism and the public.” Follow @trustingnews.bsky.social for more tips.
us7.campaign-archive.com
Trust Tips 346: Unpack labels we assume everyone understands
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Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin @consciousstyleguide.com · 18/12/2025
“It turns out that using plain language to ensure everyone in society can find and understand the laws, rules and judicial decisions that affect them is one of the cheapest and most effective ways to improve access to justice.” #PlainLanguage #Justice #Podcast
nationalmagazine.ca
Why can’t lawyers and judges just say what they mean?
Eschewing unnecessary obfuscation (like this!) in juridical discourse in favour of plain language is one of the cheapest and most effective ways to improve access to justice
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Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin @consciousstyleguide.com · 16/12/2025
The “Indigenous Identity Reporting Guide,” by the Indigenous Journalists Association, is a living document that offers tips and strategies for approaching the topic of Indigenous identity fraud. ✔️ Download: indigenousjournalists.org/wp-content/u... Follow @indigenousja.bsky.social for more.
indigenousjournalists.org
IJA releases Indigenous Identity reporting guide – IJA
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Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin @consciousstyleguide.com · 15/12/2025
Examining the euphemisms and abbreviations related to gender-based violence. “If the truth makes you uncomfortable, ask whether the discomfort comes from the language, or the underlying reality.” #GBV #ConsciousLanguage #QuoteThisWoman
quotethiswoman.org.za
Open letter to conversation leaders around Gendered Violence: Choose your words with care - Quote This Woman+
It is currently the 16 Days of Activism Against Gendered Violence. And as Quote This Woman+, an African feminist non-profit working for a gender-just media, we call on all thought-leaders and writers ...
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Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin @consciousstyleguide.com · 13/12/2025
“The discussion about the words we use took a troubling turn: Instead of being an opportunity to engage deeply with harmful attitudes, people—predominantly white people—are instead focusing on the superficial use of words themselves.” By @sesmith.lol for Bitch Media, repub by @theflytrapmedia.com.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
Language Wars
Conversations about language were supposed to be a starting point rather than an ending one.
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Eliot @eliotedits.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Heyyyy writers, join me to explore gender as a craft tool at a sliding scale rate (down to $0 if that's what you need to access it)--it'll be fun! Online, Tues evenings Jan–Feb, details at loft.org/classes/gend...
Text reads: The Loft, Jan 20 through Feb 24, 2026, Gender Is Our Playground: Toward Inclusive, Informed, Joyful Storytelling, Online, with Eliot West, loft.org/classes. Image of pencil and pen.
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Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🎃 @karenyin.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Absolutely thrilled to see “The Conscious Style Guide” in Right Touch Editing’s holiday 🎁 guide. Thank you, @imaginedworlds.bsky.social, for shining a light on my work. #Edibuddies #AmReading #AmEditing #WritingCommunity #GiftGuide @consciousstyleguide.com 🎄
righttouchediting.com
What to Get Your Favorite Writer for Christmas - Right Touch Editing
Holiday shopping for the writer in your life? These essential books on style, structure, and craft make perfect holiday gifts for creators of every kind.
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Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin @consciousstyleguide.com · 05/12/2025
“Identifying the game being played and calling it out, so that audiences can understand why things are being said and not just that they are said, is critical to covering state-sanctioned trolling ethically and effectively.” —@whitneyphillips.bsky.social @niemanlab.org #PredictionsForJournalism2026
niemanlab.org
Journalists finally take state-sanctioned trolling seriously
"Trolling was tricky enough to deal with when it existed around the edges of policy. Now it <em>is</em> policy."
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Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin @consciousstyleguide.com · 03/12/2025
“Coverage that treats mobility devices, speech patterns or age as symbols of decline reinforces stigma, whereas coverage that focuses on how decisions are made and how institutions adapt provides useful information.” @uwethics.bsky.social #Media #Journalism #Politics
ethics.sjmc.wisc.edu
It’s political, not medical: Rethinking coverage of political leaders’ health
By Abby Youran Qin When John Fetterman returned to the Pennsylvania Senate race after his stroke in 2022, his first televised debate became a national media moment. On stage, he addressed his recovery...
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Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin @consciousstyleguide.com · 21/11/2025
“Advocate for gender-neutral or gender-free language in the texts you work on.” @editorscanada.bsky.social Thanks for giving our free gender/sex #consciousLanguage resources a shout-out, Zanne Klingenberg! #TransDayOfRemembrance #RepresentationMatters #ConsciousStyle
blog.editors.ca
Trans Day of Remembrance: Language and Representation Matters - The Editors' Weekly
Zanne Klingenberg reflects on the Transgender Day of Remembrance and the impacts editors can have on gender-inclusive editing.
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Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🎃 @karenyin.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Editor-in-chief used AI editing tools to insert hallucinations into stories without fact-checking or disclosure, reports @niemanlab.org. #WCGW #AmReading #GenAI #AI #Journalism
niemanlab.org
Florida nonprofit news reporters ask board to investigate their editor’s AI use
Suncoast Searchlight’s four reporters told the board their editor-in-chief was using AI editing tools and inserting hallucinations into drafts. The next day, one of the reporters was fired.
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Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🎃 @karenyin.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
This month’s #ConsciousLanguage Newsletter is out! The most popular articles so far… #1: Travel Expert Who’s Visited 70 Countries Shares 7 Phrases Americans Should Never Say Abroad
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Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin @consciousstyleguide.com · 20/11/2025
“The problem, I think, lies not in what plain language is but in what some writers mistakenly believe it is.” @editorscanada.bsky.social #PlainLanguage #ConsciousLanguage
blog.editors.ca
Plain Language Resistance: Is “Plain” the Problem? - The Editors' Weekly
Tracey Anderson discusses the resistance from some to the term plain language, and asks if "plain" is the problem.
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Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin @consciousstyleguide.com · 19/11/2025
Generative AI is beating doctors at empathy, but why? Read: theconversation.com/ai-is-beatin... #GenAI #Healthcare @theconversation.com
Screenshot of 4 paragraphs. The first and 2nd-to-last sentences are highlighted in yellow. 

"First, we must train doctors to be consistently excellent at empathic communication. This cannot be a brief module in medical school. It needs to be central to healthcare education. Since AI already matches humans in many technical skills, this should free doctors to focus on genuine human connection.

"Second, redesign healthcare systems to protect the conditions necessary for empathy. Dramatically reduce administrative burden through better technology (ironically, AI could help here), ensure adequate consultation time, and address burnout through systemic change rather than resilience training.

"Third, rigorously measure both benefits and harms of AI in healthcare interactions. We need research on actual patient outcomes, missed diagnoses, inappropriate advice, and long-term effects on the therapeutic relationship – not just whether responses sound empathic to raters.

"The empathy crisis in healthcare isn’t caused by insufficient technology. It’s caused by systems that prevent humans from being human. AI appearing more empathic than doctors is a symptom, not the disease."
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Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin @consciousstyleguide.com · 13/11/2025
“The final product…isn’t perfect, [Kahoʻokahi Kanuha] and other Hawaiian language experts say, but it’s a successful global-scale contribution to revitalizing and normalizing a language that has endured erasure attempts amid colonization.” @apnews.com #Hawaiian #ChiefOfWar #AppleTV
apnews.com
Jason Momoa worked with a coach to speak Hawaiian authentically in 'Chief of War'
Jason Momoa prepared for his role in “Chief of War” with a personal language coach who lived with him for nearly a year. The Apple TV series premiered in August.
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Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin @consciousstyleguide.com · 19/11/2025
Generative AI is beating doctors at empathy, but why? Read: theconversation.com/ai-is-beatin... #GenAI #Healthcare @theconversation.com
Screenshot of 4 paragraphs. The first and 2nd-to-last sentences are highlighted in yellow. 

"First, we must train doctors to be consistently excellent at empathic communication. This cannot be a brief module in medical school. It needs to be central to healthcare education. Since AI already matches humans in many technical skills, this should free doctors to focus on genuine human connection.

"Second, redesign healthcare systems to protect the conditions necessary for empathy. Dramatically reduce administrative burden through better technology (ironically, AI could help here), ensure adequate consultation time, and address burnout through systemic change rather than resilience training.

"Third, rigorously measure both benefits and harms of AI in healthcare interactions. We need research on actual patient outcomes, missed diagnoses, inappropriate advice, and long-term effects on the therapeutic relationship – not just whether responses sound empathic to raters.

"The empathy crisis in healthcare isn’t caused by insufficient technology. It’s caused by systems that prevent humans from being human. AI appearing more empathic than doctors is a symptom, not the disease."
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Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin @consciousstyleguide.com · 19/11/2025
Is it time to replace the term #nonprofit? “We are not a ‘non’ anything. We are builders of jobs, innovators in care, stewards of families and communities, and an essential part of the nation’s economic infrastructure.” (@insidephilanthropy.com) #Nationbuilding #Nonprofits #ConsciousLanguage
insidephilanthropy.com
Stop Calling Us “Nonprofit”: It’s Time for a New Name for the $1.4-Trillion Engine of Progress
Jody Levison-Johnson of Social Current thinks it’s time to ditch the term "nonprofit" — and the funder mindsets that go along with it.
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Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin @consciousstyleguide.com · 16/11/2025
“Stop scapegoating minorities and put the focus back on the things that are really harming women.”—Member of the #NotInOurName collective (@pinknews.bsky.social) #TransAwarenessWeek @nionwomen.bsky.social 🏳️‍⚧️
thepinknews.com
60,000 cisgender women write powerful open letter in support of trans community
“Not in our Name” is the title of a collective of cisgender women who have written an open letter calling out the media and politicians for promoting anti-trans rhetoric.
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Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin @consciousstyleguide.com · 16/11/2025
“Stop scapegoating minorities and put the focus back on the things that are really harming women.”—Member of the #NotInOurName collective (@pinknews.bsky.social) #TransAwarenessWeek @nionwomen.bsky.social 🏳️‍⚧️
thepinknews.com
60,000 cisgender women write powerful open letter in support of trans community
“Not in our Name” is the title of a collective of cisgender women who have written an open letter calling out the media and politicians for promoting anti-trans rhetoric.
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Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin @consciousstyleguide.com · 16/11/2025
“As African book publishers build a literary ecosystem of their own, they say they’re fighting a stubborn perception problem, with too many international publishers treating the continent’s 54 countries as one homogenous entity.” @publisherswkly.bsky.social #African #Publishing #Audiobooks
publishersweekly.com
African Publishers Battle ‘Wakanda Problem’ as Market Grows
Africa's 54 countries often get flattened into one imaginary place, but now publishers across the continent are fighting back by building literary bridges across the continent, prioritizing local read...
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Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🎃 @karenyin.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
“Storytelling can be more than a blog post, essay, or book. It can be an emoji, a meme, a selfie, or a tweet. It can become a movement for social change.” —Alice Wong (1974–2025)
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Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin @consciousstyleguide.com · 14/11/2025
“You don’t need a motivational speech. A simple, ‘That’s awful, I’m really sorry you’re dealing with that,’ can mean a lot.” Tips from The Only Black Guy in the Office. #ConsciousLanguage #Unemployment
levelman.com
How to Show Up for Your Newly Unemployed Colleagues
Kill the empty platitudes and offer your former coworkers some serviceable empathy.
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Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🎃 @karenyin.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
You can donate to #AuthorsAgainstBookBans through Zelle!
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