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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I was in Pittsburgh during the annual Furry Convention. The most peaceful, polite large group of visitors to our fair city. And if any were airline pilots, I'd be surprised, bc many seemed quite young But anyway, who cares?

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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Whereas Gaetz merely wants to ask them on a date.

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

But seriously, who among us HASN'T tried to trans some kids?! Especially if they failed to do the surgery in the schools, where it normally happens.

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Nate Hoffelder @natehoffelder.com · 23/09/2026

What has 4 letters, occasionally has 12 letters, always has six letters, and never has five letters.

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My @unitedhealthcare.bsky.social insurance notice: "Your premium has changed [read "increased"] from ... to ... The reason is because of an annual rate change." Wish I could send my payment back with this note: "My payment to you has changed [decreased]. The reason is because of a payment change."

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Venn you see the truth...

Venn diagram. Top circle, Canada Geese. Bottom left circle, Toddler. Bottom right circle, Anti-Vaxxer

Intersection Canada Geese/Toddler: always pooping
Intersection Canada Geese/Anti-Vaxxer: wants everydead
Intersection Toddler/Anti-Vaxxer: incoherent ramblings
Intersection of all 3: can't reason with them

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Yes! And so ridiculous DJT's effort, considering how he urged his MAGA crowd (whether registered or not!) to vote early. How, pray tell, does one do this if not via mail?

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The power and efficiency of the internet and online accounts! @upmc.com Health care website, billing: Balance due: $XXX.XX. Click here for details. Me: <Clicks there.> Health care website, details: Current balance due: $XXX.XX. So. Many. Details! (I had several routine checkups in past month.)

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

On Sept. 11, 2001, the passengers on Flight 93, on realizing their plane was on a suicide mission by the hijackers, took a vote on what to do. Some 30 people, knowing they were about to die, voted. They voted. The democratic instinct of these 30 ordinary, brave people should humble all us Americans.

A glowing cumulonimbus cloud, surrounded by smaller darker clouds, billows up into a clear blue sky.

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greytdog @greytdog.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

About to post a gif of "Sgt. Schultz" saying "I see nothing!" Then discovered that John Banner, the actor who portrayed Schultz, was an Austrian-born Jewish American actor who emigrated to the US as Hitler annexed Austria to Nazi Germany. Many of his family members perished in the Holocaust.

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Maida ☠️ @emmaidama.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Some of the most important races of the Midterms to flip the Senate! #Pinks 🌸 #USDemocracy #VoteBlue #65DaysUntilMidterms

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Be sure to post the words "The Onion" prominently when you share this item with some people. Especially people in red hats!

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Love these Dolly Parton quotes, shared by Corky Siemaszko on the NBC News website www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

“I keep saying: If you’re the fine Christian that you think you are, why are you judging people,” Parton said during a 2017 interview with Larry King. “That’s God’s job.”

Along those lines, she jokingly told a British outlet a few years earlier: “I think gay couples should be allowed to marry. They should suffer just like us heterosexuals.”

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

There goes my fantasy of President D. Parton. Rest in peace, Dolly.

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Being boring is lovely! That is, when you get the results back from routine health screenings, and the notes say "unremarkable."

Cartoon man with bored look on his face, his bulging eyes look away from his extended arm and forefinger holding a yo-yo that's spinning but doing little else.

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A quarter-century earlier, and completely on point! Wow!

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Helpful for editors, writers, and general academics.

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I need this today! Copyediting a 400-page book, and I'm only a bit past halfway. #StetChat

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Just 10 billionaires have already poured nearly $670 MILLION into this year's midterms. In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million. If you're wondering what the real threat to "election integrity" is, it's Big Money.

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I'd like to summarize the main thrust of this book, but I'm drawing a blank.

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Sat down to work this a.m. Was discouraged that things looked slightly wonky. Sorta clear but a bit off. I'd missed a few hours' sleep. Did it affect my vision that badly? Found out I was also missing a lens. One had popped out of my cheap reading/cmptr glasses. #AmEditing @acesediting.bsky.social

Gray-haired white woman wearing eyeglasses smiles faintly and points to her left eye, her finger going through the empty place where a lens should be.

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Absolutely we'll said! An infuriating and dangerous stance, if you can call it a stance, by the CDC

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

What's it going to be, Ohio? The guy who'll give corporations tax breaks while you struggle, or Dr. Amy Acton? Dr. Acton is focused on lowering the cost of living for working families, increasing transparency and cracking down on statehouse corruption. Elect Dr. Amy Acton Governor of Ohio

Graphic supporting Dr. Amy Acton for Governor of Ohio.

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Also, how does he explain his win in 2024? 2020 (DJT loss): "rampant fraud"; 2024 (DJT wins): "elections fair"; upcoming election showing w Republicans in danger: "Preemptively declare fraud back again!"

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

"One person's inability to accept an election loss from five years ago doesn't change the facts." Truth!

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Will @willgarcia820.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I've read that many local journalists today often just use police reports for their stories, either bc of lack of time and resources to investigate further or bc of laziness.

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

And driving or running away from police or ICE is not cooperating with law enforcement (though fleeing is understandable), but it does not warrant being murdered. The adrenaline is too high among these agents, who get trigger-happy as if this were a shoot-em-up video game.

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I remember the first time I made the mistake of thinking a new client wanted a proofread when they asked for a proofread. I received a document already filled with tracked charges. I quickly learned that "proofread" means "copyedit" to many outside the field.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Hi hello I was going to do a full thread on the Great American State Fair later but it seems I'm starting early: why in the fuck are PragerU, Patriot Academy, and other far right groups the ENTIRETY of the Department of Education booth

Two banners

First banner reads:

Welcome to the Great Experiment

250 years of American invention - a story still in the making

Two hundred and fifty years ago, America made a bet: that ordinary people with extraordinary ideas could build a nation unlike any before. That bet is still paying off.

The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention presents this exhibit in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Commerce - home of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the institution that turned creative freedom into economic fuel.

At the Cade, we believe so deeply in thinking and acting like an inventor that we gave it a name: Inventivity.® This exhibit is brimming with it.

The race is well underway, but it's never too late to jump in. So gear up, strap in, and take a lap

GEORGE WASHINGTON April 30, 1789 - March 4, 1797

Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefito, and humbly to implore his protection and favor

SERVICE

"Let me serve voluntarily; then I will, with the greatest pleasure in life, devote my services to the expedition without any other reward, than the satisfaction of serving my country"

RELIGION

"Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports."

CHARACTER

"To the distinguished Character of Patriot, it should be our highest Glory to add the more distinguished Character of Christian.

"the journey continues from here" with QR codes to Wallbuilders, the American Journey Experience, Patriot Academy, PragerU, and AmericanMinute.com

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The best part of this article is the explanation that mice "with slight muscle damage wore tiny ice packs over the injury." Tiny ice packs!!

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

As an editor, I've had one or two manuscripts whose authors, I suspect, were unsure of the correct punctuation and so just threw in a dash.

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I actually laughed at this Nancy strip! But much like my inability to stop scratching a mosquito bite, I always have to read these panels when I see them. There's something about those almost-mathematical illustrations.

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Pro tip: Use a stiff feather from a turkey or other long-winged bird to clean the crevices of your keyboard. #AmEditing

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Where do you find yourself in this chart? Amazing to think of the many parents—myself included—who thought, "__ will be a nice, unique name for the baby!" And then, years later, they look at these Social Security charts. And go, "Ohhhhhhh." #BabyNames www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynam...

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

x.com/Dottyeyes/st... I'm sorry, I did it. I went back on that social platform to check on my local tornado warnings. And I saw such stuff. So I posted this there.

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Patty Boyd 📄 🖊️💡 (@Dottyeyes) on X

Has nobody any shame anymore? #RespectTheFlag #WhoAreWeAnymore https://t.co/ynjM1b9wzI

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

How did I not know of this AI encyclopedia til now? I contribute to @wikimediafoundation.org bc of its incredible model & amazing service (tho still mad it vetoed my suggestion to stop dated practice of female pronouns for ships). And Musk had to steal it. 😠 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grokipe...

en.wikipedia.org

Grokipedia - Wikipedia

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Queen Sansa @queensansastark.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Wow, Trump finally got a crowd to show up at the Kennedy Center.

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404 Media @404media.co · 08/06/2026

SignalTrace "links devices that regularly travel together, correlating them to license plate." It is a surveillance product that will sweep up and add all sorts of Bluetooth and other data to license plate readers, linking specific devices—and people—to cars.

404media.co

This Company Will Add Phone, AirPod, and Smartwatch Trackers to License Plate Readers

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 07/06/2026

It boggles my mind, that media presents Trump as a real serious official, political scientists discuss his decisions, pundits talk about his policies. Meanwhile he loudly declared to the world he made an amazing discovery that "dumb" has a "b" in it.

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

As editors or just as everyday readers, do you pause slightly when you encounter "paradigm," momentarily thinking of "paradox" or "paragon"? And is there an appreciable difference btw it and "model"? Is it just a buzzword to dress up "model"? #AmEditing #EditorsOfWords

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I just read the correspondence. Wow! So very friendly and believable at the beginning!

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Dr. Patricia Bath overcame sexism, racism & poverty and saved the sight of millions of people. She invented the Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment, 1986; it was patented in 1988. She co-founded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness, 1976. She died #OTD in 2019. #WomenInSTEM

A vibrant color historical photograph capturing the brilliant ophthalmologist, inventor, and academic Dr. Patricia Era Bath (1942–2019) in an office or laboratory setting, radiating an aura of confident intelligence and warm approachability. Occupying the center and right of the shot, Dr. Bath sits facing forward, smiling brightly with a direct, engaging gaze at the camera. She is dressed in a professional white medical lab coat—subtly embroidered with "Dr. Bath" in red cursive on the left lapel—worn over a light blue button-down denim shirt and accented by a polished gold chain necklace. Pens are visible tucked into her left coat pocket. Positioned prominently to her right on the left side of the frame is a large, white medical laboratory microscope or ophthalmic imaging equipment with black eye-pieces. The background shows a white wooden bookshelf packed with colorful medical texts, binders, and stacked papers. This portrait carries immense historical significance, honoring a legendary trailblazer in STEM who became the first Black female doctor to patent a medical device—the revolutionary Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment—fundamentally restoring sight to millions worldwide.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Trump's ever-expanding list of taxpayer grifts: -$1.8B slush fund for political allies -$1B for ballroom "security" -$1B for Qatar jet refurbishments -$230M in DOJ "compensation" -$100M+ for golf outings When he says he "doesn't think about Americans' financial situation," I believe him.

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Is it my phone, or should @nytimes.com change its typeface size for long words in its #Connections #WordGames ?

New York Times Connections game grid with long words like Pennsylvania not footing into the grid, so that only NNSLVA shows.

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

What expressions might a driving test examiner say during your driving test? Trying to help someone who is learning English to pass the on-the-road portion of the test. I'm thinking things like "Check your mirrors" and "Turn left at next road." Happy for any ideas, thanks! #DrivingTest #DMV

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Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

"Don't have the exact data" ... "probably." The arrogance of cutting off food benefits for millions of people, using vague, uncertain data.

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