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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A.I. and corporate lingo are dragging language ynto drugged realmes of vague, airy, plastic nothingnesse: glitz and hyperbole wythout meaning. Language must have fur and clawes, make the floorboardes creake and leave wet dirtye footprintes. Wordes are rayne and fyre and stone. Wielde them. Save us.

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Joanie Eppinga @eagleeyeeditor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"ethical AI use" is a contradiction in terms #AmEditing

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Joanie Eppinga @eagleeyeeditor.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

LLMs need instruction in Plain Language. #AmEditing

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futuredadOfTwo🙋🏻‍♂️ @lacroixboi.dadguy.pro · 06/09/2026

one must imagine sisyphus happy but the other numbers are free to imagine whatever they want

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✨ @twunktrap.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

"You’re going to get left behind if you don’t use AI.” Leave me then. Leave me with my critical thinking skills, my ability to read and write long-form, and books without needing AI summaries.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

A good copy editor is worth their weight in gold. Mine is the freaking best. I just wrote something that is incredibly well known in my field and got back: "Got a source for this?" I do... but boy is it superb to be held to account every single time. #copyeditorsareprobablygods #katyaespecially

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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

There is a big difference between "people who are 'scared' of AI and don't want to learn new things" and "people who have deep moral objections to AI's underpinnings, impacts, and the systems of power behind it." It's wild to me that institutions pushing AI adoption don't seem to understand this.

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Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I use AI daily, but for only one thing: it's a kick-ass thesaurus. This is kind of like the way I used my Amazon Alexa exclusively as a kitchen timer & to be fair, I eventually got rid of it, because it was spying on me and snacking on my soul

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Joanie Eppinga @eagleeyeeditor.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

#AmEditing I just woke from a dream in which someone was saying "First," except instead of "First" they said "Onent." Then they wrote it down and spelled it "Whunt." I woke myself up laughing.

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Rachel Lapidow @editrix-rachel.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

"Author": I hope you don't mind, I used AI to write most of my book. "Editor": No problem, I lack the analytical skills to edit it, so I had AI do it. "Reviewer": Heck, I didn't even read it, and my AI got the name of your novel wrong. "Reader": It's all good. I had AI summarize your novel to me.

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Joanie Eppinga @eagleeyeeditor.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Good timing for taking a break a few days ago. #StetWalk #AmEditing

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Liz Thurmond @countmystars.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

As someone who does the actual job Grammarly purports to do, I spitefully wish for its timely demise

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Carolina VonKampen 📚 Freelance Editor @carolinavonkampen.com · 24/02/2026

"There used to be an implicit contract between SME and #editor. Generative #AI has broken that contract. Increasingly writers receive content that looks polished, yet contains inaccuracies. This places a greater burden on the team #editing the content." rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/202... #amediting

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Generative AI has broken the subject matter expert/editor relationship – Rachel Andrew

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Joanie Eppinga @eagleeyeeditor.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I dreamt there was a new app called Clackers

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sweetie π @sixfeetofcandy.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

finally embracing ai* *holding it to my chest as i jump into an active volcano

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Joanie Eppinga @eagleeyeeditor.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

"Beneath the fear, Shale thinks, people reside in places of sacredness to which others are invited." —Shann Ray, "When We Rise" in 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦

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Joanie Eppinga @eagleeyeeditor.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Workers at stores saying "Got anything fun planned for the rest of your day?" I don't want to make small talk with strangers. I reply, "Yes, but it's secret."

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Joanie Eppinga @eagleeyeeditor.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Buddy says it's time to hunker down for the winter.

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PT Klein @ptklein.com · 09/11/2025

Having to talk about AI as if it’s a serious concern and not a money laundering scheme is taking years off my life

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Joanie Eppinga @eagleeyeeditor.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Where Latah Creek meets the Spokane River. #StetWalk

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Joanie Eppinga @eagleeyeeditor.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

I got to see @grammartable.bsky.social 's "Rebel with a Clause" today and it was such a kick. Who knew a movie about grammar would have so many laughs! Highly recommended.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

You knowe how yn legendes someone doth fynde a cursed sworde that bringeth ruin upon them but thei do not cast it asyde by cause *part of the curse* ys that thei believe it ys a powirful magic sworde? Anywaye, Gen AI...

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Joanie Eppinga @eagleeyeeditor.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

#StetWalk Down at the river's edge with Buddy, met an 8-year-old boy. He said, "My dad goes into the river pretty far sometimes—I mean not all the way into the current, but once, far enough that he was sort of swaying." Me: "Yeah? Did that make you nervous?" Boy: "Nah. Let him live his life."

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julie gourinchas @literaryfey.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm

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hotsietozzi @hotsietozzi.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

AI (Already Incompetent)

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Joanie Eppinga @eagleeyeeditor.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

changed "stressed the importance of recognizing" to "noted" #AmEditing

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Joanie Eppinga @eagleeyeeditor.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

I have a client who is 83. She has written an excellent paper but struggles with a lack of computer knowledge. Had a brainwave: called my son's best friend, who is 30, and he talked her through it all—and so patiently. I think he should start a business doing this. #AmEditing

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Vita Ayala @definitelyvita.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Please, if you love anything about this life, stop using ChatGPT and other GenAI. Just stop. Don't use it to dunk on it, don't use it for a laugh, just stop and let that shit wither.

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Joanie Eppinga @eagleeyeeditor.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Taking a break to snuggle my editorial assistant. #AmEditing

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Joanie Eppinga @eagleeyeeditor.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

My favorite reads of the year: Small Things Like These, Keegan Go Tell It on the Mountain, Baldwin A Month in the Country, Carr The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Klay, Chabon Winesburg, Ohio, Anderson The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck Olive Kitteridge, Strout

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Ben Loory @benloory.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Repost with your 5 favorite reads of this year (so far): Bitter Water Opera by Nicolette Polek Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon Dayswork by Chris Bachelder & Jennifer Habel Fever House by Keith Rosson Puttering About in a Small Land by Philip K. Dick

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Joanie Eppinga @eagleeyeeditor.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

A nice email to start my day: "I am not easily impressed. You are the only editor with whom I have ever worked, to have exhibited such talent and in such an impeccable and efficient manner." From a literal rocket scientist!

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Joanie Eppinga @eagleeyeeditor.bsky.social · 08/09/2024

It's fun to present to editors. They're so smart and receptive. #CIEP2024

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Nicola Bigwood | Proofreader & Copyeditor | Former Translator ✍️📚 @nicolabigwood.uk · 08/09/2024

Yes! Doing what you’re ‘supposed’ to, rather than what works for you, isn’t the same thing as pushing yourself out of your comfort zone – and it can be exhausting and counterproductive. Remember to be you, not someone else! Thanks for the encouraging talk, @eagleeyeeditor.bsky.social 🙌 #CIEP2024

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Joanie Eppinga @eagleeyeeditor.bsky.social · 08/09/2024

Another interesting point from Rob Drummond's talk at #CIEP2024: If you have someone change the way they say one particular sound, they'll also change other sounds, and their whole bearing changes, because of all the associations we have with how people speak.

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Joanie Eppinga @eagleeyeeditor.bsky.social · 08/09/2024

Very much enjoyed Rob Drummond's talk at #CIEP2024. One interesting thing I learned: People are sometimes referred to speech therapy because the therapist thinks they have a speech disorder, but it's just their accent.

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Joanie Eppinga @eagleeyeeditor.bsky.social · 21/07/2024

Woke up laughing because I dreamed I was with my friend, in real life a fairly somber fellow, and he was relentlessly pretending to be Joan of Arc

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Joanie Eppinga @eagleeyeeditor.bsky.social · 14/07/2024

A lovely #stetwalk this morning, away from the madness. The heron was so stately.

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Joanie Eppinga @eagleeyeeditor.bsky.social · 19/06/2024

“I never keep my mouth shut enough about things that temperamentally aren’t to my taste.” Yep, Flannery O'Connor and me.

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