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Andy Hollandbeck @logophilius.bsky.social · 17h

You fuckin' would.

Andy Hollandbeck @logophilius.bsky.social · 17h

Hey, @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social. I don't care how potentially embarrassing it is to Tr*mp; NO ONE wants a video of his ass in their feed.

Andy Hollandbeck @logophilius.bsky.social · 19h

Space suit and wingsuit in the same sentence? That's odd. There's no place where both of them would be useful. You can't use a wingsuit without an atmosphere, and it wouldn't really be a space suit if you aren't using it in space.

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Andy Hollandbeck @logophilius.bsky.social · 19h

I'm working on a machine that can launch as many as 20 sandwiches per minute. I'm calling it a sub machine gun.

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Andy Hollandbeck @logophilius.bsky.social · 19h

I blame Janice Burgess, creator of the Backyardigans.

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Andy Hollandbeck @logophilius.bsky.social · 19h

Me, every time I walk from the front yard to the backyard.

Rachel Lapidow @editrix-rachel.bsky.social · 20h

Me: Huh, I wonder if this term should be one word or two?

Merriam-Webster: One.

Me: Okay, then this other, similar term must also be one word, right?

Merriam-Webster: You wish.

#AmEditing #copyediting

wingsuit, noun
wing·suit ˈwiŋ-ˌsüt
plural wingsuits
: a jumpsuit worn by a skydiver or BASE jumper with folds of fabric between the arms and legs that create lift when extended and allow the wearer to glide through the air over long distances

space suit
noun
1
: a suit equipped with life supporting provisions to make life in space possible for its wearer
2
: g suit

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Andy Hollandbeck @logophilius.bsky.social · 1d

Antifa space cowboy discovers he's really a fasicst nepo-baby.

James 🎃 Harbeck @sesquiotic.bsky.social · 1d

Western town gets a new sheriff with a new look.

Thelma Ritter Stan Account @lloyddavis.ca · 1d

Two reporters spend their days making a lot of phone calls and getting doors slammed in their faces.

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Andy Hollandbeck @logophilius.bsky.social · 1d

Explain a film plot badly:

Intergalactic oligarchs fight over pharmaceutical rights.

Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 1d

Explain a film plot badly:

George Clooney and Brad Pitt fall in love and rob casinos together.

Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 1d

Explain a film plot badly:

Guy who is good at math likes to asks strangers if they like apples.

Andy Hollandbeck @logophilius.bsky.social · 1d

Was this put up because *someone* who regularly has to find the Oval Office kept getting lost trying to find it?

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d

New sign outside the Oval Office..

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Andy Hollandbeck @logophilius.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds like some really clingy pants. Have you tried dryer sheets?

Andy Hollandbeck @logophilius.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, short story writers: Don't use drop caps, all caps, or fun fonts to make your submissions look, I don't know, pretty? Finished? Professional?

That will all get reformatted. You aren't making your story more appealing, you're giving potential publishers extra work.

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Andy Hollandbeck @logophilius.bsky.social · 3d

I've been stuck in a morass of malaise and enervation over the last couple months. A worried it was long COVID (has it again in early Sept.), but now I think it's because the list of things I'm worried about is longer than the list of things I can take joy in.

This timeline sucks.

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Andy Hollandbeck @logophilius.bsky.social · 3d

As a general rule, never vote for someone who refers to people as "illegals."

The word is chosen intentionally to make you forget that they are talking about plain old human beings just like you.

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Andy Hollandbeck @logophilius.bsky.social · 7d

Does anyone have any experience with Mailbird and can give me a thumbs-up or thumbs-down?

Andy Hollandbeck @logophilius.bsky.social · 7d

It's too damn early for WotY. It's Word of 5/6 of the Year.

(And it's a bad choice, IMO.)

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Andy Hollandbeck @logophilius.bsky.social · 7d

A return to "the good ol' days" of the constant threat of nuclear annihilation.

TIRED: Active-shooter drills
WIRED: Duck-and-cover drills

NPR @npr.org · 7d

The U.S. has not conducted a nuclear test in over 30 years. Experts say doing one now could make America less safe.

Trump says he wants to resume nuclear testing. Here's what that would mean

The U.S. has not conducted a nuclear test in over 30 years. Experts say doing one now could make America less safe.

n.pr

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Andy Hollandbeck @logophilius.bsky.social · 7d

Change one letter, ruin a candy

Everlasting Godstopper.

Oh, wait...

Robin Marwick @electricland.bsky.social · 7d

Change one letter, ruin a candy

Sharties

Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 7d

change one letter, ruin a candy

Bubblecum

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Andy Hollandbeck @logophilius.bsky.social · 7d

There's got to be some sort of lawsuit with (170 petitioners) that can be a response to this, right?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Kristi Noem: "No American citizens have been arrested or detained. We focus on those who are here illegally. And anything you would hear or report that would be different than that is simply not true and false reporting."

Andy Hollandbeck @logophilius.bsky.social · 7d

I'm just so sick and tired of being sick and tired.

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Andy Hollandbeck @logophilius.bsky.social · 8d

Black people, brown people, "Happy Holidays," people who speak Spanish, subways, non-Christians, homosexuals, drag queens, inclusive children's books, rainbow-colored anything, and now dirty words. They're quickly running out of things to be shocked and frightened by.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Mike Johnson on Democrats: "They like to drop the F bomb now for fun, for emphasis, apparently"

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Andy Hollandbeck @logophilius.bsky.social · 8d

"It is totally reasonable & acceptable for American citizens to look at their next-door neighbors and say, 'I want to live next to people who I have something in common with.'"

A 1950s black-and-white photo of a large sign, with American flags hanging from the top corners, that reads "We want white tenants in our white community."

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Andy Hollandbeck @logophilius.bsky.social · 8d

This must be a liquor store for historians. Or pirates. Or pirate historians. I guess "Big Butts Liquor" was already taken.

This is still not as bad (or as good) as "Liquor Hole" from Grand Theft Auto V.

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Andy Hollandbeck @logophilius.bsky.social · 9d

All I want for Christmas is "Ken Paxton Disbarred' as a news headline.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10d

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Johnson and Johnson, the makers of Tylenol

Texas sues Tylenol company over autism claims

This lawsuit comes a month after U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. updated guidance discouraging pregnant women from taking acetaminophen, citing it as a possible cause of autism.

www.texastribune.org

Andy Hollandbeck @logophilius.bsky.social · 10d

The only acceptable way to be a trans woman is to be a tradwife? She's SO CLOSE to recognizing the patriarchy!

Andy Hollandbeck @logophilius.bsky.social · 10d

Considering changing my screen name to "Andy the Netherlandsbeck."

Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social · 11d

oh my GODDDDDDDDDDD

(apologies for screenshotting the hellsite, which I no longer use; I saw the link in CNN's Reliable Sources newsletter)

a screenshot of two X posts by Chris Lesinski (@lesinski)

the first, posted at 7:14 PM EDT on Oct. 25, 2025, says:

Quite an epic AI typo in The Journal today.

The Paramount exec is named Cindy Holland and they wrote “Cindy the Netherlands”

The post also includes a photo of the print newspaper featuring the passage in question.

The second X post, a threaded reply from @lesinski, was posted 17 hours ago, and says:

Spelling this out a little more:
1) yes, this is real, WSJ Sat/Sun edition this weekend
2) they probably do some form of AI copy editing and the style guide says “we don’t use the informal ‘Holland,’ instead use ‘the Netherlands’”…

… it’s just that this is a very obvious exception a human should have caught.

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