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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 22h

From Saddam Hussein’s draining of southern Iraq’s marshes to Russia’s attacks on a Ukrainian dam and nuclear power plant, calls are increasing to recognize mass environmental harms as international crimes.

@leilasadat1.bsky.social outlines a role for the proposed #CrimesAgainstHumanity treaty:

Case for Environmental Harm as a 12th Crime Against Humanity

Addressing the global environmental crisis requires urgent action. This treaty offers an opportunity to confront it directly and decisively.

www.justsecurity.org

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Hannah (hveditorial) @hveditorial.bsky.social · 22h

My library got me a Halloween present.

KJ Charles's writing is really living up to the cover. It feels like the KNIVES OUT cast meets THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO.

#booksky

All of Us Murderers by KJ Charles. Book cover is in the style of a classic gothic pulp fiction cover, but with two men in suits fleeing from the foggy manor house instead of a lady in distress.

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Hannah (hveditorial) @hveditorial.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe a better example to show how impact/tone changes:

👍We must stand up for rights like freedom of speech and freedom of assembly.

🤔We must stand up for rights like freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, etc.

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Hannah (hveditorial) @hveditorial.bsky.social · 4d

Lots of academics use lists that aren't comprehensive, and ending multiple sentences per page with "and others" or "et cetera" gives the writing a wishy-washy, "yadda yadda" tone that's never intended.

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Hannah (hveditorial) @hveditorial.bsky.social · 4d

#Copyediting tip: If you've already framed a list as being nonexhaustive, you don't need to end that list with a repetitive "etc."

YES: Examples of great vegetable include zucchini, squash, and pumpkin.

NOPE: Examples of great vegetables include zucchini, squash, pumpkin, and others.

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H-Net Job Guide @h-net-job-guide.bsky.social · 10d

New job:

Open Rank Faculty Positions in Japanese Studies at the Center for Integrated Japanese Studies, Tohoku University

Tohoku University

jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69218

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Romeo Marcantuoni @rmarcantuoni.bsky.social · 6d

My subway take: AI will actually be good because it’ll make the internet so useless that we will have to reset our relationship to it

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 5d

“She was some kind of spectacular lady.” — director Blake Edwards on Audrey Hepburn

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (1961) is streaming on Kanopy and Hoopla (free with a library card) if you'd like to celebrate the 64th anniversary of its premiere.

#FilmSky #Streaming

Audrey Hepburn in costume as Holly Golightly.

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Laura Portwood-Stacer @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social · 9d

I’m giving a free workshop *today* on how to connect with editors at scholarly publishers. Let’s take some anxiety out of this first step so you don’t let fear or confusion about norms keep you from moving forward with publishing your book

courses.manuscriptworks.com/courses/conn...

Workshop: How to Connect with Scholarly Publishers

Acquiring editors want to meet authors and hear about their book projects. But how and when should you reach out and what should you say? This free workshop from Laura Portwood-Stacer of Manuscript Wo...

courses.manuscriptworks.com

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 12d

I'm writing a breakneck action sequence that I intend the reader to consume more or less in a single breath, flying urgently through the pages.

It's taken me all morning to do 500 words.

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Mignon Fogarty @grammargirl.bsky.social · 13d

This is the most complete information I've seen about the Anthropic copyright settlement — dates of when things are likely to happen, what to do now, and what it all means for different types of writers. nwu.org/anthropic/

Settlement of AI lawsuit gets tentative approval; some writers will get paid, but mostly only if they make claims | NWU

On September 25, 2025, Judge William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California gave preliminary (tentative) approval to a proposed $1.5 billion settlement of some of the...

nwu.org

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Allison Alexander @aealexander.bsky.social · 16d

A replacement for NaNoWriMo's been announced — Novel November, created by ProWritingAid. What do we think? Anyone going to participate this year? prowritingaid.com/novel-november #NovelNovember #Writing

Novel November: A 30 Day Writing Challenge

Join the only writing challenge that takes you from blank page to first draft in just one month with the help of bestselling authors.

prowritingaid.com

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 16d

Tomorrow (September 25th) at 5:30 pm CDT, hear @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social discuss his book, Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century, at the Sixteenth Annual Naseeb Shaheen Memorial Lecture at the University of Memphis.

Learn more about this in-person event here: www.memphis.edu/english/news....

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Jo Conklin Author @joconklin.com · 21d

I strongly recommend new authors join a well-run book club, when possible. Not only does it encourage analysis of storytelling from different perspectives, the range of “loved it—>hated it—>meh 🤷” in the room is a great reminder to write the book that speaks to you and let it find your audience.

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wobblerocket 🎲🎮 @wobblerocket.com · 22d

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.

They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

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ACES: The Society for Editing @acesediting.bsky.social · 21d

Day 3 #ACESVCON25 surprise announcement! Get ready to trade your red pens for ocean views — we’re heading to Puerto Rico in 2027 for the biggest, boldest ACES in‑person conference yet, in honor of our 30th anniversary! April 26-29, 2027. It's a Mon-Wed.

ACES 2027 announcement of its 30th anniversary Puerto Rico

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22d

We have it as a contract point that translations of my work have to be performed by actual humans, I think actual human readers deserve to have actual humans translating and making the works as excellent as they can be regardless of language

Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · Sep 1

Reading so much here about skilled, deeply experienced translators being reduced to much-lower-paying machine translation post-editing (MTPE) — fixing a first-round AI translation.

Reminds me of the tremendous labor + frustration of *undoing* a bad copyedit (whether performed by human or machine)

AI Killed My Job: Translators

Few industries have been hit by AI as hard as translation. Rates are plummeting. Work is drying up. Translators are considering abandoning the field, or bankruptcy. These are their stories.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22d

If a publisher won't commit to human editing, art and translation, the deal is not worth having. They're signalling how little they care about the final product, which comes with your name attached. This is the right place to push back. Having an agent here helps.

J. Powell Taylor @jpowelltaylor.com · 22d

I suspect new authors will have a hard time getting such a deal.

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Carolina VonKampen 📚 Freelance Editor @carolinavonkampen.com · 22d

@petersokolowski.bsky.social has a book coming out in a year! It's called By Definition from @stmartinspress.bsky.social.

He wrote a chapter called "The Invention of the Modern Dictionary: Webster's Unabridged of 1864" in The Whole World in a Book: global.oup.com/academic/pro... #VCON25 #ACESVCon25

global.oup.com

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 23d

By ~30,000 years ago people had fully colonised Japan's Ryukyu islands, but how did they get there?
Archaeologists tried to recreate the trip with a bamboo raft but failed, indicating Palaeolithic boats were more advanced than expected #WorldBambooDay

🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology

A raft made from several bamboo stalks lashed together, with five rowers, navigates the open ocean.

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The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org · 23d

How did so many publishers fail to register copyright for their titles? Here's what you need to know about copyright to help protect your work.

Click to read: authorsguild.org/news/copyrig...

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Carolina VonKampen 📚 Freelance Editor @carolinavonkampen.com · 23d

TOMORROW I’m speaking at the #ACESVCon25 panel “Making the Invisible Visible: Communicating the Value of Editing to Non-Editors” w/ Shannon Roman @version4.bsky.social, @h-e-saunders.bsky.social & Lauren Keleher at 10:30 a.m. ET / 9:30 CT!

#VCon25 attendees, join us! aceseditors.org/conference/v...

Graphic that says Making the Invisible Visible: Communicating the Value of Editing to Non-Editors. Thursday, Sept. 18 at 10:30 a.m. ET.

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Hannah (hveditorial) @hveditorial.bsky.social · 24d

Why does Whova send entire emails with only the mobile app URLs to ACES VCON25. No one is watching these presentations on their phones. Editors take better care of their eyes than that.

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Suzanne Arnold editor @suzannearnold.com · 24d

I’m in back-to-back editing conferences for the next week – I’ll be spending a lot of time on Zoom with the cats, and little time in my mailbox. So please forgive me if I’m slower than usual replying to email.

Kicking off tomorrow with @acesediting.bsky.social #VCon25

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Becky Spratford @raforall.bsky.social · 24d

1 week until WHY I LOVE HORROR is released into the world (unless you are at Parnassus Books on 9/18, you all get it a few days early). My release event (& fundraiser) with @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social @librarylagrange.bsky.social only has 36 spots left!

lagrange.librarycalendar.com/event/becky-...

"Why I Love Horror" Book Release Party | La Grange Public Library

Join Becky Siegel Spratford—Horror reviewer, librarian and author—to celebrate the publication of her anthology Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature, a heartfelt tribute to the genre featuri...

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